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28.10.25
How cats went to sea
28-10-2025
With your own hands: Processed images of the pre-digital era
The desire to modify the image obtained with the camera is as old as the photograph itself — only the methods have changed. ...
28-10-2025
What is the difference between “pipets” and “kapets” ...
For some of us, the lexemes “pipets” and “kapets” are unacceptable and are strongly associated with a poor vocabulary and ...
28-10-2025
Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio - the story of one short ...
Marilyn Mnro and Joe DiMaggio were husband and wife for a very short time. Their marriage lasted only 9 months, but this does not ...
28-10-2025
How concubines were selected for the harem of the Turkish Sultan
For the first time the concept of "harem" appeared in the Ottoman Empire in the 13th century. So they began to call the part of the ...
27-10-2025
Nuclear tourism in the USA, or How the nuclear test site ...
The American city of Las Vegas, located in the heart of the Mojave Desert, has been attracting gamblers and fans of enchanting ...
27-10-2025
The blonde did not know! 22 rare photos of the legendary ...
Marilyn Monroe, perhaps the most famous blonde in the world, and even with a heavy destiny. We used to see it in the way — ...
27-10-2025
Saryn on the kichka: how the Volga pirates ushkuiniki operated
We used to consider piracy as a purely maritime trade. But the dashing guys robbed ships on the rivers without remorse. On the ...
27-10-2025
Kurenevsky flood, the most secret man-made disaster of the USSR
The so-called Kurenevsky flood, which occurred in Kyiv in 1961, is considered the second largest man-made disaster after the ...
27-10-2025
Ridiculous deaths of kings and monarchs
I choked, laughed, hit the doorjamb... the death of all-powerful monarchs was far from as pathetic as their life…
27-10-2025
Fountain "Spitting Dictators" is a mysterious art object with ...
Fountains are hydraulic structures that carry a decorative load. We can confidently say that fountain design is a special kind of ...
27-10-2025
What is "sacred tales" and why Russia laughed at confidential
Obscene anecdotes, stories and jokes used in Russia popularity always. Even in an era when almost all aspects of life were ruled by ...
27-10-2025
The Kidnapping of Sherry Papini: The Story of a Crime That ...
In November 2016, 34-year-old Sherri Papini disappeared while jogging near her California home. Three weeks later, she was found ...
26-10-2025
Aztec crystal skulls: how exposed one of the largest frauds ...
Aztec crystal skull and scary at the same time beautiful long been the object of desire collectors of ancient artifacts and entire ...
26-10-2025
In the USA at the beginning of the twentieth century, ...
At the beginning of the twentieth century in the USA it was possible to send a child by mail: the service cost less than a dollar, ...
26-10-2025
12 absurd but true facts about the Chukchi that will surprise you
Have you ever wondered how the inhabitants of Chukotka live? What is their culture, customs, what do they like and how do they ...
26-10-2025
How the huge armies of the past relieved themselves
In the history of mankind it is hardly possible to find a year when there was not a war somewhere. The armies of the past were huge ...
26-10-2025
Braveheart: 7 women to whom we should be grateful for the ...
One of the main achievements of the XX century is the establishment of equality between people. Including gender equality. And, of ...
26-10-2025
Tovarozameschenie on-old Russian
Our life consists of wireless technologies. It's hard to imagine that the ancestors had not that light bulb over my head, but even ...
26-10-2025
The man with two heads: portraits of Pasqual Pinon, the ...
Pasqual Pinon (1889-1929), known as the two-Headed Mexican, was a circus performer MPEI cells-Vlotho in the early 1900-ies. Pignon ...
26-10-2025
The "Leper Conspiracy" is a fictional coup that cost the ...
Leprosy is a dangerous and intractable disease that has accompanied humanity throughout its history. Today we know almost ...
26-10-2025
Portraits of children of the XIX century, sentenced to hard ...
In the color portraits of the 1870s, colored by the colorization expert Tom Marshall, children look at the lens too severely and ...
25-10-2025
Taking it to the chest: a global history of the bra
The first official patent for a bra was received on September 3, 1914. The author of this remarkable invention was a woman - ...
25-10-2025
The secret of the "Bloody Quran" — a book written in the ...
It is well known how intolerant Muslims are to blasphemy. Everything that casts a shadow on Islam in one way or another is usually ...
25-10-2025
Mercury treatment, drunkenness and luxury: how women lived in ...
Brothels in the Russian Empire in the 19th century were quite legal. In 1889, there were 111 brothels in Moscow alone. In fact, ...
25-10-2025
10 Interesting Facts About the Ku Klux Klan
In December 1865, the Ku Klux Klan, an ultra-right organization based on racist ideas, was created in the American city of Pulaski, ...
24-10-2025
22 unique artifacts from the past that amaze and delight
It seems that the past epochs, with their primitive technologies, have left us nothing impressive except for famous works of art ...