History
08-04-2025
"Emancipation of the servants": how did the master's servants ...
The beginning of the XX century is a very vague time. The lower classes, as Comrade Lenin later wrote, could no longer, while the ...
08-04-2025
Why do women give birth lying down and what does King Louis ...
In most cases, women give birth lying down. Many are sure that this is the most optimal position for a woman in labor and a child. ...
08-04-2025
Careening — the worst punishment sailors of the past
Today the term is found only in the epic sagas of the mariners. Ship, cleaving the sea surface, salt spray, endless horizon and the ...
08-04-2025
Gemini Project. Truth or fiction?
The Gemini Project is one of the horrific crimes of Nazi Germany. It is so inhuman that for a long time it was considered only a ...
08-04-2025
How to entertain yourself if you find yourself in the Middle ...
The life of the average medieval European was short, dangerous and not rich. However, in those days people also had their own small ...
08-04-2025
What 15 of the Most Amazing Crowns in History Look Like
Crowns are not just decorations, but symbols of power, authority and cultural heritage. They shine not only with jewelry, but also ...
08-04-2025
The controversial 1978 Annapurna women's expedition
In 1978, a brave group of women decided to conquer one of the most dangerous peaks in the world – Annapurna. It was the first ...
07-04-2025
Evil eye and corruption: how in Russia they struggled with ...
Such phenomena as the evil eye and corruption have been known in Russia since time immemorial. Fears that someone negatively ...
07-04-2025
A tale with a sad ending: star couples in which lovers died ...
There are sadder stories in the world than the one about Romeo and Juliet. Bonnie and Clyde, Princess Diana and Dodi Al-Fayed and ...
07-04-2025
History textbook Marc Ribot
"People often ask me what are my photos I think is best. My answer: those that I will make tomorrow." Mark Ribot (Marc Riboud) was ...
07-04-2025
5 of the most idiotic reasons for war in history
The reasons for any war are always serious: long years of misunderstanding and territorial claims, thirst for power and economic ...
07-04-2025
How the Leningrad Zoo survived the blockade
The siege of Leningrad is one of the most terrible pages in the history of the city. The harsh winter of 1941-1942 completed what ...
07-04-2025
"The image of the earthly Paradise" the beach US history in color
The set of associations of the "American dream" certainly includes the endless beaches of California and Florida where it's always ...
07-04-2025
9 historical figures, the existence of which scientists call ...
These nine names we hear from school, about these people written many literary works, removed a huge amount of movies. So we ...
07-04-2025
"Think how we died": a horror story in the Dachau ...
On April 29, 1945, the Dachau concentration camp was liberated by units of the 45th Infantry Division of the US 7th Army. On this ...
06-04-2025
History of Charles Tanzler — bizarre necrophiliac, which ...
The insanity of Charles Tanzler — this must be the most disgusting love story, which only knows of humanity. In 1933, he made the ...
06-04-2025
What you need to know about Georgian wine: a brief ...
Since ancient times, Georgian wine has been appreciated by connoisseurs not only in the Caucasus, but also throughout Europe and ...
06-04-2025
30 Photo Facts from the Weird History Community That Will ...
History is a combination of many factors, but boredom is definitely not one of them. We like to think of ourselves as better than ...
05-04-2025
The oldest photos of their kind: from the first daguerreotype ...
The term "photography" appeared at the beginning of the XIX century, but the history of this art form has its roots in much more ...
05-04-2025
Any eroticism is an art!
A rich Jew finds out that his wife is cheating on him with an artist. He orders a portrait of his wife from a rival for a huge sum. ...
05-04-2025
What were the witches in Russia and how they fought without ...
The horrors of the Inquisition, which for several centuries operated in Europe and America, well known to all of us from a school ...
05-04-2025
To hell with etiquette! Queens who knew how to rock to the ...
It is considered that kings and queens are prim, reserved and a little boring. But the women we want to talk about below prove the ...
05-04-2025
Breast augmentation 100 years ago. What was it like?
What do we women have to endure in the name of fashion? What sacrifices we are not forced to make to look beautiful, modern and ...
05-04-2025
The story of Josef Menchik - the last Czech knight
Josef Menčík is often called the last Czech knight. This is not entirely true, because this man, most likely, was the last knight ...
04-04-2025
The secrets of life and diet of the Templars, which made them ...
In the Late middle Ages, when the life expectancy of ordinary people ranged from 25 to 40 years, the Templars often overcame age ...
04-04-2025
The era of the great poisoning, or What is "powder the heirs"
The late Medieval period from XV to XVII century called the era of Great geographical discoveries. But not everyone knows that it ...