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The Dark Side of the Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales: What's Hidden Behind Children's Stories

30-07-2025

The Dark Side of the Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales: What's ...

Get ready to learn unexpected and dark details about the famous fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm. In this article, we will tell ...

Double portrait of Arnolfini, or what scientists are arguing about

30-07-2025

Double portrait of Arnolfini, or what scientists are arguing ...

We used to perceive portraiture as an alternative to photography. But some artists of the Middle Ages sought to capture not only ...

Erased from History: The tragic fate of Queen Elizabeth II's cousins

29-07-2025

Erased from History: The tragic fate of Queen Elizabeth II's ...

The secret pages of the history of the British royal family were recently revealed in a new Netflix series called "The Crown" (The ...

Luxury debauchery, or the 3 most luxurious brothels in the history of Europe

29-07-2025

Luxury debauchery, or the 3 most luxurious brothels in the ...

It offers modern men an impressive selection of entertainment for every taste, starting with airsoft and computer games, ending ...

An amazing road that goes under water twice a day

28-07-2025

An amazing road that goes under water twice a day

Passage du Gois (Passage du Gois) is a road laid along the bottom of the Bay of Bourneuf and connects the mainland of France with ...

Luxury tattoos of the Victorian era — Cherubs, dragons and coats of arms

28-07-2025

Luxury tattoos of the Victorian era — Cherubs, dragons and ...

We are used to seeing unbearably serious people in decent closed clothes in old photographs. But there are also such pictures where ...

The Italian beauty Scilla Gabel — understudy Sophia Loren

28-07-2025

The Italian beauty Scilla Gabel — understudy Sophia Loren

Italian film and television actress Scilla Gabel (Scilla Gabel) was born in 1938 in Rimini. Her acting career began as an ...

On the way to fame: unknown photos of stars including drunk Kate moss and intimate scenes of Angelina Jolie

28-07-2025

On the way to fame: unknown photos of stars including drunk ...

We know their beautiful and successful, shining stars, which can be admired only from afar. But there were times when they were ...

Everything for sale: the most unusual vending machines

28-07-2025

Everything for sale: the most unusual vending machines

Everyone knows that Americans are big fans of automation. The first fast food restaurants with their revolutionary method of ...

Hot brown-haired woman from the foggy Albion: seductive Caroline Munro

26-07-2025

Hot brown-haired woman from the foggy Albion: seductive ...

This beauty with a fervent twinkle in her eyes differs from Marilyn Monroe only by one letter in her last name and hair color, and ...

The battle of the friends of Verus and Priscus: how was the only gladiator fight described in detail in history

25-07-2025

The battle of the friends of Verus and Priscus: how was the ...

The fight of the gladiators Verus and Priscus is considered the most famous gladiator performance in history and the only fight ...

Army of the Living Dead: why the Knights of the Order of St. Lazarus were so called

25-07-2025

Army of the Living Dead: why the Knights of the Order of St. ...

Among the military monastic organizations of the Crusaders there was the Order of St. Lazarus, which accepted knights with leprosy. ...

Albert Pierpoint - the Last Executioner of the Empire

25-07-2025

Albert Pierpoint - the Last Executioner of the Empire

It is said that Albert Pierpoint executed 433 men and 17 women, including 200 Nazi fiends who could hardly atone for their sins in ...

Escape from the hustle and bustle: photos of Europeans hiding from civilization

24-07-2025

Escape from the hustle and bustle: photos of Europeans hiding ...

In recent decades, the voluntary flight of people from modern civilization has become increasingly popular in the developed world. ...

The tragic love story of Prince William and Hungarian model Zsuzsa Starkloff

23-07-2025

The tragic love story of Prince William and Hungarian model ...

There are many romantic stories in the history of the British royal family. But the love story of Prince William of Gloucester and ...

The comforts of medieval castles, or Why Retire to the cloakroom

22-07-2025

The comforts of medieval castles, or Why Retire to the cloakroom

The Middle Ages is a period of history when people did not care too much about comfort. It can be said that since antiquity, the ...

The Golden age of enjoyment and pleasure: the history of debauchery Belle Epoque

22-07-2025

The Golden age of enjoyment and pleasure: the history of ...

Belle Époque or the beautiful era called the period of European history between the last decade of the XIX century and 1914. Walk ...

The male harem of Simone de Beauvoir: three men in the life of the founder of feminism

21-07-2025

The male harem of Simone de Beauvoir: three men in the life ...

The world's most famous female philosopher and part-time founder of feminism Simone de Beauvoir preferred a free relationship. ...

How actress Monica Vitti went against beauty standards and became the face of the era herself

21-07-2025

How actress Monica Vitti went against beauty standards and ...

Fashion is fickle, and it's not just about clothes. Beauty standards are also changing. If earlier cosmetics, diets and ...

8 innocent photos where not everyone will find nude models

21-07-2025

8 innocent photos where not everyone will find nude models

Tired of looking for hidden cats and other unknown animals in the photo? Well, then look for people! We even have eight photos for ...

The Norwegian airline showed what was fed on planes half a century ago

19-07-2025

The Norwegian airline showed what was fed on planes half a ...

It is always curious to look into the past — for example, who would have thought that half a century ago passengers on board ...

Mariana Breslauer and its avant-garde photography of the stunning emancipation

19-07-2025

Mariana Breslauer and its avant-garde photography of the ...

These pictures, formed in the image self-confident "new woman" of the 1920-ies, which belonged to herself. Mariana Breslauer ...

Fairy tale in reality: travelers make fantastic pictures to show the beauty of the real world

18-07-2025

Fairy tale in reality: travelers make fantastic pictures to ...

Every tale has some truth. Loving each other and travel TJ Drysdale (TJ Drysdale) and Victoria beach (Victoria Yore) have shown ...

Home-trucks — weird, but a cute relic of the hippie era

18-07-2025

Home-trucks — weird, but a cute relic of the hippie era

House-trucks, who invented the "flower children" at the dawn of the hippie era, for obvious reasons, is not met in our country. But ...

In your skin: a powerful photo project "Epidermis" by Sophie Harris-Taylor

18-07-2025

In your skin: a powerful photo project "Epidermis" by Sophie ...

Photographer Sophie Harris-Taylor wants to break down stereotypes around problem skin. She created the project "Epidermis", in ...

How to make a Swiss army knife

17-07-2025

How to make a Swiss army knife

You are probably all familiar with the Swiss army knife — a multifunctional folding knife, which is equipped with a blade and ...