20-11-2025
What to feed the children in the Soviet institutions
The craze for middle-aged people cooking is understandable. We were fed in kindergartens and schools, that the psyche is trying to ...
19-11-2025
How the Indians scalped an Englishman, and he survived and ...
Scalping scenes are often shown in old Westerns, and they are almost always accompanied by disturbing music and dramatic pauses. In ...
19-11-2025
What did medieval cities really look like?
Medieval cities are often imagined as dark, dirty, and lightless labyrinths of narrow streets. This image doesn't always ...
19-11-2025
Mr. Deadly Charms, who was actually a serial killer and ...
The criminal history of the United States is replete with a creepy bloodthirsty killers, but if you ask someone from Housewives to ...
19-11-2025
What is huzhi, or How the problem of long nails was solved in ...
Owners of long nails with manicure know well how difficult it is to preserve their beauty in everyday life. This problem is not new ...
19-11-2025
How the lives of diabetics have changed over the past 100 years
A hundred years ago, a diagnosis of diabetes sounded like a death sentence. Today, millions of people around the world live full ...
19-11-2025
“The Drunkard’s Cloak”: how they fought alcoholism in ...
At all times, drunkenness was condemned by society, and all kinds of methods of influence were used against lovers of strong ...
19-11-2025
Drew Struzan: The Story of the Artist Who Created the Posters ...
The work of Drew Struzan is familiar to everyone, even those who have never heard his name. After all, he created the iconic ...
18-11-2025
The Italian mafia in photographs by Patrick Zackmann
When Patrick Zachmann told his mother he wanted to become a photographer, instead of answering, she simply looked in the phone book ...
18-11-2025
The true story of robber Jeffrey Manchester, who hid on the ...
Sometimes reality is so unbelievable that even the most inventive screenwriter wouldn't dare include such plot twists in their ...
18-11-2025
How balalaika appeared in Russia and why the church forbade them
Every nation has its own musical instruments. The Japanese have shamisen, the Americans have banjo, the Scots have bagpipes, the ...
18-11-2025
John Rockefeller and Laura Spelman: Billions, austerity and ...
John Rockefeller went down in history as the first dollar billionaire. At the time of the 2000s, he was the richest man in history. ...
18-11-2025
The Marquise de Maintenon-unofficial Queen of France, founder ...
Madame de Maintenon is known as one of the favorites of the" sun King " Louis XIV. Very few people know that this woman was also ...
18-11-2025
Harsh beauty: 25 brutal ideas of hairstyles for the modern Viking
The Vikings — the ancient cool kids who wore wolf skins and fought all over the world. In addition to skills to be proficient ...
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18-11-2025
The story of "The Lady of the Camellias" by Marie ...
She lived a fast, beautiful, and tragic life—like the heroine of the novel that inspired Alexandre Dumas. Marie Duplessis, the ...
17-11-2025
10 ancient practices which to us today is very difficult to ...
After centuries of tradition and fashion are changing. Once our ancestors in order doing that now would be shot down us off. About ...
17-11-2025
Operation Peter Pan - how the Americans took 14,000 children ...
The operation to “rescue” Cuban children by American intelligence, despite its considerable scope, did not become known in wide ...
17-11-2025
The Butterfly Effect in Action - 5 Real Cases That Changed ...
Sometimes a small and seemingly meaningless decision can change everything. Some of the most significant historical moments in the ...
17-11-2025
How Vasily Margelov single-handedly forced 32,000 SS men to ...
Vasily Filippovich Margelov is known as the man who created the Airborne Forces and commanded these troops for many years. That is ...
17-11-2025
The story of a brave girl Sophie Scholl, executed by the ...
On February 20, 1943, at the main headquarters, Hitler listened to a report by Reichsfuhrer SS Heinrich Himmler. Among the various ...
17-11-2025
Life in the US in the 50s: rare photos
1950's years, often called the Golden era of American history, a time of happiness and prosperity — despite the racial ...
17-11-2025
The birth of a legend: how did Mickey Mouse come up?
What do you know about Mickey Mouse? In fact, this famous and beloved character has its own long and interesting history. Mickey ...
16-11-2025
Faces of British crime of the XIX century
What did the petty criminals of the XIX century look like? We offer you a look at the faces of English prisoners held in a penal ...
16-11-2025
25 rare photos from National Geographic archives
Found is a new photo collection from the archives of National Geographic. These photographs reveal the culture and moments of the ...
16-11-2025
How the tradition of putting children in the corner came about
The punishment of standing in the corner is familiar to many since childhood. Although it does not seem the most severe, its ...
16-11-2025
10 crazy and bloody entertainments held at the Roman Colosseum
Ancient Rome was famous not only for its conquests. The city, considered the capital of the world, offered its residents and guests ...