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Bitcoin - Pizza Day

The date May 22, 2010 holds a special place in the history of cryptocurrency trading. Software developer Laszlo Hanyecz from Jacksonville, Florida, published on bitcointalk.org that he is ready to pay 10,000 bitcoins to a person who will order two pizzas from "Papa Jones" for him. To commemorate that legendary day, every year on May 22nd "Bitcoin Pizza Day" is celebrated, which has become the biggest holiday in the crypto world. It was on this day, for the first time in the world, that something was paid for with bitcoins.

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Belgrade Siege

Mehmed II, the Turkish sultan who conquered Constantinople, launched a large army with the aim of conquering Smederevo, the capital of the Serbian despot Djuradj Brankovic, as well as Belgrade, the most important Hungarian stronghold of the southern border.

A sparrow also took part in the defense of Belgrade and became a symbol of the city.

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Xerxes - 300 lashes

Xerxes' pontoon bridges were built in 480 BC during the second Persian invasion of Greece. The storm destroyed the bridge that would allow the army to cross European soil. Herodotus narrates that Xerxes ordered those who were given the task of lashing at the sea, to say:

"Bitter water, this is your punishment for wronging your master when he did no wrong to you. King Xerxes will cross you, with or without your consent."

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Inca Law

The laws of the Incas were respected and were very strict. There were no privileges and no one was above the law, not even the nobles. In the empire, the following were forbidden and severely punished: theft, disobedience, adultery, abortion, prostitution, murder and so on.

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Sparta - Laconic Speech

Sparta was located in southeastern Peloponnese in Laconia, or Lacedaemonia, which was also the birthplace of the famous laconic speech (short, concise, and sarcastic).

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Yakov Isifovich Dzhugashvili

Jacob was killed in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. The exact circumstances of his death are unclear. According to the original official report, he died while running into an electric fence at the camp, committing suicide. However, according to a later archival source, Yakov was killed by a guard after he tried to escape from the camp.

Yakov Iosifovich Dzhugashvili (1907 - 1943).

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Frank Hayes

Frank Hayes had never won a race before and no one expected him to take first place that day by riding a horse named Sweet Kiss who later known as "Sweet Kiss of Death".

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Sergeant Stubby

Sergeant Stubby served in the 102nd Infantry Regiment of France where he spent 18 months. In April 1918, in the attack on Seicheprey, Stubby was wounded in the leg by a German grenade. When he recoverd, he returned to the trench. After the war, he returned to America where he became famous and marched, leading many military parades.

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Vincent Van Gogh

The Dutch self-taught painter Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) was one of the greatest Post-Impressionist painters. He died at the age of 37 from a gunshot wound, which was presumed to be a suicide, although the gun from which he was shot was never found.

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Aztec - Cocoa
Money and Food of the Gods

In the Aztec culture, cocoa beans were used as a currency and were valuable not only because of their taste, but also because they were rare.

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Taino Indians - Hatuey

Chief Hatuey, a cacique of the Taino Indians, organized a guerrilla fight and resisted the conquistadors for three months, then was captured and burned alive in 1512. The governor of Cuba, Diego Velazquez de Cuellar ordered Hatuey to be burned alive.

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Diogenes of Sinope

Diogenes of Sinope (412-323 BC) was a Greek philosopher known for living in a barrel and who practiced asceticism in order to achive maximum freedom and independence.

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James Cook

James Cook (1728 – 1779) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the British Royal Navy, famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean and to New Zealand and Australia in particular.

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Bitkoin - Pica dan

U istoriji trgovanja kriptovalutama, 22.maj 2010. ima posebno mesto. Softverski programer Laslo Hanječ iz Džeksonvila, na Floridi, objavio je na sajtu bitcointalk.org da je spreman da plati 10.000 bitkoina osobi koja će za njega naručiti dve pice iz "Papa Džonsa". Za sećanje na taj legendarni dan, svake godine se 22. maja proslavlja "Bitkoin pica dan", koji je postao najveći praznik u kripto svetu. Tog dana je prvi put u svetu nešto plaćeno bitkoinima.

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Opsada Beograda

Mehmed II Osvajač turski sultan koji je osvojio Carigrad, pokrenuo je veliku vojsku sa ciljem da osvoji Smederevo, prestonicu srpskog despota Djurdja Brankovića i Beograd, najznačajnije ugarsko uporište na južnoj granici.

U odbrani Beograda učestvovao je i jedan vrabac koji je postao simbol grada.

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Kserks - 300 udaraca bičem

Kserksovi pontonski mostovi izgradjeni su 480. godine pre nove ere tokom druge persijske invazije na Grčku. Oluja je srušila most kojim bi vojska prešla na evropsko tlo. Herodot pripoveda da je Kserks naredio onima koji su dobili zadatak da bičuju more, izgovaraju:

"Gorka vodo, kazni te gospodar što si mu učinila nepravdu iako te on nikad nije uvredio. A car Kserks će preći preko tebe, htela ti ili ne."

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Zakoni Inka

Zakoni kod Inka su bili vrlo strogi i poštovani. Nije bilo privilegija i niko nije bio iznad zakona, čak ni plemići. U carstvu je bila zabranjena i strogo kažnjavana: kradja, neposlušnost, ubistvo, preljuba, abortus, prostitucija i tako dalje.

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Sparta - Lakonski govor

Sparta je smeštena na jugoistoku Peloponeza u Lakoniji odnosno Lakedemoniji, koja je ujedno bila i postojbina čuvenog "lakonskog govora" (kratak, jezgrovit, koncizan, a možemo dodati i sarkastičan).

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Jakov Josifovič Džugašvili

Jakov je ubijen u koncentracionom logoru Sachsenhausen. Nejasne su tačne okolnosti njegove smrti. Prema prvobitnom službenom izveštaju poginuo je natrčavši na električnu ogradu logora počinivši samoubistvo. Medjutim, kasnije otkriveni arhivski snimci ukazuju da ga je ubio stražar, nakon što je Jakov pokušao da pobegne iz logora.

Jakov Josifovič Džugašvili (1907 - 1943).

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Frenk Hejz

Frenk Hejz(Frank Hayes) nikada do tada nije pobedio i niko nije očekivao da će tog dana zauzeti prvo mesto jašući konja pod imenom Sweet Kiss koji je kasnije dobio nadimak “Sweet Kiss of Death”.

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Narednik Stabi

Narednik Stabi je služio u 102. pešadijskoj u rovovima Francuske gde je proveo 18 meseci. U aprilu 1918. godine u napadu na Siprej, Stabi je ranjen u nogu od nemačke granate, kada se oporavio vratio se u rov. Nakon rata vratio se u Ameriku i postao je slavan i marširao je predvodeći mnoge vojne parade.

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Vinsent van Gog

Holandski slikar Vinsent van Gog (1853 - 1890) bio je jedan od najvećih slikara postimpresionizma. Umro je u svojoj 37. godini od prostrelne rane, predpostavlja se da je samoubistvo, mada pištolj iz kog je pucano nikad nije pronadjen.

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Asteci - Kakao
Novac i hrana bogova

Kod Asteka zrna kakaa su korišćena kao valuta i bila su vrednost ne samo zbog svog ukusa, već zbog toga što su bila retka.

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Taino Indijanci - Hatuey

Poglavica Hatuey, kacik Taino Indijanaca organizovao je gerilsku borbu i tri meseca odolevao konkvistadorima, a potom je uhvaćen i živ spaljen 1512. godine. Guverner Kube, Diego Velazquez de Cuellar naložio je da se Hatuey živ spali.

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Diogen iz Sinope

Diogen iz Sinope (412-323. p.n.e.) bio je grčki filozof poznat po životu u buretu i asketizmu u cilju postizanja maksimalne slobode i nezavisnosti.

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Djems Kuk

Džejms Kuk (1728 – 1779) je bio britanski istraživač, navigator, kartograf i kapetan u britanskoj kraljevskoj mornarici, poznat po svojim trima putovanjima između 1768. i 1779. u Tihom okeanu i posebno na Novom Zelandu i Australiju.