Interesting As Fuck...

[shinobi]

Instead of shooting it down, German pilot Franz Stigler escorted a badly damaged US bomber to safety in 1943. The two pilots would meet decades later and become friends until death

 

[717jet]

The incredible 82ft-tall hotel aquarium in Berlin that has an elevator for guests INSIDE it (and is home to 1,500 fish)

 

[717jet]

In Holland, Michigan, 168 miles of tubing is coiled beneath concrete streets. Warm water flows through these tubes to melt away ice and snow. It is the largest snowmelt system in the US.

 

[717jet]

Tutankhamun's Gold Scarab Bracelet Ca. 1335 BC.

 

[717jet]

110 year old bank vault door located in Alabama

 

[717jet]

Mammoth tusk hut. In 1965, four mammoth bone huts were found in Mezhirich (central Ukraine) by a farmer who was digging a cellar. These dwellings dated back 15,000 years ago and had a total of 149 bones in the construction.

 

[717jet]

Camouflage

 

[717jet]

A group of Samurai visiting the Sphinx in 1864

 

[717jet]

A pair of guillotine earrings from the French Revolution (circa 1794), complete with the severed heads of the King and Queen of France

 

[717jet]

Traditional Hungarian guard dog. It is a big, strong dog breed, armored with a thick coat. The coat looks similar to that of a sheep so it can easily blend into a flock and camouflage itself giving it an advantage when predators such as wolves attack.

 

[717jet]

Mourning mask and veil used by Empress Elisabeth of Austria after suicide of her son at Mayerling, 1889

 

[717jet]

On 6 August 2020, Kurt, the world’s first successfully cloned Przewalski’s horse was born. Kurt was cloned from a cell line of a genetically important stallion that had been cryopreserved at the SDZG Frozen Zoo since 1980. This pic here, taken when he was 6 months old (February 16, 2021)

 

[717jet]

On June 15th 1921,Bessie Coleman became the first black female pilot in American history.she performed death defying stunts at 3,000 feet in the air,performing loop-de-loop,figure eights and even parachuted back to earth mid flight

 

[717jet]

10 largest cats in the world

 

[717jet]

The Statue of Liberty before it was transported to the United States. France, 1886. [Colourised]

 

[717jet]

This picture that shows the colossal scale of the D-Day operation. It was taken three days after the Normandy beachhead was established, on June 9th, 1944. The Allies invaded Western Europe in the largest amphibious attack in history.

 

[717jet]

What 30+ years of smoking indoors does to a place

 

[717jet]

Chinese repeating crossbow, which could shoot 20 bolts in under 10 seconds. These were still used in the 19th century, and even during the Boxer Rebellion against western guns.

 

[717jet]

An elevator parking lot in New York, 1920.

 

[717jet]

SpaceX has robot dogs patrolling their rocket factory

 

[717jet]

Owner makes disabled fish a life jacket to prevent him from sinking to the bottom of the tank

 

[717jet]

This is the size of a fiber optic wire capable of supplying a home with high speed internet.

 

[Coldchi]

10 largest cats in the world

I see they left off the Hyeana

 

[dHustla]

I see they left off the Hyeana

And Cougar

 

[Coldchi]

And Cougar

A puma, cougar, and mountain lion are the same animal.....lol

 

[Shaka54]

What 30+ years of smoking indoors does to a place

That reminds me of the old days when smoking indoors was normal. When we'd go on a Field Training Excercise in Germany for 30 days, we had to wash the walls and ceilings in order to clear the barracks.
My Armorer's single-man room looked like that too. That shit had to be painted over after a couple of years of those Marlboro reds.

 

[jerrynuevo]

A 300-year-old library tool that enabled a researcher to have seven books open at once

Multiple browsers open...

 

[Shaka54]

I see they left off the Hyeana

I was today years old when I found out those ugly fucks were felines. For all of 56 years, I thought they were canines.

And Cougar

A Puma IS a cougar is a mountain lion. It just depends on the region the cat is in for the most part.

 

[Shaka54]

A puma, cougar, and mountain lion are the same animal.....lol

I didn't see you respond. I hadn't scrolled down far enough.
I'm still trippin' off having NEVER known that a hyena was a cat.

 

[jerrynuevo]

Vintage photo of a Yakuza enforcer showing off tattoos. I don't have a year for the photo, i just love reading about this stuff and thought he looked pretty badass.

Look like a white boi...

 

[Coldchi]

I'm still trippin' off having NEVER known that a hyena was a cat.

I learned about 6 years ago that pantyhose protect your legs from stinging jellyfish tentacles. It started to make sense when I saw surfers wearing pantyhose in areas where jellyfish were prevalent. At first i thought maybe they were just some gay ass surfers...lol

 

[717jet]

Early 1900’s fireman suit for the fireman to get closer to the fire

 

[717jet]

1956 Powell Sport Wagon. Between 1954 and 1957 they made 100 station wagons on a refurbished Plymouth chassis, with unique pull-out fishing rod holders and bait boxes at the rear. Only 5 survived.

 

[717jet]

Rjukin, Norway receives no natural sunlight from September-March due to the steep mountains surrounding it. They have installed large mirrors to reflect sunlight into the town square. The mirrors track the sun's position and move every 10 seconds to create. 600m square pool of light.

 

[717jet]

A 10 year old boy who had been terminally ill had asked for a Lego casket to be buried in. Thankfully someone was able to make that happen for him using 26,000 Lego bricks.