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26 Interesting And Fun Facts About Wilhelm Rontgen

Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen was a German mechanical engineer and physicist, who, on November 8, 1895, produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays, or Rontgen rays, an achievement that earned him the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901. Take a look below for 26 more interesting and fun facts about…

26 Interesting And Fun Facts About Herodotus

Herodotus was a Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus in the Persian Empire and lived in the fifth century BC, a contemporary of Thucydides, Socrates and Euripides. He’s often referred to as “The Father of History,” a title first conferred by Cicero. Take a look below for 26 more interesting and fun facts about…