History
28.12.25
Why Americans are called Yankees
26-12-2025
Why did the ancient Romans and Greeks eat lying down
Among the recommendations of modern doctors and nutritionists, you can often find advice not to eat standing and lying down. ...
26-12-2025
Broke through: historical images of the baby boom in the USA
Since the end of World War II, birth rates have risen sharply in the United States and other Western countries. Between 1945 and ...
26-12-2025
"Sweet Life" by Swedish Marilyn Monroe
Even if you have not watched the famous film of the great film director Federico Fellini "Sweet Life", then you should have seen ...
26-12-2025
The Coffin in the Attic: The Incredible Story of Henry Trigg ...
Englishman Henry Trigg lived in the 18th century, but his name is still known thanks to an unusual burial. His life was marred by a ...
26-12-2025
The story of strong-willed circus performer Dolly Dimples, ...
Although body positivity is actively promoted to the masses these days, slim figures remain trendy. Even those who demonstrate ...
26-12-2025
Invisible Death: the 7 best snipers in the history of all the ...
A good sniper doesn't have to be a career soldier. This simple postulate was well understood by the Red Army soldiers who ...
25-12-2025
Robinson with a machine gun, or the Amazing story of the ...
In our view, Robinsonade is associated with the heroic survival of a person who, due to unforeseen circumstances, found himself far ...
25-12-2025
35 archival photos that captured rare historical moments
Sometimes a single photo can tell a lot more than all those dry paragraphs of historical references. These pictures will tell you ...
25-12-2025
Blond Silvett David: the mystery of the unknown Muse of the ...
Artists perpetuate the images of his muses in paintings, sculptures and other works. Them they draw inspiration for creativity. ...
25-12-2025
He will never refuse. History of Zippo
In 1933, the first mass-produced Zippo lighter was released. Over 88 years, more than half a million lighters have been sold, and ...
![How the "Tomb of Christ", or the Alternative Gospel, appeared in Japan](/img/2025/how-the-tomb-of-christ-or/how-the-tomb-of-christ-or-170x170.jpg "How the "Tomb of Christ", or the Alternative Gospel, appeared in Japan")
24-12-2025
How the "Tomb of Christ", or the Alternative ...
Aomori Prefecture in the north of the Japanese island of Honshu is an agricultural region famous for its delicious apples. In ...
24-12-2025
How playing cards helped escape from German captivity
The Second World War is notorious not only for the huge number of casualties, but also for the large number of prisoners on both ...
24-12-2025
Amazingly vivid retro photographs of Jacques-Henri Lartigue, ...
Jacques-Henri Lartigue (1894-1986) is perhaps the most famous "amateur" in the history of photography. The art world discovered his ...
24-12-2025
Retrofoto from the series "What the fuck?!"
Analyzing old archives, you can stumble upon something that involuntarily raises a natural question: "What the hell is this?!" ...
24-12-2025
"The Beautiful Chocolate Maker" - the mystery of the famous ...
"The Beautiful Chocolate Maker" - a portrait of a neatly dressed beauty gracefully holding a tray with a cup of hot chocolate and a ...
24-12-2025
Amazing photos of new York 1980‑ies
Compared to the 1970-ies 1980‑e years were a time of cautious optimism in new York. Boom on wall street fueled the speculative ...
23-12-2025
The King of scammers — how Victor Lustig was able to sell ...
Victor Lustig is considered one of the most skillful and famous scammers in the world. He was arrested about 50 times and released ...
23-12-2025
Francesco Lentini - the three-legged "king of freaks" who ...
The symbol of the island of Sicily — treskilion, represents three joined legs bent at the knees, with the head of the Gorgon ...
23-12-2025
How anthropologist Grover Krantz and his Dog Clyde became ...
There is an unusual exhibit at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington. This is the skeleton of a man, on whose chest ...
23-12-2025
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 ...
23-12-2025
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 ...
23-12-2025
Korean heating system ondol — underfloor heating that ...
Every region of the world with a fairly cold winter has its own traditional ways of heating homes. In Western European countries, ...
22-12-2025
The Story of Narcisse Pierre Pelletier, a White Aborigine of ...
Sometimes a single incident can completely change a person's life, turning it into a legend whose reality is hard to believe. ...
22-12-2025
Winter in Soviet retro photos
Drifts of snow, frost and sun, winter fun — c Soviet time, little has changed for this time of year. Feel the true atmosphere ...
22-12-2025
Athletes, Komsomol, just beauty
Students, workers, collective farmers. From the Russian Federation, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Moldova… They are all very ...
22-12-2025
6 Inventions That Killed Their Creators
Invention is a creative, exciting, yet sometimes dangerous process. When creating something new, a person isn't always able to ...