In 1917, the wife of the tenth President of France, Henriette Poincaré, was attacked in the garden of the Élysée Palace by an orangutan that tried to abduct her. The animal, according to different versions, escaped either from the Théâtre du Rond-Point or from the house of a diplomat living nearby. And no, this is not an April Fool's joke
In the finale of the Strugatskys' Roadside Picnic, the Golden Ball is told: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to offend nobody, but the digest really does come free of charge. So, here is the main business of the
Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least
