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2022-06-07 17:18:00 "We have no irreplaceable men," Joseph Stalin

A phrase attributed to the Generalissimo, but not his own. In 1942 it was used in the play "Front" by playwright Alexander Korneichuk. But he is not its author.

The words actually belong to Joseph Le Bon, Commissar of the French Revolutionary Congress, and were spoken in 1793. The Vicomte de Guiselin, arrested for political impropriety, begged for his life, as his education and experience could still be useful to the new France.

To which Commissar Le Bon replied, "There are no irreplaceable men in the Republic!" The commissar was right - soon after the viscount went to the guillotine himself. Open / Comment

2022-06-07 14:18:00 The Romans had few personal names, about 70, of which about 20 were actually used. In the record, they were abbreviated to 1-3 letters.

For example, Publius was abbreviated to P., as there were no other common names with this letter, and everyone understood what was meant. Open / Comment

2022-06-06 21:18:01 At the beginning of the 21st century, the Eskimos were introduced to the Internet, and the term needed to be translated into their language.

Experts chose the word 'ikiaqqivik' - "travel through layers". This word used to describe the actions of a shaman who would "travel" through time and space to find an answer to a question. Open / Comment

2022-06-06 17:18:00 One of the greatest polyglots in the history of mankind, the Italian Cardinal Giuseppe Mezzofanti, who lived in the 18th and 19th centuries, spoke 39 languages fluently, and could understand almost as many more, though he never left Italy.

He once learned a new language in one night only to receive a confession in the morning from a foreign criminal sentenced to death. Open / Comment

2022-06-06 14:18:00 In the young Soviet state the Trudarmy was created. Military personnel who had committed crimes were called "Red Army prisoners," and in documents this phrase was abbreviated "z/k". From "z/k" came the word zek. Open / Comment

2022-06-05 18:50:00 This photograph was taken on April 12, 1912, by the captain of the SS 'Etonian' (ship owned by the Cambrian Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. and served the Boston-Liverpool and Boston-Cardiff voyages). The coordinates indicated in the photo caption are 41°50' longitude and 49°50' latitude.

According to many researchers, it was this iceberg that the infamous Titanic crashed into two days later, on April 14, 1912. Open / Comment

2022-05-21 14:18:00 The word "humor" comes from ancient Greece, but it was used there in the medical context.

The ancient physicians believed that the human condition consisted of the ratio of the fluids in the body - blood, lymph, yellow bile, and black bile.

Each of these fluids was called a humor. If all four humors were in perfect balance, one could be considered healthy and happy. Open / Comment

2022-05-20 21:18:00 Before the signing of the Munich Agreement.

From left to right in the foreground: British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, French Prime Minister Edouard Daladier, German Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler, Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano, 1938 Open / Comment

2022-05-20 17:18:00 A receipt for a fine of 50 rubles "for believing in God». USSR. 1974.

According to Article 142 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR of 1960. "Violation of laws on separation of church from state and school from church - punishable by correctional labor for up to one year or a fine of up to 50 rubles." Open / Comment

2022-05-20 14:18:00 During the Sino-Soviet armed conflict on the China-Eastern Railway in 1929, a Soviet shell accidentally killed a prostitute in a Japanese brothel.

The Japanese consulate sued Soviet commander Blucher for 22,500 yen. This amount was calculated on the basis of how many years this prostitute would have lived, how many clients she would have served during that time, and how much income the Japanese budget would have earned. Open / Comment