The most gala dinner of the year is approaching fast. In just a few days we will break the wafer and sit at the elegantly laid tables, where a great variety of dishes will be waiting for them. Some of them ... very strange. We all know the standard, unified set of Christmas Eve dishes:borscht with
You dont leave the house without makeup? Two thousand years ago, you would have been ... laughed at! Ancient Greeks and Romans did not like puffed ladies with powdered faces and painted eyes. They valued naturalness - and did not mince words, criticizing women for trying to make themselves godlike.
Little details could say it all. Which woman slept with a German, did business with the occupation authorities, or did illegal business? It was enough to look at ... After the outbreak of World War II and the German occupation of the country, Poles began to get impoverished very quickly. It was
The ancients regarded women as imperfect, promiscuous beings whose pleasure depends on ... sperm. They put an enormous amount of effort into coming up with uncreated theories about the female body. Their fantasies were especially over the uterus. How did they perceive this inconspicuous organ? “
A theme for endless legends, rumors and the weirdest stories. The owners of this diamond fell into madness, fell into incomprehensible diseases, were poisoned and murdered. Was it Koh-i-noor who brought them nothing but misfortune? When it comes to the earliest history of Koh-i-noor, or The Moun
If you consider Nazism a political religion, Blutfahne, or Banner of Blood, was one of its most important relics. But how did it happen that a piece of cloth with a swastika rose to the rank of the greatest sanctity? Initially, it was a simple swastika banner belonging to the 5th company of the
Crowned heads have always had a lot on their conscience, but perhaps no dynasty has gone astray as much as the Habsburgs. The sins and sins of these rulers shaking Europe to this day place them at the forefront of degenerate aristocratic families. What were they doing? Apparently, the best way t
A diamond is a womans best friend? Not at all. Only a few dozen years ago, no one knew this eternal truth, and the ladies did not associate shiny stones with an engagement. People have always valued diamonds. As early as in the first century AD, Pliny the Elder wrote of them that they had the gr
The communist authorities have built a surprisingly efficient system of controlling society. The services, looking for enemies of the socialist homeland, had a rich technical arsenal at their disposal. They operated consistently and on a large scale - as a result, no one could be sure that it was no
September 1941. The Wehrmacht stands at the gates of Leningrad. Cut off from the world, the city awaits 29 months of struggle for survival. Nearly one million civilians will lose it. Winter is coming. Everything is missing in the besieged Leningrad. German bombs and artillery shells are falling
In the Third Reich, even Aryans could not feel safe. Wrong political views, lack of enthusiasm towards the Führer, and sometimes ... glasses worn on the nose - all this could lead them to a concentration camp. What else was on the crimes unforgivable for the Nazis? After taking power in Germany
Its time to forget about the beautiful phrases of Cicero and Marcus Aurelius. Ordinary Romans did not mince words. They could express their dissatisfaction very emphatically - and indiscriminately. At the same time, they revealed a lot about their culture, where the greatest fear was caused by a cer
For the inhabitants of Leningrad, the siege of almost 900 days was a real hell on earth. The darkest instincts were awakening in people, and family ties ceased to count. It was experienced by Jura Riabinkin, who ... stole food from his mother and sister. At the time of the Third Reichs invasion
By 1945, over 14 million people had been forced to work in special camps operating for the benefit of the Third Reich. They were created to make the most of subhumans and prisoners of war. As the Nazis themselves admitted, it was about extermination through work. The labor camps set up in differ
Ancient surgeons had many achievements. They have successfully performed trepanation of the skulls. They took off the cataracts. They were even able to stop bleeding by ligating blood vessels. But they did not touch their hearts. Who dared to do it first? As Thomas Morris emphasizes in the book
The signs were obvious to everyone, and the people turned out to be absolutely ruthless. But was every such woman really engaged in paid love? At the top of the new hierarchy that emerged in the besieged city, there were canteen workers and shopkeepers, i.e. people with constant access to food.
Sloppy maid. An infant with diarrhea. Lonely elderly woman. Or ... a sneezing cook. One, often unaware, carrier was enough to infect dozens or even hundreds of people who passed the disease on. How is that even possible? The years 1665-1666 were unlucky for the people of London. Not only was the
Dirt, hunger and submission? Not necessarily! The life of medieval peasants had its advantages, and not small ones. We will prove it to you in 7 points. As always, all rankings are based on our published articles. This time, we have selected texts that present the advantages of living in a medie
The legendary ocean liner set off on its maiden voyage on April 10, 1912. Four days later, its passengers faced death deep in the freezing ocean. What were their chances of survival? Suppose you are one of the lucky 2228 who earned a ticket to the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic in 1912. You ea
Pre-war hair washing tips can seem eccentric and even repulsive. Wrong. There is a surprisingly lot of rightness in them. How often was your hair washed in the past? And why should you do the same? No matter what length the ladies chose, the hair had to be properly cared for. The art of taking c
Oral storytelling has brought to life legends, myths and stories from any country, and Peru is no exception. The original versions of many myths have changed over the years each time the stories are told, and what we have today is a rich reservoir of legends that mostly haunt the Peruvian jungle, bo
Originating millions of years ago, the first humans evolved and resulted in what we are today. By Tales PintoThe origin of human beings generates numerous divergences. Numerous origins are pointed out as a result of the answers given to the question:where did we come from? Or perhaps:how did we come
On this day, on April 27, 1941, German troops entered Athens, marking the beginning of the Occupation period. At 08.00 on Sunday, April 27, 1941, motorcyclists and armored vehicles of the 2nd Armored Division led by Second Lieutenant Fritz Dirflig entered Athens from the northern suburbs. At that t
Efforts to popularize Puranic religion (Vaishnavism) It was a very challenging task to bring the common man out of the influence of Jainism and Buddhism again towards Vedic religion. The Brahmins accepted this challenge and composed the epics, smritis and Puranas by giving a systematic and logical