History
13.07.25
8 people who were acquitted too late
12.07.25
Pharaoh's Secrets
11.07.25
How did the cutlet in Kiev
11-07-2025
The history of the Great Paraguayan War — senseless and ...
War is always death, destruction and grief. And it does not matter what it is called — a World War, an anti-terrorist operation ...
11-07-2025
"Duplessis Orphans": a terrible business on children's suffering
The terrible story of the Duplessis orphans became known to the world community in the 90s of the last century, 50 years after the ...
10-07-2025
32 Men and One Woman: The Shocking Truth of Anatahan Island
Imagine a tiny island lost in the vast waters of the Pacific Ocean. Volcanic rocks, tropical heat, coconut palms and… 32 men ...
10-07-2025
New York of the 70s
Chilean photographer Camilo Jose Vergara photographed the depressive streets of New York in the 70s and its inhabitants in a ...
10-07-2025
"I don't want to die!": the diary of a 15-year-old Jewish ...
The heroine of this heartbreaking story was Renia Spiegel, a 15-year-old Jewish woman originally from Poland. The girl was killed ...
10-07-2025
Who was the real prototype of the hero of the cult film ...
The novel "A Woman on Wednesdays", based on which the film "Voroshilov Shooter" was shot in 1999, was written by the writer Viktor ...
10-07-2025
Why did Europeans eat Egyptian mummies during the Middle Ages
Europeans have not always been enlightened. During the Middle Ages, the Italian, French, and German nobility ate the powdered ...
10-07-2025
10 scarce goods that Soviet citizens tried to "get" in any way
Today, due to a small queue in the store, you can angrily demand to open an additional cash register. Soviet citizens patiently ...
09-07-2025
Scam of the Century: A story about a Tribe that Never Existed
In the early 1970s, magazines and television in different countries of the world talked about the unique Tasadai tribe that lives ...
09-07-2025
Sex in the Victorian era: slow, sad and rare
The long reign of Queen Victoria, who ruled Great Britain from 1832 to 1901, was very controversial in terms of sexuality. Along ...
09-07-2025
London's Club Kids — Five decades
Derek Ridgers, known for his pictures of British skinheads, has been filming the regulars of London nightclubs for five decades. ...
09-07-2025
1600 euros and two bottles of whiskey: How adidas bought the ...
In 1916, a small workshop appeared in the center of Helsinki under the sign Ab Sportartiklar Oy. Skis, ski poles and other winter ...
09-07-2025
The Riddle of Fate: How the Soviet pilot Ivan Datsenko became ...
According to the official version, the pilot Ivan Datsenko died in 1944 over Lviv. Unofficially, he fled to Canada, where he became ...
08-07-2025
What kind of “dead man's chest” is sung about in the ...
Everyone is well aware of the pirate song "Fifteen Men on a Dead Man's Chest" from Robert Louis Stevenson's novel ...
08-07-2025
What the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, the largest passenger ...
This 34-meter aircraft was in operation by American Airlines from 1949 to 1963. We offer you a look inside the Boeing 377 ...
08-07-2025
13 historical figures who were married to their relatives
In the culture of many countries, it is not customary to marry cousins or second cousins, and in some cases it is completely ...
08-07-2025
What Riga looked like 30 years ago
The Baltic States in the Soviet years were something like their "little abroad" — beautiful clean streets of Baltic cities, ...
08-07-2025
"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 ...
08-07-2025
What American megacities looked like at the beginning of the ...
Dive into the atmosphere of the early 20th century and see what American megalopolises looked like at that time. In this selection ...
08-07-2025
"Fatal Hollywood drama": photographer took a real murder and ...
Recognition comes in different ways. Anthony Kalani Roberts did not know that one day 1973, will make him famous and provide a ...
!["Shell Grotto" - one of the most mysterious attractions in Great Britain](/img/2025/shell-grotto-one-of-the/shell-grotto-one-of-the-170x170.jpg ""Shell Grotto" - one of the most mysterious attractions in Great Britain")
08-07-2025
"Shell Grotto" - one of the most mysterious ...
Margate is an ancient town located in Kent on the shores of the English Channel. Founded in the 13th century, it attracts tourists ...
07-07-2025
Great as obry: who were the Avars, zaprjagaevii Slavic women ...
In the summer of 558 residents of Constantinople were seen on the streets of horsemen dressed in armor of iron plates. The soldiers ...
07-07-2025
How did the expression “Olympic calm” come about?
When they say “Olympic calm,” they mean absolute equanimity. Many people associate this expression with the Olympic Games, ...
07-07-2025
"Ziegfeld Girls": the sexiest Broadway actresses of the 1920s
For modern connoisseurs of female beauty, black-and-white photos of the early twentieth century make an ambiguous impression: the ...
06-07-2025
1939: the last public execution in France by guillotine
Born in Germany in 1908, Eugene Weidman started stealing from a young age and, even as an adult, did not give up his criminal ...
![The Story of the "Funny" Killer Nannie Doss, Who Killed 12 People](/img/2025/the-story-of-the-funny/the-story-of-the-funny-170x170.jpg "The Story of the "Funny" Killer Nannie Doss, Who Killed 12 People")
06-07-2025
The Story of the "Funny" Killer Nannie Doss, Who ...
The smiling older lady in the photo is Nannie Doss. Her family and friends described her as a sweet, good-natured person with a ...