The Most Ridiculous Reasons for Children’s Tears

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«I did not allow him to go down the stairs head over heels»

10 Erroneous Facts About Animals

Some knowledge about animals was passed on to us by word of mouth, some we learned at the school desk, and some we learned from the media. But is all our knowledge true? We picked up 10 erroneous facts about animals that you might not have guessed about ..

Al Capone`s Prison

The world's first correctional prison in Philadelphia, with the full name of Eastern State Penitentiary, first received a prisoner in 1829. For more than 100 years of work, a lot of villains and criminals were there, one of which was the well-known mafia boss Al Capone. How was this place different from other prisons and what does it look like now? More on this later ...

How Women Live in Saudi Arabia: Bans and Prejudices

Being a woman in Saudi Arabia is not as easy as it may seem to uninformed people. The thing is that inside their country they have more prohibitions than permits, which greatly affects their life in general and their existence in society. The most interesting thing in this situation is that at the legislative level, no prohibitions have been spelled out and to this day exist as a kind of tribute to traditions. But this, of course, does not free the woman from moral repressions and even physical punishment for the slightest misconduct, up to and including loss of life. The one that can and cannot be women in Saudi Arabia will be discussed in this collection.

Cars for Export in the USSR

“Volga”, “Moskvitch” and “Lada” managed to see this world beyond the borders of their native country. Soviet cars were quite successfully exported even before the start of the war to countries such as Turkey, the Baltic states and others. In this collection, we will tell you about all the cars that were successfully used not only by russian people, but also by other people ...

The most unpredictable interconnected things

Each item is endowed with its own unique history of appearance. Some of the inventions are quite explainable and logical, but how can you connect, for example, dogs and velcro closures for shoes? In today's selection, we will talk about the most unusual interconnections of some things that are already familiar to us.