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![Why flea markets are called "flea markets"](/img/2025/why-flea-markets-are/why-flea-markets-are-540x310.jpg "Why flea markets are called "flea markets"")
!["Tyburn Tree": How executions took place on London's main gallows](/img/2025/tyburn-tree-how-executions/tyburn-tree-how-executions-540x310.jpg ""Tyburn Tree": How executions took place on London's main gallows")
![How the phrase "A dog is a man's best friend" came about](/img/2025/how-the-phrase-a-dog-is-a/how-the-phrase-a-dog-is-a-540x310.jpg "How the phrase "A dog is a man's best friend" came about")
![The Curse of the "Crying Boy" or How Journalists Created a Sensation They Were Not Happy About](/img/2025/the-curse-of-the-crying/the-curse-of-the-crying-540x310.jpg "The Curse of the "Crying Boy" or How Journalists Created a Sensation They Were Not Happy About")
15-03-2025
History of women's duels
Dueling is considered the prerogative of men, but this opinion is erroneous. Women, too, were not averse to fighting each other, ...
15-03-2025
"Atypical girls": representatives of the punk movement from ...
These rare photos, published recently in Sam Nee's book "Atypical Girls: Styles and Sounds of the Transatlantic Indie Revolution" ...
15-03-2025
Features of the primitive sex, or Who slept with whom in the ...
In terms of history, monogamous marriage is a relatively new. In it, the necessity arose in connection with the development of ...
15-03-2025
Archaeologists have revealed what the wine of the ancient ...
Wine is one of the most ancient drinks. In many civilizations it played an important role in culture, trade, social and religious ...
15-03-2025
Dr. Nicholas Senn is a surgeon who inflated his patients with ...
Medical ethics forbids inflating patients, unless we are talking about the direct meaning of this word. American surgeon Nicholas ...
!["Hungry Ann": The Story of a Woman Who Lived Without Food for 5 Years](/img/2025/hungry-ann-the-story-of-a/hungry-ann-the-story-of-a-170x170.jpg ""Hungry Ann": The Story of a Woman Who Lived Without Food for 5 Years")
15-03-2025
"Hungry Ann": The Story of a Woman Who Lived ...
The capabilities of the human body have not been fully studied. Therefore, from time to time, people with unique abilities that ...
14-03-2025
USSR in color: photographs of streets of Leningrad in the ...
Let's see how he saw the hero-city of Leningrad foreign tourists who visited the cultural capital in the 1960s. All pictures of ...
14-03-2025
Glamorous 40s in color and excellent quality
Suddenly it turned out that absolutely stunning pictures can be found in the archives of glossy magazines. The publishing house ...
14-03-2025
The Jewish wolfhound David Kurland is a real prototype of the ...
This man was appreciated by colleagues, loved by ordinary people, respected and feared by criminals. David Mikhailovich Kurland was ...
14-03-2025
Why do the military salute by putting their hand to their head
The military jokingly say: "They don't put their hand to an empty head." They mean that military honor should be given only if ...
14-03-2025
An amazing find in the attic: a suitcase with personal ...
A suitcase containing the belongings of a World War I soldier has been found in the UK. The mother of Private Ted Ambrose, who was ...
13-03-2025
Bright Italy the 50-60-ies of the photographs Paolo di Paolo
Photographer Paolo di Paolo did a lot of wonderful pictures dedicated to his native Italy. He was acquainted with many celebrities ...
13-03-2025
The Heart of France: 30 stunning photos of Paris in the 1930s ...
The city of love, fashion and freedom could not leave photographers indifferent. Among them stands out Roger Schall-a French master ...
13-03-2025
Beijing 1947 in Color: At the Crossroads of Epochs
One of the greatest cities in the world was captured on color film by American photographer Dmitry Kessel in 1947. For a city with ...
13-03-2025
First-of-its-kind crime scene photos from 1904
The photos of the last century were taken by lawyer Alphonse Bertillon, who worked in the French police in the XIX century and came ...
13-03-2025
Historical photos that allow you to look at the past from a ...
History as a subject, especially at school, can become a real nightmare, consisting of a list of dry dates and a meaningless ...
12-03-2025
The Legend of Super Mario: Truth and Myths About the Man Who ...
Many fictional characters from films, books and computer games have their origins in real life. Mario, the famous hero of the ...
12-03-2025
Classic "divorces" of the 90s, which people are still being ...
Naive post-Soviet citizens were an excellent target for fraudsters in the 90s. However, modern Russians have not gone very far from ...
12-03-2025
10 interesting finds made inside the statues
Sculptures created by real masters are, if not artistic, then certainly of historical value. Despite this, scientists sometimes ...
12-03-2025
What did Canadian prostitutes of the 1940s look like
In the first half of the XX century, the Canadian city of Montreal was known as the capital of sex tourism in North America. ...
12-03-2025
An amazing story of survival in the taiga, or the forest epic ...
Experienced taiga specialists say that an ordinary person without supplies and equipment can survive in the taiga in the summer for ...
12-03-2025
Before Digital Magic: Secrets to Creating a Legendary Cover ...
Today it is difficult to imagine a photo without retouching and processing in graphic editors. Any photo can be improved: remove ...
12-03-2025
How the legendary red sole appeared on Louboutin shoes
The red sole of Christian Louboutin's shoes is perhaps the most striking example of how extraordinary it is possible to declare ...
12-03-2025
Radhika and Dudika Neik: The tragic fate of conjoined twins ...
Siamese twins are extremely rare - only one case per 200 thousand newborns. In some cases, they can be separated surgically, but ...
11-03-2025
How Eccentric Dentist Martin Van Batchell Lived With His ...
Eccentric people really do make life brighter. Among them there are many outstanding artists, inventors and scientists. After all, ...
11-03-2025
The story of Black Krzysztof - a knight by birth and a robber ...
Adventure novels that describe the Middle Ages often tell the stories of knights and robbers. They are the embodiment of good and ...