HUNGARIANS ARE INVENTION GENIUSES! : HUNGARIAN and HUNGARIAN-AMERICAN STEREOTYPE

Geniuses?!?!  No one of average intelligence in Hungary or Hungarian-America?  It's absolutely true!  Ask anyone!  OK, I'm on the fence about Artificial Intelligence but I cannot resist reporting to you what AI (via Google) had to say on this subject!  Love it!

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RESULTS!

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Hungary is famously home to a disproportionate number of brilliant minds, "The Martians," who laid the foundational building blocks for modern technology, medicine, and daily life.

Discover the top global inventions and scientific breakthroughs from Hungarian geniuses:

The Ballpoint Pen: Invented by Budapest journalist László Bíró, who patented his smudge-free writing tool after noticing that newspaper ink dried much faster than fountain pen ink.

 
The Rubik's Cube: Created by architect Ernő Rubik as a spatial teaching tool, which became the world's best-selling logic puzzle.

 
Vitamin C: First isolated by biochemist Albert Szent-Györgyi, who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937 for his discovery.

Modern Computing: Mathematician John von Neumann developed the "von Neumann architecture," the basic structural principle behind nearly all modern desktop and laptop computers.

Holography: Developed by physicist Dénes Gábor in 1947, which revolutionized image capture and won him the Nobel Prize in Physics.

mRNA Vaccines: The pioneering research that paved the way for mRNA technology was developed by Hungarian-born biochemist Katalin Karikó.

The Ford Model T: The mechanical genius József Galamb served as the chief engineer at Ford and was the lead developer of the legendary Model T.

Nuclear Energy: Physicist Leó Szilárd first conceived the nuclear chain reaction in 1933, which jump-started the Manhattan Project alongside fellow Hungarian minds like Edward Teller.

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Go ahead and BRAG!

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GATHERING THE WHEAT

 

VAMPIRE? THE BURIAL OF ZOSIA IN PIEN POLAND SHOWS EVIDENCE THAT SHE WAS BELIEVED TO BE!

What a wonderful article, including a facial reconstruction of what this young woman looked like.

SMITHSONIAN : BURIAL WITH SICKLE ACROSS HER NECK AND LOCK ON HER TOE Designed to prevent her from rising again...

Excerpt: Archaeologists sometimes refer to these types of graves as “anti-vampiric,” despite the fact that the term only came into widespread use in Europe in the 18th century. Although news reports sensationally identified Zosia as a “vampire,” in this context, the label more accurately functions “as a broader category denoting a demonic being,” the authors write in the paper. In the 17th century, people might have been classified as “demonic” or “vampiric” simply because they were outsiders to the local community, religious heretics or orphans. Those who died by suicide, drowning, in childbirth or under other tragic circumstances might also be viewed with suspicion.

CROWN OF KING SAINT STEPHEN

King Saint Steven is buried at

the Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Székesfehérvár, Hungary.

From the year 1000 until 1527, it was the site of the coronation of the Hungarian monarch.

SZEKESFEHERVAR : KING SAINT STEPHEN AND MANY OTHER HUNGARIAN KINGS : SACRED CITY and CORONATION SITE : WONDERFUL PLACES IN HUNGARY #35

HUNGARIAN CONSERVATIVE : CORNATION OF SAINT KING STEPHEN and OTHER HUNGARIAN KINGS 

Excerpt: Yet, the connection between the medieval foundation of the state, King St Stephen, and Fehérvár (meaning ‘white castle’), 60 kilometres from Buda, is still inseparable. Even the modern name of the town, Székesfehérvár, in use since the 16th century, is a reference to the royal throne (with the Hungarian ‘szék’ meaning ‘chair’ or ‘throne’). Concerning the royal seat, Fehérvár’s sacral–dynastic character is undoubtedly in its favour: namely, the burial here of the first Hungarian king St Stephen (reigned 1000–1038) and his son Prince Emeric (d. 1031). Both were canonized in 1083, and their tombs became a pilgrimage site of national fame. In the middle of the 11th century the Hungarian annals refer to the city as a ‘metropolis’ (literally ‘mother city’). The royal treasury and coronation insignia (which were temporarily transferred to Visegrád in the 14th century), the national banner of war, the keeping of the royal archives, and the coronation itself made it one of, if not the primary centre of the country. The strategic location of this non-swampy city was also unrivalled; in 1242 the Mongol armies could not capture it either. As early as 1055, a document that has survived in its original form recorded the earliest words written in Hungarian: ‘military road to Fehérvár’. The founder of the city is undoubtedly King St Stephen, and a few years after his coronation the town is also mentioned in several documents. Besides, the opening of the pilgrimage route to the Holy Land by Stephen around 1020 was at least of similar importance. Heading there, the pilgrims passed through Fehérvár, as did the Crusader armies crossing the Balkans to Constantinople and the Middle East.

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His original burial site was destroyed by the Ottoman's but in the 1930's a new mausoleum was built which contains the 11th-century sarcophagus of the deceased king. But his hand (whch didn't decompose, perhaps proving Stephen's sainthood, is venerated as a relic that is kept in Saint Stephen's Basilica in Budapest.

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AMERICAN HUNGARIAN SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION : IT'S TIME TO WRITE YOUR HUNGARIAN-AMERICAN STORY AND SEND IT IN!

 AMIT-NY: AMERICA 250 LEGACY

Yes the exhibit has started to make the rounds in the United States and Hungary, but it appears to be ongoing and here is the gist of it:

Go to the website to read the details more clearly.  Contact them by e-mail to ask any questions you may have.

JUST CUT

 

NATIONAL MUSEUM EXPLORES 250 YEARS OF HUNGARIAN-AMERICAN CONNECTIONS : A COLLECTION THAT HONORS MANY INCLUDING TONY CURTIS AND ZSA ZSA GABOR

Excerpt: The Hungarian National Museum officially opened its new exhibition, The American Dream: Hungarians in the United States, 1776–2026, commemorating the 250th anniversary of American independence and celebrating the enduring relationship between Hungary and the United States. Through stories of migration, achievement, and shared democratic values, the exhibition explores how generations of Hungarians helped shape American society while maintaining strong cultural ties to their homeland, underscoring the themes of freedom, opportunity, and perseverance that have connected the two nations for nearly two and a half centuries.

HUNGARY TODAY : NATIONAL MUSEUM HONORING HUNGARIAN-AMERICAN CONNECTIONS : 250 ANNIVERSARY OF USA

SOCCER SOCCER EVERYWHERE : NEVER BEFORE HAVE I LIVED THROUGH SUCH CRAZY SOCCER EVENTS

"Hungary has a significant history in international football, having won three OLYMPIC gold medals, finished as runners-up in the 1938 and 1954 WORLD CUP and finished in third place in the 1964 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP." - Wikipedia

Never before have I lived through such SOCCER FEVER.  Growing up I was entirely ignorant of soccer. Later it seemed to be a sport only played on the grounds of elite private schools. And I never paid attention to it, though in general I'm not much into watching sports, to know that it has become INTERNATIONAL.

This summer, however, I could not ignore soccer.  It seemed everyone else was obsessed with watching the FIFA/ World Cup wherever I went. Streets were blocked off - usually streets that had bars and restaurants with televised programs. Even libraries had the opportunity for fans to watch the games and scream and yell. Local stores were jammed up with team support products - keychains, little soccer balls, whatnot. 

So I watched a few games and was relieved to realize I could follow it and understand it better than I ever have "American Football." I came away with the idea that soccer is more popular than the Olympics, that these events include teams that come from countries that seem to barely participate in the Olympics.

After a month of almost daily exposure to soccer, I must say that I am also relieved that it's over.
There is so much more to do in summer than watch televised programing.

POTTING

 

BOWER

 

MUSEUM OF FINE ART : BUDAPEST : WONDERFUL PLACES IN HUNGARY #34

MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HUNGARY - CURRENT EXHIBITION

Apocalypse. Biblical Prophecies from Dürer to Béla Kondor

Excerpt: The exhibition focuses on Apocalypse cycles based on of the Book of Revelation. The text of John’s visions has inspired many artists since the Middle Ages. Scenes from the Apocalypse have been brought to life on the pages of illuminated manuscripts, and a multitude of frescos, tapestry cycles and stained-glass windows in churches attest to the important role these visions have played in Christian iconography. The invention of printmaking and the rise of book printing in the fifteenth century opened up new opportunities: prints became widely distributed and had a powerful impact on the public.

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If you can't travel, you can always browse the collections and exhibits by going to the link for the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest.

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250th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

NARA ARCHIVES UNITED STATES FOUNDING DOCUMENTS 

I think of the 4th of July as the most American of holidays, of course I mean The United States of America...

RUDAS BATHS of BUDAPEST : 450 YEARS OF HOT MINERALWATER SINCE THE OTTOMAN TURKS : MINERAL WATER DRINKING CURE : WONDERFUL PLACES IN HUNGARY #33

OOOH.... The Ottoman Turks.... who killed two-thirds of the Hungarian population...Can we love something they left behind when they were defeated? (There are Moslems in Hungary and no doubt some of them are descended from the occupiers.) How about if we improve upon it?

Well, there's architecture and there's history. These baths have been used for 450 years and the water still flows. For some time the baths were men only but now you can select a time to emerge yourself with others of your gender or not. (No getting naked!) You can soak in some history as well as relax and emerge feeling better. 

RUDAS FURDO (RUDAS BATHS)

Excerpt:

The centerpiece of the bath today, the Turkish bath, was built during the 16th century in the period of the Turkish occupation. Below the 10 m diameter dome, sustained by 8 pillars, there is an octagonal pool. The swimming pool, operating as a therapeutic swimming facility and with a sauna, was built in 1896. The thermal bath has been visited from 1936 o­n exclusively by men.

In its drinking hall, the water of the springs Hungária, Attila and Juventus can be consumed for the purposes of a drinking cure.

The blog attached is rather fun... 

BATHS BUDAPEST  This site gives more details about gendered bath times and:

Excerpt: What makes Rudas Bath stand out is the modern rooftop panorama pool overlooking the river Danube and its many Budapest river cruise boats, the Parliament, the historical bridges and more. Also, Rudas Bath boasts a 16th-century thermal bath in its core, called the Turkish Bath.

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FATHER'S DAY ??? MOTHER'S DAY ???

In Hungary, Fathers Day (Apák Napja) is the third Sunday in June, which is June 21, 2026. Today!  It coincides with International Father's Day.

Mother's Day (Anyák Napja) is also celebrated, the first Sunday of May, so the dates changes. In the United States it's celebrated on the second Sunday of May. (This is also true of Canada.)

In Hungary, people are not as materialistic as some are in the West. Gifts that are appreciated are appropriate flowers (often seasonal) original poems, traditional songs, nice foods, and little gifts.

The holiday origins are credited to Americans and the United States. Now Mother's and Father's Day are celebrated all over the world, but on different dates; there is no International Mother's Day.

International Women's Day on March 8 is celebrated in Eastern European and Balkan nations, such as Albania, which combine Mother's Day with International Women's Day.