If you think you know your history, get ready to be humbled. The rare photographs  show a different perspective of historical events, and you probably wouldn’t find them in any school textbook.

The written history of Los Angeles city and county began with a small Mexican town that changed little in the three decades after 1848, when California became part of the United States. Much greater changes came from the completion of the Santa Fe railroad line from Chicago to Los Angeles in 1885. Immigrants flooded in, especially white Protestants from the …

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad He (born on 28 October 1956) is an politician who was the sixth President of Iran from 2005 to 2013. He was also the main political leader of the Alliance of Builders of Islamic homeland, a coalition of conservative political groups in the country.

Coca-cola is the biggest brand in the history of brands and products and surveys have suggested that it is the most popular world after ‘hello’—now imagine that! If it is the second most popular word in the world then almost everyone in the world must have coca-cola on them almost at all times—this is a scary reality because it is …

Pakistan Counterfeit consumer goods are goods, often of inferior quality, made or sold under another’s brand name without the brand owner’s authorization. Sellers of such goods may infringe on either the trade mark, patent or copyright of the brand owner by passing off its goods as made by the brand owner.The term knockoff is often used interchangeably with “counterfeit,” although …

“It’s not for girls” – a phrase almost every woman has heard at least once in her life. On International Women’s Day, Sputnik shares stories of Russian women who have broken the mould and become successful in traditionally male-dominated occupations.

fter the festive excesses, most of us would love to do nothing more than curl up under the duvet until the New Year. But for lucky Jo Unsworth, every day’s a duvet day as she earns a living picking out the snuggest duvets and most luxurious bedding for department store John Lewis.Ms Unsworth, 30, spends her whole working day discussing …

RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning of 15 April 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. Of the estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard, more than 1,500 died, making it one of the deadliest commercial peacetime maritime disasters in …

Norway has established the Jegertroppen, or the “Hunter Troop,” the world’s first all-female special operations unit with the goal of improving the country’s effectiveness in international operations.“In Afghanistan, one of our big challenges was that we would enter houses and not be able to speak to the women” Capt. Ole Vidar Krogsaeter, an officer with the Norwegian Special Operations Forces, …

Sodium is an essential nutrient required by the body for maintaining proper blood pressure and for providing channels of nerve signaling. Deficiency of sodium is rare, but can occur in people after excessive vomiting or diarrhea, in athletes who consume excessive amounts of water, or in people who regularly fast on juice and water.