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28.10.24
How cats went to sea
26-10-2024
27 creepy photos of an abandoned farmstead
Deep in the woods of Maryland stands a house full of secrets. This late-19th-century farmstead is a kind of time capsule of a ...
26-10-2024
Rare photos of everyday life on Sakhalin of the late XIX - ...
Sakhalin is Russia's largest island in the Pacific Ocean. The population of the island according to the latest data is about 489 ...
26-10-2024
Flight attendants of the 60s were supposed to be sexy and lonely
In the 1960s, working as a flight attendant in the USA was like serving a gentleman's club at a high altitude and implied mandatory ...
26-10-2024
Tsarist fun: how fun the last Emperor of Russia Nicholas II
Contemporaries say that Nicholas II was a very versatile man, active and with a lot of Hobbies. Despite his busy schedule, he found ...
26-10-2024
In the USA at the beginning of the twentieth century, ...
At the beginning of the twentieth century in the USA it was possible to send a child by mail: the service cost less than a dollar, ...
26-10-2024
To love in Russian: in peasant huts, retreated to sex
We know that in Russian families was always full of kids and the family was large and close-knit. Several generations were born, ...
26-10-2024
11 rare shots from the construction of the Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty was designed by Frederic Bartholdi together with engineer Gustave Eiffel (who worked on the frame). It was ...
26-10-2024
He's not Ivan IV: how were the early years of Tsar Ivan ...
The personality of Ivan the terrible in Russian history, stands out in brightness and inconsistency. At the mention of the king ...
26-10-2024
35 color photos from the past and the history behind them
Now it's hard to imagine that once it was impossible to just get a smartphone and instantly take a picture, and then process it as ...
25-10-2024
The story of a brave girl Sophie Scholl, executed by the ...
On February 20, 1943, at the main headquarters, Hitler listened to a report by Reichsfuhrer SS Heinrich Himmler. Among the various ...
25-10-2024
Why do medieval drawings show snails fighting knights?
Medieval art sometimes amazes with its unusual images. On the pages of manuscripts of that time you can find a variety of monsters ...
25-10-2024
Apsaras - celestial dancers of Cambodia
Apsaras are the most beautiful girls in Cambodia who perform an ancient traditional dance. In Khmer mythology, apsaras are maidens ...
24-10-2024
Fabulous outfits of Norwegian brides of the 1870s‑1920s
The photographs from the Norsk Folkemuseum collection taken during the 1870s-1920s show girls in wedding costumes and magnificent ...
24-10-2024
The blue color has its own legends
Blue paint used to be extracted from the semi-precious mineral lapis lazuli, it was expensive and very valuable, but then an ...
24-10-2024
Deadly and beautiful weapons from the ninja arsenal
In 15th-century feudal Japan, secret mercenaries were spies, scouts, and assassins. They were called ninjas, and they needed ...
24-10-2024
The story of Ann Russell Miller, a socialite and millionaire ...
The other day, a 92-year-old nun who had taken vows of silence, seclusion and poverty many years ago died in a Chicago convent. For ...
24-10-2024
The Butterfly Effect in Action - 5 Real Cases That Changed ...
Sometimes a small and seemingly meaningless decision can change everything. Some of the most significant historical moments in the ...
24-10-2024
The death of Prince Svyatoslav: who really killed Alexander ...
According to the "tale of bygone years", the Kiev Prince Svyatoslav the conqueror died on the Dnieper rapids. Killed him the ...
23-10-2024
Rostov "Fantomas": The bloody history of the Tolstopyatov ...
The gang of "Fantomas" kept Rostov-on-Don in fear for five long years. This gang has 14 armed robberies and several human lives on ...
23-10-2024
Why did English archers fight without trousers at the Battle ...
The victory of the British over the French at Agincourt in 1415 was one of the most important events of the Hundred Years' War. The ...
23-10-2024
Like a wild people in Germany were accustomed to the vaunted ...
It is known that the Germans — this is the most prone to the order and discipline nation on the planet. But, on the other ...
23-10-2024
How a Parisian morgue became a popular attraction among ...
Nowadays, residents of large cities have access to a lot of entertainment. Discos, clubs, cinemas, museums, exhibitions, cafes and ...
23-10-2024
Harem of King Louis XV: the best traditions of the East in ...
We are all used to the fact that harems and concubines belong to the oriental flavor. Is such a thing possible in Europe, given the ...
23-10-2024
The 12 oldest restaurants in the world that are still open
Nowadays, so many restaurants and cafes open every day and close almost immediately that you don't even have time to get upset that ...
22-10-2024
22 things that will easily carry on waves of nostalgia back ...
Do you dream of time travel to plunge back into the long-forgotten atmosphere of a carefree childhood? Fortunately, there are some ...
22-10-2024
The King of scammers — how Victor Lustig was able to sell ...
Victor Lustig is considered one of the most skillful and famous scammers in the world. He was arrested about 50 times and released ...