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The obvious is the incredible

Kapitsa S.P.

Phraseologism: The obvious is incredible.

Meaning: Something that is hard to believe in, which, it would seem, cannot be, but which is nevertheless a real fact.

Origin: The name of a popular science television program on Soviet television, which first aired on February 24, 1973. The permanent host of the program was the physicist Sergei Petrovich Kapitsa (1928-2012).

Random phraseology:

The Prussian teacher won the battle of Sadovaya.

Meaning:

It is used as a reminder of the role of a school teacher in shaping a nation, its intellectual potential, morality, spirit, etc.

Origin:

Usually erroneously attributed to the "Iron Chancellor" of Germany, Otto Eduard Leopold Bismarck. The author of the expression is Oscar Peschel (1826-1875), a professor of geography from Leipzig, and in the original his phrase sounds different. So, in July 1866, he wrote in the newspaper Zagranitsa edited by him: "... Public education plays a decisive role in the war ... when the Prussians beat the Austrians, it was the victory of the Prussian teacher over the Austrian school teacher." In Russia, after the Franco-Prussian war, the expression became associated precisely with this campaign, and therefore such a variant of Oscar Peschel's phrase became popular in Russian: "France was defeated by the Prussian teacher."

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