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26 Freaky Historical Facts from the Nichosi!

13-03-2023

26 Freaky Historical Facts from the Nichosi!

There is a misconception that life used to be safer and calmer. Of course, this is just a delusion. Each historical period boasts a ...

Interesting facts about the film "The Dawns Here Are Quiet"

12-03-2023

Interesting facts about the film "The Dawns Here Are ...

Many talented writers were worried about the topic of the Great Patriotic War for more than a dozen years after the end of the ...

Unforgettable moments from the history of the Cannes Film Festival

12-03-2023

Unforgettable moments from the history of the Cannes Film ...

On May 11, the famous Cannes Film Festival kicked off in Cannes, which will last until May 22. The Cannes Palm Branch is still ...

How the first stage of the Moscow Metro was built

12-03-2023

How the first stage of the Moscow Metro was built

On May 15, 1935, the first line of the Moscow Metro was opened, which ran from Sokolniki station to Park Kultury station, with a ...

Amy Winehouse to world fame and drugs

12-03-2023

Amy Winehouse to world fame and drugs

“I met Amy when I took a photo for the cover of her debut album,” recalls photographer Charles Moriarty. It was 2003, ...

What did the first Russian tank "Vezdekhod" look like?

12-03-2023

What did the first Russian tank "Vezdekhod" look like?

One hundred and one years ago, on May 18, 1915, an all-terrain vehicle developed by designer Alexander Porokhovshchikov was tested. ...

From Stalin to Putin: our compatriots on the cover of Time

12-03-2023

From Stalin to Putin: our compatriots on the cover of Time

Time magazine has been published since 1923. Created by Yale alumni Henry Luce and Brighton Hadden, it became the world's first ...

How did the post-war "Bugs"

12-03-2023

How did the post-war "Bugs"

In 1934, Adolf Hitler conceived the idea of providing every German family with a motorized vehicle and hired car designer Ferdinand ...

"Bananas in the ears": how modern headphones appeared

12-03-2023

"Bananas in the ears": how modern headphones appeared

Today it is difficult to imagine our life without headphones. With their help, we not only distract ourselves from the outside ...

Happiness has fallen in: a 500-year-old ship with $ 13 million worth of gold was found in the desert

11-03-2023

Happiness has fallen in: a 500-year-old ship with $ 13 ...

Namibian diamond miners stumbled upon the wreckage of a 500-year-old ship in the desert near the coast. The Portuguese ship Bom ...

Know our people! Cool historical reconstruction in the center of Moscow

10-03-2023

Know our people! Cool historical reconstruction in the center ...

From June 9 to 19, the historical and gastronomic festival "Our Product" is taking place in Moscow - perhaps one of the brightest ...

30 years of Windows: stages of a long journey

09-03-2023

30 years of Windows: stages of a long journey

In 1998, on June 25, the operating system "Windows 98" was officially released. And over the past thirty years, Windows has managed ...

The evolution of the bikini: from the object of the Vatican's curses to a career growth tool

07-03-2023

The evolution of the bikini: from the object of the Vatican's ...

When Michelle Bernardini starred on July 5, 1946 in such a revealing bathing suit that it could fit into a matchbox in her hand, ...

What it means to be British: a photo exhibition about the daily life of the islands since the 1920s

07-03-2023

What it means to be British: a photo exhibition about the ...

The photo exhibition "Ideal of Life: Photographing Class, Culture and Identity in Modern Britain" (An Ideal for Living: ...

Retro-postcards showing society's fear of women's empowerment

05-03-2023

Retro-postcards showing society's fear of women's empowerment

These incredible vintage postcards from the early 1900s were used by men as propaganda to prevent women from gaining more civil ...

Color memories of the Second World War in the lens of American photographers

05-03-2023

Color memories of the Second World War in the lens of ...

The 1930s and 1940s were turbulent times for the United States and for the rest of the world. The country did not really recover ...

5 indecent facts about the Queen of Egypt Cleopatra

05-03-2023

5 indecent facts about the Queen of Egypt Cleopatra

Despite the fact that more than 2 thousand years have passed, the image of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra has not faded. She ...

Black Panther: 10 most beautiful brunettes in history and modernity

05-03-2023

Black Panther: 10 most beautiful brunettes in history and ...

We all like different types. Some are gentle and frivolous blondes, and other is fatal brunette beauties. Of course, it is wrong to ...

47 years ago humanity reached the moon

04-03-2023

47 years ago humanity reached the moon

Almost half a century ago, the Apollo 11 manned spacecraft helped humanity take the first step to the surface of the moon. On July ...

20 world leaders long before they left their mark on history

03-03-2023

20 world leaders long before they left their mark on history

Sometimes it is difficult to imagine how politicians looked long before they gained power and left their mark on the history of ...

What kind of smartphone would revolutionaries use

02-03-2023

What kind of smartphone would revolutionaries use

Today it seems that all revolutions, if they happen, will happen exclusively on the Internet (and in general, of course not, you ...

10 most beautiful brides of the past - from Madonna to Rotaru

02-03-2023

10 most beautiful brides of the past - from Madonna to Rotaru

Even if a woman does not dream of a wedding and insists on a modest painting, she still wants to feel beautiful on the day of ...

Hulk Hogan and other famous moustaches

28-02-2023

Hulk Hogan and other famous moustaches

August 11 celebrates the birthday of Hulk Hogan — the famous American wrestler and actor. The invariable and most noticeable part ...

The first transsexual in Australia lived in the XIX century and was married three times

26-02-2023

The first transsexual in Australia lived in the XIX century ...

Recently discovered chronicles told about the life of the first transsexual in Australia and about the unusual circumstances under ...

The 10 most unsafe cars in the history of the automotive industry

26-02-2023

The 10 most unsafe cars in the history of the automotive industry

A car is one of those things that should be as safe as possible. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. By bad luck or because ...

How to get rid of female loneliness and become a magnet for men: 3 tips from Marilyn Monroe

26-02-2023

How to get rid of female loneliness and become a magnet for ...

With age, a woman loses confidence and a firmer grip. It seems that finding a decent man with whom you can build a family is a pipe ...