History
07-02-2025
What would Nefertiti, Beethoven and other historical figures ...
The artist Becca Saladin tries not only to restore the true appearance of the great rulers of the past from paintings and ...
07-02-2025
The confrontation at wounded knee: in 1973, Indians of the ...
On the morning of February 27, 1973, in the settlement of wounded knee, located on an Indian reservation at pine ridge, arrived ...
07-02-2025
Lisa Winters: The Shy Playboy Star of the 50s
Model and actress Lisa Winters was considered one of the most desirable girls in the US in the 50s. Today, it seems that she is ...
06-02-2025
The Mamertine Prison is the most terrible prison in Ancient ...
Prison is not the most pleasant place. Few people would want to end up even in Norwegian prisons, which are more like boarding ...
06-02-2025
What did the very first fire extinguishers look like?
On February 7, 1863, engineer Alan Cray in Virginia, USA, officially patented the first fire extinguisher. The first use of glass ...
06-02-2025
A Jewish photographer captured life in the ghetto in occupied ...
When Nazi Germany took over Poland in 1939, fenced-in ghettos for Jews were created in the country's largest cities. Henryk ...
06-02-2025
Everything you wanted to know about the kilt but were afraid ...
Kilt — traditional dress of the highlanders of Scotland — is the national pride of the country. In ancient times, this wool ...
06-02-2025
25 proofs that history is not made by politicians, but by ...
It is commonly believed that only those in power can determine the course of humanity. Ordinary people, we believe, do not have a ...
06-02-2025
How changing standards of male beauty for over 100 years
Men have always strived to be handsome, stylish, successful, and, of course, like the ladies. If demanded by fashion, they became ...
05-02-2025
Bartender Day: Once Upon a Time in America
February 6 is considered to be International Bartender's Day - in fact, on this day the Catholic Church honors the memory of ...
05-02-2025
The Horrific Story of London's 'Death Pump' That ...
Londoners have faced the problem of drinking water and sewerage for centuries. Until the mid-19th century, the wastewater of the ...
05-02-2025
The Fuhrer from Kentucky, or the imposter built a space fleet ...
After the Second world war, many did not believe in the death of Adolf Hitler in the world and walked the most incredible stories ...
!["Crazy Bruno": The Story of Europe's Most Terrible Maniac Who Killed 85 People](/img/2025/crazy-bruno-the-story-of/crazy-bruno-the-story-of-170x170.jpg ""Crazy Bruno": The Story of Europe's Most Terrible Maniac Who Killed 85 People")
04-02-2025
"Crazy Bruno": The Story of Europe's Most ...
It is believed that the record holder for the number of victims in Europe was the maniac Andrei Chikatilo, who killed 56 people. ...
04-02-2025
Farah Pahlavi: the last queen of Iran who lost everything but ...
Today, some perceive Farah Pahlavi, the wife of the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, as a symbol of a secular country free ...
04-02-2025
Aloud about the delicate: how toilet paper appeared and what ...
Every second, 1,000 rolls of toilet paper are consumed in the world, which is 30 billion pieces per year. Pipifax, for some reason, ...
04-02-2025
The story of August Landmesser — the man in the photo who ...
Many of you have probably seen on the Internet the famous photograph of 1936, which depicts a worker with his arms crossed on his ...
04-02-2025
"Sbitenschiki are sneaking around on air sleds": Moscow of ...
In 1914, the capital's confectionery factory "Einem" (after the revolution — "Red October") released a series of futuristic ...
04-02-2025
22 atmospheric photos that will give you an unexpected look ...
A new batch of photographs, thanks to which we have a unique opportunity to immerse ourselves in the atmosphere of a bygone era ...
04-02-2025
Why do beauties need a beard? The history of ta-moko Maori ...
Girls with ta-moko tattoos, characteristic of the Maori people, can be found today not only in New Zealand. Someone thinks that it ...
04-02-2025
From Hippocrates to Pirogov: military field surgery in ...
Wars have accompanied humanity throughout its history. The methods of warfare have changed a lot over the centuries, but death ...
04-02-2025
Royal treat: menu from the coronation of Nicholas II
On May 14, 1896, the last coronation of an emperor in the Russian Empire took place in the Assumption Cathedral - Nicholas II was ...
03-02-2025
Cases of catastrophic hyperinflation that will remain in history
People say that money is just paper. But using this figurative expression, we do not even guess how close we are to the truth. Get ...
03-02-2025
Retro beauties from the beauty contest "Miss Europe - 1930"
The Miss Europe beauty pageant is a continental competition in which countries geographically located in Europe, as well as Israel, ...
![Johnny Eck, the "king of the freaks" who was born with half a body](/img/2025/johnny-eck-the-king-of-the/johnny-eck-the-king-of-the-170x170.jpg "Johnny Eck, the "king of the freaks" who was born with half a body")
03-02-2025
Johnny Eck, the "king of the freaks" who was born ...
Freak shows and “human museums” seem distant and almost mythical to us. It’s hard to believe that just a century ago, freak ...
03-02-2025
How girls who Lost their Panties made Art Fram a famous Artist
Chicago artist Art Frahm, who worked in the pin-up style, became famous for women losing their panties. It was the series of ...
03-02-2025
They wrote Dexter from him: about the life of a psychopathic ...
On his account, hundreds of people were killed and his own father's heart was eaten. He struck terror into everyone around him and ...