History

How nuclear weapons were tested in front of the public in Mississippi, bypassing the treaty with the USSR

28-08-2025

How nuclear weapons were tested in front of the public in ...

At 10 a.m. on October 22, 1964, a five-kiloton nuclear weapon was detonated in Lamar County, Mississippi. A year earlier, in ...

The history of the October railway - the very first in Russia

28-08-2025

The history of the October railway - the very first in Russia

On August 28, 1851, the Nikolaevskaya Railway (now the Oktyabrskaya Railway) was built, which marked the beginning of the ...

Highlights of African Americans ' struggle for their rights

28-08-2025

Highlights of African Americans ' struggle for their rights

At the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, "I have a dream" was performed – the famous speech of the black preacher Martin Luther ...

The history of women's cleavage: from police control, to complete permissiveness

28-08-2025

The history of women's cleavage: from police control, to ...

Women's breasts have always inspired poets and artists, driven lovers crazy and made envious women suffer. It was carved out of ...

Hunghutz: Chinese mafia has seized the far East of the Russian Empire

28-08-2025

Hunghutz: Chinese mafia has seized the far East of the ...

Translated from the Chinese "hunghutz" means "red beard". It is believed that the so-called one of the criminal clans of China, ...

How in the old days they treated sick and old slaves in different countries

28-08-2025

How in the old days they treated sick and old slaves in ...

In ancient times, slaves were the basis of many branches of the economy. Construction, the agricultural sector, the service sector ...

A fairy tale in reality: 7 places where you can see mermaids in real life

27-08-2025

A fairy tale in reality: 7 places where you can see mermaids ...

For centuries, mermaids have captured the imagination of both sailors and ordinary people, fascinated by the idea of the existence ...

Why is the body of the Tsar-reformer Peter I lay unburied 6 years

27-08-2025

Why is the body of the Tsar-reformer Peter I lay unburied 6 years

Most researchers of the life of Tsar Peter I believe that it was buried soon after death, according to Christian tradition, in the ...

An amazing story about the boy Lev

27-08-2025

An amazing story about the boy Lev

A story that all of us should know. In one Moscow school, a boy stopped going to classes. He doesn't go for a week, two... Leva ...

Modern Movie Posters in Medieval Style

27-08-2025

Modern Movie Posters in Medieval Style

The original style of medieval artists is very popular these days. There are many memes on the Internet based on old paintings and ...

45 archival photos that you won't see in history textbooks

27-08-2025

45 archival photos that you won't see in history textbooks

To better understand the present, we often turn to the past, and photos help us a lot with this. After all, many events and ...

"Jugs of the dead" found in remote mountain forests of Laos

27-08-2025

"Jugs of the dead" found in remote mountain forests of Laos

The places of Southeast Asia, remote from civilization, hide many secrets and riddles that they are in no hurry to part with. In ...

Bride auction, or why in Babylon even ugly girls were in great demand

27-08-2025

Bride auction, or why in Babylon even ugly girls were in ...

In many ancient cultures, women were treated as commodities and their opinions were completely ignored. In Babylon, they even held ...

The former king, which did not want to remember: as the uncle of Elizabeth II abdicated and joined the Hitler

26-08-2025

The former king, which did not want to remember: as the uncle ...

Edward VIII – the British king abdicated for love. Real men act worthy of admiration. But there is life Edward and the other ...

Treasures electrician Ilyina, or How the Soviet collector and overcame the Hermitage

26-08-2025

Treasures electrician Ilyina, or How the Soviet collector and ...

When in 1993 in the Ukrainian city of Kirovohrad died a pensioner Alexander Borisovich Ilyin, nobody could even imagine that he ...

Crazy beauty techniques from the past that make the hair stand on end

26-08-2025

Crazy beauty techniques from the past that make the hair ...

Over time, ideas about female beauty have changed, and sometimes the words "beauty requires sacrifice" had the most literal ...

Who are musume, or How Russian sailors rented Japanese wives

26-08-2025

Who are musume, or How Russian sailors rented Japanese wives

Japan has been a closed country for many centuries. Sailors, merchants and diplomats were the first to get to know her. First it ...

Vintage photos of the Gold Rush Legacy

25-08-2025

Vintage photos of the Gold Rush Legacy

The bitter irony of the California gold rush is that the first person to find gold in this region, James W. Marshall, died alone ...

Hand of glory — the eerie exhibit of the British Museum Whitby

25-08-2025

Hand of glory — the eerie exhibit of the British Museum Whitby

Parts of dead bodies had long been the attributes of witchcraft. The most famous occult object of this type in the Middle ages was ...

How the cherry blossom became a sacred tree for the Japanese

25-08-2025

How the cherry blossom became a sacred tree for the Japanese

When we hear about sakura, we most often think of Japan. It is in this country that a real cult of this tree has reigned for many ...

The story of Frank Costello, who became the prototype for the Godfather Don Vito Corleone

25-08-2025

The story of Frank Costello, who became the prototype for the ...

Frank Costello, the boss of the New York mafia, has been through a lot in his life. He was the subject of government ...

From the old to the new: 30 cases in skilled hands transformed things

25-08-2025

From the old to the new: 30 cases in skilled hands ...

People consume more and more things. Now, even phones without a removable battery, because either, the device will die before the ...

7 Inventions Made So Well They Never Needed Improvement

25-08-2025

7 Inventions Made So Well They Never Needed Improvement

In October 1873, Joseph Glidden, an American farmer from Illinois, applied for a patent on barbed wire, giving it the form in which ...

13 Historical Facts That Seem Fiction But Are Actually Real

24-08-2025

13 Historical Facts That Seem Fiction But Are Actually Real

Sometimes reality surpasses the wildest fantasies. There are events and facts in human history that sound so incredible that it is ...

Even girls received initial military training in Soviet schools

24-08-2025

Even girls received initial military training in Soviet schools

In 1968, a new subject was introduced in Soviet schools — initial military training. Each educational institution was equipped ...