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![The Mad Marquis Henry Cyril Paget and his "Theatre of Joy"](/img/2025/the-mad-marquis-henry/the-mad-marquis-henry-540x310.jpg "The Mad Marquis Henry Cyril Paget and his "Theatre of Joy"")
06.12.25
Why did man start shoeing horses?
05-12-2025
10 photos of the Great Smog in London
On December 5, 1952, one of the most terrible environmental events in the history of England took place. "Great Smog" (Eng. Great ...
05-12-2025
What was the fate of the real prototypes of children's fairy ...
On October 14, 1926, Alan Milne's book "Winnie the pOoh" was published in the London publishing house Methuen & Co. Children, ...
05-12-2025
Ms. Zheng: as a prostitute became Queen of Chinese pirates
The sea is still, you are a woman or a man, if you can hold in their hands an army of 70,000. Chinese Chin si could — she started ...
04-12-2025
Rare color photographs of the Russian Empire at the beginning ...
The cycle of color photographs captured in the distant 1911. Where one hundred years ago, took a color? How was it done? Indeed, ...
04-12-2025
Cans, ice cream dish, gangs and 11 types of dishes of Soviet ...
Admit it, was served at the New year, the traditional basin Olivier in a carved crystal vase? If so, then surely many other things ...
04-12-2025
Derby in diapers: how were the retro races of crawling babies
This is very questionable from an ethical point of view, but no less popular event was held annually as part of the fair in ...
04-12-2025
William Helburn, fashion photographer of the 50s, and his ...
William "Bill" Helburn (1924-2020) was an American fashion and advertising photographer. After the Second World War, a lucky chance ...
04-12-2025
25 ancient human creations
It's amazing how mankind has progressed over the last century, decades or even years. Science is advancing faster than ever, new ...
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 ...