King Ludwig’s Herrenchiemsee Palace

by | Aug 30, 2024

King Ludwig’s Bavarian Versailles Of King Ludwig II’s three famous palaces, this one is his “unfinished symphony”. Herrenchiemsee Palace (Schloss Herrenchiemsee) was incomplete when its builder died in 1886, and it remains incomplete today. But...

The Father of Sliced Bread Was a German Iowan

by | Jul 15, 2024 | History and culture

We take pre-sliced bread for granted. It has even become part of the language: “It’s the best/greatest thing since sliced bread.” But Iowa-born Otto Frederick Rohwedder did not begin selling his pioneering bread-slicing machine until 1928. It could...

Lise Meitner

by | Mar 8, 2024

The True Discoverer of Nuclear Fission The success of the recent blockbuster Oppenheimer movie has prompted many observers to point out a critical failing in the film. Neither the 2023 film nor the 2005 book it’s based on ever mentions the name of the Austrian...