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03.08.25
Sampun Mall Collapse
01-08-2025
Why you can’t swim on Ilyin’s day
The Orthodox Church on August 2 celebrates the day of memory of the prophet Elijah. He is considered one of the most revered saints ...
01-08-2025
Hijacked a tank and swung with Stallone — how our ...
In the OldSchoolCool section on Reddit, users share bright stylish photos of their grandparents, from whom you can learn the love ...
01-08-2025
Britain's spookiest attraction — The Mummy of Jeremy Bentham
Big Ben, the London Eye, Tower Bridge — these places of Great Britain have become its calling cards. But there is an exhibit in ...
01-08-2025
33 paintings of van Gogh that everyone should know
Vincent van Gogh — a man of strong emotions and mental States, and one of the most famous artists in the history of art. 27 ...
01-08-2025
What did the very first gadgets look like, without which we ...
Today's generation of children can no longer imagine a smartphone not with a touch screen, but with buttons. And the first phone in ...
01-08-2025
Multinational wealth of the Russian Empire of the 1870s‑1880s
In 1864, a young resident of Ohio, George Kennan, joined a group of researchers in search of a possible route for laying a ...
31-07-2025
Yogi hypnotizing a chicken, or The story of one unusual picture
This picture has been roaming for many years on social networks and forums both in the foreign and in the Russian-speaking segment ...
31-07-2025
How the serf girl Parashka became the Countess Sheremeteva ...
On July 31, 1768, an amazing woman was born - Praskovya Zhemchugova. There are many great actors in the history of the Russian ...
31-07-2025
The real story of Queen Margot, brilliant, depraved and ...
On August 18, 1572, Paris noisily celebrated a wedding, which a few days later was replaced by a bloody massacre. Married ...
31-07-2025
Was Einstein a C-Student? Debunking Myths About the ...
To console parents whose offspring are not doing well at school, great scientists with mediocre academic performance are often ...
31-07-2025
How much are the 7 most expensive items of world war II
Collectors around the world scour the auctions and Internet sites in search of unique items during the Second world war. Into this ...
31-07-2025
As known, the Israeli thief became a national hero
In the 90s Moti Ashkenazi was one of the most famous and dexterous thieves in all of Israel. Usually the guy hunted on the beaches ...
31-07-2025
The Frightening Beauty of Pierre Imans' Realistic Mannequins
The beginning of the 20th century was marked by the rapid development of fashion. The industry required new styles, fabrics, ...
30-07-2025
'Don't Be a Menace to South Central': How a ...
In the mid-90s, a daring and absurd comedy hit the screens that forever changed the idea of the parody genre. The film ...
30-07-2025
20 old photographs that show the past from an unexpected quarter
It is always interesting to look at old photos and to learn something new, for example, how people lived in the past, what their ...
30-07-2025
Few people have seen these rare historical photographs
These rare historical pictures can be viewed for a long time and with a sigh. We have collected only such shots for you. Enjoy it! ...
30-07-2025
How an ordinary Soviet official married a billionaire: a love ...
In 1978, unexpectedly for everyone, the "wedding of the century" of a simple Soviet citizen Sergei Kauzov and the daughter of ...
30-07-2025
How a striped bag with a lady in a hat appeared - one of the ...
It is difficult to find a person who lived in the 90s and never once held in his hands a striped bag with the silhouette of a girl ...
30-07-2025
Double portrait of Arnolfini, or what scientists are arguing ...
We used to perceive portraiture as an alternative to photography. But some artists of the Middle Ages sought to capture not only ...
30-07-2025
Gavin Bond: From Fashion Designer to Fashion Photographer
Gavin Bond is a name familiar to anyone interested in fashion and photography. His photographs grace the pages of the best glossy ...
29-07-2025
Rotisserie dogs are a mysterious kitchen breed that no longer ...
All dog breeds existing today are divided into groups: hunting, service, fighting, decorative and herding. But if you were in ...
29-07-2025
Dad — a glass of port wine: how and what Russian rock stars ...
The average person imagines rock musicians as party-goers who live on the principle of "Live fast, die young" - with daily alcohol, ...
29-07-2025
Erased from History: The tragic fate of Queen Elizabeth II's ...
The secret pages of the history of the British royal family were recently revealed in a new Netflix series called "The Crown" (The ...
29-07-2025
10 the bloodthirsty killers from the beginning of time to the ...
The term "serial killer" appeared only in the late nineteenth century. But this does not mean that the bloodthirsty killers never ...
28-07-2025
What did the nobility do all day in the Middle Ages if they ...
Many people think that in the Middle Ages, the aristocrats did nothing but go hunting and go on Crusades. Perhaps some of the noble ...
28-07-2025
The Cossack Timofey Box: the story of the life and devotion ...
Loyalty to the tsar and the Fatherland for many soldiers of pre-revolutionary Russia was not an empty phrase. They remembered the ...