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25-05-2024
15 fashion trends of the 70s that left and promised not to return
The style of the 70s can be described as diverse and eclectic. If the 60s were the beginning of a worldwide youth revolt, then in ...
24-05-2024
10 unusual theories that change the perspective on world history
There are people who believe that any historical event — it is a carefully planned action with a purpose and a part of a ...
24-05-2024
The history of ancient punishment, or what they really say: ...
Everyone knows that "there is no truth in the legs". But if you ask a person about how this expression appeared, he is unlikely to ...
24-05-2024
As Agatha Christie was schooled spree husband
Agata Mallowan, better known under the pseudonym of Agatha Christie, had a refined mind and a vivid imagination, thanks to which ...
24-05-2024
10 mysterious stories about stockings, the sexiest weapon of ...
Stockings are one of the most beloved weapons of seduction by women. But this seemingly simple thing. it has a lot of puzzles. For ...
24-05-2024
Salt, feathers, shells: the most unusual money in the history ...
There were times when any money was big, even the smallest. This is far from an allegory — history knows enough examples when ...
24-05-2024
Behind the scenes of the classic Frankenstein films
Universal's classic series of horror films are horror films that were made between the 1930s and 1950s and had a significant ...
24-05-2024
How the expression "Who does not take risks, does not drink ...
Today, the expression "Who does not take risks, does not drink champagne" is an obvious metaphor. But it wasn't always like that. ...
![The story of Julia "Butterfly", a girl who lived in a tree for 2 years](/img/2024/the-story-of-julia/the-story-of-julia-170x170.jpg "The story of Julia "Butterfly", a girl who lived in a tree for 2 years")
24-05-2024
The story of Julia "Butterfly", a girl who lived in ...
In 1997, Julia Lorraine Hill, known by the nickname Julia "Butterfly", climbed a tree and spent more than two years on it ...
24-05-2024
Toma Sankara is the only honest president in history who was ...
Once the African state of Burkina Faso was called Upper Volta and was an overseas territory of France. In the late 50s, Paris gave ...
23-05-2024
Why people in Spain run from bulls: the history of the San ...
Every year in the middle of summer, videos and photos from the San Fermin Festival, which takes place in the Spanish city of ...
23-05-2024
How armored crusader knights escaped the heat in the Middle East
The Crusades continued from the 11th to the 15th century. The First Crusade began on August 15, 1096, and resulted in the capture ...
23-05-2024
From Paleolithic Venus to the Kardashians: how the fashion ...
The canons of beauty are a very dynamic thing. And if at the dawn of civilization, the female breast was just a "functional" ...
23-05-2024
How during the Second World War in the USA they built a fake ...
In 1942, when the Japanese military forces occupied the islands located near Alaska, the strategically important production of ...
23-05-2024
Why did the French beat Americans in the center of Paris in 1944
What happened on July 17, 1944 in the heart of the French capital cannot be remembered without disgust. American and British ...
23-05-2024
How was the wedding night of the Cossacks
Despite the fact that the Cossacks have been considered part of the Russian people for centuries, their customs differed ...
22-05-2024
Dad — a glass of port wine: how and what Russian rock stars ...
The average person imagines rock musicians as party-goers who live on the principle of "Live fast, die young" - with daily alcohol, ...
22-05-2024
10 creepy photos and the stories behind them
An impartial technique captures real-life events with photographic accuracy. Some pictures immediately cause a storm of emotions ...
22-05-2024
The Hajj of Emperor Musa: how the richest man in the history ...
If you ask any person about what advanced civilizations in Africa he knows, then for sure they will tell you about ancient Egypt ...
22-05-2024
Guillotine, silhouette and other things named after real people
Have you ever wondered why things got such names as they have now? Why is "chair" exactly "chair", and not something else? ...
22-05-2024
VR helmet from the 60s: Walter Pichler's futuristic concepts
These futuristic prototypes are a series of works created in the 60s by the artist Walter Pichler, which explore the intersection ...
22-05-2024
Kristin Chubbuck — TV presenter who killed herself on the air
On July 15, 1974, an event occurred on the air of the WXLT-TV channel that the public remembered for a long time. The host of the ...
22-05-2024
Why aluminum once cost twice as much as gold
There were times when only the most profligate rich could afford an aluminum spoon or fork. This is not surprising, because in 1852 ...
22-05-2024
What was the world like half a century ago, in January 1970
See a selection of interesting and rare retro photos taken 50 years ago. Here you will find a lot of beautiful women, distant ...
22-05-2024
From Cola to beaver testicles: 9 of the strangest ...
It seems to us that the "magic pill" and condoms have always been there. We are used to being able to independently control ...
21-05-2024
Radium girls: the story of the "living dead" that changed the ...
In the 30s of the last century, the world was shocked by the tragedy that occurred at one of the factories in the United States. At ...