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22-06-2025
"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" ...
22-06-2025
Summer traffic: photos of drivers in traffic jams on London ...
On a warm May morning in 1986, London photographer Chris Dorley-Brown took his camera and went to the Rolls Royce car sale to take ...
22-06-2025
Declassified photos of the Great Patriotic War
On June 22, 1941, on Sunday, Nazi Germany and its allies attacked the Soviet Union: 190 divisions, more than 4 thousand tanks, 47 ...
22-06-2025
The creepy affairs of the Warrens: from the Annabelle doll to ...
Many people today treat demons, ghosts and spirits with obvious skepticism. For most, these are just images from horror films, ...
22-06-2025
40 incredible vintage finds that no one expected to discover
Time flies quickly and quietly. Especially clear you realize that when you suddenly find a thing of your past. But if not from his ...
22-06-2025
Versailles luxury: "Phantom of Love" is the most expensive ...
The interior design of this Rolls-Royce Phantom car was ordered by businessman Clarence Gasque for his wife in 1926. The luxury ...
22-06-2025
Every meal is like the last: the story of Margot ...
And great villains have basic needs — the same as other people. For example, sleep and nutrition. At the same time, not all of ...
22-06-2025
Cossack slaves: how the Russians imposed female slavery in ...
Despite the fact that the Russian people suffered from slavery for most of their history, this did not discourage the desire to ...
21-06-2025
How children traveled on board an airplane in the 1950s
Nowadays, flights on airplanes, especially long ones, can bring a lot of inconvenience and discomfort even to adult passengers, not ...
21-06-2025
The ruthless woman-executioner: why everyone was afraid of ...
Frum Haikin was feared like fire. Because she killed people without thinking: about 200 people are listed in her personal assets. A ...
21-06-2025
Almost a detective story, or How humanity became acquainted ...
Botulism is an acute infectious-toxic disease caused by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum and the toxic product of its vital ...
21-06-2025
The national question, or were our heroes Russian
It seems that the answer to the question — to which nationality the epic heroes belonged is obvious. But do not rush to write ...
21-06-2025
The neural network showed the real faces of Russian history
We are used to the canonical images of historical figures that are offered to us by famous artists and sculptors. We must admit ...
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21-06-2025
"Once Lived, Twice Buried": The Amazing Story of ...
The story of Marjorie McCall from Ireland is one of the darkest and most mysterious stories that has been passed down from ...
20-06-2025
From Prostitutes to Picasso: How Brassaï Conquered the World
The great Pablo Picasso highly valued Brassaï's work. He said that his talent was a gold mine for an artist. But the gifted ...
19-06-2025
Brilliant photography by photojournalism pioneer Kurt Hutton
Photographer Kurt Hutton (or Kurt Hubschmann) was born in Germany in 1893. He began his photography career with the German agency ...
19-06-2025
Classic elegance of Dior: exquisite models of the 1940s and ...
Willy Maiwald grew up in a family engaged in the hotel business. But as it sometimes happens, the young man clearly understood that ...
19-06-2025
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 ...
19-06-2025
The Gypsy court — how does it differ from the secular one
Gypsies came to Europe in the XV century, and from the first years they showed their independence. Back in 1432, the Holy Roman ...
19-06-2025
The Past that will never come back: 15 photos of 20th-century ...
New York is one of the most interesting cities in the world. Art, architecture, interesting people and much more are intertwined ...
19-06-2025
The deaf-blind girl who taught humanity to believe in miracles
In the 19th century, when people with disabilities were considered incapable of learning, one little girl from New Hampshire ...
19-06-2025
Why did foreign ambassadors get drunk in Russia
It is said that Prince Vladimir Svyatoslavovich of Kiev, who baptized Russia, responded to the offer to convert to Islam: "We can't ...
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19-06-2025
How did the offensive word "freak" appear, and who ...
The word "freak" is taken as a serious insult these days. But in ancient Rus', oddly enough, it had an extremely ...
19-06-2025
How did the expression “on the quiet” come about and what ...
The expression "quietly sapoy" is familiar to many, but few people think about where it came from and why it has become ...
18-06-2025
Why conical fire buckets: an unexpected answer with a look ...
On any fire shield in the country you can see the standard set of a firefighter: an axe, a hook, a shovel and a strange ...
18-06-2025
The medieval murderers, or what is actually the tale about ...
Folklore has always been giperplazirovannom a reflection of the reality in which they lived carriers. The story of the Wolf and ...