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17.04.24
Magyar poisoner of Nagyrev
17-04-2024
"Fence art" of the ancients: archaeologists regularly find ...
Many believe that offensive inscriptions on walls and fences are a sad sign of our era associated with the decline of morals. But ...
16-04-2024
View from the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour: what Moscow ...
In September 1839, the solemn laying of the new Cathedral of Christ the Saviour took place. The construction lasted almost 44 ...
16-04-2024
Explanation of the history of "treason", one of the most ...
Artist Yet master of different genres — historical painting, portraits, mythological subjects, — where a celebration of ...
16-04-2024
10 Soviet artists you need to know
The best Soviet artists went far beyond the propaganda art and created real masterpieces. -- >Alexander Labas (1900-1983) An artist ...
16-04-2024
the 10 most famous criminal duos
Everyone knows about Bonnie and Clyde. But there have been other criminal duos in history that have become famous for brutal ...
16-04-2024
Embalming relatives, brewing beer and other reasons for ...
Today, work truants are treated strictly everywhere. The reason why the employee did not come to work must be valid. How was it in ...
16-04-2024
Zhang Shichai is the tallest Chinese man in history
It is generally accepted that the Chinese are not very tall people. This is basically true - the average height of men in the ...
15-04-2024
Why don't Jews eat pork? The history of complex relationships
When we hear about Judaism and Jews, among many associations, the rejection of pork certainly pops up in our memory. This is not ...
15-04-2024
Ancient history in the incredible paintings of Bruno Vepkhvadze
Undoubtedly, it is difficult to depict something that you have never seen yourself. But if a person has talent and remarkable ...
15-04-2024
The Night of the Beasts, or How Americans barely Survived the ...
People are too dependent on such benefits as water supply, heating and electricity. And if something of this is taken away from ...
15-04-2024
The crazy life story of John McAfee, billionaire and creator ...
On June 23, 2021, a prisoner named John McAfee hanged himself in his cell in a Spanish prison. The news of his death was published ...
15-04-2024
30 incredible portraits of Maori women with traditional tattoos
By the end of the XIX century the art of Maori tattoo has almost disappeared due to the spread in New Zealand bounty hunting, but ...
!["Little Bastard" James Dean's Death Car](/img/2024/little-bastard-james/little-bastard-james-170x170.jpg ""Little Bastard" James Dean's Death Car")
15-04-2024
"Little Bastard" James Dean's Death Car
Over a century and a half of its existence, the automotive industry has created many legendary cars. Some, such as the Rolls-Royce, ...
14-04-2024
25 facts about the Titanic that might surprise you
Date of 15 April 1912 was the largest Maritime disaster of the twentieth century — in the Atlantic, on the way from Southampton ...
14-04-2024
What were the witches in Russia and how they fought without ...
The horrors of the Inquisition, which for several centuries operated in Europe and America, well known to all of us from a school ...
14-04-2024
Atmospheric photos straight from our 90s
What were the distant 90s like for you? For those who remember them well, have already forgotten them or were born later, we ...
14-04-2024
How did the custom of clinking glasses appear
A lot of interesting traditions are connected with the intake of alcohol in Russia. What are only the famous 10 stacks "on the ...
14-04-2024
How the one-child policy affected the present and future of China
From 1979 to 2015, the rule in China was “one family, one child.” We can say that it was a social experiment in which an entire ...
14-04-2024
Why are there so many useless buttons on the sleeves of ...
On the sleeves of men's jackets, several buttons are almost always sewn in a row. They are both on clothes of expensive brands, ...
14-04-2024
Not bayan, but DiCaprio's Russian grandmother: photos of ...
The number of materials with the title "Photos of celebrities that you haven't seen yet" is estimated in dozens (seriously, they ...
13-04-2024
Features of the primitive sex, or Who slept with whom in the ...
In terms of history, monogamous marriage is a relatively new. In it, the necessity arose in connection with the development of ...
13-04-2024
12 Common Items That Are So Widely Misused You Might Not Even ...
Did you know that frisbees were originally just pie containers? Or that Play-Doh was intended to be a wallpaper cleaner? Sometimes, ...
13-04-2024
The most absurd taxes in the world
Did you know that the famous Latin phrase "money does not smell", pronounced by the Roman Emperor Vespasian, has a direct ...
13-04-2024
It's hard to believe, but these 5 people with anomalies ...
From time to time, nature plays a cruel joke on us and "special" people are born. They are often called freaks, but this does not ...
13-04-2024
Why do the military salute by putting their hand to their head
The military jokingly say: "They don't put their hand to an empty head." They mean that military honor should be given only if ...
13-04-2024
What is good for a Russian... Sketches of foreigners who ...
Among the historical sources from which scientists draw knowledge about Russia of the past centuries, there are notes of foreigners ...