History
05-02-2025
Bartender Day: Once Upon a Time in America
February 6 is considered to be International Bartender's Day - in fact, on this day the Catholic Church honors the memory of ...
05-02-2025
The Horrific Story of London's 'Death Pump' That ...
Londoners have faced the problem of drinking water and sewerage for centuries. Until the mid-19th century, the wastewater of the ...
05-02-2025
The Fuhrer from Kentucky, or the imposter built a space fleet ...
After the Second world war, many did not believe in the death of Adolf Hitler in the world and walked the most incredible stories ...
!["Crazy Bruno": The Story of Europe's Most Terrible Maniac Who Killed 85 People](/img/2025/crazy-bruno-the-story-of/crazy-bruno-the-story-of-170x170.jpg ""Crazy Bruno": The Story of Europe's Most Terrible Maniac Who Killed 85 People")
04-02-2025
"Crazy Bruno": The Story of Europe's Most ...
It is believed that the record holder for the number of victims in Europe was the maniac Andrei Chikatilo, who killed 56 people. ...
04-02-2025
Farah Pahlavi: the last queen of Iran who lost everything but ...
Today, some perceive Farah Pahlavi, the wife of the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, as a symbol of a secular country free ...
04-02-2025
Aloud about the delicate: how toilet paper appeared and what ...
Every second, 1,000 rolls of toilet paper are consumed in the world, which is 30 billion pieces per year. Pipifax, for some reason, ...
04-02-2025
The story of August Landmesser — the man in the photo who ...
Many of you have probably seen on the Internet the famous photograph of 1936, which depicts a worker with his arms crossed on his ...
04-02-2025
"Sbitenschiki are sneaking around on air sleds": Moscow of ...
In 1914, the capital's confectionery factory "Einem" (after the revolution — "Red October") released a series of futuristic ...
04-02-2025
22 atmospheric photos that will give you an unexpected look ...
A new batch of photographs, thanks to which we have a unique opportunity to immerse ourselves in the atmosphere of a bygone era ...
04-02-2025
Why do beauties need a beard? The history of ta-moko Maori ...
Girls with ta-moko tattoos, characteristic of the Maori people, can be found today not only in New Zealand. Someone thinks that it ...
04-02-2025
From Hippocrates to Pirogov: military field surgery in ...
Wars have accompanied humanity throughout its history. The methods of warfare have changed a lot over the centuries, but death ...
04-02-2025
Royal treat: menu from the coronation of Nicholas II
On May 14, 1896, the last coronation of an emperor in the Russian Empire took place in the Assumption Cathedral - Nicholas II was ...
03-02-2025
Cases of catastrophic hyperinflation that will remain in history
People say that money is just paper. But using this figurative expression, we do not even guess how close we are to the truth. Get ...
03-02-2025
Retro beauties from the beauty contest "Miss Europe - 1930"
The Miss Europe beauty pageant is a continental competition in which countries geographically located in Europe, as well as Israel, ...
![Johnny Eck, the "king of the freaks" who was born with half a body](/img/2025/johnny-eck-the-king-of-the/johnny-eck-the-king-of-the-170x170.jpg "Johnny Eck, the "king of the freaks" who was born with half a body")
03-02-2025
Johnny Eck, the "king of the freaks" who was born ...
Freak shows and “human museums” seem distant and almost mythical to us. It’s hard to believe that just a century ago, freak ...
03-02-2025
How girls who Lost their Panties made Art Fram a famous Artist
Chicago artist Art Frahm, who worked in the pin-up style, became famous for women losing their panties. It was the series of ...
03-02-2025
They wrote Dexter from him: about the life of a psychopathic ...
On his account, hundreds of people were killed and his own father's heart was eaten. He struck terror into everyone around him and ...
03-02-2025
How did the costume of the plague doctor and why he looks so ...
The famous suit of the plague doctor, in the form in which we know it, appeared only in the XVII century. The plague was active in ...
![Why the film "Only Girls in Jazz" is black and white](/img/2025/why-the-film-only-girls-in/why-the-film-only-girls-in-170x170.jpg "Why the film "Only Girls in Jazz" is black and white")
03-02-2025
Why the film "Only Girls in Jazz" is black and white
Most viewers do not ask this question at all - the film is old, therefore it is black and white. But this is a delusion. By the ...
02-02-2025
New York in the 1940s through the lens of Weegee, the master ...
From 1938 to 1947, every evening after dark, this man took to the streets of Manhattan with a camera and flash, always with a cigar ...
02-02-2025
5 legends about Georgia that you definitely need to know ...
From year to year, Georgia attracts millions of tourists from all over the world, because where, if not here, you can see so many ...
02-02-2025
Prostitution in The Third Reich — rare archival footage
The topic of prostitution in Germany during the Second World War has always been taboo, only in the 90s German publications began ...
02-02-2025
Side-By-Side Pics Of Famous Actors’ First And Last Red ...
The red carpet is synonymous with fame, luxury, glitz, glamor, respect, and fashion in the collective consciousness, and, if ...
02-02-2025
What did the Japanese advertising of cigarettes and alcohol ...
We all know that Japan has the craziest advertising on the planet. But has it always been like this? Let's see what Japanese ...
02-02-2025
Vintage luxury: as passenger flights looked in the 50s
In today's world you kind of forget about how it was cool to fly on iron bird in the sky. But in the 50's people have not been ...
01-02-2025
How to look like tulo, unique Chinese homes castles
Nationality Hakka who settled in the mountainous Fujian province in China, has created a unique architectural structure, "tulou" ...