North America

Why is steam always visible in the alleys in New York movies

12-12-2024

Why is steam always visible in the alleys in New York movies

Many movie lovers have noticed that in Hollywood pictures where the action takes place in In New York, there is steam in the ...

What they don't write about in books: 5 myths about American Indians

12-12-2024

What they don't write about in books: 5 myths about American ...

What do you know about Indians? Surely you, like many others, think that these are silent red savages with painted faces and ...

Interesting facts about the film "Terminator" that you may not have known

11-12-2024

Interesting facts about the film "Terminator" that ...

On January 11, 1985, The Terminator premiered. Over the third century that has passed since the release of the first science ...

The story of the most serious girl, for whose laughter they offered 30 thousand dollars

10-12-2024

The story of the most serious girl, for whose laughter they ...

Everyone remembers the fairy tale about the princess Nesmeyana, having made her laugh, the main character received her as a wife ...

A man should be bald, the best job in the world is a lipstick tester

10-12-2024

A man should be bald, the best job in the world is a lipstick ...

Obviously, in the 50s of the last century, a group of women, their lips and the lipstick itself were required to successfully test ...

Crazy old pictures of Florida teens

10-12-2024

Crazy old pictures of Florida teens

In the fall of 1972, Bill Yates traveled through the countryside in the vicinity of Tampa, Florida. At that time, he was studying ...

"Bluecifer" — the story of a creepy sculpture that killed its creator

10-12-2024

"Bluecifer" — the story of a creepy sculpture that killed ...

The history of art knows a lot of strange and even scary works. Some of them look creepy, others are associated with terrible ...

The Amazing Story of Slave Henry "Box" Brown Who Won His Freedom Thanks to a Box

10-12-2024

The Amazing Story of Slave Henry "Box" Brown Who ...

Who didn't wonder as a child: is it possible to send a person by mail in a parcel? Today it sounds like a fantasy, but history ...

New York 1900 in color

09-12-2024

New York 1900 in color

A selection of photos of New York made using photochrome technology. We have given descriptions and links to how these places look ...

How American presidents have lost the nuclear codes and the launch codes

09-12-2024

How American presidents have lost the nuclear codes and the ...

Nuclear suitcase President of the United States know everything. But about what it is and how it works, known only to the elite. ...

Meet the Whittakers: how the most famous incest family in the USA lives

08-12-2024

Meet the Whittakers: how the most famous incest family in the ...

Even before humanity discovered genetics, it was known that close relationships do not lead to good things. Children born as a ...

Golden time on wheels: American trailer parks in 50-ies and 60-ies

08-12-2024

Golden time on wheels: American trailer parks in 50-ies and ...

In the US, thousands of trailer parks: according to various estimates, they account for about 20 million people. But the heyday of ...

Why Americans are called Yankees

08-12-2024

Why Americans are called Yankees

Discussions have been going on about the origin of the Americans' nickname "Yankee" for a very long time. There are many versions, ...

A pensioner from the USA is the most armed man on the planet

08-12-2024

A pensioner from the USA is the most armed man on the planet

Mel Bernstein, nicknamed the Dragon, lives in Colorado, and he is armed no worse than some not too ambitious countries. In his ...

What do North American Indian women look like

08-12-2024

What do North American Indian women look like

A little bit about the feminine gender of the word "Indian": in all dictionaries of the Russian language, "Indian" means both the ...

Why was lithium added to 7UP soda?

07-12-2024

Why was lithium added to 7UP soda?

Everyone knows the carbonated drink 7-Up. But no one can say why it was called that way. Surely its creator, Charles Leiper Grieg, ...

Touching Strangers: Strangers hugging each other

07-12-2024

Touching Strangers: Strangers hugging each other

Every day, photographers around the world are looking for new ways to tell stories or capture something we haven't noticed ...

Mini cows are the new fashion for pets in the USA

07-12-2024

Mini cows are the new fashion for pets in the USA

What people don’t keep at home, from cats and dogs to decorative pigs and pythons. It seemed that animal lovers would no longer ...

What do you think about your face?

06-12-2024

What do you think about your face?

Danish photographer Simon Hoegsberg is known for his unusual photo projects, of which he has more than a dozen. In his work, he ...

Havana looked like 100 years ago

06-12-2024

Havana looked like 100 years ago

These pictures of Havana, made in the first years of independence of Cuba from Spain, show us the richness of the architecture of ...

"Fly Man" Harry Gardiner, who conquered 700 skyscrapers without insurance

06-12-2024

"Fly Man" Harry Gardiner, who conquered 700 skyscrapers ...

When at the beginning of the 20th century in the USA they began to build skyscrapers, the suicides were the first to master them. ...

Headless Rooster Mike

06-12-2024

Headless Rooster Mike

"A headless rooster lives on after being hit with an ax." This is exactly what the headline in LIFE magazine of October ...

Honey Ants: How to Make the Sweet Life for Yourself When Conditions Are Not Sweet

06-12-2024

Honey Ants: How to Make the Sweet Life for Yourself When ...

What do bees and ants have in common? The answer is obvious - both are insects. Few would think to say that both make honey. It ...

Two Housewives and an Axe, or Murder on Silicon Prairie

05-12-2024

Two Housewives and an Axe, or Murder on Silicon Prairie

Crimes committed out of jealousy are common throughout the world. Unfortunately, the matter does not always end in violation of ...

Bold, beautiful, different: the faces of young Americans in the project of immigrant

02-12-2024

Bold, beautiful, different: the faces of young Americans in ...

Photographer Marie Tomanova of Czech Republic has continuously lived in new York for seven years. The past four years, she filmed ...

Popularity, money and death: the dark secrets of The Viper Room club from the 90s

02-12-2024

Popularity, money and death: the dark secrets of The Viper ...

In the 90s, The Viper Room nightclub was a favorite place of entertainment for many stars. In 1993, it was created by Johnny Depp ...