History

Comprachicos: how a gang of kidnappers have been doing business in the ugliness

21-12-2024

Comprachicos: how a gang of kidnappers have been doing ...

Deformities and physical abnormalities simultaneously frightened and attracted people at all times. The so-called "circus freaks" ...

10 invaluable things that have been destroyed because of human stupidity

21-12-2024

10 invaluable things that have been destroyed because of ...

Do you have an awkward acquaintances, in whose hands literally all falls down, breaks and crumbles? But to break it or mess up with ...

20 Events That Surprisingly Happened Simultaneously

21-12-2024

20 Events That Surprisingly Happened Simultaneously

History is full of amazing coincidences that make us look at the chronology of events differently. Imagine that in 1977, when the ...

Most impressive photos of Antarctica beginning of the XX century

21-12-2024

Most impressive photos of Antarctica beginning of the XX century

James Francis Hurley (James Francis Hurley), known by the name of Frank Hurley (Frank Hurley) — the most famous Australian ...

What was the fate of the real prototypes of children's fairy tales

20-12-2024

What was the fate of the real prototypes of children's fairy ...

On October 14, 1926, Alan Milne's book "Winnie the pOoh" was published in the London publishing house Methuen & Co. Children, ...

Looked like the Chilean capital's youth in the 70s

20-12-2024

Looked like the Chilean capital's youth in the 70s

Santiago is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the most populated cities in South America. We are not so much ...

The amazing story of the Cocaine Bear — a bear who ate 34 kilos of smuggled cocaine

20-12-2024

The amazing story of the Cocaine Bear — a bear who ate 34 ...

The story of drug smuggling has a lot of amazing occasions, but the case of Coca Bears — one of the most impressive. He became a ...

Why did man start shoeing horses?

20-12-2024

Why did man start shoeing horses?

For thousands of years in the wild, horses survived without shoes. Moreover, even domesticated animals ran without these ...

"Killed a spy or a woman on the run?": I would say, in the end, the mystery of the "women of Isdale"

20-12-2024

"Killed a spy or a woman on the run?": I would say, in the ...

In 1970 in the valley Isdale in Norway passers-by found the burnt body of a woman. What at first looked like an accident, start to ...

30 shocking photos that won the Pulitzer prize

20-12-2024

30 shocking photos that won the Pulitzer prize

Established in 1942 Pulitzer prize for outstanding picture later divided into two nominations: best art and the best news ...

What the Internet looked like 30+ years ago

19-12-2024

What the Internet looked like 30+ years ago

On December 20, 1990, the first website was launched, created by British scientist Tim Berners-Lee, who worked at the time at the ...

Favorite Soviet actors in childhood and adulthood

19-12-2024

Favorite Soviet actors in childhood and adulthood

That looked like famous actors of the Soviet screen in the childhood years. Unfortunately, many archived images are preserved not ...

Without the past and the future: treatment of lobotomy from mental disorders

19-12-2024

Without the past and the future: treatment of lobotomy from ...

Terrible the procedure of lobotomy was very popular in the 1940-1950-ies. Patients suffering from depression and schizophrenia seen ...

How did the sign appear to give exactly an odd number of flowers

19-12-2024

How did the sign appear to give exactly an odd number of flowers

For mankind has accumulated many signs in its history. There is also a bias against black cats and a dislike of the number 13 and ...

How did the custom of pulling boys' ears on their birthday come about

19-12-2024

How did the custom of pulling boys' ears on their birthday ...

Every boy was pulled by the ears at least once on his birthday. Much less often, girls can remember about such a procedure, but ...

Haukartl: The Deadly Viking Dish

19-12-2024

Haukartl: The Deadly Viking Dish

We often hear about the deadly fugu fish, popular in Japan. But few people know that European cuisine also has dishes that can kill ...

How the corpse of a bandit from the Wild West worked as a scarecrow in a modern amusement park

19-12-2024

How the corpse of a bandit from the Wild West worked as a ...

Even children know that skeletons, zombies and monsters in the fear room are not real. But it turns out there are exceptions. In ...

The tragic life of bearded women Annie Jones, who was a real lady

19-12-2024

The tragic life of bearded women Annie Jones, who was a real lady

Even in the middle of the XX century, when people came close to solving the mystery of the atom and was looking for ways to reach ...

13 the most terrifying mummies of the world

19-12-2024

13 the most terrifying mummies of the world

Probably all of you watched a horror movie about a mummy come to life, attacking people. These evil dead has always excited the ...

Painted knees — a forgotten fashion trend of the 1920s

19-12-2024

Painted knees — a forgotten fashion trend of the 1920s

Make-up on the knees. It sounds strange, but a hundred years ago it was the most fashionable trend in the Western beauty industry. ...

How Car Hood Figures Appeared and Why They Disappeared

18-12-2024

How Car Hood Figures Appeared and Why They Disappeared

Since the inception of the automobile industry, manufacturers have sought to distinguish their cars, make them unique and easily ...

Killer waves: how an old sea tale turned out to be a reality

18-12-2024

Killer waves: how an old sea tale turned out to be a reality

Stories have been told for hundreds of years about huge waves that appear in the ocean out of nowhere and carry mortal danger. ...

Not by bread alone: tobacco, alcohol and sweets in the Red Army

18-12-2024

Not by bread alone: tobacco, alcohol and sweets in the Red Army

80 years ago, the Chairman of the State Defense Committee (GKO) of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin, signed Resolution No. 562 "On ...

The touching story of Frida the half-girl, one of the last stars of the freak show era

18-12-2024

The touching story of Frida the half-girl, one of the last ...

Modern people perceive "freak shows" and human zoos as medieval savagery. However, the ban on such shows was introduced ...

The Tragic Story of the "Living Skeleton" Isaac Sprague

17-12-2024

The Tragic Story of the "Living Skeleton" Isaac Sprague

To modern people, freak circuses and “human zoos” seem terrible and disgusting. But there was a time when they were the only ...

8 famous photos that hide fascinating stories

17-12-2024

8 famous photos that hide fascinating stories

Probably everyone has seen a photo of a sailor and a nurse kissing in Times Square or a portrait of Albert Einstein with his tongue ...