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  Lucrezia Borgia (Italian pronunciation Valencian: Lucrècia Borja 18 April 1480 – 24 June 1519) was an Italian noblewoman of the House of Borgia who was the daughter of Pope Alexander VI and Vannozza dei Cattanei. She reigned as the Governor of Spoleto, a position usually held by cardinals, in her own right. Her family arranged several marriages for her ...

  One of Naseruddin Shah’s entertainments was that, apart from attracting clowns like “Karim Shirei”, they also had exceptional people, or as the common people say, dwarfs, around them, the number of them in the court was mentioned up to 37 people. Among them was a 32-year-old man with a height of 88 cm, who was called “Khajeh Fondhi”, and ...

  Takht Jamshid is one of the most important historical monuments left from the Achaemenid period (550 to 330 BC). This historical monument was saved from destruction in the first months after the victory of the 1357 revolution.

  Mani (born on April 14, 216 AD  – died on March 2, 274 AD), philosopher, poet, writer, doctor, and painter is the founder and messenger of Manichaeism. He was born to Iranian parents belonging to Parthian nobles near Tisophon, which was located in the province of Assyria, which was part of the Parthian Empire. He founded a religion that ...

  Peter Bowman Scott-Morgan (né Scott; 19 April 1958 – 15 June 2022) was an English-American organizational theorist, author, and expert in robotics. He had motor neuron disease and was known for his efforts to extend his life by becoming what he called a human cyborg. In 2020 he was the subject of Channel 4’s documentary Peter: The Human Cyborg.