An 2000-Year-Old Thracian Chariot With Horse Skeletons Found in the Village of Karanovo, Bulgaria
This post was originally published on this siteA 4-wheel chariot with horses in a tomb of a Thracian Aristocrat from the 1st Century A.D. The […]
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The Earliest Known Image Depicting a Train Wreck on the Providence Worcester Railroad, Rhode Island, 1853
This post was originally published on this siteOn August 12, 1853, a head-on collision occurred on a single track between Providence, Rhode Island and Worcester, […]
Canadian Police Officer Guarding the Pharmacy in Waist-High Flood Waters in Galt, Ontario, 1974
This post was originally published on this siteEven as the flood waters rose, the sun shone bright on May 17, 1974. Earlier rains and a […]
Skeletons of Grover Krantz and His Dog, Clyde, at the Smithsonian Museum
This post was originally published on this siteSame guy, same dog. Grover Krantz donated his body to science. His skeleton was articulated along with the […]
Groom of the Stool, the Unpleasant Royal Job From the 17th Century
This post was originally published on this siteThe Groom of the Stool, or Groom of the King’s Close Stool, has gone down in history as […]
Soldiers of 11th Battalion Posing on the Great Pyramid of Giza, January 1915
This post was originally published on this siteGroup portrait of the Australian 11th (Western Australia) Battalion, 3rd Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force posing on the […]
Meet Mary Fields, the First African American Woman to Become a U.S. Postal Service Star Route Mail Carrier
This post was originally published on this siteArmed with a rifle and dressed in the comfortable clothes of a man, this badass slave became the […]
Incredible Photos of Two Roman Ships Which Were Recovered After 2,000 Years in 1929 and Lost Again During WWII
This post was originally published on this siteThe Nemi ships were two ships, one larger than the other, built under the reign of the Roman […]
The First-Ever Photo of a Total Solar Eclipse Was Taken by Julius Berkowski on July 28, 1851
This post was originally published on this siteSince the earliest days of photography, scientists worked at making a successful image of the corona during a […]
1975 UrbaCar – A Town Car That You Could Purchase and Assemble Yourself for Only $1,400
This post was originally published on this siteWhen UrbaCar was featured on the cover of Mechanix Illustrated magazine in the mid-1970s it set off a […]
Melbourne’s First Cable Tram Service, 1885
This post was originally published on this siteThe Melbourne tram network began in 1884 with the construction of the Fairfield Horse Tramway. However, the purpose […]
July 23, 1904: The First Ice Cream Cone Created During St. Louis World’s Fair, Reputedly by Charles E. Menches
This post was originally published on this siteOn July 23, 1904, according to some accounts, Charles E. Menches conceived the idea of filling a pastry […]
18 Rare and Amazing Vintage Photographs of the Construction of the Metropolitan Railway in London, circa 1861
This post was originally published on this siteThe Metropolitan Railway (also known as the Met) was a passenger and goods railway that served London from […]
These “Woodmobiles” Were Equipped With Gasifiers Designed to Convert Organic Material Into Combustible Gas
This post was originally published on this siteDuring World War II, almost every motorized vehicle in continental Europe was converted to use firewood. Wood gas […]
Fukushi Masaichi, the Man Who Created the Largest Collection of Tattooed Human Skin in the World
This post was originally published on this siteFukushi Masaichi (1878–1956) was a Japanese physician, pathologist and Emeritus Professor of Nippon Medical School in Tokyo. He […]
20 Amazing Vintage Photos of Daddy Long-Legs, a Weird and Wonderful Seaside Railway in Brighton
This post was originally published on this siteThe 19th century was an age of science and industry, and one where individual inventors could transform the […]
The Story of Ruth Ellis, the Last Woman to Be Hanged in the United Kingdom on July 13, 1955
This post was originally published on this siteRuth Ellis (October 9, 1926 – July 13, 1955) was a British escort and nightclub hostess. She was […]
The Wax Effigy of Sarah Hare
This post was originally published on this siteSarah Hare died in 1744 at the age of 55 of a commonplace accident. It was said that […]
Siège d’Amour: This Love Chair Was Originally Designed for the Future King Edward VII in 1890
This post was originally published on this siteThis extraordinary and highly imaginative chair was originally designed for the future King Edward VII – then known […]
Read the Rejection Letters Disney Used to Send Any Woman Who Wanted to Be an Animator in the Late 1930s
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1938, Miss Mary V. Ford of Searcy, Arkansas received a rejection letter from Walt Disney Productions letting […]
Vintage Photos Showing Chinese People Wearing Fingernail Guards From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
This post was originally published on this siteThe Chinese fingernail guard came from the Ming dynasty but became popular in the Qing dynasty. For having […]
The Smallest Gas Station in the World
This post was originally published on this siteDetroit Lakes may be a small, quaint community that is regionally famous for things like its lakes and […]
Fragment of George Washington’s Coffin
This post was originally published on this siteA piece of wood from the first coffin of George Washington. This coffin was broken up after the […]
16 Vintage Photographs That Show People Riding Zebras From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
This post was originally published on this siteZebras are beautiful, wild animals native to Africa. However, as many European colonizers learned in the early 20th […]
Man Became a Millionaire After Finding a Copy of the Declaration of Independence in the Frame of an Old Painting He Bought for Only $4 in 1989
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1989, a Philadelphia financial analyst bought an old painting for $4 at a flea market in Adamstown, […]