The lady in question was called Eva Mudocci, and was reasonably famous. She was an accomplished violinist, a lover of Edvard Munch, and appeared in a couple of his paintings. As she had been said to … (View Post)

Hasn't happened with Germany. My wife's great grandparents were driven out of their home in Munich by the Nazis. A Nazi seized the (sizeable) house and all of the possessions, including sketches by E… (View Post)

Obligatory Terry Pratchett quote: "The only thing known to go faster than ordinary light is monarchy", according to the philosopher Ly Tin Wheedle. He reasoned like this: "you can't ha… (View Post)

It's possible to get it and continue to test negative if one has immunity from vaccination. As I understand it, the symptoms are caused by the immune system fighting it off. They're often worse if yo… (View Post)

True. Reading the study, however, it looks as though two-thirds of all inheritance money flows directly from the late parent to the adult children. It's a mixed picture, though: more millennials will… (View Post)