Tag Archives: Historical

Everything that happened before you were born might as well have been a 10 million years ago.

You can only appreciate how far we’ve come when you look back on the past.

The world is always changing, but history will live on thanks to the power of these fascinating photos. An officer holds a cigar with two canaries perched on it, 1918. A zoo-keeper gives a penguin a shower from a watering …

Famous quirks from some of the most famous perverts in history. Nikola Tesla. Nikola was insanely obsessive compulsive. He would not touch anything that had the slightest sign of dirt, nor would he touch anything that was round. He was …

This is the type of history that they won’t teach you in school.   Thomas Paine – One of the founders of the United States, the man who actually wrote the phrase, “the United States of America”, died a penniless …

These facts make learning about history a lot more fun than it was in school.

All of these now infamous historical figured believed in witchcraft and the truth is, some of them might have actually been witches themselves.

Famous people and their doppelgangers.

World War II was the most brutal war in history and hopefully the world can look at these photos and learn to not let history repeat itself.

Albert Einstein didn’t fail math in school, it was a false claim published by Ripley’s. Before he was 15, he mastered differential and integral calculus.

Nice selection of historical hoaxes.

The last picture of Adolf Hitler, April 30, 1945 The first photograph upon discovery of Machu Picchu, 1912 Underwater detonation of 15 kiloton nuclear weapon Lucky British soldier shows off his damaged helmet, 1917 Archduke Franz Ferdinand with his wife …

Very interesting historical photos.

Crazy and cool inventions from the past.

The Simpsons’ moments inspired by the historical photos.

Interesting collection of important pictures and short stories behind them.

Construction of Brasilia city, which would later become the capital of Brazil. 1960. Very interesting collection of rare historical photos.