History
05-01-2025
The mysterious disappearance of Pauline Picard
Thousands of children go missing around the world every day. Most of them are still there. Some die or disappear without a trace, ...
05-01-2025
A great history of Russia in atmospheric paintings of Paul ...
Mixed leaf catch the eye, make you think, listen to "the call of the blood". Most of the paintings of Pavel Ryzhenko-soaked ...
04-01-2025
What was the daily routine of Churchill, and, what's whisky?
Churchill routine should be Holy — just as the British Prime Minister to work effectively. Heavy drinking, bathing and long meals ...
04-01-2025
Amazing photos of new York 1980‑ies
Compared to the 1970-ies 1980‑e years were a time of cautious optimism in new York. Boom on wall street fueled the speculative ...
03-01-2025
Short skirts, picnics on the side of the road and smiling ...
University Professor bill Podlich from Arizona has made a series of pictures in 1967, while he lived and worked in Afghanistan with ...
02-01-2025
Unsuccessful medical reform, or How "crazy quarters" appeared ...
A psychiatric hospital is not a very pleasant place. Detached madmen, creepy experimental doctors and a general atmosphere of ...
02-01-2025
What Volgograd looked like in the 1980s
In 1985, the Moscow publishing house "Soviet Russia" released a large album called "Volgograd", collecting the works of five Soviet ...
02-01-2025
The terrible story of anesthesia, from mandrake root and ...
Any surgical intervention in the body, whether it is a kidney transplant or tooth extraction— is an unpleasant thing. But today, ...
02-01-2025
Construction of the Empire State Building
From its construction in 1931 until the completion of the North Tower of the World Trade Center in 1972, the Empire State Building ...
01-01-2025
Monroe in swimsuit and Minnelli with ice cream: vintage ...
Tradition to be photographed near the Christmas tree was a long time, and celebrities didn't forget about it, even many years ago. ...
01-01-2025
Soviet Yerevan
Yerevan is considered one of the oldest cities in the world. The year of its foundation is considered to be the year of the ...
01-01-2025
5 design breakthroughs that forever entered the history
Modern man is difficult to surprise with cart for supermarket or table lamp, which is able to rotate in different directions. Yeah, ...
01-01-2025
How anthropologist Grover Krantz and his Dog Clyde became ...
There is an unusual exhibit at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington. This is the skeleton of a man, on whose chest ...
01-01-2025
The feat of the Soviet chauffeur: How Maxim Tverdokhleb ...
Under enemy fire, in the winter cold, wounded - he continued on his way, thinking about those who are waiting for him on the other ...
01-01-2025
"The Court of Miracles" — why in the old days the most ...
Every major city once had its own slums and seedy places. In Moscow, it was Khitrov Market, in St. Petersburg, Sennaya Square, in ...
31-12-2024
Scientists have solved the mystery of "Game of death" in ...
Popular in Ancient Egypt Board game "Senet" or "game of death" was popular among all sections of society about 5 thousand years ...
31-12-2024
From Adam and Eve to portraits of Politburo members: a guide ...
Decorated with all available methods, the Christmas tree is the main symbol of the New Year. Balls and cones were hung by our ...
31-12-2024
Extreme starvation of Angus Barbieri, who refused food for a ...
Everyone has heard about prolonged fasting. Many even have experience, having mastered two weeks of fasting in one day. But ...
31-12-2024
The prison on Devil's island: the ruthless blade "dry guillotine"
French Guiana is called "dry guillotine" — a tropical climate, abundance of deadly creatures and a wide range of fevers, ...
30-12-2024
12 facts about the favorite children's fiction "Guest from ...
For more than 35 years, the five-part film "Guest from the Future" has been one of the important elements of nostalgia for Soviet ...
30-12-2024
Lavery Vallee was the most famous female bodybuilder of the ...
It is difficult to surprise us with female bodybuilders. Some of them are so carried away by steroids that they have become not ...
30-12-2024
The story of a Portuguese "chicken girl" who grew up in a ...
Rudyard Kipling's cheerful story about a boy raised by animals has little to do with harsh reality. In real life, there is ...
29-12-2024
"You want the honors, power and lust": he finished the priest ...
In 1634, the French Inquisition burned at the stake priest Urban Grandier. Accused priest in the signing of a contract with Satan ...
29-12-2024
Wonderland: A Fairy Tale about the Soviet Monolith
Photographer Jason Ashkenazi first visited Russia in 1991 on the eve of the August coup and has since returned here many times. The ...
29-12-2024
30 oldest photos from family archives
Netizens were asked to share the oldest photos that are in their family collections — and it turned out to be a real excursion ...
29-12-2024
What did the first beauty treatments look like
We know something about the features of women's fitness a century ago, and today we will arrange a tour of the beauty salons of the ...