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09.11.25
The blue color has its own legends
07-11-2025
Myths and legends of the Internet: exposing popular ...
Today, the network is wandering a lot «sensational» of photos from the past designed to capture the imagination of users. ...
07-11-2025
Skating, weaving bast and astrology: what other hobby was ...
Despite the constant employment and state care, many Russian rulers were still different hobby. Some like to fish, someone was a ...
07-11-2025
The very first cars in the history of the largest brands
On October 17, 1902, the first Cadillac car was released in Detroit. The car developed a maximum speed of about 48 kilometers per ...
07-11-2025
Lesbian novels of the mid-twentieth century pulp fiction that ...
Today cheap romance paperback no one takes seriously. This reading is taken to vacation, to read and to ruthlessly discarded. But ...
06-11-2025
The Boy in the Bubble: A dozen years waiting to die
This case is very important in the history of medicine — not only because of the sad fate of the boy David Phillip Vetter, but ...
06-11-2025
How did the expression "Hussars don't take money!" appear?
The phrase "Hussars don't take money!", which is well known to us from frivolous anecdotes about Lieutenant Rzhevsky, appeared not ...
06-11-2025
Why pirates are depicted with parrots
In our view, a classic pirate is a stern man with a wooden leg, an eye patch, armed to the teeth and with a parrot on his shoulder. ...
06-11-2025
"You can't love on the phone": the dramatic fate of comedian ...
Lucille Ball was an iconic figure in the film industry and still remains on the list of the best comedy actresses of the twentieth ...
06-11-2025
"In Ancient Rome, no sex!": as previously fought for morality
Human history knows two trends: the first is craving for sex and the second — the struggle with sex. Why do so — let him think ...
06-11-2025
Fabulous photochromes of 1900s New York
The stunning photochromic postcards released by the Detroit Publishing Company showcase 1900s New York in all its colorful splendor.
06-11-2025
Hweren concentration camp in North Korea
For modern people, a concentration camp is something terrible, ugly and, fortunately, sunk into oblivion. Nazi concentration camps ...
06-11-2025
Three extra vertebrae. On the women's backs in the paintings ...
All art is full of eroticism. Otherwise, simply can not be. But there are artists whose paintings eroticism is immediately visible, ...
05-11-2025
Dancing till you drop at dance marathons of the 1920s and 30s
During the Great Depression, a crazy fad called "dance marathons" arose in the States. They lasted for hours, weeks, even months. ...
05-11-2025
Rare celebrity photos from Venice 50-60 years
These photos are taken from one of the largest photo archives in Europe, Cameraphoto Studio, located in Venice. 320 000 negatives ...
05-11-2025
Why Russian surnames have different endings?
We all know that the real Russian names end in "-in" or "s". In a pinch, in "-EV" or "likewise." Why do these groups of names one ...
05-11-2025
The spirit of the ancestors: in a Papuan tribe smoked mummies ...
Papua New Guinea continues to amaze the primitive culture of their own peoples. Italian photographer managed to capture the unusual ...
04-11-2025
Awkward moment: 10 failures in history
Did you fall, were you doused with water? The cat wrote to your shoes, did you buy expired milk? Do not get upset and do not ...
04-11-2025
What did sailors eat in the 18th century and why now no one ...
Before the advent of steamships, maritime service was incredibly difficult. The sailors constantly had to deal with sails, which, ...
04-11-2025
The children lived on a desert island for more than a year, ...
The novel "Lord of the Flies", written by Nobel Prize winner William Golding, is a classic of world literature. But not everyone ...
04-11-2025
Three in a bed: the king, who was a schoolmaster in love
Kings can do everything, but they don't own my heart. Many monarchs were not happy in my personal life, married to those who were ...
04-11-2025
1922 — opening of Tutankhamun 's tomb
On November 4, 1922, the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun was discovered in Egypt. The tomb is located in the Valley of the Kings, and ...
04-11-2025
The Last Days of Feudal Japan
These rare pictures tell about what life was like in Japan in 1908, before industrialization and the two world wars. And this life ...
04-11-2025
4 incredible cases of survival in desperate situations
None of us is immune from life-threatening emergencies. We will tell you about four terrible cases when people took advantage of a ...
03-11-2025
How has the standard of female figures for 100 years
We offer you to look at how varied the concept of a "beautiful woman" for the last hundred years. And look there's one! --> The ...
03-11-2025
20 of the most mysterious peoples of the world
Despite the efforts of historians and ethnographers, the history of these peoples still keeps its mysteries. --> Yes, the Russian ...
03-11-2025
How unfaithful wives were punished in Rus'
The fate of peasant women in Rus' has never been simple. Husband violence was common in families. A husband could beat his wife ...