History

The story of the life and death of General Karbysheva, which the Nazis had turned into a block of ice

19-01-2024

The story of the life and death of General Karbysheva, which ...

General Dmitry Karbyshev — one of the Soviet commanders who performed his duty to the end. This man was captured in the battle, ...

10 invaluable things that have been destroyed because of human stupidity

19-01-2024

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 ...

Mystical agricultural Inca terraces of Moray

19-01-2024

Mystical agricultural Inca terraces of Moray

List of spectacular and fascinating ruins of the Inca civilization without a doubt you can make the Moray archaeological site in ...

20 photos from the days of prohibition

19-01-2024

20 photos from the days of prohibition

Prohibition started in 1920, when the so-called the Volstead act came into force. The 18th amendment to the U.S. Constitution ...

The story of Captain Scaletto, or How the sailboat of a dream crashed on the rocks of bureaucracy

19-01-2024

The story of Captain Scaletto, or How the sailboat of a dream ...

In Crimea, not far from Sudak, there is Bugaz Bay. There on the shore you can see the wreckage of a 17th century British ...

Why do coins have a ribbed edge

19-01-2024

Why do coins have a ribbed edge

If you take a coin out of your pocket and examine it carefully, you will see that its edge, which is called the edge, has a notch. ...

The hippie camp Taylor camp — a utopian place with no worries, evil and clothing

19-01-2024

The hippie camp Taylor camp — a utopian place with no ...

Many believe that if Heaven on earth exists, it certainly is on the Hawaiian Islands. That is why it was built here in the late ...

30 shocking photos that won the Pulitzer prize

18-01-2024

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 ...

13 the most terrifying mummies of the world

18-01-2024

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 ...

Sex, drugs and cabaret: the night life of Weimar Germany

18-01-2024

Sex, drugs and cabaret: the night life of Weimar Germany

About each nation there are stereotypes. For example, the Germans say that they love the "Ordnung", discipline and purity. This ...

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

17-01-2024

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. ...

How a simple Armenian boy Yusuf Karsh became a legend of portrait photography

17-01-2024

How a simple Armenian boy Yusuf Karsh became a legend of ...

There are beautiful, unusual, and simply interesting photographs. And there are also cult ones that reflect the epoch, significant ...

Harsh beauty: 25 brutal ideas of hairstyles for the modern Viking

17-01-2024

Harsh beauty: 25 brutal ideas of hairstyles for the modern Viking

The Vikings — the ancient cool kids who wore wolf skins and fought all over the world. In addition to skills to be proficient ...

12 products of the past that are no longer found in stores

17-01-2024

12 products of the past that are no longer found in stores

Now the shelves are bursting with an abundance of different types of products and I think they can see literally EVERYTHING, ...

Beach fashion 1920-30s

16-01-2024

Beach fashion 1920-30s

The beach fashion of the “crazy twenties” was a kind of challenge to society. Women began wearing swimsuits that exposed their ...

A window to the past: the first 30 photographs taken in 1839, John Herschel

16-01-2024

A window to the past: the first 30 photographs taken in 1839, ...

John Frederick William Herschel is one of the most famous and respected scientists of the nineteenth century. His interests in ...

10 Pictures From ‘The Museum of Ridiculously Interesting Things’

16-01-2024

10 Pictures From ‘The Museum of Ridiculously Interesting ...

The Museum of Ridiculously Interesting Things might be an imaginary institution, but it's so captivating that over 4 million people ...

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

16-01-2024

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, ...

10 Captivating Cosplay And Fantasy Costumes By Marga Van Der Vet

16-01-2024

10 Captivating Cosplay And Fantasy Costumes By Marga Van Der Vet

Marga van der Vet is a fabulous woman from the Netherlands in her 50s.  She makes her hats, clothes, costumes, and corsets. Why? ...

As a 16-year-old girl in the early XX century circled the globe by car

16-01-2024

As a 16-year-old girl in the early XX century circled the ...

In 1922, the 16-year-old canadian Aloha Vandervell went on an adventurous expedition through the world by car Ford Model‑T became ...

Why did man start shoeing horses?

15-01-2024

Why did man start shoeing horses?

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

Do you remember these things from the 90's?

15-01-2024

Do you remember these things from the 90's?

These things are for today's children will be a rarity, and for some they are not even able to come up with a present purpose. ...

Decay period: 40 pictures from the 90s that will cause mixed feelings

14-01-2024

Decay period: 40 pictures from the 90s that will cause mixed ...

Remember how broke the "unbreakable" scoop? The photo preserved in the photo album of almost every family! A selection of vintage ...

8 famous photos that hide fascinating stories

14-01-2024

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 ...

Cemetery stories, or Why are graves dug 2 meters deep?

14-01-2024

Cemetery stories, or Why are graves dug 2 meters deep?

If we have someone's death familiarly say "played in the box", then even in jokes the Anglo—Saxons will express themselves ...

"Threads", arcs and ticks: the evolution of eyebrows from Marlene Dietrich to Cara Delevingne

14-01-2024

"Threads", arcs and ticks: the evolution of eyebrows from ...

Over the past century, the shape of women's eyebrows has undergone many changes-from drawn threads to natural wide contours, which ...