10. Truthful inventions absurdist raisins

The famous physicist Einstein invited the chess player and mathematician Bronstein, who was then the world champion, to play cards with him for flicks, and Einstein lost - and more than once. As a result, his brains due to shaking could not complete the theory of the unified field, and Einstein died, very dissatisfied with the hardness of Bronstein's nails.

The famous Russian writer Gogol, having composed the comedy "The Inspector General", opened the eyes of Emperor Nicholas I to the outrages reigning in the Russian Empire. Since then, Nikolai began to eradicate them every day, however, without much success. Nevertheless, having greatly respected Gogol since then, he periodically began to throw money to Gogol for travel, which that adored. This is how Gogol managed to live his life without his own apartment and without his own money.

Once Gogol came to the famous Russian poet Pushkin, and said to him: "Pushkin, I want to write the great poetic work, but I am half Ukrainian, half Pole - I do not know enough poetic Russian syllable." "It's nothing," became just kidding Pushkin, "you can write the poetic work and in prose." Gogol understood his words directly, and called the prose story "Dead Souls" the poem. This is how another "poetic" Russian genius came about.