Anaesthesia

Sometimes I hear a word in English or German and I instantly wonder where it’s coming from. The same happened when I heard the word “anaesthesia”. Sounds super Greek doesn’t it?

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Shield

Not everyone knows that the shield was actually invented in Greece by a thief.
One day a young Athenian wanted to steal some very valuable jewelry but since it was raining he decided to build an object out of a piece of wood to protect himself from the rain.

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Papermaking

Today I would like to know from you what paper means for you?
In our daily life we use nearly everywhere paper: for books, letters, notebooks, packages, to wrap presents, to wrap sweets, for toilet paper, tissues and a lot more.   
But to the people of which century and from which nation do we owe this really helpful invention, the papermaking?

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