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28-12-2025

Pistachios, cashews and other "nuts" that aren't really nuts

The next time you're at a dinner party and someone lays out different nuts, take a moment and let everyone know that many of the ...

28-12-2025

Why Americans are called Yankees

Discussions have been going on about the origin of the Americans' nickname "Yankee" for a very long time. There are many versions, ...

28-12-2025

Empire of dirt, or Why the warriors of Genghis Khan, was ...

The Mongols seized in the 13th and 14th centuries, a large part of the Eurasian continent, was a force which could not to resist ...

28-12-2025

9 Myths About Sugar You Should Stop Believing

Have you ever wondered what a bunch of prejudices that are lovingly drummed into our heads since childhood limit us to an already ...

28-12-2025

25 amazing photos taken at the right moment

What makes a photo memorable? Lighting, angle, correct pose? This, of course, may be important, but there is nothing cooler than ...

28-12-2025

Fascinating macro snowdrops in the photo of the Russian master

A good photographer does not need an extremely expensive technique to create high-quality images. This statement was actually ...

28-12-2025

Artist Andrey Shatilov: analog the Creator of the digital era

Russian artist Andrey Shatilov has chosen a difficult path — he paints oil paintings. In the digital age this commitment to ...

27-12-2025

What happens if the condemned survives the death penalty

In the Middle Ages, it was believed that the Lord helped the survivor of the death penalty and this is an indication from above ...

27-12-2025

12 Hollywood stars who once starred in horror films

Horror is a genre of cinema that has become a springboard into the big cinema of many venerable Hollywood actors. Laurence ...

27-12-2025

The most memorable movie tattoos

To create a bright and memorable image, actors and actresses are often given imitation tattoos on the set of a film. Sometimes it ...

27-12-2025

Dissecting dreams: why we dream of sex, horror and gone from ...

Renowned psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung believed that our dreams — a message we sent to our unconsciousness. Analytical ...

27-12-2025

Why do we see faces everywhere

Have you ever seen a face in a morning cup of coffee, a rabbit or a dog in the clouds or a sinister face on the moon? No, it's not ...

27-12-2025

This is a must see: 50 amusing animal figures based on ...

If you like pictures and Internet memes with animals, chances are you've heard of the popular Japanese artist and enthusiast ...

27-12-2025

Britain of the 1960s in the lens of the legendary Bruce Davidson

American documentary photographer Bruce Davidson came to the UK in 1960 for a couple of months on the assignment of Queen magazine. ...

27-12-2025

Orgies in a monastery and sex with a hundred eunuchs: the 5 ...

Leonardo da Vinci was accused of being fond of orgies. William the Conqueror, despite all his successes, was called a "Bastard" ...

27-12-2025

"No shame, no conscience!": 20+ people who will annoy you ...

Modesty? Decency? A sense of tact? No, you haven't heard! Just look at what the people from the selection below are doing! No ...

27-12-2025

"And so it will come down!" 20 crazy Christmas trees that ...

The New Year holidays are coming, it's time to decorate your home. And the "heart" of the New Year is, of course, the Christmas ...

27-12-2025

Memories from the past: 15 ways to use a read newspaper

Read newspapers now usually no one needs. Previously, at least the pioneers went from apartment to apartment with a request to find ...

27-12-2025

15 amazing creatures that can't be seen without a microscope

The human eye is not able to see many things because of their small size, an electron microscope comes to the rescue. See also: ...

27-12-2025

Britain's answer to Helmut Newton: beautiful and sensual ...

Famous British photographer Bob Carlos Clarke was born in an Irish corps in 1950. In 1969 he moved to England to study art and ...

27-12-2025

The craftswoman creates dolls with magical realism

There are dolls very similar to living people. And there are so realistic that their appearance can only be explained by magic. ...

27-12-2025

Nevada-chan - a girl killer with a box cutter

Japan is deservedly considered one of the safest countries in the world. Even organized crime there has a "human face" ...

27-12-2025

Household geniuses who will find a way out of any situation

We present to your attention a small but cheerful collection of photos on the theme of «annoying situations in everyday life ...

27-12-2025

Pumpkin carvings by Marilyn Sunderland

Marilyn Sunderland is an American artist from Colombia. Each of her works is a work of art. Flowers, picturesque mountain ...

27-12-2025

Nomads of raute — how the primitive tribe lives, whose days ...

Despite the fact that there are fewer and fewer places untouched by civilization in the world, there are still peoples living the ...

27-12-2025

Illusory galaxies and constellations made of gasoline and oil ...

Finnish photographer Juha Tanhua has shot an unusual series of "space photos". Astrophotographic images of stars, galaxies and ...