09-07-2023
"Commercial execution", cheating and other methods of ...
Over the millennia, humanity has greatly succeeded in inventing torture and executions. But there were always people who valued ...
09-07-2023
New York of the 80s, suspiciously reminiscent of life in the USSR
California photographer Janet Delaney has made a series of stunning images that convey the special spirit of New York. All the ...
09-07-2023
Born in a shirt: 10 amazing rescue cases that are hard to believe
There is such an expression "to be born in a shirt". This is usually said about a person who manages to avoid difficulties and even ...
08-07-2023
"Common villa", or How the toilet became an instrument of ...
The number of unique architectural monuments in St. Petersburg is amazing. And there are some stories connected with each of them. ...
07-07-2023
Making memories: colorazione famous black and white photo
36-year-old architect and 3D artist from Romania, known under the pseudonym Jecinci, in his spare time loves to color old ...
07-07-2023
Parisian windows into the history of the 19th and 20th centuries
French photographer from Paris Julien Knez found retrophotographs taken between 1871 and 1968. In the photos you can see what the ...
07-07-2023
"Ziegfeld Girls": the sexiest Broadway actresses of the 1920s
For modern connoisseurs of female beauty, black-and-white photos of the early twentieth century make an ambiguous impression: the ...
07-07-2023
Supermarket, spam, electric guitar, and 7 other things that ...
The global economic crisis, which began on October 24, 1929 with the stock market crash in the United States and lasted for a long ...
07-07-2023
The story of a survivor Li Ching-Yun, who has lived more than ...
The resident of China Li Ching-Yun (Li Ching-Yun) died 6 may 1933, having lived a long and interesting life. He left behind 180 ...
07-07-2023
When death comes to face, or the Story of the most beautiful ...
Death is very rarely attractive, and especially if a person falls from a great height. Evelyn McHale managed to accomplish the ...
07-07-2023
Voronezh village Kostenki: the birthplace of the first Europeans
40 kilometers from Voronezh on the steep banks of the Don is the village of Kostenki, which scientists consider the ancestral home ...
07-07-2023
The French castle of Quesnel shortly before the devastating fire
Professional photographer Romain Thiery specializes in finding and shooting pianos in abandoned buildings in Europe. During his ...
06-07-2023
For anything other than Dating used condoms in the USSR
Ask any person who lived in the Soviet years, what is a "product number 2", and he'll tell you right away: the so-called at that ...
06-07-2023
What was the real fate of the bride from Vasily Pukarev's ...
The traditional Academic exhibition held in 1863 in St. Petersburg, has become unlike others. It could even be called a sensation, ...
06-07-2023
The cold summer of 1816: how the weather change affected ...
Every year, the negative human impact on the climate is becoming more and more obvious. The catastrophic melting of glaciers, ...
06-07-2023
"I have learned what a woman's power over men is": the ...
On August 7, 1876, Mata Hari was born — a spy and a courtesan, surrounded by a halo of mystery. This woman became a legend during ...
05-07-2023
What did the very first gadgets look like, without which we ...
Today's generation of children can no longer imagine a smartphone not with a touch screen, but with buttons. And the first phone in ...
05-07-2023
The history of the American dollar, the main currency of the ...
The US dollar is the main currency of the world and a synonym of economic stability. That dollar world powers choose to accommodate ...
05-07-2023
Fatal passion of John Kerry's murder, make the picture a ...
English painter John Kerry (1883-1914) is not among the most recognized masters of the world and even the UK. The most expensive of ...
05-07-2023
How did the song "Murka": the real story of Marusya Klimova
«Murka» rightfully is among the most popular Russian songs of the 20th century. She was considered almost an anthem of ...
05-07-2023
Bath and laundry factories — brothels or "purity factories" ...
Blistered to bloody calluses, fingers that do not bend from arthritis, skin corroded by lye and tons of laundry. Such were the ...
05-07-2023
Having sex in the Middle Ages was very difficult
Forget about romance, about beautiful ladies in trouble and noble knights in shining armor on a white horse. Because it was very ...
05-07-2023
Patriotic mass photos of Arthur Mall during the First World War
Arthur Mole is an English professional photographer who became famous thanks to a series of "live photos" taken during the First ...
05-07-2023
22 rare celebrity photos that will take you back to the crazy 90s
Take a trip back in time: travel back to the crazy 1990s with this amazing collection of rare celebrity photos. Remember the ...
05-07-2023
The story of Andy - a gray goose in children's sneakers
Our smaller brothers are often in trouble. It is much more difficult for them to get help than for people. For this to happen, you ...
04-07-2023
Giving youth: what teenagers from different countries looked ...
People have always seen in the younger generation something different, fundamentally different from the generations of their ...