Punkah Wallah: interesting facts and pictures
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Punkah Wallah was a replacement for the air conditioners for the wealthy people hundreds of years ago. Basically, punkah is a large…
1966 was a tipping point in the musical career of Bob Dylan. It was a time when he completed his transition to…
Rare pictures of the early soviet police NKVD
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The mass repressions in the Soviet Union in the 1930s are well known. And while Joseph Stalin clearly orchestrated this process, an…
Boeing factory disguised during WWII
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It’s hard to believe that you see a disguised Boeing aircraft factory during WWII. But that’s what we have: smart company owners…
Marilyn Hare kissed them all a few months after Pearl Harbor. As you probably know, the attack on the Pacific Fleet’s central…
Sleeping on a rope in London, 1930s
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Sleeping on the rope was the cheapest option in the flophouses of London in the 1930s. Look at this photo every time…
Princess Diana dance surprised her husband, Prince Charles, the royal family, and even the paparazzi. All girls dream of becoming princesses. And…
Jacques Dupaquier was a French scientist, historian, and member of the Communist Party of France, and he visited Moscow in the 1950s….
WWI Christmas truce in 1914: pictures and facts
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This fascinating story of the Christmas Truce of 1914 started on December 24, when the British watch noticed that the Germans were…
Schienenzeppelin: the Rail Zeppelin, June 1931
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Germans called Schienenzeppelin the ‘Cigar on the rails.’ This device set the world record speed for railroads, although Count Zeppelin, the inventor…