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24.04.24
How our ancestors fought insomnia
24-04-2024
The plague of overweight: a LIFE story about weight loss ...
There was in the world, in the United States of the late 1940s, years nurse. And her name was Dorothy Bradley. Poor Dorothy weighed ...
24-04-2024
Why 3 a.m. was considered the most dangerous time by our ...
Modern people are sure that all devilry begins exactly at midnight and this time is considered the most mystical and dangerous. But ...
24-04-2024
Forget what you were taught in school: facts that have ceased ...
Everything changes over time. And even those facts that you previously considered reinforced concrete may change after some time. ...
24-04-2024
Harem of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire: 8 facts you didn't ...
In our view, the sultan's harem is a paradise where the languid wives and concubines of the lord in beautiful gardens, among ...
24-04-2024
Pre-war Venice in color photographs by Bernard Eilers
Not so long ago we had a post about color photographs of Italy in 1938 (see the link below). An endless series of banners, ...
23-04-2024
Looked like mom Marilyn Monroe, Princess Diana and other ...
Watch a selection of rare archival footage of the XX century stars posing with their moms. Looked like her Marilyn Monroe, ...
23-04-2024
Like a champion, Robert Gutyra fled with his family behind ...
It was very difficult to leave the countries of the socialist camp at the height of the Cold War. Almost always, escaping to the ...
23-04-2024
Breast augmentation 100 years ago. What was it like?
What do we women have to endure in the name of fashion? What sacrifices we are not forced to make to look beautiful, modern and ...
23-04-2024
Pedophilia, harems, torture and executions: wild ...
Among all the misfortunes that the Russian people have faced in their history, serfdom can be considered one of the most severe. An ...
23-04-2024
The wedding night: how it was in Russia
The first wedding night in Russia was arranged in a special way and had a lot of differences from the similar tradition of other ...
22-04-2024
5 facts from the life of Gogol, which are not accepted to ...
Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol is not just a classic, but the first major Russian prose writer, who was considered his teacher by many ...
22-04-2024
Portraits of pain: striking photographs of patients from ...
The ages are suffering from various diseases. With the progress of society evolving and medicine, but health problems continue to ...
22-04-2024
19 poignant and sobering photos of how merciless time is
Here you are only 5 years old. Kindergarten. It's already 15. First love. Until recently, you graduated from the institute, and ...
22-04-2024
As a housewife Melitta Benz invented the coffee filter and ...
In 1908, Berlin was a unique case: a simple housewife Melitta Benz was one of the first women who received a patent for his ...
22-04-2024
Like today: 11 color photographs of the Russian Empire and ...
Initially these photographs were black-and-white, but the colorist Olga Shirnina restored the correct colors invisible to the ...
22-04-2024
Sydney's criminal underground of the 1920s and 1940s - rare ...
The "creative tandem" of a mother and daughter who sold cocaine and a gang of thieves who disguised themselves as women and stole ...
22-04-2024
5 favorite women of Adolf Hitler
Extraordinary, domineering personalities have always attracted women, and for many ladies it doesn't even matter if their hero is ...
22-04-2024
Why in Russia the meeting with the funeral was a good sign
Today, having met the funeral, few people feel positive emotions. Many even believe that this event can cause trouble and therefore ...
21-04-2024
Gemini Project. Truth or fiction?
The Gemini Project is one of the horrific crimes of Nazi Germany. It is so inhuman that for a long time it was considered only a ...
21-04-2024
The Wehrmacht is stoned: drugs in the service of the Third Reich
While the Red Army used the "front-line hundred grams", methamphetamines were used on the other side of the trenches. Under the ...
21-04-2024
The story of the elusive "Mr. 880" — the most unusual ...
The criminal craft of a counterfeiter implies the presence of serious artistic abilities and a steady hand. But there are ...
21-04-2024
How domestic violence was treated in Russia — myths and reality
It is believed that in Russia, assault in the family was almost a national sport. In history lessons, we were told about the ...
21-04-2024
Late love of Marshal Tolbukhin and... Faina Ranevskaya
And it all started as the old joke. Remember: the restaurant falls out drunk, and he saw a man in a Golden cap, and trousers with ...
21-04-2024
Caution! Things from ArtefactsPorn can cause aesthetic orgasm
Modern things are created by teams of professionals that include designers, designers, material engineers, the ergonomic ...
21-04-2024
Istanbul-the City of Contrasts: 30 color images of street ...
Istanbul is the most populous city in Turkey. It is the cultural, historical and economic center of the country. It is located on ...
21-04-2024
The incredible story of how the Queen of Britain married the ...
In the 19th century, a small mistake in translation led to the fact that the Nigerian king for many years began to consider the ...