There are many fascinating facts about Prague, so it’s hard to select just ten. But here is an attempt at capturing some of the most interesting ones and hopefully a few that you didn’t know:
9. The physicist Ernst Mach was born in the Czech Republic near the Moravian town of Brno. At the time, the Czech lands were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Mach was from an Austrian family. He is known for the Mach number (think Mach speed), among other things. During his career, Mach was also a professor at Charles University in Prague.
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