Historian Tamara Eidelman will give lectures in the United States on responsibility for the atrocities of war
In April-May, Tamara Natanovna Eidelman, a historian, teacher, writer, educator and author of a popular YouTube channel with an audience of more than 1,5 million subscribers, will give lectures in the United States of America. Tamara Eidelman will give the lecture “The Court of History” in the following US cities: April 16…
Trump started selling gold sneakers with the letter 'T': the first batch sold out in a few hours
Donald Trump has launched his own sneaker brand. The first batch sold out just hours after the Feb. 17 reveal at Sneaker Con in Philadelphia, Axios reports. “I just want to tell you that I’ve been wanting to do this for a long time. In my opinion this will have...
Everest climbers will now have to take their excrement with them
People climbing Everest will now have to clean up their faeces and take them back to base camp for disposal, the BBC reports. “Our mountains have started to stink,” said Mingma Sherpa, chairman of Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality. A municipality that covers most of the region...
Who were the prototypes of the heroes of the novel 'The Master and Margarita', and where to watch TV series based on Bulgakov's books
Did you know that over more than ten years of working on the novel “The Master and Margarita”, Mikhail Bulgakov not only changed the plot several times, but also added and removed characters? Our friends at the interactive TV company eTVnet invite you to find out which historical…
A couple from Washington visited all US national parks: which one did the couple call the best?
The Seattle couple visited all 63 national parks across America. They shared their opinions on which parks they liked and why, NewYorkPost reports. Matt Smith and his wife Karen told Instagram users about their travels around the United States. They…
EVENT CANCELED: Fixies will perform in the USA with an exciting show
Fixiki were supposed to perform in the USA in May. On April 5, the organizers announced that they were forced to cancel the show for reasons beyond their control. If you bought tickets to a fixie show in America, you have two ways to get your money back. The organizers noted that they...
A film about Putin was made in Poland: at the end, the dictator in a dirty diaper dies in hospital
On February 5, a teaser for the English-language film “Putin” was shown in Warsaw. This is a biographical feature film. It shows the Russian president from the age of 10, when he was abused by his stepfather in Georgia, to the full-scale war he launched against Ukraine, Radio Liberty reports.…
How online dating is erasing racial and social barriers
Many people greatly underestimate online dating and its importance to modern society. For the vast majority, these are simply convenient sites and applications to chat with new interlocutors and, if you're lucky, make new friends or, perhaps, a soulmate. On the one hand, so...
Nine popular retro games you can play for free in your browser
In the 1980s, retrogaming was new. Super Mario Bros., Tetris on the Game Boy, and Final Fantasy III had pixel art and chiptune, but back then they were just called video games. Now they have moved to the Internet, and anyone can play…
A man climbed Everest without leaving his home: how he did it
A British man who dreamed of trekking in the Himalayas has broken world records. He climbed and descended to the top of Everest in one single day - all without leaving his country home, reports NewYorkPost. Using a ladder at home, 37-year-old Sean...