History

Remembering... fashionable clothes of the 90s

15-06-2024

Remembering... fashionable clothes of the 90s

Fashion of the 90s. A frenzied mix of domestic consumer goods, "branded clothes" brought by shuttles, unimaginable hairstyles and ...

Creepy photos from the past that make the hair stand on end

14-06-2024

Creepy photos from the past that make the hair stand on end

This collection of dark and sinister photos from the past really makes you feel uneasy and goosebumps run down your skin. ...

23 violent photos from the underworld of New York of the last century

14-06-2024

23 violent photos from the underworld of New York of the last ...

New York, like any other metropolis, is a concentration of crime, and there are still legends about the gangs of New York and the ...

War is a woman's business: DNA analysis confirmed the existence of Viking women

14-06-2024

War is a woman's business: DNA analysis confirmed the ...

The legends of the Viking age about fearless female warriors who fought side by side with men have long aroused suspicions that at ...

20 vintage photos of brides in national wedding dresses

14-06-2024

20 vintage photos of brides in national wedding dresses

Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of past eras with a selection of old photos of brides in national wedding dresses. These unique ...

The story of Michael Tavis of pornoillimite with hands stained in blood

14-06-2024

The story of Michael Tavis of pornoillimite with hands ...

To the fifties of the XX century the United States remained very puritanical country, where of erotic publications was illegal. But ...

How we used to fly first class: caviar, any alcohol, smoking right in the seat and a full-fledged berth

14-06-2024

How we used to fly first class: caviar, any alcohol, smoking ...

At the dawn of aviation, airplane interiors looked completely different from what we are used to. If you want to sleep now, pay. ...

The story of Ella Harper, who became famous as the "camel girl"

14-06-2024

The story of Ella Harper, who became famous as the ...

Just a century ago, a person born with physical disabilities in a poor family had only one way to arrange his life. He got a job in ...

Alberto Vargas-the artist who made pin-up a trend

13-06-2024

Alberto Vargas-the artist who made pin-up a trend

Among all the genres of modern visual art, pin-up can be considered the most popular. Paintings in the poster style, with ...

Why do we need doormen, and how did this profession become prestigious

13-06-2024

Why do we need doormen, and how did this profession become ...

A lot of people in the world are surprised by the very existence of the profession of a doorman. There is almost no practical sense ...

Invisible Death: the 7 best snipers in the history of all the wars of the world

13-06-2024

Invisible Death: the 7 best snipers in the history of all the ...

A good sniper doesn't have to be a career soldier. This simple postulate was well understood by the Red Army soldiers who ...

The story of John Wilson Webb - the largest child in the world

13-06-2024

The story of John Wilson Webb - the largest child in the world

Nowadays, looking at people with a non-standard appearance, and even more so making fun of them, is a sign of bad parenting. But ...

"Purification" of blood: the secret project of the Nazis to grow superdets

13-06-2024

"Purification" of blood: the secret project of the Nazis to ...

As you know, the ideology of the Third Reich was based on the postulate of the superiority of the Aryan race over all others. The ...

Photos and secret love letters of Frida Kahlo

13-06-2024

Photos and secret love letters of Frida Kahlo

The artist, known for her exotic beauty, painted fascinating paintings in which her own personality was imprinted. Frida Kahlo's ...

The deadliest chemical and biological weapons of antiquity

13-06-2024

The deadliest chemical and biological weapons of antiquity

A person has never spared any money or effort to create the means to kill his own kind. Many believe that in ancient times people ...

10 women who went down in history as the most scandalous persons

13-06-2024

10 women who went down in history as the most scandalous persons

At all times, a woman could lead, violating the unwritten "code of rules of proper ladies". Not all ladies had the courage to go ...

"Commercial execution", cheating and other methods of punishment that affect honor, not the body

13-06-2024

"Commercial execution", cheating and other methods of ...

Over the millennia, humanity has greatly succeeded in inventing torture and executions. But there were always people who valued ...

Colma is an American cemetery town that lives off the dead.

13-06-2024

Colma is an American cemetery town that lives off the dead.

There are cities that exist entirely at the expense of tourists. The city of Colma, located near San Francisco, California, is not ...

"How the London dandy is dressed...", or What we know about the metrosexuals of the past

12-06-2024

"How the London dandy is dressed...", or What we know about ...

The phrase from Pushkin's "Eugene Onegin" about London dandies is understood by few. This is not surprising, since the word "dandy" ...

The East End of London and its people: photographs of the early XX century

12-06-2024

The East End of London and its people: photographs of the ...

These black and white images are surprisingly well preserved. In them we see the Whitechapel area, located in the heart of London's ...

18 historical photos that will tell you more than a textbook

12-06-2024

18 historical photos that will tell you more than a textbook

History is a very interesting and informative science, but for some reason many people find it boring. Perhaps because textbooks ...

What are the girls in Russia do not want to take in marriage

11-06-2024

What are the girls in Russia do not want to take in marriage

Marriage in Russia has always been an important condition for the realization of women in society. A girl who is not interested ...

Mata Hari and other sex front fighters who caused political scandals

11-06-2024

Mata Hari and other sex front fighters who caused political ...

It's not just men in suits who can be secret agents. And the girls we want to tell you about once again confirm this. What role did ...

Two Da Vinci's "Giocondes", a newly made face of the sphinx and other secrets of world art

10-06-2024

Two Da Vinci's "Giocondes", a newly made face of the sphinx ...

After all, Socrates was an intelligent man. "I know I don't know anything"—how true that is. You can live for a thousand years, ...

Women's Armor: Fantasy and reality of breast tucks

10-06-2024

Women's Armor: Fantasy and reality of breast tucks

A warrior girl with such tuck-ups on (and for) her chest on a plate armor is a familiar picture, isn't it? Fantasy artists have ...