ILLEGAL USE OF NARCOTICS, PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES, AND THEIR ANALOGUES CAUSES HEALTH HARM; THEIR ILLEGAL TRAFFIC IS PROHIBITED AND ENTAILS LIABILITY ESTABLISHED BY LAW. The book's author is historian and journalist Alexander Radaev. Creator of the Telegram channel "The Parnassian Mockingbird," which became one of the most read about history and culture in 1.5 years. - The book introduces incredible facts of the past, museum rarities, and memoir secrets; - Various little-known and often shocking historical facts; - These stories include everything—from minor harmless pranks of royal persons to unimaginable female fantasies about revenge; - A good opportunity to learn to maintain interest in both history and life.