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15-12-2024
"Golden age" of Silicon valley
American photographer Doug Menuez (Doug Menuez) for 15 years, sealing in the photos of the so-called "Golden age" of Silicon ...
15-12-2024
12 Things That Were Once Considered Prestigious, But Now ...
Melchior cutlery, a tea set, a wall carpet, a fur hat... Do you think all this is useless junk? No! Or rather, it was not always ...
15-12-2024
The mind-blowing "Rotor– is a rotating attraction of the ...
Nowadays in amusement parks you can find attractions for every taste. Fortunately, today the organizers carefully monitor the ...
15-12-2024
The Bow-Legged Shorty: What Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent ...
The series "The Magnificent Century" won the hearts of millions of viewers around the world. Despite the fact that many ...
14-12-2024
Sivka-burka, sword-kladenets and stuff: what do the fairy ...
In early childhood, listening to tales and legends, we learned about the existence of many things and characters that do not exist ...
14-12-2024
Then and now: 25 photos of comparisons, which will force us ...
The ability to look at familiar things from a new angle is priceless. Sometimes to truly understand the phenomenon, it is necessary ...
13-12-2024
10 Color Photos Photographers Took 100 Years Ago That Still ...
I don't know about you, but I love period dramas. They're like a window into the past: we can see how people looked and lived a ...
13-12-2024
The unchildlike secret of the "Golden Key", or Why Malvina ...
The fairy tale "The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Pinocchio" is probably familiar to everyone. Moreover, everyone knows that the ...
13-12-2024
10 "school" misconceptions about Russian military history
By the end of school everyone more or less gets the idea of the history of their country. However, usually it has quite little in ...
12-12-2024
35 archival photos that captured rare historical moments
Sometimes a single photo can tell a lot more than all those dry paragraphs of historical references. These pictures will tell you ...
12-12-2024
Why is steam always visible in the alleys in New York movies
Many movie lovers have noticed that in Hollywood pictures where the action takes place in In New York, there is steam in the ...
11-12-2024
The Kielce Massacre: who is responsible for the post-war ...
We are used to hearing about the mass extermination of Jews in Europe during the Second World War. The fact that the pogroms ...
11-12-2024
5 oprichniks of Ivan the Terrible, remaining in history
The date of foundation of the oprichnina is considered to be February 3, 1565. It was on this day that Tsar Ivan IV the Terrible ...
10-12-2024
The story of the most serious girl, for whose laughter they ...
Everyone remembers the fairy tale about the princess Nesmeyana, having made her laugh, the main character received her as a wife ...
10-12-2024
Prostitution in Mesopotamia - brothels at temples and a lot ...
You can often hear that prostitution is the oldest profession. But is it possible to determine the era when the first real ...
10-12-2024
Crazy old pictures of Florida teens
In the fall of 1972, Bill Yates traveled through the countryside in the vicinity of Tampa, Florida. At that time, he was studying ...
09-12-2024
The story of Dovima's first top model - from worldwide fame ...
Fashion industry researchers are constantly arguing who can be considered the first top model in history. At the same time, the ...
09-12-2024
The story of strong-willed circus performer Dolly Dimples, ...
Although body positivity is actively promoted to the masses these days, slim figures remain trendy. Even those who demonstrate ...
09-12-2024
Pirates wore an earring in their ear not for beauty at all
In literature and cinema there are many descriptions of pirates of different eras. Thanks to numerous sources, we have an image of ...
09-12-2024
What would historical figures look like if they lived in our time
Graphic designer and history lover Becca Saladin combines her two hobbies and recreates portraits of famous people of the past. In ...
08-12-2024
Why did people go to bed twice a night in the Middle Ages
A good sound sleep is the key to health. That's what we've all been taught since childhood. Of course, in order to get enough ...
08-12-2024
Vivid photos of Cuba in 1954, which really looks like a free ...
The legendary German photographer Heinrich Heidersberger worked on the cruise ship MS Atlantic in 1954. He took thousands of shots, ...
08-12-2024
Why Americans are called Yankees
Discussions have been going on about the origin of the Americans' nickname "Yankee" for a very long time. There are many versions, ...
07-12-2024
Natalie Paley is the granddaughter of the emperor, who ...
She was called the Queen of Paris, she was the first princess on the podium, her beauty was admired by Saint-Exupery, Remarque ...
06-12-2024
Empire of dirt, or Why the warriors of Genghis Khan, was ...
The Mongols seized in the 13th and 14th centuries, a large part of the Eurasian continent, was a force which could not to resist ...
06-12-2024
Havana looked like 100 years ago
These pictures of Havana, made in the first years of independence of Cuba from Spain, show us the richness of the architecture of ...