History

"Chopines showed off the high status of the wearer and could reach heights of up to 20 inches. These shoes were called lewd, but that didn’t stop them from becoming popular. Venice, 15th century"

In addition to his lust for slaughter and women, King Henry VIII had an unwavering gambling addiction.

Demi Moore, Meg Ryan, Julia Roberts, Whitney Houston...

“Posing with a road sign outside of the Guadalupe Mountains National Park” [1950s]

Hidreley Diao uses artificial intelligence to recreate faces of historical figures and turn them into your everyday people.

“My girlfriend replaced my favorite hat for me for Christmas.”

Hell, when I was little it wasn’t uncommon for a group of us under the age of 12 to just disappear into the forest/woods/desert for the entire goddamn day.

In 1993 a French man driving a Citroen car in a remote area of the Moroccan desert had a breakdown and became stranded. To survive he tore down the car, built a motorcycle from the parts, and rode it back to civilization.

Before he became president, Abraham Lincoln was a dominant wrestler. Thanks to his long limbs, in approximately 300 matches Lincoln was only defeated once.

A giant TV that weighs 300 pounds...

Robert Pattinson is a descendant of Vlad the Impaler.

Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Kazimir Malevich...

Start the download right after Mom goes to bed, wake up before her to pause the download and disconnect the dial-up connection, resume tomorrow night. Repeat...

“Find a barber you trust and stick with them.”

“The main gate of Castle Pedraza in Spain, ca. 15th century.”

"Orange rugrats VHS tape"

"TIL Mary Shelley published her novel "Frankenstein, the Modern Prometheus" at 19 years old, its themes of birth and death reflecting the deaths of both her first infant child and sister within a short timeframe, followed by pregnancy with another child who she carried throughout the book's writing."

"Fruitopia. Update: As 95% of the comments have stated, it is still available at McDonald’s and in Canada. I get it, people."

"A Photo Of Central Park In NYC During The Great Depression (1933)"

"Model and writer Alice Denham at her desk in 1962"

And he was certainly not the only man to do so. In fact, high heels signified dominance and power.

Christmas should be about pleasure, happiness, and presents... These Santas, on the other hand, appear to have crawled out of a fever dream. It appears that Christmas used to be a lot scarier...

We all know the stories about “Honest Abe” Lincoln and his log cabin. But all that log-splitting and cabin-building made Abraham Lincoln incredibly strong. He was known to haul crates of stones weighing over 1,000 pounds around his hometown.