Since World War II, only three world powers have been referred to as "superpowers" -- the Soviet Union, the British Empire and the United States. The first two have since lost that distinction, leaving America as the world's only true superpower, according to most history experts.

The best-selling Jesus movie, Jesus of Nazareth (1977), starred the attractive blue-eyed Robert Powell. If a modern version of the movie had to be produced one can easily imagine attractive actors like Brad Pitt or Johnny Depp portraying Jesus.

What do you know about the world´s lasts? Reading this article you will be surprised! What seemed to be so well-forgotten in the pages of history appeared to be very close to our time!

We take a lot of things for granted in the modern world. Fiber optic cables deliver en­ormous amounts of information at nearly the speed of light. You can hop into your car and shout your destination at your GPS navigation system, and a digitized and disembodied voice issues easy-to-follow directions. We have it pretty sweet here in the 21st century.

1: Spam, a compressed meat from America made up 18% of a Soviet soldier’s diet during WW2 (Great Patriotic War). Over 70% of Red Army soldiers each day were alloted two tins of a mush made of American cornmeal fortified with protein and vitamins designed to give 560 calories per meal....produced in places like Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Michigan and Ohio.

The Russian language, one of the languages of Indo-European family, emerged due to the disintegration of the Indo-European ancestral language. The Indo-European language disappeared some one thousand years ago, but left behind it new linguistic branches, one of them being Common Slavic.

Here are the legends that used to exist in the USSR…

Modern Russia started with the rule of Peter the Great. He realized that Russia should be westernized to ensure its independence. Already fascinating by mechanical inventions, he studied government and business models of the West.