Nicholas Day, or the Feast of Saint Nicholas, is celebrated on December 6 and marks the anniversary of the death of the third-century Catholic saint. Miklavženje is an old custom that has been rooted in Slovenia for almost 200 years.
Could you ever imagine Beyonce releasing a new album without any advance promotion? That Morrissey will publish his autobiography?
Are you lying too? Let us reassure you that practically all of us lie. Interesting are the results of the research, which finds that this gender is more false!
A bouquet of flowers, a box of chocolates, a romantic dinner. Today, Valentine's Day seems to be a holiday of traders rather than lovers, caught in a repeating pattern. Has your attitude towards Valentine's Day also cooled? Are you also fed up with his clichés and think that he is only an end in himself? Durex's research showed that as many as 40 percent of the respondents think that February 14 is too much of a cliché, which is why almost half are not looking forward to it. How about putting some passion back into Valentine's Day?
Who says that only politics separates! There is another way to put people on two sides. Optical illusions! Let's recall how the famous blue-black (or was it gold-white?) dress divided Internet users. Now there is a new challenge for all "internet users". Guess who's hugging who in this photo?
The scene with Sharon Stone at the police station with her legs crossed in the erotic thriller Primal Instinct is probably the first thing that comes to mind, but Catherine was far from the only fatal seductress in the film. There are tons of them in James Bond movies, and femme fatales have been rubbing shoulders on movie screens, so the following collage of scenes of the greatest movie seductresses is a real school of seduction.
American photographer Tim Mantoani answered all those who are wondering who are the photographers who took the most iconic photos of all time. With the photo series "Behind Photographs", which shows photographers holding their works in their hands, he shows what the legendary masters of photography actually look like.
You know their characters, but you don't know their face. Get to know the actors under the iconic masks that marked film history. Are you interested in who played the creature in the movie Alien, who played Gollum in Lord of the Rings, who played Darth Vader and Chewbacca in the space saga Star Wars, who played Lederkshit in Texas Road Trip, who played Jason in the series Friday the 13th and who was really behind the mask of the killer from the Scream movies? Find out all this below.
GQ magazine asked leading men in individual fields who the successful men of the coming quarter of a century are.
Forbes magazine once again browsed the monarchs' bank accounts, and you can see the latest ranking of the ten richest members of blue blood below. Although many of the obscenely wealthy rulers are sitting on oil and other natural resources and their fortunes are constantly changing, most maintain their positions relative to years past. And although monarchs in Europe no longer have the same influence as, for example, in Arab countries, as they are surviving political figures, many are still basking in wealth.
Are celebrities anything like us? Are we charitable, philanthropists? Then sure. In addition to the fact that some stars are really talented, they are also fair and philanthropic. Although Hollywood is full of divas and narcissists, we can be thankful for those who strive for selflessness. So who are the celebrities who used their fame in 2014 to do something good for the world?
Although athletes are not fighting for the top spot in the earnings list, it is a 'sports discipline' that always attracts a lot of attention, as athletes are considered to be among the highest earners in the world. Of course, we are only talking about Messi, sorry, only a handful, because even most athletes can only dream about six-figure numbers. So who are the ones who get paid the most for breaking a sweat?