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Forgotten World Natives from Bohemia - Tadeáš Haenke

On 5 December 1761, the former world scientist Thaddeus Haenke (full name Thaddäus Peregrinus Xaverius Haenke) was born in Chřibská, North Bohemia. Later he received a number of other surnames - e.g. Czech Humboldt for his immense scientific and discovery contribution as a world-class botanist, or Don Tadeo or also Tata Heanke from the South American Indians who recognized him as a philanthropist, physician and bread winner.

How it really was - or: 10 interesting myths and truths about the Middle Ages

We know it from books, fairy tales, and even feature films - the Middle Ages seem to us to be a period ruled by brute force, with filth everywhere and people uneducated. That the Middle Ages was a dark time for modern science, serfs had virtually no rights and women were slaves to their men... But - is reality really like that? Can we base these assumptions on historically based facts and information?

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