History
21-11-2021
What Sheremetyevo Airport looked like at the very beginning
Sheremetyevo is an international airport of federal significance, the first in Russia in terms of passenger traffic and one of the ...
20-11-2021
1942: how Americans collected scrap metal for the military ...
When the United States entered World War II after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the world trade in raw materials was in a ...
20-11-2021
City of Darkness: The Amazing Fate of Kowloon Fortress City
Hundreds of high-rise buildings huddled together, narrow passages between them that did not know sunlight, children who, for lack ...
20-11-2021
5 deadly situations from which a person emerged victorious
Survival in extreme situations requires a person's endurance and unshakable faith that there are no hopeless situations. We present ...
20-11-2021
The life of Siamese twins Daisy and Violet Hilton
When they were born, their mother decided that this was the punishment of the Lord. Apparently, God wanted to punish her for having ...
18-11-2021
What women used before their period pads appeared
In ancient times, people believed that menstrual blood could drive dogs crazy. So, all talk about menstruation and how to deal with ...
17-11-2021
A miniature Bible of the 15th century made of pure gold has ...
Many people these days spend their free time in the company of a metal detector. Most of them have no illusions and are happy with ...
17-11-2021
Greatest Couples From Comic Book Movies
Comic book couples are like real couples except, you know, the superhero angle. These are the greatest couples in comic history.
17-11-2021
Two Moscow in one frame
Konstantin Konovalov, a cartoonist from Moscow, conducts a photo project "Two Moscow" about the historical appearance of the city ...
17-11-2021
The 12 oldest restaurants in the world that are still operating
Nowadays, so many restaurants and cafes open every day and close almost immediately that you don't even have time to get upset that ...
16-11-2021
15 real photos of the Shah of Iran and his harem, in which ...
The harem appears to the European as a kind of abode of young and beautiful women from the Arabian fairy tales "1000 and one ...
14-11-2021
The Murder of Sylvia Likens: The Story of America's Most ...
The case of Sylvia Likens is considered the worst case of child abuse in the United States, which still stirs the minds of caring ...
13-11-2021
This is the Wild Middle Ages: the 5 most sinful popes in the ...
There is nothing more dangerous than a fool with power. There are dozens, if not hundreds of madcap monarchs left in history, whom ...
13-11-2021
From the royal table: culinary preferences of Russian emperors
What did the Russian emperors like to eat? In this issue you will learn about the gastronomic preferences of the heads of the ...
11-11-2021
Sweet datura: photos of opium dens in the USA of the XX century
The first opium dens in the United States originated in San Francisco's Chinatown in the 1840s and 1850s and soon captured all ...
11-11-2021
In banana-lemon Singapore: the life and love of Alexander ...
Pale with sharp, as if drawn with a pencil features, sad eyes, a strange, like an alien voice - the voice of the Russian Bohemians ...
11-11-2021
How were the fates of Gagarin's children and grandchildren
Surely you have seen photos of Yuri Gagarin taken at home, together with his wife and children. Let's find out how the life of the ...
09-11-2021
Evolution of the Victoria's Secret Underwear Catalog
Victoria's Secret underwear brand was founded in 1977 by a guy named Roy Raymond, who wanted to create a place where you could buy ...
09-11-2021
"Purification" of blood: the secret project of the Nazis to ...
As you know, the ideology of the Third Reich was based on the postulate of the superiority of the Aryan race over all others. The ...
09-11-2021
The airship that could: how a German aircraft broke the ...
More than a hundred years ago, the legendary flight of the Zeppelin LZ 104 airship, also known as the "African Ship", was made. The ...
09-11-2021
Edvard Munch and Vincent Van Gogh: parallels
The Dutchman Vincent Van Gogh and the Norwegian Edvard Munch have never met, despite the fact that they created their outstanding ...
09-11-2021
The 24 Most Ruthless Leaders in human history
"One man's hero is another man's villain!" says a well-known aphorism. No matter how much someone emphasizes the effectiveness and ...
09-11-2021
"Tatu", "Guests from the Future" and other duets from the 90s ...
Yura Usachev and Eva Polna. Lovers from the duo "Nepara". What was the fate of the stage duets that collected stadiums in the past? ...
09-11-2021
The country of poor billionaires: how inflation got Germans ...
After the First World War, Germany found itself in an economic hole. For the maintenance of the army, the government recruited ...
09-11-2021
Faces of British crime of the XIX century
What did the petty criminals of the XIX century look like? We offer you a look at the faces of English prisoners held in a penal ...
06-11-2021
The heirs to the Russian throne: who are they-the modern ...
By the beginning of 1917, the Russian Imperial House numbered 65 men, of whom 17 were killed. The rest of the Romanovs were able to ...














