It was believed that at one time Margaret Mitchell's novel "Gone with the Wind" was the second most popular after the Bible. In the first year after its publication, more than 1 million copies were sold. A year after writing, the author received the...
Persona
Persona
Immortal novel by Margaret Mitchell
La Manuela: what does the famous Pablo Escobar mansion look like now?
Today, the mansion of the richest criminal in history is used as a playground for paintball. It is visited by tourists who can play for $ 75 in "Police and intruders".
In the walls of this building, holes are cut out everywhere. These are the tracks...
Herman Boule: to age 10 years in 41 hours
Independently and without oxygen equipment, Hermann Boule conquered the Nanga-Parbar mountain. It happened on July 3, 1953.
It is the 9th highest peak in the world, located in the western part of the Himalayas. The first attempt to conquer it was made...
Darwin's theory of evolution: heresy or a treatise on biology
The theory of the evolution of the naturalist Charles Darwin was first introduced in 1858 in London. With his help, he described the development of life forms through natural selection.
Formulated his theory of evolution Darwin for 14 years before the...
French acrobat and Niagara Falls: a story about a deadly stunt
Jean-François Gravel, who is better known as Emile Blonden, is the first person to walk along the rope above the Niagara Falls. This happened on June 30, 1859.
5-centimeter rope was pulled at a height of 50 meters above the river. Its length was 350...
Igor Sikorsky: a Ukrainian who received a patent for a helicopter
June 27, 1931 in the United States was granted a patent for the invention of the first helicopter. Its author was Igor Sikorsky, an aircraft designer of Ukrainian origin.
He became one of the first to build turbine helicopters and amphibious helicopters...
The legacy of James Smithson: a national university, public library or observatory for "increasing and spreading knowledge"
James Smithson died June 27, 1829 in Italy and bequeathed all his property to the people of the United States of America, a country in which he had never been, and wished that an institution, a national university, a public library or an observatory for...
"Gold Rush" Charlie Chaplin
"Gold Rush" - the only silent film by Charlie Chaplin, which was shot according to a pre-written script. He narrates about the vagabond, who in 1898 went to the gold mines of Alaska.
The image of the tramp was invented by the comedian Roscoe Abracle...
For his most famous collection of poems Baudelaire was fined 300 francs
About the collection of poems by Charles Baudelaire, which was released on June 25, 1857 in the publishing house Auguste Puli-Malasse, said different things. "Flowers of Evil" was considered a combination of beauty and ugliness, life and death.
The...
"The Black Square" by Kazimir Malevich
While working on staging the opera "Victory over the Sun", which took place in December 1913, Kazimir Malevich came up with the idea of a half-painted black square. The artist chose it as the main decoration of one of the scenes. Thus, the idea of...