Historical fact

According to state law, which was violated by John Thomas Scopes, it was forbidden to study any theories that contradicted the biblical versions of the creation of the world. After his arrest, he appealed to the American Civil Liberties League, which...

In May and June 1811, there was almost no rain in Kiev. On July 9, the lower and main parts of the city broke out - the district of Podil. The fire began at the dead end of a narrow street near the Zhitniy market and the church of Nikolai...

July 8, 1497 from Lisbon to India on four ships went the expedition of the Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama. The open sea route to Asia through the Atlantic and Indian oceans remained the main one for the Europeans until the opening of the Suez Canal...

This map looks like a network of railroad tracks. It shows the interconnection of peoples in the Middle Ages: from Greenland in the west to Kagoshima in the east, from Arkhangelsk on the frozen north to Sofala in modern Mozambique. It was created by...

In the film "Forest Gump" there is an episode where the main character after successes in his sports career was invited to the popular talk show USA Dick Cavetta. On the couch next to him was John Lennon. It was not a make-up actor, but a real singer...

July 5, 1946 the first swimsuit bikini "saw the light." It was shown by Micheline Bernardini, who at that time worked as a stripper in the Casino de Paris. A separate bathing suit was created by fashion designer Louis Rierd. "Bikini discovers...

The first departure by car of Motorwagen of its own design was carried out by the German inventor Karl Benz in 1886. His car was designed for two people - the driver and the passenger. It was equipped with three wheels with long spokes and a frame...

This forest is full of extraordinary exhibits - wagons, trams and trolleybuses. All this transport, which rusts for more than a decade, is an abandoned electric transport cemetery in Pennsylvania. The first trolleybuses were created in Germany. Their...

July 2, 1900 the first flight of the airship took place, the designer of which was Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin. The length of this aircraft was 128 meters and it was equipped with two Daimler engines. During the flight, significant deflections of the...

You can often hear about the extraordinary technological capacities of the USSR. About the opportunities and breakthroughs that existed in a huge country many years ago. If we talk about the military and space sphere, this is mostly true. But as for...