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![The story of "The Lady of the Camellias" by Marie Duplessis, France's most famous courtesan](/img/2025/the-story-of-the-lady-of/the-story-of-the-lady-of-540x310.jpg "The story of "The Lady of the Camellias" by Marie Duplessis, France's most famous courtesan")
17-11-2025
10 ancient practices which to us today is very difficult to ...
After centuries of tradition and fashion are changing. Once our ancestors in order doing that now would be shot down us off. About ...
17-11-2025
Operation Peter Pan - how the Americans took 14,000 children ...
The operation to “rescue” Cuban children by American intelligence, despite its considerable scope, did not become known in wide ...
17-11-2025
The Butterfly Effect in Action - 5 Real Cases That Changed ...
Sometimes a small and seemingly meaningless decision can change everything. Some of the most significant historical moments in the ...
17-11-2025
How Vasily Margelov single-handedly forced 32,000 SS men to ...
Vasily Filippovich Margelov is known as the man who created the Airborne Forces and commanded these troops for many years. That is ...
17-11-2025
The story of a brave girl Sophie Scholl, executed by the ...
On February 20, 1943, at the main headquarters, Hitler listened to a report by Reichsfuhrer SS Heinrich Himmler. Among the various ...
17-11-2025
Life in the US in the 50s: rare photos
1950's years, often called the Golden era of American history, a time of happiness and prosperity — despite the racial ...
17-11-2025
The birth of a legend: how did Mickey Mouse come up?
What do you know about Mickey Mouse? In fact, this famous and beloved character has its own long and interesting history. Mickey ...
16-11-2025
Faces of British crime of the XIX century
What did the petty criminals of the XIX century look like? We offer you a look at the faces of English prisoners held in a penal ...
16-11-2025
25 rare photos from National Geographic archives
Found is a new photo collection from the archives of National Geographic. These photographs reveal the culture and moments of the ...
16-11-2025
How the tradition of putting children in the corner came about
The punishment of standing in the corner is familiar to many since childhood. Although it does not seem the most severe, its ...
16-11-2025
10 crazy and bloody entertainments held at the Roman Colosseum
Ancient Rome was famous not only for its conquests. The city, considered the capital of the world, offered its residents and guests ...
15-11-2025
300 Spartans: truth and fiction about the legendary Battle of ...
Probably, everyone has heard the legend about 300 Spartans who courageously resisted the numerically superior enemy army until ...
14-11-2025
22 retro photos of models from past years
The world will never get tired of talking about beauty and fashion. All times have had their own standards that they tried to be ...
14-11-2025
5 secrets of the Venus of Milo, which may not be Venus at All
Venus de Milo was found on April 8, 1820. For two centuries now, this sculpture has been stirring the minds of historians, artists ...
14-11-2025
Women's knife fights: Why women in different eras took up ...
We usually imagine a woman with a knife in the kitchen and this image is not associated with danger and violence. But this was not ...
14-11-2025
The story of Jeanie Wiley, a wild girl who spent 13 years in ...
It is the social environment that teaches us such seemingly primitive things as the ability to express our thoughts, distinguish ...
14-11-2025
How the maid Basia Piasetska became the owner of the Johnson ...
Of all the Cinderella stories, of which there are many, it is worth highlighting the biography of Basia Piasetskaya. This woman, ...
14-11-2025
"Mask of shame": a vintage educational tools for gossips, ...
It is believed that the middle Ages it was brutal at times and for different faults immediately whipped, beheaded or hanged. But ...
14-11-2025
Top 10 most beautiful castles in France
The castles and palaces of France are the best "storytellers" of the rich history of the country. They saw the lives of kings and ...
13-11-2025
The tragic story of American Rapunzel: how the fate of the ...
In the days before movies, people had fun in other ways. For example, we went to the circus to admire those who were born different ...
13-11-2025
The history of the discovery of the Aureus
In the night from 16 to 17 September 1899 at the Kharkov Institute for noble maidens it has taken now several pupils. They suffered ...
13-11-2025
Terrible prototypes: 11 real murderers, bloody deeds which ...
Their photos can be found only in the materials of criminal cases about crimes they've committed. Murderers, "famous for" the most ...
13-11-2025
Boris I, King of Andorra: how the Russian combinator briefly ...
The name of Boris Skosyrev is not very familiar in our country, but in Europe this man was remembered very well. This energetic and ...
13-11-2025
Historical pictures of criminals of the 1930s and 1940s
These pictures and details of the arrest were taken from old news newspapers of the American city of New Castle and allow us to ...
13-11-2025
When Moscow was a big village
In the 50‑ies of the last century, the capital began to expand. It was annexed areas Fili, Mnevniki, Moscow, Sviblovo, textile, ...
13-11-2025
Circus albinos of the 19th century: people with shocking ...
In the 19th and even early 20th centuries, circuses attracted audiences not only with acrobats and trained animals. People with ...