A walk through London, 1926.

The sharp visors still didn't lie to us.

Annie Edson Taylor

The first to survive, having overcome Niagara Falls in a barrel, in 1901. The first person to "win" the waterfall was not some daredevil, but 63-year-old teacher Annie Edson Taylor. After losing her husband and son, the woman decided to start a new life. In search of earnings, Taylor came across a newspaper article telling how local extreme athletes arrange dangerous shows near Niagara Falls and get good money for it.
The adventure that was born in Taylor's head promised to become a real sensation: the woman decided to conquer a 53-meter waterfall by descending from it in a wooden barrel.
The barrel was tested on a cat. During the fall, the animal survived, suffering minor head injuries.
The woman was placed in an oak barrel measuring 1.4 x 1 m. There were cushions and fabric inside to cushion the impact.
Hundreds of people watched the fall. Less than twenty minutes later, she was fished out of the water. The woman severely scratched her head until it bled, but otherwise unharmed.

David Blaine, 22, returned home after delivering newspapers on the morning of June 20, 1994, to find that all his family members had been shot dead at their family home in Dunedin, New Zealand.

It was David who became the main suspect - a rifle was found at the crime scene where only his fingerprints were found. The man was accused of trying to take the inheritance and sentenced to life in prison.

David insisted on his innocence and achieved it, but only in 2009 - it turned out that his father killed the whole family, who shot himself there. He just wore gloves and did everything professionally.

The government paid the man $1 million in compensation. But it didn't help much considering the horror David had been through. In 2023, on July 12, he died at the age of 51.

The construction of prisoners of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Oranienburg. The Third Reich. February 1941.

The inscriptions "truthfulness" and "self—sacrifice" are visible on the walls of the buildings - this is part of a quote from Reichsfuhrer SS Himmler: "There is only one path to freedom. And his milestones are humility, diligence, honesty, discipline, purity, sobriety, truthfulness, self-sacrifice and love for the motherland."

Where did the name "Who does not take risks, does not drink champagne" come from?

Previously, in France, wine had the property of exploding.

So going down to the cellar for a bottle of champagne was still a risk. They went to the basements in special protective suits against shrapnel. Sommeliers of that time were often without fingers or without an eye.

The last photo shoot of Marilyn Monroe, Santa Monica, July 15, 1962. The actress died 3 weeks after this shooting.

In 1930, the Indiana Bell building was rotated 90 degrees in 1 month while everyone was still working inside.

This day in history is the death of Diego Maradona.

On November 25, 2020, one of the best football players in history passed away. Maradona was 60 years old, and surely you all know the ins and outs of the story.

And if not, then you go there☝️

Sir Anthony Hopkins, Great Britain, late 1930s.

A delivery man in Tokyo, 1935.

There will always be an Asian who does something better.

Kojima is a genius😁

This day in history is the birth of the modern world.

Border changes, presidents and all kinds of political reforms are interesting. But really, the world is being changed by things that few people remember. One of them is the launch of the world's first assembly line. On December 1, 1913, Henry Ford launched it to assemble his cars. The new technology has revolutionized not only the car market but also the entire planet - almost any of the products we use were made using this technology. And the industrial potential of the planet has jumped significantly.

Indian troops are moving north from Abyssinia to participate in the North African Campaign, 1942.

Of the 8,764,000 men in the British army by 1945, 4,179,000 were in the colonies. Of these, 2,065,000 are from India.

In addition, there was also a Free India detachment in Germany, which fought on the side of the Axis countries - there were 2500-3000 people in it.

Self-driving car, Germany, 1920s.

Everything new is well-forgotten old.

We are learning to express ourselves correctly - not the New Year's fuss, but Saturnalia.

It was the feast in honor of Saturn that the Romans celebrated in December - and it was one of the main holidays of the year. Public affairs were suspended, schoolchildren went on vacation, criminals could not be punished, and slaves sat down at a common table with their masters.

The state spent insane amounts of money decorating cities and preparing an entertainment program for residents - they slaughtered animals, staged feasts, fights and theatrical performances.

The philosopher Seneca complained that every year, Saturnalia is celebrated for longer and longer - initially, it was only December 17, then the holiday was extended to 23, but in the end, they celebrated almost the whole of December.

Mike Tyson and his great defensive and offensive play, 1990

In the photo, Gary Gygax - his wife suspected him of cheating and the marriage was going to hell. It was because Gary was missing with friends and wouldn't let her into the basement.

When a woman freaked out one day and followed Gary, she found him and his friends hunched over hand-drawn cards. Gary is the inventor of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.

On December 12, 2015, almost all countries of the planet promised to reduce greenhouse gas levels and save the planet. Even the DPRK joined the agreement.

Is it worth mentioning that by 2023, emissions from enterprises have only increased, and ordinary people have been thrown taxes, restrictions and problems out of the blue.

What we call the Caribbean crisis, the Americans call the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Cubans themselves call the October crisis.

Live and learn forever. This phrase can be heard from almost every teacher. But at the same time, few people know that in the original it sounded like this: "Live forever — learn how to live forever," and the author of this saying is Lucius Annaeus Seneca.