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18 famous historical photographs in color

26-05-2023

18 famous historical photographs in color

Old black and white photographs have their own charm. But sometimes you really want to learn more about the past, literally plunge ...

Sobrino de Botin is the oldest restaurant in Europe, which Hemingway loved and where Goya worked part—time in his youth

26-05-2023

Sobrino de Botin is the oldest restaurant in Europe, which ...

There are many restaurants in Europe with a century-old history, but the oldest among them is Sobrino de Botín, located in the ...

1858: portraits of the last surviving veterans of the Napoleonic Wars

25-05-2023

1858: portraits of the last surviving veterans of the ...

The Battle of Waterloo in 1815 was Napoleon Bonaparte's last defeat. But even after his death in 1821, the surviving soldiers of ...

Why do men wear watches on their left hand

25-05-2023

Why do men wear watches on their left hand

Traditionally, men wear watches on their left hand. They say that the rules of etiquette require this, but no one can explain what ...

Why walk around naked: A Brief History of Nudism

25-05-2023

Why walk around naked: A Brief History of Nudism

Nudism appeared a very long time ago — we can say that the current arose together with humanity itself. At the heart of this ...

Rare photos of celebrities proving that they are ordinary people

25-05-2023

Rare photos of celebrities proving that they are ordinary people

We present a collection of rare and old, but no less interesting, beautiful, strange and such vital photos. In these shots, ...

24 historical moments in old photos

25-05-2023

24 historical moments in old photos

What did the real Ronald McDonald look like? How many people were at Woodstock in 1969? What did Tesla do in his laboratory? And is ...

5 signs that noble blood flows in your veins

24-05-2023

5 signs that noble blood flows in your veins

Nobles have always been considered "special" people who have privileges in the form of land plots, a decent salary and power over ...

20 photos of celebrities of the twentieth century on motorcycles

24-05-2023

20 photos of celebrities of the twentieth century on motorcycles

Motorcycles have long been a kind of symbol of freedom and risky adventures, so it is not surprising that many famous creative ...

Marilyn Monroe without makeup and 33 more interesting and rare photos from the past

24-05-2023

Marilyn Monroe without makeup and 33 more interesting and ...

History keeps a lot of interesting pictures of people, events, places that somehow stood out and were remembered. In this ...

Monuments of the socialist era from the Park-Museum "memento" in Hungary

24-05-2023

Monuments of the socialist era from the Park-Museum "memento" ...

Park "memento" on the outskirts of Budapest is a Museum under the open sky, which contains sculptures of the time of socialism in ...

The secret of the Tonsure: why Catholic monks shaved the top of their heads

24-05-2023

The secret of the Tonsure: why Catholic monks shaved the top ...

For many of us, the image of a Catholic monk is inextricably linked with a black cassock and a tonsure – a neatly shaved crown. ...

Why were bachelors considered second-class people in Russia and humiliated in every possible way

23-05-2023

Why were bachelors considered second-class people in Russia ...

In the old days in Russia there was a real cult of the family, and a person who did not marry at a certain time was considered ...

As Agatha Christie was schooled spree husband

23-05-2023

As Agatha Christie was schooled spree husband

Agata Mallowan, better known under the pseudonym of Agatha Christie, had a refined mind and a vivid imagination, thanks to which ...

From Paleolithic Venus to the Kardashians: how the fashion for women's breasts has changed

23-05-2023

From Paleolithic Venus to the Kardashians: how the fashion ...

The canons of beauty are a very dynamic thing. And if at the dawn of civilization, the female breast was just a "functional" ...

How during the Second World War in the USA they built a fake city to deceive the fascists

23-05-2023

How during the Second World War in the USA they built a fake ...

In 1942, when the Japanese military forces occupied the islands located near Alaska, the strategically important production of ...

Tomoko Uemura in the bath. Photo that shocked the whole world

21-05-2023

Tomoko Uemura in the bath. Photo that shocked the whole world

Every day of human life is a struggle. The struggle for immunity with external threat factors. Many of us know such diseases as ...

7 Russian girls that the whole country knew

21-05-2023

7 Russian girls that the whole country knew

Agree, after all, people who have crossed the threshold of youth usually become famous throughout the country or the world. And ...

Ugliness eternal seal: the tragic fate of the "girl with big feet from Ohio"

20-05-2023

Ugliness eternal seal: the tragic fate of the "girl with big ...

The so-called "freak shows" were very popular in the USA at the end of the 19th century. People came in droves to look at disabled ...

Hiking, hunting, fun games: rare photo captures the everyday life of the Royal family to exile and execution

20-05-2023

Hiking, hunting, fun games: rare photo captures the everyday ...

People on these unique family photo enjoy life, not knowing that just a few years, their idyll comes to a tragic end. This loving ...

Nicholas II and Alexandra: the story of true love until the last breath

20-05-2023

Nicholas II and Alexandra: the story of true love until the ...

We know that the last Russian emperor, Nicholas II, was madly in love with his wife Alexandra, which was not often the case among ...

Prince William's Gaffe: Worst Gift for Kate Middleton

20-05-2023

Prince William's Gaffe: Worst Gift for Kate Middleton

The history of relationships, similar to a fairy tale, exists to this day. The heroes of this reality show are William and Kate. ...

The story of a cursed card table with 17 lives and broken destinies

19-05-2023

The story of a cursed card table with 17 lives and broken ...

Stories about cursed objects frighten and fascinate with their inexplicability. If you believe them, then death is brought by ...

Wild morals and debauchery: what "The Thousand and One Nights" really tells about»

19-05-2023

Wild morals and debauchery: what "The Thousand and One ...

What do you know about the Arabian Nights? This is not a rhetorical question, because most people are content with a well-known ...

Daring and dangerous: 20 vintage photo Japanese girls SUKEBAN

19-05-2023

Daring and dangerous: 20 vintage photo Japanese girls SUKEBAN

It is difficult to imagine, but it is a fact in the second half of the XX century on the streets of Japan crime flourished, and ...

18 socialite 1920s

18-05-2023

18 socialite 1920s

What they were secular beauties of the past? Both were prominent ladies almost a hundred years ago, coming to light? How they ...