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Some days ago, we told you about the childhood and early career of Marie Grosholtz, who is now known as Madame Tussaud. While her beginning can be attributed to her mentor, doctor Philippe Curtius, becoming an icon was definitely her own doing.   Already early on Marie loved creating wax models of celebrities. Back in…

Sometimes our world is transformed through innovation and creativity and sometimes it’s due to catastrophes and disasters. One example is the London fire, which happened exactly 354 years ago today. In Vienna, the most famous fires are the “Hofburg Fires” which burned and destroyed parts of the palace in 1668, 1848 and 1992.  Such catastrophes…