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 ...
Sometimes nature surprises people with its landscapes. In this case, cars served as a canvas for the masterpieces. A selection of photos with unusual frosty patterns on cars.
Have you ever wondered why the brand of your car is called exactly what it is called? Of course, many automakers adopted the name of their founders, but there are also those whose history has a more complicated history ...
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 ..
The USSR has always been a closed country. Many events remained secret, especially with regard to disasters. However, not all of them were able to hide ...
The life of a great musician is shrouded in many secrets and conjectures. Even after death, the rumors around his person do not cease to fade. The most unusual facts from the life of the king of pop read here.
The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, has been at the helm of the board since 2015, and during this time quite a few memes and photoshoped pictures have been added about him. Vivid gestures and numerous statements by Trump served as an excellent occasion for the development of Internet folklore with his participation. Especially netizens like to joke about Donald Trump's hairstyle and his sparkling facial expressions. A selection of 18 selected photo jokes are here!
In the real estate market, it often happens that the photos of the published object do not coincide with reality. This is done in order to simply attract the attention of the client. But in the case of this house, everything was exactly the opposite. A 96-year-old grandmother sold her home in Toronto. What the realtors saw when they went inside an unremarkable house caused them genuine surprise ...
Japanese girls are very popular around the world. The most sophisticated and graceful, they are like blooming sakura - they are used to opening up and giving this world all their charms and beauty. Popular model girls in Japan are called gravure idol. It is believed that a girl who was awarded the title possesses not only incredible beauty, but also some talent: she sings, acts in films, dances. It is with such girls that today's rating of the most beautiful Japanese women in the world has been compiled!
Around the married couple of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, there were a lot of rumors and accusations, even when they were not a couple at all. But not all of them are meaningless, since this couple really stands out from other honorable royal families with its contradictory and rebelliousness. What rules did the duke and duchess of Sussex manage to break?
World War II began on September 1, 1939 with the Nazi German attack on Poland. Subsequently, 61 states took part in this war (this is 80% of the entire globe). The great war claimed the lives of more than 70 million people and became one of the most devastating conflicts in the history of mankind. We prepared the 20 most interesting and little-known facts about the World War II for today's selection.
A selection of color photographs of cars from the USA, made in the golden era - in the 1950-1960s. Colorful photographs provide an opportunity to touch the story without losing the slightest detail of the atmosphere of the past.