On 22 June 1898, Paul Remark and his wife Maria welcomed their son into the world in Osnabrück’s Old Town. At the time, Osnabrück was…
In 1940, the armies of the Wehrmacht occupied France and the rest of Europe, while the Luftwaffe and Admiral Denitz’s U-boats blockaded Britain and the…
Any spy (or ‘lazutchik’, as a spy used to be called in Russia) has always been, and still is, in demand by any power, any…
Until recently, this fish was called just that and fed to farm animals. But then scientists-ichthyologists found out that tuna is a warm-blooded sea creature,…
THE HISTORY OF THE CUBAN CIGAR When Christopher Columbus discovered new lands in 1492, he thought he had finally reached the India he was looking…
Sixteenth-century naturalists left records of the giant Caribbean caiman, a reptile up to 40 feet long. It is hard to believe how terrifying this monster…
You often hear tourists complaining about the high crime rate in their holiday destinations. Tourists do not realize that they are the ones who create…
ABOUT GREED. Do you know how to catch a monkey? In their natural habitat, hunters place a heavy box with holes in it on the…
If someone offers you a “magic” diet, take a good look at their photo. Do they look slim and fit? Let me tell you how…
The ocean sharpens vision and allows sailors to see things better at a distance. Back in Gorbachev’s time, I saw that by dismantling the USSR,…
