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31-03-2025

How our ancestors fought insomnia

If you think that sleep disorders are a problem of a modern person, then you are deeply mistaken. Insomnia has tormented people at ...

31-03-2025

View from the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour: what Moscow ...

In September 1839, the solemn laying of the new Cathedral of Christ the Saviour took place. The construction lasted almost 44 ...

31-03-2025

40 amazing comparisons: look anew at familiar

It is unlikely that someone will be a revelation-a phrase that people and things change with time. An obvious fact, but, lost in ...

31-03-2025

Young and old, or How long people actually lived in ancient times

For many years, we were taught that even in the 19th century, a person was considered an old man at the age of 30, and life ...

31-03-2025

Big world of little people

The master of modern Buryat art Zhamso Radnaev created a world of his images. The fusion of traditions with the skill and ...

31-03-2025

Marriage Not for Love: Why It's Common to Steal Grooms in ...

Many nations have a tradition of stealing a bride. Nowadays, it is most often a symbolic ritual, the purpose of which is to ...

31-03-2025

Dr. Edgar Parker's Mad Dental Circus

For many of us, going to the dentist is a nightmare experience. And this despite anesthesia and other modern technologies. It is ...

31-03-2025

Black widow Belle Gunness who killed their own children, ...

Some people just love to watch horror movies, because it's a great way to "tickle" their nerves and get the adrenaline rush from ...

31-03-2025

Rare color photographs of England, 1928

The late 1920s and early 1930s photographer Clifton R. Adams (Clifton R. Adams) spent in England, where he went on behalf of the ...

31-03-2025

Sex, Gender and Morality: The Unknown History of underwear

Why do we wear underwear? To take care of health, for hygienic purposes or playing along with fashion trends — one way or ...

31-03-2025

Burned, but saved the children: about the unprecedented feat ...

The name of Alexander p. Mamkin has gone down in history thanks to his exploits during the great Patriotic war. One of them is the ...

31-03-2025

Dopamine decor: what is the secret of the new trend in ...

In recent years, minimalist interiors in subdued colors with a predominance of rectangular-shaped objects have been in fashion. But ...

31-03-2025

11 recipes of the pioneer past that we should tell children about

We lament that today's children are sitting at the computer all the time, we remember ourselves at their age and think how fun and ...

31-03-2025

Cats are liquid, there is evidence

Where did we get this from? Well, first of all, let's define what a liquid is and what qualities it has. According to Wikipedia, ...

31-03-2025

Los Angeles Riot: How the most destructive uprising in US ...

On April 29, 1992, the Los Angeles Riot began in the States, mass riots that resulted in the death of 53 people and $1 billion in ...

31-03-2025

Adrenaline junkies: powerful emotions at the risk of their lives

Extreme recreation can be different. For some, extreme is to eat dried spiders in Cambodia, some like to hang around on the roofs ...

31-03-2025

How people imagined the future 120 years ago

Everyone sometimes imagines what the life of humanity will look like in many years. Many of us were waiting for October 21, 2015 to ...

31-03-2025

He painted women who are impossible to forget: the secrets of ...

John William Waterhouse is a name that sounds like music to art lovers. This English artist, one of the most prominent ...

31-03-2025

10 most impressive and grueling Hiking trails

For many synonymous with the word "campaign" is a few hours hike, which is more like a nice walk. But these stories are nothing ...

31-03-2025

"Editor" — deadly energy that "inspires" a hundred years ago

That Red Bull gives wings thanks to advertising everyone knows today. What inspires people earlier, before the advent of this ...

31-03-2025

22 ways to turn an empty bottle into a practical work of art

Well, who among us doesn’t like to drink? Well, at least if he doesn’t love you, then you have to from time to time. Sometimes ...

31-03-2025

The incredible story of how the Queen of Britain married the ...

In the 19th century, a small mistake in translation led to the fact that the Nigerian king for many years began to consider the ...

31-03-2025

Murderous Parenting: 3 Types of Mothers Who Can Raise a Maniac

A mother does not always know what is good for her child. Sometimes her upbringing can be disastrous. A leading British ...

31-03-2025

The Pacarana "Terrible Mouse" is a rare and ...

The scientific names of animals often mislead us. And appearances can often be deceiving. An inhabitant of the jungles of South ...

31-03-2025

The Murder of Mary Meyer, or the Secret of President John ...

Much has been said and written about the secret affairs of the 35th US President John Kennedy. The most famous is his affair with ...

30-03-2025

7 famous graves

We present you a small tour of the most famous monuments of dead geniuses. --> Grave of Oscar Wilde in the cemetery of ...