16-07-2023
40 archive photos that may change your view of the past
If any science has benefited the most from the invention of photography, it is history. After all, it is photos that allow us to ...
16-07-2023
Not only Indians: which peoples of Russia scalped their enemies
From adventure novels and films, we know that the Indians of North America took scalps from their enemies, that is, they cut off ...
16-07-2023
Why did foreign ambassadors get drunk in Russia
It is said that Prince Vladimir Svyatoslavovich of Kiev, who baptized Russia, responded to the offer to convert to Islam: "We can't ...
16-07-2023
The strange story of Reggie Spears - the man who sent himself ...
When there is no money, but you urgently need to go somewhere, you can try to ride a "hare". But what if you need to get ...
16-07-2023
The crime and tragedy of Typhoid Mary: how the sinister cook ...
Due to the popularity of films about zombie apocalypses, even people far from medicine are now familiar with the term "patient ...
16-07-2023
Rotten Apple: a dark underside of new York of the 80s on the ...
New York- «Big Apple», which is not on all sides looks delicious. He has a rotten side, carefully hidden from tourists ' ...
15-07-2023
Not only the kitchen, children and the church: the whole ...
Cinema and literature have formed for us a certain image of a medieval city-dark, dirty, filled with suspicious personalities and ...
15-07-2023
The story of John Wilson Webb - the largest child in the world
Nowadays, looking at people with a non-standard appearance, and even more so making fun of them, is a sign of bad parenting. But ...
15-07-2023
The ruthless woman-executioner: why everyone was afraid of ...
Frum Haikin was feared like fire. Because she killed people without thinking: about 200 people are listed in her personal assets. A ...
14-07-2023
Was the country called Honduras, or Where did such a strange ...
The expression "The wrong country was called Honduras" is familiar to everyone. It is used when they want to emphasize ...
14-07-2023
The 12 oldest restaurants in the world that are still open
Nowadays, so many restaurants and cafes open every day and close almost immediately that you don't even have time to get upset that ...
14-07-2023
23 violent photos from the underworld of New York of the last ...
New York, like any other metropolis, is a concentration of crime, and there are still legends about the gangs of New York and the ...
14-07-2023
The world history of contraception: cobwebs, elephant dung ...
In the Middle Ages, premature female death was most often associated with complications during childbirth. Newborns died even more ...
14-07-2023
Creepy photos from the past that make the hair stand on end
This collection of dark and sinister photos from the past really makes you feel uneasy and goosebumps run down your skin. ...
14-07-2023
Sold into slavery and killed in the Alps, what was the end of ...
In 1212, Europe has gone mad. Was started the next crusade to Jerusalem. This time to liberate the Holy Sepulchre has gathered the ...
14-07-2023
So-so"corporate": what did a real ball look like and smell like
We want to think loftily about balls. Oh, Natasha Rostova! All our performances are from movies or novels. And there, of course, ...
13-07-2023
As one failed advertising campaign led to the collapse of the ...
Sometimes one wrong move can completely destroy acquired over the years. Prime example — once a successful company Hoover, which ...
13-07-2023
The plane crash at the kindergarten: a tragedy that was ...
This plane crash, which occurred in May 1972, was silent for three decades. Then, in broad daylight, a military plane crashed into ...
13-07-2023
14 moments in the history of sports that changed the world
There are great moments in the history of sports that have determined the course of not only sporting events, but also the history ...
13-07-2023
Why do we need doormen, and how did this profession become ...
A lot of people in the world are surprised by the very existence of the profession of a doorman. There is almost no practical sense ...
13-07-2023
How actress Monica Vitti went against beauty standards and ...
Fashion is fickle, and it's not just about clothes. Beauty standards are also changing. If earlier cosmetics, diets and ...
13-07-2023
The most iconic songs of the band Queen
On July 13, 1973, the first album of the band Queen was released under the EMI label. Most of the songs were written by the band ...
12-07-2023
10 interesting facts about Hollywood
98 years ago, on July 13, 1923, the inscription Hollywood appeared on the slope of Mount Lee over the California hills. It was ...
12-07-2023
Photos of the real Bonnie and Clyde, taken in 1933
In the spring of 1933, the police caught the Barrow gang in a rented apartment in the city of Joplin. After a fierce shootout, the ...
12-07-2023
Invisible Death: the 7 best snipers in the history of all the ...
A good sniper doesn't have to be a career soldier. This simple postulate was well understood by the Red Army soldiers who ...
12-07-2023
How the Cyclopes appeared in ancient mythology, and where do ...
The myths of Ancient Greece often mention the evil and treacherous one-eyed giants - Cyclopes. Talks about them in the ...