Throughout history, mankind has never stopped trying to create various types of weapons for various purposes. At the same time, while mankind created them, certain prohibitions on its use came out. For example, the popes banned the crossbow, and Homer spoke disapprovingly of the bow. In the 21st century, the scale of invented weapons reached a completely different level of danger, which can be called deadly. Which of the existing military guns managed to be banned and why are these inventions so dangerous?
Quentin Tarantino has always been selective in terms of choosing actors for the best roles in his films. The same can be said about the choice of cars. In anticipation of the release of a new film from Quentin, we offer you a selection of the best cars involved in his films ...
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.
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 ...
The New York Chelsea Hotel was built in 1844 and since then has become a magnet for famous writers, musicians, actors, artists, etc. This place has always been not simple, as if a special atmosphere reigned in it, which attracted the whole New York bohemia. What does this place look like now and what was so special about the legendary Chelsea Hotel? More on this later ...
More recently, the wedding of the most muscular star and popular actor Dwayne "The Rocks" Johnson made much noise. We decided to find out who the strongest guys in Hollywood take as their wives ...
The new year 2020 began with the advent of a new virus in the Chinese city of Wuhan. To date, coronavirus has claimed about 100 lives and continues to test people for strength. The history of mankind has repeatedly known extremely dangerous viruses and epidemics, which claimed millions of lives, wreaking havoc on the trail of panic and chaos. But even the worst of all infections, people managed to win and live on ... exactly until the next outbreak of some mutated flu.
In the modern world we often observe a biased attitude towards couples with unequal age. It is normal for us when a husband is older than his wife, but everything that goes beyond this framework is considered strange. But there are also couples who prove that the age difference is just numbers.
Obviously, loyal fans of the Crazy Hands section from a popular TV show worked on inventions from today's selection. The genius of the authors of these ideas sometimes crosses the maximum mark, but let's be honest ... Who cares how and from what this or that device is made if it works 100%? We bring to your attention 25 ingenious inventions from the category of "I’m my mother’s engineer"!
Probably, every person who possesses even the most standard fearlessness experiences a kind of excitement at the sight of their ... snakes. Of course, these animals are very beautiful, intelligent and in complete safety will not attack a person, but for some reason this does not soften the fear in the eyes of an ordinary person at the sight of a huge python. Some of the snakes can cause death with one bite, while others are less poisonous. However, this does not negate the fact that a quarter of these reptiles are, in one way or another, dangerous to humans. We show the most "terrible" of possible snakes in this list ...
Films immerse us in another reality, allowing us to enjoy unique characters, their incredible stories and an amazing world. But have you ever thought about what was happening behind the scenes of popular scenes? How the actors behaved, what they had to endure in preparation for the role and how they interacted with each other ... See all the most interesting facts in this collection!
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