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14-08-2024
20 historical photos that you definitely haven't seen!
It would seem that we just do not know and have not seen in the Internet era, when any information is available! But historical ...
13-08-2024
What American megacities looked like at the beginning of the ...
Dive into the atmosphere of the early 20th century and see what American megalopolises looked like at that time. In this selection ...
13-08-2024
Mundaneum: How a 'paper Google' appeared in Belgium a ...
Got it, I'll update the alt tags in the post code now, using the title and captions. Today, it only takes a couple of minutes ...
13-08-2024
The incredible story of Lina Cavalieri from a music hall ...
Lina Cavalieri — one hundred years ago, this name spread throughout Europe and in Russia. Italian Opera singer has received ...
13-08-2024
520 corpses, panic and harakiri: the story of one of the most ...
August 12, 1985, Japan was hit by one of the biggest crashes in the history of world aviation, which killed 520 people. Distraught ...
13-08-2024
Hunghutz: Chinese mafia has seized the far East of the ...
Translated from the Chinese "hunghutz" means "red beard". It is believed that the so-called one of the criminal clans of China, ...
13-08-2024
10 strange historical photos that require an explanation
It can be difficult to imagine what life was like for several dozen (or even hundreds) years ago, and sometimes it seems strange to ...
12-08-2024
15 rare photos of Fidel Castro as a child and youth
On August 13, 1926, Fidel Castro, a Cuban revolutionary and leader, was born. The long life of the legendary comandante was full of ...
12-08-2024
Egypt's Merimde Civilization: The Ancestors of the ...
The civilization of Ancient Egypt is still full of unsolved mysteries. People who built majestic pyramids and temples before the ...
12-08-2024
10 amazing sights in China besides the Great Wall and the ...
If you are a tourist and come to China, then, most likely, at some point in your journey through this country, you will probably ...
12-08-2024
Start the time machine: 25 photos of grandparents who ...
Of course, none of you have seen your grandparents at a very young age. But, turning over the pages of the family album, we are ...
12-08-2024
The Mother of God with three hands and other unusual icons
Orthodox Christians in Russia have revered and continue to revere many bizarre icons. Some of them were even banned by the Church ...
12-08-2024
"Oh, amazing Kolomna!": as candy and cakes forever changed ...
The first written mention of Kolomna is in the Laurentian chronicle and dated to the year 1180. Since then, the city has ...
12-08-2024
Amazons of Dahomey — who were the women who put the French ...
Dahomey, a small state located in the West of Africa, became a "tough nut" for the colonizers. France, which claimed these lands, ...
12-08-2024
"Spinning houses", "chorus girls" and other features of ...
Prostitution is called the oldest profession and, most likely, this statement is not far from the truth. But in different parts of ...
12-08-2024
Hunting for sewing machines, or Why antique dealers need ...
On August 12, 1851, the American tailor Singer patented an improved sewing machine. This ingenious invention changed the economy. ...
11-08-2024
The Norwegian airline showed what was fed on planes half a ...
It is always curious to look into the past — for example, who would have thought that half a century ago passengers on board ...
11-08-2024
Paying a debt with a child and a career at court: how did wet ...
For a modern person, a wet nurse is a kind of domestic servant who once long ago was responsible for breastfeeding a child from an ...
11-08-2024
The story of the "glass" Charles VI the Mad – the craziest ...
In world history, cranks, psychopaths and infantiles among monarchs were common. But there weren't that many really nuts. The most ...
11-08-2024
Hand of glory — the eerie exhibit of the British Museum Whitby
Parts of dead bodies had long been the attributes of witchcraft. The most famous occult object of this type in the Middle ages was ...
11-08-2024
"Ladder of the dead" in the Austrian concentration camp ...
The Mauthausen concentration camp was located 20 kilometers east of Linz, the administrative center of Upper Austria. It was the ...
11-08-2024
"The Mouth of Truth", or How in ancient times they denounced ...
To expose unfaithful spouses today, you have to hire special detectives and spend time, effort and money. But in the old days ...
11-08-2024
The Kagots are a mysterious tribe of untouchables from ...
In Asia, the caste system has existed for thousands of years. It is known that India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and even Japan ...
10-08-2024
A nostalgic selection of photos from our 90s
Who caught the nineties of the last century, he will never forget them. We have collected a selection of photos of famous and ...
10-08-2024
22 old, but very cool things that will last forever
We are used to the fact that things tend to wear out, and devices break down. But there are situations "on the contrary": Grandma's ...
10-08-2024
"Russia is outside the law. The bombing will begin in 5 ...
On August 11, 1984, President Ronald Reagan made a joke during the preparation for the traditional Saturday radio address to ...