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Crazy in Sokolniki: tragedy, which appeared in the USSR Patriotic gum

01-06-2023

Crazy in Sokolniki: tragedy, which appeared in the USSR ...

The first half of the 70‑ies of the last Soviet schoolchildren under the sign of gum. Imported, of course, because domestic had ...

Obscene traditions of antiquity that can confuse even a modern person

01-06-2023

Obscene traditions of antiquity that can confuse even a ...

For some reason, we believe that before the sexual revolution of the 1960s, sex was considered something obscene and those who were ...

As the robber George Big nose was a pair of shoes and an ashtray

01-06-2023

As the robber George Big nose was a pair of shoes and an ashtray

In the Museum of the small American town of Rawlins, Wyoming, is stored in a spooky exhibit is part of the skull and a couple mens ...

What happened to the girl who was the first to jump out of the cake

01-06-2023

What happened to the girl who was the first to jump out of ...

American Susie Johnson was the first to jump out of the cake, beginning a similar erotic dance. An amazing show was held in 1895. ...

The tragic story of the life of silacci of Agatha Enviable is the only student of Ivan Poddubny

01-06-2023

The tragic story of the life of silacci of Agatha Enviable is ...

History is replete with athletes that contemporaries were impressed by the strength of their muscles and perform incredible stunts. ...

Who are the chaperones and what did the women of this profession do

01-06-2023

Who are the chaperones and what did the women of this ...

Fans of old English novels have probably encountered such a concept as a "companion" on their pages more than once. These women are ...

Gypsies the great Empire: how to survive the last nomads of Europe

01-06-2023

Gypsies the great Empire: how to survive the last nomads of ...

Statistics say that only in Slovakia, is home to 400 thousand people of the Roma nationality. If this is the official figure, you ...

25 rare historical photos that will surprise you

01-06-2023

25 rare historical photos that will surprise you

Archive photos surprise and fascinate. Sometimes it seems that the world is slowly going crazy. But he was always a little weird, ...

How to use fear in the wars of the past

31-05-2023

How to use fear in the wars of the past

Psychological warfare involves the deliberate continuous pressure on the enemy soldiers. Intimidation and misinformation leads to a ...

Top 10 bizarre military inventions that were not meant to get adopted

31-05-2023

Top 10 bizarre military inventions that were not meant to get ...

The easiest way to attract investments in the military project, if you say that the new army will become invincible. However, as ...

Prostitutes of Japan of the XIX century

31-05-2023

Prostitutes of Japan of the XIX century

In the Land of the Rising Sun, since ancient times, there have been many professional courtesans-geisha, and prostitutes-oiran, ...

Older than ancient: 12 incredibly valuable artifacts of history

31-05-2023

Older than ancient: 12 incredibly valuable artifacts of history

Jewelry of the past, of course, is nice to look at, but there are finds that have value for archaeologists and culture that cannot ...

Spies in skirts: female intelligence officers whose exploits are still classified

31-05-2023

Spies in skirts: female intelligence officers whose exploits ...

In the history of domestic intelligence, there are many women whose exploits are classified even after many years. But their fates ...

Why did the French beat Americans in the center of Paris in 1944

31-05-2023

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 ...

What the Zaschka Three Wheeler, the world's first folding car, looked like

31-05-2023

What the Zaschka Three Wheeler, the world's first folding ...

The inventor Engelbert Zashka was one of the first pioneers of the helicopter industry in Germany. However, this invention is not ...

20 images of combat clothing from the distant past, which frightened the enemy

31-05-2023

20 images of combat clothing from the distant past, which ...

Throughout history, people have found a reason for war. Today on the planet here and there pockets of violence flare up. But unlike ...

10 creepy medicines that were made from the dead

31-05-2023

10 creepy medicines that were made from the dead

The history of medicine knows many examples when medicines were made from strange and even dangerous substances. But the most ...

The story of Theodor Kittelsen, the most mysterious and gloomy artist in Norway

30-05-2023

The story of Theodor Kittelsen, the most mysterious and ...

The whole world knows the graphic artist and illustrator Theodor Kittelsen from his drawings of mythological characters and ...

London's Club Kids — Five decades

30-05-2023

London's Club Kids — Five decades

Derek Ridgers, known for his pictures of British skinheads, has been filming the regulars of London nightclubs for five decades. ...

The history of punk in female images from a living legend of the underground Vivien Goldman

30-05-2023

The history of punk in female images from a living legend of ...

Hardly anyone speaks about women's contribution to the history of the punk movement. Nevertheless, girls generation 70 — for ...

Debunking 5 popular myths about the conquistadors and the conquest of America

30-05-2023

Debunking 5 popular myths about the conquistadors and the ...

In the 16th century, the Spaniards began to send one expedition after another across the ocean and "settle down" North and South ...

22 creepy objects from the past that give you goosebumps

30-05-2023

22 creepy objects from the past that give you goosebumps

Throughout its history, humanity has created many things. Some of them were once considered absolutely ordinary and normal, but ...

Bell-bottoms: the peak of fashion of the 70s and the symbol of the decade

30-05-2023

Bell-bottoms: the peak of fashion of the 70s and the symbol ...

In the 1960s, bell‑bottoms became fashionable for both women and men. They became popular in Europe, and then in North America, ...

Radium girls: the story of the "living dead" that changed the world

29-05-2023

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 ...

What the business class of a Swiss airline looked like in the 60s

29-05-2023

What the business class of a Swiss airline looked like in the 60s

The Swiss airline Swissair has published a photo from its archives of the 60s. Passengers in those days flew like kings: enjoying ...

Nature of the Wild West 150 years ago

29-05-2023

Nature of the Wild West 150 years ago

Thanks to westerns, the Wild West seems full of romance and is associated with cowboys, loyal mustangs and excellent Colts. Wild ...