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23.04.22
Top 10 villains in movie history
20.04.22
11 Greatest Warriors Ever
18.04.22
8 best films about the Middle Ages
16-04-2022
25 things about Genghis Khan that we didn't know
We all know that Genghis Khan was a great conqueror, but not all the facts of his biography are known to the general public. Here ...
16-04-2022
10 bloodthirsty killers from the beginning of time to the ...
The term "serial killer" appeared only at the end of the XIX century. But this does not mean that there were no bloodthirsty ...
16-04-2022
8 most scandalous silent film stars
We all know what modern Hollywood movies are like with their smart dialogue, explosive sound, and superb special effects. Sometimes ...
16-04-2022
8 best works of the famous Russian portrait painter Orest ...
He is best known for his iconic portrait of the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin, but he also painted many of Russia's most ...
15-04-2022
Short skirts, roadside picnics and smiling children — what ...
University professor Bill Podlich from Arizona took a whole series of pictures in 1967 while he was living and working in ...
15-04-2022
5 Symbols of Infinite Love
Five architectural masterpieces, all with romantic stories, symbolizing the power of love...
15-04-2022
Rare photos of the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II
The art of photography in his time developed rapidly, so we were lucky to see many images of the emperor, both official and from ...
14-04-2022
The history and culture of mankind in numbers: what unusual ...
Many people today do not notice how much educational and cultural resources have changed over the past 20 years. To display a rare ...
14-04-2022
Deception of the century: the oldest woman on the planet ...
Russian mathematician Nikolai Zak claims to have uncovered the deception of the century. According to his assumptions, the woman ...
14-04-2022
From the bush to the consumer: how tea production took place ...
From year to year, a real tea gathering ceremony flourishes on the territory of Japan. A special procedure was used when collecting ...
13-04-2022
Royal libertines: ten of the most vicious women in history
We habitually attribute due modesty to women, completely forgetting about their personal needs. Society really forced (and does) ...
13-04-2022
How to get rid of pain in ancient times
Today, there is a popular myth in society that until the 19th century, people simply endured pain for lack of painkillers and ...
13-04-2022
6 finds from the past that surprised even their owners
The past should stay in the past, they say. However, sometimes the past catches up with you unexpectedly. For example, the scent of ...
13-04-2022
An American found color photos of Indians of the late XIX century
Filmmaker Paul Ratner revealed his passion for studying old photographs of Indians during the filming of the film "Moses on Table ...
12-04-2022
The lords of the wardrobe and sex fantasies
On February 28, 1935, American chemist Wallace Hume Carothers and a group of like-minded people created a new synthetic fiber, ...
11-04-2022
Back to 1998
We present to you the chronicle of the crisis of 1998. Then the Russians, who were depreciating before their eyes, invested rubles ...
11-04-2022
Black and white St. Helena Island
The island of Saint Helena, one of the most remote corners of the world, which can only be reached by ship, is known for being the ...
11-04-2022
A window into the past: 30 first photographs taken in 1839 by ...
John Frederick William Herschel is one of the most famous and respected scientists of the XIX century. His interests in chemistry, ...
11-04-2022
Child abductor, sadist and murderer Georgia Tann
Looking into the face of this lady, you are unlikely to think that in front of you is a child abductor, a sadist and a murderer. ...
10-04-2022
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev on vacation and not only
It's no secret that for Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev, women, hunting, hockey and cars were the outlets. Brezhnev became the first Soviet ...
10-04-2022
Ghosts of the Soviet Past
The communist ideology saw the way to an ideal society in progress and industrialization. Large—scale architectural forms helped ...
09-04-2022
A brief but stunning history of burlesque in the 1950s
Today burlesque is a real art form. Modern burlesque performers, men and women, combine the most explosive aspects of costumed ...
08-04-2022
Unique photos of the 1940s in color codes.
"We imagine photos from those times exclusively in black and white. These are the works of American freelance photographer Robert ...
08-04-2022
The tragedy of the Belarusian village Drazhna: why Soviet ...
We are all accustomed to hear about the atrocities of the German invaders during the great Patriotic war. There are many cases ...
07-04-2022
One day in a Swedish prison
"One day the Swedes read that in America they came up with a new way to correct criminals — to put them in solitary cells so that ...
07-04-2022
The most beautiful James Bond girls
In the UK, the "ninth Bond girl", actress Tanya Male (Tania Mallet), known for her role in the film "Goldfinger" (Goldfinger), ...