History
08-08-2025
Impenetrable poverty on the streets of London in 1873-1877
In the period from 1873 to 1877, Scottish photographer John Thomson together with journalist Adolph Smith documented the life of ...
08-08-2025
How and why women's fist fights were held in Russia
Everyone knows about the popularity of fist fights in Russia. They were arranged even before the adoption of Christianity, on the ...
08-08-2025
Sit down! The story of the dog Pep, who received a life ...
The federal prison of the state of Pennsylvania is primarily known for the fact that the legendary gangster Al Capone served his ...
07-08-2025
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 ...
07-08-2025
22 Archaeological Artifacts That Upend Views of the Past
August 15 is the Day of the archaeologist - the day of those who reveal the secrets of the past. The bowels of the earth hide not ...
06-08-2025
Vin Mariani — wine with cocaine, which was drunk by Popes, ...
Cocaine is considered an absolute evil these days, but it wasn't always like that. In the 19th century, the narcotic substance ...
06-08-2025
The lost War: how humanity has struggled with masturbation in ...
It just so happened that the act of the biblical Onan, who did not want to have children from the wife of a dead brother imposed on ...
06-08-2025
The story of Graham Young, a maniac poisoner, whom even the ...
On August 22, 1990, the staff of the British prison for especially dangerous criminals Parkhurst, located on the Isle of Wight, ...
06-08-2025
Echoes of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in ...
On August 6, 1945, the Japanese city of Hiroshima was subjected to a nuclear attack by the United States, three days later the same ...
06-08-2025
Not just Excalibur: 10 most famous swords of the Middle Ages
In In the Middle Ages, the sword was the most common object, without which it was not only undesirable for a man to leave the ...
06-08-2025
A Freak with a Beautiful Soul: The Story of Joseph ...
He was the star of the Victorian freak show and the man with the most deformed appearance in history. Doctors tried to solve the ...
06-08-2025
How did the word “sneak” appear and why was it used to be ...
It just so happens that the word “sneak” is one of the first offensive words we encounter in childhood. Today it is gradually ...
05-08-2025
Secrets of the "distant chambers" of the shogun, or How the ...
Although in In the Middle Ages, Japan was headed by the emperor, since the 12th century, the actual power in the country belonged ...
05-08-2025
Brighter than a thousand suns: 20 scary shots in memory of ...
On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, using nuclear weapons for the first ...
05-08-2025
"Worn to the holes": sights that are mercilessly destroyed ...
The custom of rubbing statues and monuments is known all over the world. At the same time, no one can say when it was born and what ...
05-08-2025
Stars of Hollywood's Golden Age in Black and White Album ...
Screen goddesses from the mid-1920s to the late 1970s, including legends like Marilyn Monroe, Ava Gardner and Greta Garbo, in a ...
05-08-2025
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 ...
04-08-2025
The story of the hostage-taking, after which the term ...
The term "Stockholm syndrome" means a mental state that allows a person who has been abducted or abused to feel sympathy and ...
04-08-2025
Bella Borodkin-execute, can not be pardoned
Berta Naumovna Borodkina, who was called Iron Bella, during the Brezhnev stagnation, managed a catering service in Gelendzhik, ...
04-08-2025
22 Crazy Antiques That Collectors Pay Big Money For
Collectors are very peculiar people. They are ready to buy things for crazy money that an ordinary person would throw in the trash ...
04-08-2025
Haile Selassie was the last emperor of Ethiopia, a descendant ...
Haile Selassie I (his name means power, the strength of the Trinity) was first the regent of the country, and from 1930 - the ...
04-08-2025
Copper riot - what did the first inflation in Russian history ...
August 4, 1662 is the date when the "Copper Riot" broke out in Moscow. In this article, we will dive into the historical ...
04-08-2025
Holy Sinners: 7 Popes for whom the law is not written
Since the founding of the Christian Church, the Pope is considered the successor of St. Peter and is the undivided head of the Holy ...
03-08-2025
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 ...
03-08-2025
13 actresses who at one time shone not only with beauty
Nowadays, people are easily distracted by the glamour and external gloss of young actresses, who may not be distinguished by great ...
03-08-2025
The 5 most popular"can't": what was forbidden to do in Soviet ...
Discipline was an integral part of Soviet education. Numerous "no's" left almost no space for personal choice and self-expression, ...