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As go the engraved words upon the gravestone of the (not so) immortal pioneer of flight, Otto Lilienthal: “Sacrifices Have to Be Made”.  In pursuit of scientific knowledge and discovery, there will always be those who step out, over and beyond the call of duty.  This article is NOT for these brave people.  This article [...]

Despite William Shakespeare’s status as a literary giant, a small but vocal group of scholars, playwrights, actors, and conspiracy theorists have long argued that he is not the true author of his plays. Even though the vast majority of Shakespeare scholars have rejected it, this theory has become increasingly prominent since the 1980s, and has [...]

Love makes the world go around; love also makes you gift the most extravagant things to the one you love, be that your partner, your friend, your child or parent. People tend to spend more when it comes to buying gifts for the ones they love. History is witness to this fact. Here’s a list [...]

Before the outbreak of World War I, Adolf Hitler was a practicing artist.  On two separate occasions, Hitler was denied admission to the Academy for Art Studies in Vienna.  He took art very seriously and during his 12-year reign as German Führer, the international art industry was demolished.  It has been estimated that Hitler stole [...]

Both my parents were born in Germany. They moved to Canada and then had me, so I’m about as German as a Canadian can be – which probably explains my weakness for sauerkraut, oom-pa-pa, and marzipan. I also have a love for the German language. Some people make fun of it, but I grew up [...]