History
19-09-2024
Halley's Comet and the failed Apocalypse of 1910
In 1910, the whole world was waiting for a guest from the depths of the universe – Halley's comet-to appear near the Earth. ...
19-09-2024
What did a woman need in Russia to get married?
From the very birth, a dowry was collected for a girl in a Russian family. And in the state treasury there was even a separate item ...
18-09-2024
What things looked like in the very beginning that you now ...
We are so accustomed to many things that surround us every day that we rarely think about the fact that they once looked completely ...
18-09-2024
Blokhovka, pomander and other mysterious accessories of the past
From time immemorial, people have strived to be more beautiful... The ancient Egyptians were the first to apply makeup, the ancient ...
18-09-2024
The ruined childhood of Eva Ionesco, a girl who became her ...
Parents who force their children to participate in beauty contests are simply "sweethearts" compared to Irina Ionesco, a French ...
18-09-2024
From trepanation to sewing garlic: ancient ways to treat ...
Everyone who has experienced migraine attacks knows well that this condition is different from a normal headache. This is a whole ...
18-09-2024
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. ...
18-09-2024
The Beautiful Carolina Otero: How a Former Prostitute Drove ...
The French courtesan Carolina Otero was called the "Queen of Paris". She was admired not only in France, but also in ...
18-09-2024
Fun, beautiful and still a few facts that we didn't know ...
Many remember Leonid Brezhnev, the old and infirm a man about whom popular rumor piled a lot of anecdotes. For example, we remember ...
17-09-2024
The first woman millionaire Sarah Breedlove: the path from a ...
Black American Sarah Breedlove (Sarah Breedlove), which many know as Madam C. J. Walker — a true embodiment of the idea of ...
17-09-2024
Who are farriers and why did their profession disappear?
The word "farrier" has probably been heard by everyone. Today it has a negative connotation and is used as an offensive ...
17-09-2024
What were the punks like 30 years ago
Those who are not familiar with the culture of the punk and hardcore scene of Los Angeles in the 1980s are unlikely to have heard ...
17-09-2024
The smile of absolute evil
It would seem that what could be scary in such a simple and sincere expression of emotion as a smile? However, when you see a smile ...
17-09-2024
Amazing Facts About Agatha Christie's Life
On September 15, 1890, Agatha Miller was born in the British county of Devon. Today we know her as a detective genius, one of the ...
16-09-2024
What is hidden behind the picture? Secrets of 12 covers of ...
A music album is not only a collection of tracks, but also an example of fine art. Each cover carries a certain meaning, and behind ...
16-09-2024
“History’s Mysteries”: 10 Remarkable Photos And Facts ...
In over 4.5 billion years of Earth’s existence and millions of years of human evolution, we’ve seen civilizations rise and ...
16-09-2024
Fritz Honka - The Story of Hamburg's Jack the Ripper
Maniacs rarely look like monsters. In everyday life, they are ordinary people, sometimes even pleasant to talk to. It is this trait ...
16-09-2024
Color photographs of the First World War that were taken as ...
More than a hundred years have passed since the end of the First World War. Many generations have passed since then. When you look ...
16-09-2024
How teenagers have changed over the past 50 years
Have you ever wondered how teenagers have changed over the past five decades? How have the clothes they wear changed? What have ...
16-09-2024
Why is the body of the Tsar-reformer Peter I lay unburied 6 years
Most researchers of the life of Tsar Peter I believe that it was buried soon after death, according to Christian tradition, in the ...
16-09-2024
Russian models from aristocratic families who conquered Paris
It is well known that our models are highly valued all over the world. Strange as it may sound, but the fashion for Russian girls ...
15-09-2024
What is meaning, or Unromantic Robinson Crusoe, which ...
Since time immemorial many peoples banishment was a popular punishment. People — a social being and the deprivation of ...
15-09-2024
Vintage photos of the Gold Rush Legacy
The bitter irony of the California gold rush is that the first person to find gold in this region, James W. Marshall, died alone ...
15-09-2024
Eleanor of Aquitaine: how the blonde princess conquered ...
It is known that medieval minstrels never skimped on flattery and, quite often, sang the virtues of beautiful ladies, which they ...
15-09-2024
Bride auction, or why in Babylon even ugly girls were in ...
In many ancient cultures, women were treated as commodities and their opinions were completely ignored. In Babylon, they even held ...
14-09-2024
John Smith or Chief White Wolf, the oldest Indian who ...
Chief White Wolf, aka John Smith, was a Native American from the Ojibwe tribe (also known as Ojibwa, Chippewa, or Salt) who lived ...