History
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The Last Days of Feudal Japan
07-11-2024
The story of Jeanie Wiley, a wild girl who spent 13 years in ...
It is the social environment that teaches us such seemingly primitive things as the ability to express our thoughts, distinguish ...
07-11-2024
Quinoa, bear meat, sterlet and other delights of Old Slavic ...
And what do you have for dinner tonight? Vegetable salad, fried potatoes with chicken? These dishes have become so familiar to us ...
07-11-2024
Incredible color photos of Japan of the XIX century
The Japanese allowed foreigners to trade in the ports of the country only in the middle of the XIX century. It was then that ...
07-11-2024
How the first Soviet meme Ushats appeared
Today, Internet memes have become an integral part of our lives. Some of them appear and are forgotten after a couple of months, ...
06-11-2024
Photos taken at a good moment - from an era when it wasn't ...
Photos randomly taken at a very good moment existed before the era of smartphones and digital photography. Photographers captured ...
06-11-2024
How King Minos insulted the gods, and they forced his wife to ...
Greek mythology is full of sex, cruelty and incredible intricacies of plots. In addition to promiscuous sexual relations, there is ...
06-11-2024
How Fyre Festival became the worst music festival in history
Tickets to the Fyre Festival music festival cost several thousand dollars. The event promised to be grandiose, but something went ...
06-11-2024
"In Ancient Rome, no sex!": as previously fought for morality
Human history knows two trends: the first is craving for sex and the second — the struggle with sex. Why do so — let him think ...
06-11-2024
Mercury treatment, drunkenness and luxury: how women lived in ...
Brothels in the Russian Empire in the 19th century were quite legal. In 1889, there were 111 brothels in Moscow alone. In fact, ...
06-11-2024
Russian game of thrones: who framed the Prince of Kiev ...
In 1015 the murder of the princes Boris and Gleb, which became the first in Russian history, the Holy martyrs. The brothers do not ...
06-11-2024
Fabulous photochromes of 1900s New York
The stunning photochromic postcards released by the Detroit Publishing Company showcase 1900s New York in all its colorful splendor.
06-11-2024
The most dizzying photos from the construction of New York ...
In 1884, the construction of the first skyscraper was started in Chicago. It had as many as 10 floors! However, at the beginning of ...
06-11-2024
Style and swing: what the participants of the Monterey Jazz ...
The Monterey Jazz Festival is an annual music festival that takes place in Monterey, California, United States. It was founded on ...
06-11-2024
Hweren concentration camp in North Korea
For modern people, a concentration camp is something terrible, ugly and, fortunately, sunk into oblivion. Nazi concentration camps ...
06-11-2024
Myths and legends of the Internet: exposing popular ...
Today, the network is wandering a lot «sensational» of photos from the past designed to capture the imagination of users. ...
06-11-2024
What did the British criminals of a century ago look like
Perhaps someone thinks that British women of the time of King Edward were modest and reserved, but these police photos prove the ...
06-11-2024
The "Leper Conspiracy" is a fictional coup that cost the ...
Leprosy is a dangerous and intractable disease that has accompanied humanity throughout its history. Today we know almost ...
06-11-2024
4 facts about the afterlife that are found in Russian folk tales
Russian folk tales, where we grew up and which today we tell children, is not as simple as it might seem at first glance. Their ...
05-11-2024
Amazing actress Sarah Bernhardt, who loved both female and ...
Divine Sarah — that's how the public called one of the most famous actresses of the late XIX — early XX century Sarah ...
05-11-2024
The Italian mafia in photographs by Patrick Zackmann
When Patrick Zachmann told his mother he wanted to become a photographer, instead of answering, she simply looked in the phone book ...
05-11-2024
23 photos of items from the past that will have you feeling ...
They say that the past is always necessary to leave in the past. But sometimes you want to remember how it all happened, to plunge, ...
05-11-2024
Schumacher, Paparazzi, Stakhanov and other people whose names ...
There are people who leave their mark in history with great deeds and accomplishments, there are those who write great books or ...
05-11-2024
How balalaika appeared in Russia and why the church forbade them
Every nation has its own musical instruments. The Japanese have shamisen, the Americans have banjo, the Scots have bagpipes, the ...
05-11-2024
Dancing till you drop at dance marathons of the 1920s and 30s
During the Great Depression, a crazy fad called "dance marathons" arose in the States. They lasted for hours, weeks, even months. ...
05-11-2024
Life in the US in the 50s: rare photos
1950's years, often called the Golden era of American history, a time of happiness and prosperity — despite the racial ...
05-11-2024
35 years in a wedding dress: the story of a love-crazed Eliza ...
Eliza Emily Donnithorne could have lived a happy and peaceful life, but instead she spent more than 35 years in seclusion and died ...