Marilyn Monroe with her dog Hugo, 1957.

Hindus often consciously renounce the benefits of life in the name of their religion and want to prove their faith by unusual methods.

Mahant Amar Bharti Ji lives in New Delhi, who raised his right hand in 1973 and has not let go of it since then.
According to him, at first the pain was terrible, but eventually subsided, and the arm atrophied. This elder has many followers who deify him, and some of them have also raised their hands and have been living like this for years.

Wives from the harem of the Persian Shah Nasruddin-Shah Qajar, 1870s.

Transportation of the "Fat Man" bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki, 1945

At the end of his show, the Argentine magician Marvo asked his assistant to shoot him in the head with a gun. A shot rang out, and Marvo, triumphantly, pulled the bullet out of his mouth (the trick, apparently, was designed for preschool children).

Nevertheless , the gold miner Marco Asprella , who was present in the hall , was delighted with the trick and with the words: "And catch this one!" - shot the magician in the head with his pistol. The magician did not suffer for a long time. At the trial, Asprella looked depressed and could not understand why the magician did not catch his bullet. He was acquitted.

A man apologizes to his wife in the divorce court.

Chicago, 1948

A pickup truck driver tries to escape from an ash cloud during the eruption of the Pinatubo volcano in the Philippines.
June 17, 1991.

A clock lifted from the Titanic. They stopped at 2.28, 2 minutes after the crash. USA.

Monica Bellucci, 1994.

5 megabytes of memory are loaded into a Pan Am plane in 1956.

It's amazing how progress has accelerated over the century.

1964. USA. The most open women's swimsuit of those times

Coffee maker - as an additional option in Volkswagen, 1959

This day in history is the death of the Prophet Muhammad.

According to the Islamic creed, Muhammad was the last prophet and Messenger of Allah to whom the Holy Scripture, the Quran, was revealed. It is difficult to underestimate the role of Muhammad in the formation of Islam and the Muslim community. But on June 8, 632, Muhammad died at the age of 62.

Women's basketball team, 1900. It is noteworthy that they played in dresses with long sleeves and wore corsets.

Meet Martha Gellhorn, the only girl who landed in Normandy with 150 thousand Allied soldiers.

Marta is a journalist. Her official request was rejected, but the girl hid in the toilet, disguised herself as a porter and still filmed the report.

Cindy Crawford and Shaquille O'Neal, 1990s.

Rome, Italy, 1960s

Eve Eden is a British actress of the 1960s.

1967. The last official duel in France. Marseille Mayor Gaston Deffer (facing us) and Socialist Party presidential candidate Rene Ribier met on swords. The reason for the duel was Deffer's remark during Ribiera's speech: Taisez-vous, abruti! (Shut up, you fool!) Deffer refused to apologize and then Ribier challenged him to a duel.

The next day, the presidential candidate was to have a wedding and the mayor of Marseille promised to spoil his wedding night. And so it happened. 57-year-old Deffer wounded Riviera twice with a sword, after which the duel was stopped.

Korean refugees leave North Korea, overcoming a bridge mangled as a result of an air strike, 1950.

During the Second World War, the ladies showed their best side.

They stood behind the machines, worked in three shifts and replaced the men who went to war. This photo shows female firefighters in Britain who saved many buildings during the bombing. But this is just one example.