History
![Leon Trotsky's bodyguard Anton Blisnyak: the fate of the "red terminator"](/img/2025/leon-trotsky39s-bodyguard/leon-trotsky39s-bodyguard-540x310.jpg "Leon Trotsky's bodyguard Anton Blisnyak: the fate of the "red terminator"")
23-07-2025
The Dignidad colony: how a pedophile Nazi organized a private ...
After the end of the Second World War, thousands of Nazis found salvation from justice in Latin America. Chile, with its government ...
23-07-2025
Children's window cages and 13 other interesting inventions ...
People are always trying to find a way to ease their daily chores or bring a little more luxury to life. Here are 14 bizarre ...
22-07-2025
Burial "in repnoe" or Why in Russia it was customary to bury ...
For residents of Russia turnips have always been valuable not only culture, but also a plant that has a sacred meaning. Part of it ...
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 ...
22-07-2025
The sex was the revolution: how did the sexual revolution in ...
1960-e years were a turning point for sexuality in the West. What later became known as the "sexual revolution" was initiated by ...
22-07-2025
Poena cullei or "execution in a bag": the most severe Roman ...
Burial alive, hanging, quartering, crucifixion… What kind of tortures were not invented by people to punish criminals and ...
22-07-2025
Rabbit brain pate and other tips for caring for children from ...
Nowadays, when there are such wonderful inventions as disposable diapers, all kinds of radios and baby monitors, rubber nipples, ...
22-07-2025
Torture and other terrible methods of treating mental disorders
Until the end of the XVIII century, people with mental illnesses were considered not sick, but possessed by the devil, or witches ...
22-07-2025
The most depraved scenes in the history of art
Do you think that pornography has appeared quite recently? And here it is not! The fantasy of our distant ancestors went far beyond ...
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 ...
!["Bloody Sunday" of Nizhny Tagil: how the plane crashed into the crowd on May 9, 1993](/img/2025/bloody-sunday-of-nizhny/bloody-sunday-of-nizhny-170x170.jpg ""Bloody Sunday" of Nizhny Tagil: how the plane crashed into the crowd on May 9, 1993")
22-07-2025
"Bloody Sunday" of Nizhny Tagil: how the plane ...
The Victory Day in 1993 for the inhabitants of Nizhny Tagil was overshadowed by a bloody tragedy. People came to watch an air show, ...
22-07-2025
What's Hiding Behind Aokigahara: The Suicide Forest in ...
According to the World Health Organization, about 800,000 people commit suicide every year in the world. Japan is among the top ...
21-07-2025
In nineteenth-century England, divorce was expensive. ...
Now just try to infringe on a woman's rights — feminists will break their horns in an instant. But in the old days things were ...
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 ...
21-07-2025
The hatfields vs McCoys: how two American families gave ...
In the late nineteenth century on the border of the States of West Virginia and Kentucky between the two families of farmers there ...
21-07-2025
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 ...
21-07-2025
The tragic death of the elephant Tyke, which forever changed ...
Today, calls to stop exploiting animals in circuses are becoming increasingly loud all over the world. 45 countries have already ...
21-07-2025
Artists have recreated the pristine splendor of 7 famous ...
Fortunately, in our world, which is rapidly rushing forward, there are still ruins of ancient civilizations that remind people of ...
21-07-2025
Williamson Tunnels: how mysterious catacombs appeared near ...
They say that the rich have their own quirks. And sometimes they are so intricate that even after centuries it is difficult to find ...
21-07-2025
Blue denim shorts are a favorite trend of American girls of ...
The 1970s in the United States were marked by sexual emancipation, refusal of military service, and the struggle for women's ...
20-07-2025
Retrocote
LOLcats is a new photo meme on the Internet, where funny photos of cats with funny titles and accompanying captions are often ...
20-07-2025
9 "bearded women" who made history
Hirsutism is a condition in which women have excessive growth of terminal hair of the male type. There are several "bearded women" ...
20-07-2025
Why the Church condemns "cross roof", known in Russia since ...
In the old cemeteries can still be found unusual to our eye crosses, covered with small roofs. Gradually they are less and less ...
20-07-2025
Salvador Dali's Cookbook with non-child illustrations
When we hear the name of Salvador Dali, the image of melting clocks and surreal canvases usually comes to mind. However, Dali was ...
20-07-2025
Deadly Number — Crazy stunts in retro photos
Looking at these old pictures, you might think that the people of the past completely lacked the instinct of self-preservation. In ...
20-07-2025
A nostalgic selection of photos from our 90s
Who caught the nineties of the last century, he will never forget them. We have collected a selection of photos of famous and ...