Сундук Мертвеца — не сундук вовсе, а остров в Карибском море. В начале XVIII века пиратский капитан Эдвард Тич высажил там 15 мятежников, оставив им лишь бутылку рома. Те выжили — и спустя месяц вернулись на корабль. Именно им моряки посвятили свою песню.

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Actor Andrey Mironov and composer Raimonds Pauls at the "Blue Light" show, 1983

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Stanley Matthews was named England's best footballer multiple times and once earned the title of Europe’s finest player.

Throughout his entire career, which lasted until he was 50, he never received a red or even a yellow card—never once sent off or cautioned.

At his farewell match, Queen Elizabeth II personally conferred knighthood upon him, making him the first footballer ever to be so honored.

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the only home we have. We stormed it for nothing… None of us will return to Germany, unless a miracle happens. And I no longer believe in miracles. Time has shifted to the Russians' side.

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Children playing with stacks of money during a period of hyperinflation. Germany, 1922

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Knights Templar (French: templiers — "temple knights") were a military religious order founded in 1119 on the Holy Land by a small group of knights led by Hugues de Payens, shortly after the First Crusade.

During the 12th and 13th centuries, the order grew immensely wealthy, acquiring vast estates not only in the Crusader states across Palestine and Syria, but also throughout Europe. Granted extensive religious and legal privileges by the Pope—directly overseeing the order—as well as by various monarchs across Europe, the Templars operated under unique autonomy on royal territories where they held land and property. While often serving as the military backbone of Crusader states in the East, their original, stated mission at founding was the protection of Christian pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land.

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The face of the Statue of Liberty during construction, 1885.

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Soldiers of the Mexican Revolution, 1911.

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Russians may come across as simple-minded, bold, or even foolish—but one can only pray for those who stand in their way.

© Winston Churchill

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There’s a monument on the Moon.

Made of aluminum, it’s a small figure in a spacesuit, left as a memorial for fallen astronauts and cosmonauts. Engraved on it are the names of 14 individuals who lost their lives in space exploration—among them, Yuri Gagarin.

The Apollo 15 crew placed it on the lunar surface in 1971, a silent tribute in the stillness of space.

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«Weak Barbarian» — a poster featuring the stars of the American flag depicted as tiny, menacing creatures. Iran, 2019.

➡️ We’re on MAX

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Lochnagar Crater

This massive crater was formed during World War I when British forces detonated a 27-ton ammonal charge beneath German trenches. The explosion was so powerful, it could be heard in London.

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Parisian footbridges during the flood, 1910

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Castel Sant'Angelo. Rome.

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East German children's computer schools were already equipped with IBM-PCs by 1988.

The IBM-PC in the 1980s had the following specs:

- 5.25-inch floppy drive with 1.2 MB capacity,
- Intel 80286 CPU running at 6 MHz,
- 20 MB hard drive,
- standard RAM of 512 KB,
- Basic programming language,
- EGA-standard monitor and video card (16 colors).

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Exchange rate of the ruble to other European currencies from a 1907 reference guide.

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The first woman at the wheel. Bertha Benz drives the Benz Patent-Motorwagen. Germany, 1886

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Exquisite Ottoman-era birdhouses, resembling miniature palaces and mosques.

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An Indian made wealthy by oil, Oklahoma, 1920s.

🤩 Historian’s Diary

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David Rockefeller with a souvenir gifted to him during his visit to the USSR, Moscow, 1973.

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The Vasa warship raised from the seabed after 333 years. Stockholm, Sweden, April 24, 1961

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