«I’m an Engineer»: 25 Ingenious Inventions of Ordinary People

In the United States, Prohibition began to operate in 1920 and continued right up to 1933. For 13 years, people have tried in every possible way to circumvent the ban on the sale, production and transportation of alcohol, staged demonstrations, protests, and massively engaged in smuggling. In our time, it is still difficult to imagine the effect of this law in full force. However, what the consequences may be and how people lived during the prohibitions on alcohol can be seen in the next photo 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.

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.

Everyone probably has long known that animals see this world differently from humans. Some may even know what exactly is changing in the visual perception of a snake, cow or turtle. But sometimes knowing in words is sometimes not enough, so we offer you to see everything with your own eyes!

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 ...

Dogs are very emotional animals, and can be offended (or pretend) on a level with a person. Just look at these offended dogs, what a range of emotions they can give out!

Reliant Regal is a small three-wheeled car designed by Reliant Motor Company in Tamworth, England, 1953. Here you will see a selection of vintage tricycles.

In many countries and cities, taxis are not just a yellow car with checkers, but a whole culture. These unusual examples of taxis that are collected here to surprise you ...

Priroda yeshche ne do kontsa izuchena chelovekom. Zdes' sobrany samyye neobychnyye yavleniya, kotoryye udivlyayut i zavorazhivayut... Научиться произносить Nature has not yet been fully studied by man. Here are the most unusual phenomena that surprise and fascinate ...