that the Pope in Rome ordered to ring bells at noon to commemorate the victory on the Turks in Nándorfehérvár ( former Hungarian city, today it is Belgrade) in 1456?

 

 

that the Hungarian János Irinyi invented the safety matches in 1836?

 

that after defeating the Hungarian revolution against the Habsburgs, in 1849, Austrian generals were drinking beer and clinking their glasses when celebrating their vistory? Hungarians made a pledge not to clink the glasses when drinking beer for 150 years. It is over, but the majority still never do so.

 

that the first underground line on continental Europe was built in Budapest in 1896?

 

that after the World War I  Hungary lost the 2/3 of its territory and its population as a result of the Versailles Treaty? Millions of ethnic Hungarians still live in the neighbouring countries like Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Austria?

 

that  Albert Szentgyörgyi, a Hungarian scientist discovered VITAMIN C ?

 

that inventor of holograms was the Hungarian Dénes Gábor?

 

that Hungary had leading role in destroying the Berlin wall by helping East-German refugees to leave the Communist Block in 1989?

 

that Ernő Rubik, a Hungarian man, invented the Rubik’s cube?