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![The Black Venus Story: The Tragic Fate of "Exhibit Man" Saartjie Baartman](/img/2025/the-black-venus-story-the/the-black-venus-story-the-540x310.jpg "The Black Venus Story: The Tragic Fate of "Exhibit Man" Saartjie Baartman")
01.12.25
I changed my gender to fight
01.12.25
Why was lithium added to 7UP soda?
01.12.25
12 Best Playboy Covers
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" ...
27-11-2025
22 vintage vending machines
I would like to think that in 2015 we are finally living in the future. Well, we have bad news for you — this is not the case, ...
27-11-2025
Mills built 1,000 years ago are still in operation in Iran
For modern equipment, 10-15 years is already considered a solid age. Some mechanisms fail due to natural wear and tear, while ...
27-11-2025
Why did English archers fight without trousers at the Battle ...
The victory of the British over the French at Agincourt in 1415 was one of the most important events of the Hundred Years' War. The ...
27-11-2025
The tragic fate of Playboy star Dorothy Stratten
At the age of 20, this girl already had everything — fame, success, money and a beloved man. What many people have been striving ...
27-11-2025
20 forgotten TV series from the 90s, which was shown on STS ...
The STS TV channel started broadcasting on 1 December 1996. At the time, he was really entertaining, cozy translating foreign ...
27-11-2025
Hoia-Baciu Forest: Why This Place Has a Reputation as the ...
There are many forests in the world that are associated with nightmare stories. There are even some where terrible things happen ...
27-11-2025
New York 1900 in color
A selection of photos of New York made using photochrome technology. We have given descriptions and links to how these places look ...
26-11-2025
Princess Paulina Musters: The Short and Bright Life of the ...
Today, the title of the smallest woman on the planet belongs to Jyoti Amji from India, whose height is 63 centimeters. But ...
26-11-2025
Unknown photos of Bruce Lee from the family archive
Today, November 27, in honor of Bruce Lee's birthday, we publish photos from his family archive. What man in his childhood did not ...
![The Amazing Story of Slave Henry "Box" Brown Who Won His Freedom Thanks to a Box](/img/2025/the-amazing-story-of-slave/the-amazing-story-of-slave-170x170.jpg "The Amazing Story of Slave Henry "Box" Brown Who Won His Freedom Thanks to a Box")
26-11-2025
The Amazing Story of Slave Henry "Box" Brown Who ...
Who didn't wonder as a child: is it possible to send a person by mail in a parcel? Today it sounds like a fantasy, but history ...
26-11-2025
24 photo proving that our world is an amazing place
Our beautiful and diverse world will surprise even the most inveterate skeptic! We publish a selection of irrefutable photoproofs ...
26-11-2025
Unsolved mystery pakala Great — "the astronaut of Palenque"
In 1952, in Mexico, among the ruins of the ancient Mayan city of Palenque, was discovered a tomb with the remains of a man, the ...
25-11-2025
How nuns struggled with attraction to men
Such a phenomenon as monasticism exists in many world religions. The way of life of monks and nuns implies selfless service to ...
25-11-2025
Fritz Haarmann-vampire killer, lover of sausages with human flesh
Fritz Haarmann — German vampire killer, distinguished by remarkable cruelty and cynicism. His victims were young men, as he had ...
25-11-2025
How the faces of Iranian women of the 1920s and 1950s changed
Parisa Damandan is an Iranian photographer and art critic. Parisa received a diploma in photography from the University of Tehran ...
25-11-2025
Rebellious bride Sigrid the Proud, destroyed the three kings, ...
In the middle Ages between the Slavs and the Scandinavians maintained a close relationship. Kept it not only on trade but also on ...
25-11-2025
The story of the reclusive Collier brothers, victims of ...
When we talk about a person who collects various rubbish around himself, we usually remember the hero of Gogol’s “Dead Souls” ...
25-11-2025
The history of olive Oatman — girl with the tattooed face ...
The confrontation of European settlers with the indigenous people of the Americas lasted for almost five centuries. And with the ...
25-11-2025
Why have men massively stopped wearing hats since the second ...
For centuries, hats have played an important role in men's wardrobe, performing utilitarian, decorative and even symbolic ...
24-11-2025
What they don't write about in books: 5 myths about American ...
What do you know about Indians? Surely you, like many others, think that these are silent red savages with painted faces and ...