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10 Things You Might Not Know About Kurt Gödel

By Liza Lentini
August 27, 2022
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1.Kurt Gödel was born in 1906 in Brunn, Austria-Hungary (now part of the Czech Republic); his parents had him learning multiple languages at the ripe age of 10. Ironically, though, Gödel spoke very little Czech, which, in spite of being a Czech citizen, left him...

10 Things You Might Not Know About Pablo Picasso

Art Pablo Picasso

By Liza Lentini
August 7, 2022
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1.Pablo Picasso, born in 1881, held the first exhibition of his work at the age of 13—in the back of an umbrella store. He grew up in an artistic household; his father was a painter and art teacher. A year later, his family moved from...

10 Things You Might Not Know About Salvador Dalí

Art Salvador Dalí

By Liza Lentini
July 28, 2022
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1. Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí y Domenech was born on May 11, 1904, in Figueres, Spain. He was named Salvador after his namesake brother, who had died the year before. Said Dalí of his brother, “We resembled each other like two drops of water,...

10 Things You Might Not Know About Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway Literature

By Liza Lentini
July 8, 2022
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1.Ernest Miller Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, IL, a middle-class suburb just outside of Chicago, which Hemingway with great contempt described as a town of “wide yards and narrow minds.” Oak Park, however, has fondly erected a Hemingway Museum in...

10 Things You Might Not Know About Le Corbusier

Architecture Le Corbusier

By Liza Lentini
June 30, 2022
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1. Designer and architect Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris was born in Switzerland in 1887, but re-named himself Le Corbusier in the early 1920s, at a time when it was in vogue for creative folk to be known by one name. It was an homage to his grandfather,...

10 Things You Might Not Know About Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

By Liza Lentini
April 25, 2022
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1. Born in 1756, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was actually christened Johann Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart. Until 1769, he signed his name Gottleib (the German version of Theophilus). From there on out he used “Amadeo” (or, Amadeus). Incidentally, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is an anagram for “A...

10 Things You Might Not Know About Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Physics

By Liza Lentini
March 20, 2022
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1. Does a big head equal a big brain? Maybe, maybe not. But when Albert Einstein was born his head was so unusually big doctors were worried he would be mentally deficient. When Einstein died in 1955, that very same brain fell into the possession...

10 Things You Might Not Know About W. B. Yeats

Literature W.B. Yeats

By Liza Lentini
September 3, 2021
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1. William Butler Yeats (W. B. Yeats) was born on June 13, 1865, in Dublin, Ireland. His mother, Susan, who schooled young William, spent endless hours telling him tales of Irish folklore, which, along with ancient mythology, would serve as a basis for many of...

10 Things You Might Not Know About Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin Film

By Liza Lentini
December 26, 2020
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1. Charles Spencer Chaplin was born on April 16th, 1889 in London, England. His parents, Charles and Hannah, were both performers. A great heartbreak of Chaplin’s life was his mother’s mental illness. Her consistent stints in asylums forced Chaplin to be raised by his alcoholic...

10 Things You Might Not Know About Charles Darwin

Biology Charles Darwin

By Liza Lentini
December 16, 2020
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1. Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809. Today, his interest in plant life would have rendered little Charles a genius, but back in Darwin’s day his teachers felt such studies were superfluous, and discouraged his interest in the natural world around him. 2....

10 Things You Might Not Know About Kurt Gödel

10 Things You Might Not Know About Pablo Picasso

10 Things You Might Not Know About Salvador Dalí

10 Things You Might Not Know About Ernest Hemingway

10 Things You Might Not Know About Le Corbusier

10 Things You Might Not Know About Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

10 Things You Might Not Know About Albert Einstein

10 Things You Might Not Know About W. B. Yeats

10 Things You Might Not Know About Charlie Chaplin

10 Things You Might Not Know About Charles Darwin

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