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Mae West-the controversial actress who became the first sex symbol of America

15-02-2024

Mae West-the controversial actress who became the first sex ...

May West once jokingly said that she should be given a license to invent sex, which she discovered for Americans. The name of this ...

10 Trivia-Worthy Facts About The Past That May Leave New Generations Shook

15-02-2024

10 Trivia-Worthy Facts About The Past That May Leave New ...

Back in my day, we only had one computer in the whole house. And we couldn’t use it if anyone was talking on the telephone! The ...

Monsters or ordinary people? What the everyday life of the Third Reich looked like

15-02-2024

Monsters or ordinary people? What the everyday life of the ...

No matter what, life always goes on. The new state regime can pursue a policy that many suffer from, but at the same time the ...

The story of Buster, the rooster who could rollerblade

14-02-2024

The story of Buster, the rooster who could rollerblade

If a large rooster on roller skates passed you as you were walking along the sidewalk, do not rush to the optometrist. It's just ...

The story of Frank "Rocky" Figl - the real sailor Popeye

14-02-2024

The story of Frank "Rocky" Figl - the real sailor ...

It's no secret that many cartoon characters had very real prototypes. Among them is the sailor Popeye, whom the world learned ...

On a snow-white yacht: 20 vintage photos of Monroe, Hepburn and other stars at sea

14-02-2024

On a snow-white yacht: 20 vintage photos of Monroe, Hepburn ...

These cute black and white photos were taken many years ago, but they fully convey the charm (and some recklessness!) stars of the ...

9 world's first photographs

14-02-2024

9 world's first photographs

Almost 200 years ago, Frenchman Joseph Nicéphore Niepce smeared a thin layer of asphalt on a metal plate and exposed it to the sun ...

The Story of the "Pony Man" by Robert Huddleston

14-02-2024

The Story of the "Pony Man" by Robert Huddleston

Just a hundred years ago, it was incredibly difficult for a person with physical disabilities to find themselves in life. Disabled ...

14 historical facts about Valentine's Day that will surprise you greatly

14-02-2024

14 historical facts about Valentine's Day that will surprise ...

And that time comes again. No, not New Year's, or even March 8th. And chocolate-heart-flower Valentine's Day, or Valentine's Day. ...

Rare color photos of pre-war Germany

13-02-2024

Rare color photos of pre-war Germany

Long before Germany was destroyed the First and Second world wars, it was a country of peaceful beauty, Gothic splendour and ...

Artist LFHCS Crafts Spectacular Landscapes Where Earth Meets The Universe

13-02-2024

Artist LFHCS Crafts Spectacular Landscapes Where Earth Meets ...

LFHCS has a knack for turning the ordinary into something extraordinary. Their art usually mixes the charm of vintage cars and ...

Why is the hero of Russian fairy tales Ivan the fool and what is the secret of his popularity

13-02-2024

Why is the hero of Russian fairy tales Ivan the fool and what ...

The most famous and beloved hero of Russian folk tales is Ivan the Fool, or as he is affectionately called - Ivanushka. Despite an ...

The pre-revolutionary history of Russia in color photos

13-02-2024

The pre-revolutionary history of Russia in color photos

Olga Shirnina network under the name Klimbim, good familiar to users kolonisierung historical imagery. The talented colorist, she ...

26 death masks of famous historical figures

13-02-2024

26 death masks of famous historical figures

Death masks were made from the middle ages until the nineteenth century. It was not just a photo in memory of the man, and the cast ...

"Morning of the Streltsy execution": as Peter and I staged in red square bloodbath

12-02-2024

"Morning of the Streltsy execution": as Peter and I staged in ...

In 1881 the artist Vasily Surikov graduated from the painting "Morning of the Streltsy execution". It depicts Tsar Peter I, taking ...

Japan 50 years

12-02-2024

Japan 50 years

What was Japan in the 50s? How people dressed on the streets? How things have changed since then, the Japanese city? And what new ...

The oldest profession in the free city: a history of the red light district in Amsterdam

12-02-2024

The oldest profession in the free city: a history of the red ...

On the eve of the legalization of prostitution in the Netherlands in the network surfaced historical photos of the red light ...

Colored century photographs of immigrants who arrived in the USA, reveal the contrast of cultures

12-02-2024

Colored century photographs of immigrants who arrived in the ...

Amazing photos clearly demonstrate the variety and diversity of different cultures of those people who arrived in the United States ...

Negative and positive, no alternatives - 15 first photographs of William Talbot

12-02-2024

Negative and positive, no alternatives - 15 first photographs ...

On February 11, 1800, William Henry Fox Talbot was born in Wiltshire, Great Britain, a physicist and chemist, and it is to him that ...

Soviet epoch in photos Markov-Grinberg

12-02-2024

Soviet epoch in photos Markov-Grinberg

The name of this legendary correspondent forever immortalized in textbooks devoted to the domestic photograph, along with such ...

"Sweet Life" by Swedish Marilyn Monroe

12-02-2024

"Sweet Life" by Swedish Marilyn Monroe

Even if you have not watched the famous film of the great film director Federico Fellini "Sweet Life", then you should have seen ...

The ridiculous death of the King of Sweden, who was killed by a bun

12-02-2024

The ridiculous death of the King of Sweden, who was killed by ...

Swedish King Adolf Fredrik came to the throne in 1751 thanks to the Russian Empress Elizabeth, but never became an outstanding ...

The greatest car race in history: 20 thousand kilometers on carts with an engine

11-02-2024

The greatest car race in history: 20 thousand kilometers on ...

On the cold morning of February 12, 1908, a quarter of a million people poured out onto the streets of New York to see the start of ...

The history of the garter, the most exciting accessory of a woman's closet

11-02-2024

The history of the garter, the most exciting accessory of a ...

Women's dress for centuries, gradually turned into a fetish, a symbol of victory of love. Fashion historian Mariana Skuratovskaya ...

Why didn't women in Rus' cut their hair?

11-02-2024

Why didn't women in Rus' cut their hair?

Since ancient times, women in Rus' have been adorned with long braids that were never cut. Only at the beginning of the 20th ...

Cotton wool, solarium, tea bags and 12 more inventions that appeared thanks to the First World War

11-02-2024

Cotton wool, solarium, tea bags and 12 more inventions that ...

Wars bring misery and destruction to humanity — this obvious fact cannot be disputed. However, we must be fair and admit that it ...