History

“20 years on. Family is everything. Merry Christmas everyone.”

"The Statue Of Liberty At The 1878 Paris World Fair Before Being Fully Assembled And Shipped To The United States"

In 1512, Emperor Maximilian I ordered this armor to be made of gold and silver as a gift for his 12-year-old grandson. It took years to create it, and the gift turned out to be too small when it was complete.

Bergman, Hemphrey Bogart And Michael Curtis On The Set Of "Casablanca" 1939...

“My great-grandmother wore this silk flower crown for her wedding in 1912. I’ll be wearing it at my own wedding.”

“My student’s teeny tiny pencil.”

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge...

A car with a TV on the back of the seat (I was so jealous of my friends who had this)

"Update on my $5 thrift store Allen Edmond shoes. Spent the afternoon focusing on the right shoe just to get this picture. They had some deep discoloration so I decided to re-dye since I don’t have any dark brown shoes"

"Hundreds Of Free New Books!!!! 52nd St Between 6th And 5th Ave"

“This is an on-gate blocking road access to some cell towers. Why so many locks and how would someone even open it?”

“Meeting my favorite tag team wrestlers at Rite-Aid in the 90s. THE HEADBANGERS”

"This silver gravy boat has been waiting for its Wednesday to shine."

“The joys of owning a 140-year-old house. Found a one-cent coin from 1888 in the backyard.”

Cindy Crawford, Helena Christensen, Christie Brinkley, Natasha Poly, Eva Herzigová...

“My mom and I at the same age”

"1909 Wooden Koken Congress Restored"

“My younger brother texted me ’I have a present for you’ out of the blue. He found a Parker 51 with matching mechanical pencil for $10 at an antique store.”

"To white their teeth, Romans would rinse their mouth with urine. Specifically urine shipped in from Portugal."

"Renovation of an old auxiliary heater from the 1960s"

Kelly Osbourne — The Osbournes (2002)...

"TIL Michael Jackson was a virtuoso composer, despite being unable to read music or play instruments well. He wrote the parts to his songs by singing and beatboxing into a tape recorder. “He would sing us an entire string arrangement, every part. Had it all in his head, harmony and everything.""

As it turns out, the idea that the Vikings wore helmets with animal horns was actually a nineteenth-century invention. This is all because of the costume designer, Carl Emil Doeple, who added the horns to his designs for Wagner’s classic Norse saga, Der Ring des Nibelungen.