War - a terrible force, which lowers life.

• It seems that a lot has changed, but something still binds us and people with those distant shots. 
  People were busy entertaining affair Behold zoo keeper pours Penguin, 1930.

These historical footage enable each of us to remember the events affected the history of the world and learn interesting moments in the life of ordinary people. Suggest you look at the pictures of interesting historical moments, made in the last century and before.

Bombs flying at Kobe, Japan (1945)

In this set are terrible diseases that have haunted mankind for thousands of years. However, thanks to the development of medicine most of these diseases can be cured or prevented. Let's learn more about these viruses.

Plague disease caused by the bacterium plague bacillus Yersinia pestis. There are two main forms of plague: bubonic and pneumonic. When lymph nodes are affected first, with the second - the lungs. Without treatment in a few days begins fever, sepsis, in most cases, death occurs. than in victory. "The first case reported July 26, 2009. Patient appealed to doctors in critical condition and died on July 29. 11 people who had contact with patients were hospitalized with symptoms of fever, two of them died, others feel satisfactory "- something like this message from China, now looks information on outbreaks of plague. Message from some European cities in 1348 would look like this: "In Avignon plague struck all, tens of thousands of them were no survivors. Corpses from the streets no one to clean up. " Everything in the world during that pandemic killed 40 to 60 million people. Planet experienced three plague pandemic, "Justinian" back in. 551-580 years, "Black Death" and the 1346-1353 pandemic's late XIX - early XX century. Periodically flared and local epidemics. With quarantine and disease fighting - in the era of late dobakterialnuyu - carbolic disinfectant dwellings. first vaccine at the end of the XIX century created by Vladimir Khavkin - man fantastic biography, a Jew from Odessa, Mechnikov student, former Narodovolets thrice goes to prison and expelled because of the policy of the Odessa University. In 1889, after Mechnikov he emigrated to Paris, where he began first as a librarian and then as an assistant at the Institut Pasteur. Khavkin vaccine doses used by tens of millions around the world until the 40-ies of XX century. Unlike smallpox vaccine, it is not able to destroy the disease, and the results were much worse: it reduces the incidence of 2-5 times, and mortality at 10, but it is still used, since there was nothing else. This treatment appeared only after the Second World War, when Soviet doctors used svezheizobretenny streptomycin at liquidation plague in Manchuria in 1945-1947 years. Actually, now used against plague all the same streptomycin, and the population in the outbreak were immunized with a live vaccine developed in the 30s. Today annually recorded up to 2.5 thousand cases of plague. Mortality - 5-10%. For decades, no epidemics, no major outbreaks. Difficult to say how serious role in this is actually treated, and how much - the system identification of patients and their insulation. After the plague before leaving people for decades.

Soviet snipers were active on all fronts of the Great Patriotic War and sometimes played a huge difference in the outcome of the battle. Was dangerous and heavy sniper work. The kids had to lie for hours if not days in constant tension and full combat readiness in the most different areas. It does not matter that it was a field, swamp or snow. this post will be dedicated to Soviet soldiers - snipers and heavy Burden. Glory to the heroes!

We Shine a long history: it appeared about 26-30 thousand years ago. Some types of shoes, having undergone some changes, are used to this day, some of the same can only be found in museums and private collections. We offer you a selection of the 10 most bizarre kinds of shoes, from ancient to modern.

Slip-on, "lotus", China, 10 c.-2009

The tradition of binding women's feet with special bandages that the foot is as small as possible, existed in China for several thousand years. Traditionally women were made shoes to prove their ability to sew and small size feet. After the wedding, the groom gave his bride every pair of shoes during a special ceremony. Shanghai fashionista late XIX-early XX century (while Shanghai was the fashion capital of China) were of "Lotus" with some heels and a resident of the southern provinces preferred the "lotus" of black cotton or silk with flat soles. The last factory producing these slipper was in the province Chzhedzyan. At the factory produced shoes for elderly Chinese women who still follow the old tradition. This factory is still there, but now is not engaged in mass production, and manufacturing of shoes to order.

"Titanic" was one of the world's largest passenger aircraft at the time of its construction. During the first flight April 14, 1912 collided with an iceberg and after 2 hours 40 minutes sank in 2 hours and 20 minutes of night following day. This disaster has become legendary and is still on the ear and causes a lot of controversy. Just on its plot filmed several movies.

Model bow. Nose in the fall to the bottom of the vessel is very well buried in the mud, which greatly disappointed the first researchers to examine the place after hitting the iceberg without special equipment was not possible. Torn hole in the hull, which can be seen in the layout formed from hitting the bottom.

These historic moments were captured and collected from different parts of our planet.

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Found - a new photographic collection from the archives of National Geographic. These photographs reveal the culture and times of the past.
many photographs never before published, and are rarely seen by the public. Now, when these photos were made ​​available to a wider audience, they can find a new life. Their beauty was lost to the world, and many of the original image is no date or location. This is just the beginning of a great journey.
girl feeding a tame bear in Riggins, Idaho.

Lonesome George has died, marking the end of this existence of his subspecies. But abingdonskie elephant tortoise - not only animals, extinct in recent times. Below is a list of the other 8 disappeared forever during the life of our species.A. Baiji River Dolphin, 2006 Declared functionally extinct in 2006, which means that old of a species could still be preserved, but new ones will not be born.

Two. The western black rhino, 2011This subspecies of black rhino, who left the planet last year, was the victim of rampant poaching in their home country, Cameroon. Scientists have searched for at least one representative of the subspecies with the year 2006, but after five years of fruitless searching, declared extinct subspecies.Three remaining subspecies of black rhino is also endangered.

Three. The Caribbean monk seal, 2008Despite the fact that the living monk seals Caribbean last seen in 1952, finally became extinct, these animals were found only in 2008. Europeans in the 18th and 19th centuries, is actively exterminated monk seals for their blubber, which was used as oil for lamps and lubrication equipment. Together with the monk seal became extinct his nasal mites, insects that were able to live only in the nose of these animals.

4. Canarian black oystercatcher, 1994These birds are not killed the destruction of themselves and their main food - clams. Commercial fishing off the coast of West Africa has led to the birds died of starvation. Last time alive Canarian black oystercatcher seen in the 1980s. In the museums of the world survived only 4 of the stuffed birds.

Five. Mariana mallard, 2004She lived only three islands of the Pacific, including Guam. Died due to drainage of wetlands for agriculture after World War II. The last known pair of mallards Marian died in captivity in 1981, leaving no offspring.

6. Javan tiger, 1994Another type, who lost their habitat due to expansion of agriculture. Javan tigers were carried out on the Indonesian island of Java. The last place where they were seen alive was the highest mountain in Java. From 1984 to 1993, the year the scientists could not find any evidence for the existence of subspecies, and he was recognized as extinct.

7. Pyrenean ibex, 2000
The last of the Pyrenean ibex subspecies was killed by accident: he was crushed by a falling tree. The scientists took a sample of his DNA, and in 2009 attempted to create a clone of the ibex. Unfortunately, the cloned calf died shortly after birth due to various congenital defects.

Eight. Alaotranskaya Grebe, 2010This small lake bird fell victim to short-sightedness of people. She only lived in Lake Alaotra in Madagascar. Grebe was fed only to the local fish, which died in the lake after you check there man new species of fish, animals and plants. In addition, grebes are actively destroyed the poachers.

Character of England. Who does not know him. Always looking for such and such objects are struck by how in those times they were built. But this time we have the opportunity to watch the process! Amazing photos showing the process of building the Tower Bridge ... have been found in a trash container.Fifty sepia-colored photographs, dating from the 1892 year, captured under construction Tower Bridge, one of the main attractions of the UK.

The heat, miles of sand, rocks and landscapes resembling a lunar landscape - all these scenes that we associate with the desert. But our world is amazingly diverse and not all deserts are the same. Each of these beautiful desert has its own unique atmosphere and spectacular views, sometimes reminiscent of a landscape with another planet.

Sadly the world-famous Chinese terrible way of execution. Perhaps the legend, because up to now not kept a single documentary evidence that this torture is really used.

Panda happy and playing in the snow in a Chinese nature reserve.Cute and friendly animal.