History
01.02.25
How cats took part in the war
![The story of Frank "Rocky" Figl - the real sailor Popeye](/img/2025/the-story-of-frank-rocky/the-story-of-frank-rocky-540x310.jpg "The story of Frank "Rocky" Figl - the real sailor Popeye")
30-01-2025
How to assess the strength and intensity of earthquakes
On January 30, 1935, the American seismologist Charles Richter proposed a new way to describe the power of earthquakes, known today ...
30-01-2025
There is a video that shows how big was Robert Wadlow — the ...
22 Feb 1918 in the American family, Wadlow was born, the boy Robert, who was destined to become the tallest man in history ...
30-01-2025
"He's a fucking genius!": America of the mid-20th century in ...
American photographer Bruce Davidson had the talent to gain the trust of completely different people. He could come to Harlem and ...
30-01-2025
The most dangerous a study by British scientists: "operation ...
British scientists over the past few years have become heroes memes, jokes and anecdotes, due to their inexplicable passion for ...
29-01-2025
Unique hand-painted photos from the 1890s
Photochromes are bright, hand-made color images based on black-and-white negatives. Photochromes appear as a result of a process ...
29-01-2025
The latest suicide bomber in Britain: what were executed the ...
In the spring of 1955, the British press was enthusiastic murder. On a London street several shots from a revolver, was killed ...
29-01-2025
Kaiten: how the Japanese torpedo people appeared, and why so ...
The whole world knows about Japanese kamikaze suicide pilots. This word has even become a household word for people who are ...
29-01-2025
30 color photographs of Venice in the 1890‑ies
These photographs depict Venice 1890‑ies: the famous canals, beautiful palaces, and squares, as well as the everyday life of ...
29-01-2025
Chang and Eng Bunker: The Story of the Brothers Who Created ...
Today, there is hardly any need to explain who Siamese twins are — even children know that they are people who have fused their ...
28-01-2025
"Threads", arcs and ticks: the evolution of eyebrows from ...
Over the past century, the shape of women's eyebrows has undergone many changes-from drawn threads to natural wide contours, which ...
28-01-2025
"Codex Gigas": where is the book written by the devil himself ...
In the first half of the XIII century, a novice of a poor Czech monastery wrote a book that, because of its huge size, was called ...
28-01-2025
Who are the "bobyli" and why were they treated as ...
Today, when we say «bobyl lives », we mean a single man who does not seek to have serious relationships with women and ...
28-01-2025
The story of Getty Green, the Witch of Wall Street, the ...
If you suddenly think that your mother-in-law is a snake and a miser, then do not rush to conclusions. History knows worse ...
28-01-2025
12 products of the past that are no longer found in stores
Now the shelves are bursting with an abundance of different types of products and I think they can see literally EVERYTHING, ...
27-01-2025
The 5 most effective Soviet women snipers of the Second World War
It is believed that war is not a woman's business. But when the enemy comes to their native land, they often have to reconsider ...
27-01-2025
From pseudocode to candy arsenic: the top 5 grocery fakes in ...
Food adulteration were not yesterday. Enterprising manufacturers have learned to benefit from counterfeit products in the XIX ...
27-01-2025
The Last Judgment on earth: how the Pope punished the corpse
The Papacy is one of the oldest institutions in the world. It is not surprising that there have been many dark pages in the history ...
27-01-2025
The gastronomic whims of the most brutal dictators
Cobra roast. Hallucinogenic root. Chicken from KFC. All these are the favorite dishes of the most brutal dictators of the XX ...
27-01-2025
Why do coins have a ribbed edge
If you take a coin out of your pocket and examine it carefully, you will see that its edge, which is called the edge, has a notch. ...
26-01-2025
Virginia Oldoini - Countess, mistress of the Emperor and the ...
Virginia Elisabeta Luisa Carlotta Antonietta Teresa Maria Oldoini was born into an aristocratic family in 1837 in Florence. Later ...
26-01-2025
26 death masks of famous historical figures
Death masks were made from the middle ages until the nineteenth century. It was not just a photo in memory of the man, and the cast ...
26-01-2025
The gift of the "Great helmsman" or As China struck mango madness
In ancient times people worshiped the different animals, plants, and natural phenomena. It seems the whole world has no place in ...
26-01-2025
6 of the most striking images of Cleopatra on the screen
In November 69 BC, she was born Cleopatra, the last Queen of Egypt from the Macedonian dynasty of the Ptolemies. Cleopatra, perhaps ...
26-01-2025
The history of the garter, the most exciting accessory of a ...
Women's dress for centuries, gradually turned into a fetish, a symbol of victory of love. Fashion historian Mariana Skuratovskaya ...
26-01-2025
Look back at British stores
In every English town has a high street – the Central street, the shops. And representatives of the BBC organized a photo ...
26-01-2025
Francisco Nguema: mad President killer who ate the state Treasury
Francisco Macias Nguema, who served as the President of Equatorial Guinea, from 1968 to 1979, even among African leaders may be a ...