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27.04.25
18 socialite 1920s
27-04-2025
What happened to the crazy King of Bavaria from ...
The king of fairy tales, as his subjects who adored him said. The only real king of the XIX century, according to the poet Paul ...
26-04-2025
Made in the USSR: legendary cosmetic products and their ...
Until 1917 cosmetics in Russia practically was not made. The pioneer becomes the trust "TEJA" (Trest essential oil essences), which ...
26-04-2025
Ugliness eternal seal: the tragic fate of the "girl with big ...
The so-called "freak shows" were very popular in the USA at the end of the 19th century. People came in droves to look at disabled ...
26-04-2025
The secret of the Tonsure: why Catholic monks shaved the top ...
For many of us, the image of a Catholic monk is inextricably linked with a black cassock and a tonsure – a neatly shaved crown. ...
26-04-2025
Rifles for the revolution, or why the cobblestone did not ...
People of the older generation remember well the sculpture by Ivan Shadr “Cobblestone - the weapon of the proletariat.” But it ...
26-04-2025
Photos of Manhattan 1870-1900, when the island was a slum of ...
In the last decades of the XIX century, Lower Manhattan in New York could be safely called the capital of the slums. In those ...
26-04-2025
Bessemer steamship: why a project that could save you from ...
Seasickness, motion sickness, or scientifically kinesia, is a condition familiar to many. Millions of people face it every day. ...
25-04-2025
10 false ideas about slavery in the United States
Slavery existed in the British American colonies and the United States from 1619 to 1865. Today, this is a difficult topic for ...
25-04-2025
The story of a genocide: the Australian aborigines were ...
U.S. 70-ies of the last century, racial segregation have almost ceased to remind myself. Dark-skinned artists, actors and ...
25-04-2025
Retro Mix: Sex, Drugs and Disco in New York Nightclubs in the ...
It seems to the current generation that their fathers and mothers, grandparents behaved strictly and decently half a century ago. ...
25-04-2025
The history of Yakut diamonds: how women geologists were ...
It seems that Russia has always been the leader in diamond mining, because there are very few countries in the world that could ...
25-04-2025
From love to hatred: the history of difficult relations ...
Cats live next to us more than 9000 years. During this time we had all the relations then deteriorated, it began to develop. Furry ...
25-04-2025
Marilyn Monroe without makeup and 33 more interesting and ...
History keeps a lot of interesting pictures of people, events, places that somehow stood out and were remembered. In this ...
25-04-2025
10 weird misconceptions about Ancient Rome
People mistakenly believe that ancient Romans lived in idleness, indulging in gluttony, debauchery. Meanwhile, Roman society was ...
25-04-2025
7 Russian girls that the whole country knew
Agree, after all, people who have crossed the threshold of youth usually become famous throughout the country or the world. And ...
24-04-2025
How photographer Ara Guler showed the world the heart of ...
Istanbul through the eyes of Ara Güler is a city full of life, pain and memories. Orhan Pamuk shares the story of his friendship ...
24-04-2025
How the "cocaine spoon" was a blow to the reputation of ...
McDonald's is known to all as a family brand and its restaurants are associated, primarily, with the happy faces of children. But ...
24-04-2025
City of Darkness: The amazing fate of the fortress city of ...
Hundreds of high-rise buildings huddled closely together, narrow passages between them that did not know the sunlight, children ...
24-04-2025
5 outstanding personalities who became victims of the Inquisition
On May 15, 1252, Pope Innocent IV read out the bull "ad extirpanda", according to which the torture of those suspected of heresy ...
24-04-2025
What did tourists ' favorite places look like a century ago
Priceless historical monuments and famous cities of the world were once completely ordinary, indistinguishable from other ...
24-04-2025
The story of Konstantin Morozov – the smallest man in the USSR
Resident of Ulyanovsk Konstantin Morozov had a height of only 63 cm. A congenital disease-chondrodystrophy-stopped the development ...
24-04-2025
How much did the inhabitants of Ancient Rome and China earn ...
In ancient times, people had different priorities in life, different values and religious beliefs. But their basic needs were ...
23-04-2025
What women's swimwear from a fashion designer of the 1930s ...
In the 1930s, the strict requirements of decency related to the appearance of women were rapidly retreating, and the ladies finally ...
23-04-2025
What struck scientists with the teeth of Ivan the Terrible
It is known that Tsar Ivan IV the Terrible died at the age of 53. According to many historical sources, in the last years of his ...
23-04-2025
From Cola to beaver testicles: 9 of the strangest ...
It seems to us that the "magic pill" and condoms have always been there. We are used to being able to independently control ...
23-04-2025
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 ...