Few days ago, Michael Jordan celebrated his 53rd birthday. In the world of basketball, he is known as the greatest player that ever played the game, mostly because of his Chicago Bulls days. For most people, the last lasting memory of Michael Jordan is “The Shot Volume 2”, the one he took over Bryon Russell … Read more
Amelia Mary Earhart was an American aviation pioneer and author. She was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic ocean, a feat she did in 1932. She was also the first woman to fly as a passenger across the Atlantic Ocean in 1928. Back in the 1920s and 1930s, there were not … Read more
Le Duc Tho was a Vietnamese revolutionary, general, diplomat, and a politician. He was the first Asian to win the Nobel Peace Prize, albeit jointly with United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. But he refused to accept the award. This puts him in a unique category of Nobel Peace Prize winners. He remains the … Read more
Everyone can become a music star. As long as you follow your dream, and you make sure that you get everything you wanted from life. Simply Mary is a perfect example for that. This woman is normal in every aspect of life. She is not some Hollywood A-list star. She does not have a big … Read more
We’ve all grown up hearing stories and reading about Vasco da Gama. Despite not discovering any new land, or any new path, he is one of the most famous explorers. He is widely considered to be among the first explorers, and the most famous and important Portuguese explorers. He is the first European to set … Read more
Almost 100 years before Princess Diana married Prince Charles, or Jackie Kennedy married John F. Kennedy, the marriage of the year and the century was the one between Frances Folsom and Grover Cleveland. The American President asked the 21 year old Frances to marry him. After initially declining the offer, she accepted and became the … Read more
“I could have done more. The regret will follow me to my death”. Words spoken by Irena Sendler in 1995 during a documentary about her work during World War II. Those words perfectly sum up the courage, boldness, and sacrifice Irena did during one of the worst wars in Human history. When the War first … Read more
George Michael, one of the biggest pop stars of our time lost his life at age of 53. Michael was one of the first superstars, and among the first public figures to publicly come out as homosexual. He was pioneer not only in music, but in LGBT movement as well. In that regard, we take … Read more
After increasing the price for Daraprim from $13.50 per pill to whooping $750 per pill, or for 5000%, Martin Shkreli became the poster child for capitalism and capitalistic greed. In just a matter of seconds, Shkreli went from being a son of two janitors, to a millionaire worth more than $45 million. He is not … Read more
Attila was the ruler of the Huns. He took the empire to unprecedented heights, conquering huge parts of Europe, but also parts of Asia, and Russia. The Huns were nomads who lived in Europe and Asia from the first to the seventh century AD. They developed a reputation for being fierce warriors, but Attila was … Read more