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What 6 celebrities looked like who didn't live up to Hollywood beauty standards when they were young

01-01-2022

What 6 celebrities looked like who didn't live up to ...

There are countless beauty standards in the world of cinema, and the industry prefers to hire beautiful people with perfect smiles ...

The Incredible Lee Miller: how a famous model became a war photographer

01-01-2022

The Incredible Lee Miller: how a famous model became a war ...

She built a dizzying modeling career in Paris and became the muse of Man Ray and Pablo Picasso. And then she exchanged bohemian ...

5 plastic surgeries that the stars have made a cult

01-01-2022

5 plastic surgeries that the stars have made a cult

The popularity of plastic surgery is directly related to the star Olympus. And if in the last century women could afford a ...

20 nostalgic photos about what Soviet youth wore

31-12-2021

20 nostalgic photos about what Soviet youth wore

We often talk about fashion, how it changes, what new items appear and what old traditions come back again. But was this fashion in ...

"Goodbye, my friend, goodbye": 5 versions of Sergei Yesenin's death

30-12-2021

"Goodbye, my friend, goodbye": 5 versions of Sergei Yesenin's ...

On December 28, 1925, the great Russian poet Sergei Alexandrovich Yesenin died. And his death became one of the most mysterious and ...

"Love in female form" by Marina Tsvetaeva. What kind of relationship did the poet have with the actress Sophia Golliday?

27-12-2021

"Love in female form" by Marina Tsvetaeva. What kind of ...

Marina Tsvetaeva has never been a prude. In addition to her beloved husband Sergei Efron, there was a place in her life for another ...

The 10 most horrific mass suicides in human history

27-12-2021

The 10 most horrific mass suicides in human history

Mass suicides have always been perceived as cruel and terrible events. Unfortunately, they have happened more than once in the ...

Archive photos that captured rare historical moments

27-12-2021

Archive photos that captured rare historical moments

Sometimes a single photo can tell a lot more than all those dry paragraphs of historical references. These pictures will tell you ...

10 facts about Cleopatra

27-12-2021

10 facts about Cleopatra

One of the most famous and influential women in history, without a doubt, was Cleopatra, the last queen of Hellenistic Egypt. She ...

"Perish, evil spirits!": vampire killing kits are relevant again

24-12-2021

"Perish, evil spirits!": vampire killing kits are relevant again

Vampire sagas are still at the peak of popularity, as they were a hundred years ago. Of course, most consider these bloodthirsty ...

Photographs of the New York subway of the 1940s taken by a young Stanley Kubrick

21-12-2021

Photographs of the New York subway of the 1940s taken by a ...

Before Stanley Kubrick began shooting great sci-fi and horror films, one of his first attempts to become famous was working as a ...

Historical photographs that allow you to look at the past from a different angle

21-12-2021

Historical photographs that allow you to look at the past ...

History as a subject, especially at school, can become a real nightmare, consisting of a list of dry dates and a meaningless ...

New York of the 80s, suspiciously reminiscent of life in the USSR

21-12-2021

New York of the 80s, suspiciously reminiscent of life in the USSR

California photographer Janet Delaney has taken a series of stunning images that convey the special spirit of New York. All photos ...

Between Worlds: The Story of Florence Cook, the Woman who Spoke to Ghosts

21-12-2021

Between Worlds: The Story of Florence Cook, the Woman who ...

Numerous stories about mediums and psychics are often of a dubious nature, but the story of Florence Cook made people believe that ...

What was the world like 50 years ago: August 1970

21-12-2021

What was the world like 50 years ago: August 1970

Beautiful girls, the pain of war, defiant fashion, experiments in cinema, the first sex fair and much more. All this you will find ...

10 times filmmakers made a serious mistake and we really believed it

20-12-2021

10 times filmmakers made a serious mistake and we really ...

Dozens of different specialists develop the style of the movie hero and make sure that the costumes correspond to a specific ...

America during the First Economic Crisis

19-12-2021

America during the First Economic Crisis

Color photos of the Great Depression. Recently, the Library of Congress has released a selection of 1,700 previously unpublished ...

"The woman was alive when they were buried": the story of a unique 3-year of the burial of lovers in Ukraine

19-12-2021

"The woman was alive when they were buried": the story of a ...

In 1931 in the Ukraine, in the suburban village Petrikov near the town of Ternopil, was discovered a burial ground with many burial ...

"I have learned what a woman's power over men is": the mysterious life of Mata Hari

19-12-2021

"I have learned what a woman's power over men is": the ...

On August 7, 1876, Mata Hari was born - a spy and a courtesan surrounded by a halo of mystery. This woman became a legend during ...

20 photos proving that people were much more stylish in the past

19-12-2021

20 photos proving that people were much more stylish in the past

No matter what times you consider "good old", many of you honor the past. And these photos show people who appreciated style, taste ...

Restaurants in Tuscany are again using "wine windows" made in the Middle Ages during the plague

18-12-2021

Restaurants in Tuscany are again using "wine windows" made in ...

Coronavirus times require medieval measures. At least that's what they thought in Tuscany. In this picturesque Italian region, they ...

Having sex in the Middle Ages was very difficult

18-12-2021

Having sex in the Middle Ages was very difficult

Forget about romance, about beautiful ladies in distress and noble knights in shining armor on a white horse. Because it was very ...

43 amazing historical photos that you may not have seen yet

18-12-2021

43 amazing historical photos that you may not have seen yet

Amazing and dramatic photos that will make you experience a variety of emotions. Even if you have seen some of these pictures, they ...

German family discovered the tombstone of the "real" Snow White

18-12-2021

German family discovered the tombstone of the "real" Snow White

In the German city of Bamberg, a tombstone of an aristocrat who lived in the XVIII century was found. Few people know her real ...

14 photos that show how the world around us is changing dramatically

17-12-2021

14 photos that show how the world around us is changing ...

We definitely live in a different world than the one our grandparents knew decades ago. It is interesting to look at photographs ...

Arrests, suicides, mental disorders: how were the fates of famous Kremlin wives

17-12-2021

Arrests, suicides, mental disorders: how were the fates of ...

Many people think that wealth is synonymous with "happiness". In fact, this is not the case at all. The same applies to marriages ...