04-12-2025
"Like the devil from incense": how did this phrase appear and ...
Smells have always played a big role in people's lives. Many of them have been used for centuries for medicinal purposes, which ...
04-12-2025
Young and still unknown Madonna with photographs by Michael ...
Fashion photographer Michael McDonnell met Madonna in 1978 when the future superstar no one has heard before. McDonnell stumbled ...
03-12-2025
20 retro photos of stunning women we admire
We publish a selection in the style of "retro photo". These rare photos capture the most beautiful, elegant, delightful and popular ...
03-12-2025
Oh, the times! O mores! Looked like erotic postcards in the 20s
These erotic cards were made in France in the early twentieth century. Unofficially, they were called "French postcards". However, ...
03-12-2025
"Our dear Franz": the Nazi who killed hundreds of thousands ...
Franz Stangl was arrested on a grand scale. Several police cars and armored vehicles with machine guns, raising dust, surrounded a ...
03-12-2025
"Hotel of death" Lavinia Fisher: the first female serial ...
Serial killers are male in history a few hundred and the army of the villains being added regularly. But among women «serial ...
03-12-2025
The mystery of the 17 wooden dead, which cannot be solved for ...
The world is full of mysteries that are beyond the control of man. Some of them, such as the secret of the Maya cosmonauts, are ...
02-12-2025
How did the Pavlova cake appear and how is it connected with ...
Pavlova cake can be bought today in many confectionery stores. But few people know the history of this popular dessert. It was ...
02-12-2025
Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Clint Eastwood and other stars ...
Photographer Earl Leaf did not start shooting stars right away. He worked as a cowboy, sailor, scout, accountant, Salvation Army ...
02-12-2025
Why in the Zaporizhzhya Sich was not women
Many writers, including Nikolai Gogol in his immortal «Taras Bulba» mentioned that Sich women were not allowed. There is ...
![The Black Venus Story: The Tragic Fate of "Exhibit Man" Saartjie Baartman](/img/2025/the-black-venus-story-the/the-black-venus-story-the-170x170.jpg "The Black Venus Story: The Tragic Fate of "Exhibit Man" Saartjie Baartman")
02-12-2025
The Black Venus Story: The Tragic Fate of "Exhibit ...
The tragedy of Saartjie Baartman is one of the darkest episodes in European colonial history. A native of South Africa, she became ...
01-12-2025
I changed my gender to fight
The traditional story of the American Civil War is revenge by historical accounts, told on behalf of men who fought as Yankees or ...
01-12-2025
Mysteries of Gobekli Tepe: what the world's oldest ruins hide
Scientists have always been interested in the question of which building is the oldest. There is no exact answer to this yet, ...
01-12-2025
Why was lithium added to 7UP soda?
Everyone knows the carbonated drink 7-Up. But no one can say why it was called that way. Surely its creator, Charles Leiper Grieg, ...
01-12-2025
12 Best Playboy Covers
On December 1, 1953, the first issue of the men's magazine Playboy appeared on newsstands in Chicago. The publication was published ...
01-12-2025
Color photographs of women of the Russian Empire at the ...
This amazing collection of color portraits shows women of different classes from different regions of imperialist Russia at the ...
30-11-2025
John Jubert is a serial maniac, because of whose torment the ...
In the USA for many years, maniacs and murderers were sent to the electric chair, carrying out death sentences. But in the 90s, the ...
30-11-2025
Pies vesiga, the mummy goose, Limpopo and 5 more unusual ...
Many people think that in order to tasting exotic dishes you need to go to Thailand or Bolivia. But there are unusual dishes and ...
30-11-2025
The history of women's underwear: what was hidden under the ...
Today it is difficult to imagine a women's wardrobe without beautiful and comfortable underwear. But all these delights of ...
30-11-2025
Robert Lebeck, the photographer who preserved history for us
The name Robert Lebeck is forever etched in the history of photography. His images are more than just snapshots, but veritable time ...
30-11-2025
The Amazing story of Josephine Myrtle Corbin, a four—legged ...
Josephine Myrtle Corbin was incredibly popular during her lifetime, and after her death her grave had to be filled with concrete. ...
30-11-2025
The mystery of the Pantheon doors, which weigh 17 tons but ...
The masterpieces of the ancients have repeatedly baffled modern scientists and engineers. What can be created today with the help ...
![Where is "The End of the World" and why is it closer than you think](/img/2025/where-is-the-end-of-the/where-is-the-end-of-the-170x170.jpg "Where is "The End of the World" and why is it closer than you think")
30-11-2025
Where is "The End of the World" and why is it ...
The expression "in the middle of nowhere" is known to everyone. It can often be heard in conversation when talking about ...
30-11-2025
Stormy intimate life of Generalissimo Suvorov - the winner on ...
Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov is rightfully among the ten best commanders in history. Everyone knows him as a winner, a father to ...
29-11-2025
Green children of Woolpit: an ancient tale or a story about ...
Stories of contact with aliens are not uncommon these days. Every now and then people appear who communicated with aliens, or even ...
29-11-2025
Comprachicos: how a gang of kidnappers have been doing ...
Deformities and physical abnormalities simultaneously frightened and attracted people at all times. The so-called "circus freaks" ...