Interesting As Fuck...

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Britain's new £50 note design in recognition of Alan Turing - father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence who was persecuted for being gay

 

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One of many known photos of an actual prison camp in the United States of America.

 

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On August 6, 1945, at 8:15 AM, the atomic bomb Little Boy exploded in the city of Hiroshima. This clock, which was recovered from the destroyed area, is on display at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. It stopped at the exact time of the tragedy, immortalizing a dark moment of the human history.

 

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In 2017, a man digging to install power cables under his lawn in Arkansas instead stumbled across a gargantuan, 3,000+ pound Quartz cluster! it later sold for $500,000!

 

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An excavator attempts to free the Ever Given, one of the world's largest container ships, after it ran aground in the Suez Canal.

 

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Dorothy Counts (1957) USA. First black woman in an all-white school...

 

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The Ship that blocked the Suez Canal has now created this mess. Captain of the ship must be the most hated man/woman amongst the shipping industry.

 

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The wreckage from Otis Redding's final flight. Arguably the greatest soul singer of all time - he died when he was just 26yrs old.

 

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Dorothy Counts (1957) USA. First black woman in an all-white school...

Look at the psychological warfare she had to endure. You can read it in her facial expression and body language.

"All of that was soooo long ago...just let it go. No one today had to suffer that kind of humiliation."

As though someone born in '57 isn't alive today. I mean, all 64 year olds are dead in 2021.

 

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Effects of syphilis before Salvarsan and penicillin became available (1880-1910)

See, eatin too much pussy

 

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The Tollund Man, a 2,400 year old corpse found in Denmark, is one of the best preserved bog bodies ever found.

 

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Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ron Wayne started Apple Inc. on April Fools’ Day

 

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Filipino fisherman got stuck on a rock and he decided to bring it home as a good luck charm. And then he kept it under his bed for 10 years until one day his house burned down. Then he found out this "rock" was actually the biggest pearl ever found and is valued at $100.000.000.

 

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The military Vespa. The word vespa actually means wasp. This anti tank scooter was commissioned in the 1950’s for French paratroops.

 

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Cross-section of a Boeing 747

 

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Jahre Viking - the largest ship in history - it was originally ordered by a Greek shipowner, but after it was completed he no longer wanted it. The ship was so large that it could not cross either the suez nor the Panama Canal

 

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Geese have teeth on their tongues

 

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Lightning Storm Viewed from The Cockpit

 

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WOW Did You Know?

 

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Former President Trump In A Dog’s Ear

 

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This is Rh PLATINUM. It is the most precious metal on earth. The 1g in this image costs $831.10 US.

 

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A street vendor sells mummies in Egypt [1865]

 

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There are 10 female eagle hunters left in Mongolia. One of them is 15 year old Zamanbol who uses her golden eagle to catch foxes and other small animals in the Altai Mountains

 

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Last known photo of James Dean’s wrecked Porsche 550 Spyder on display before it went missing

 

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Pringles aren't actually potato chips, instead they’re dehydrated potato flakes pressed into their signature parabolic shape. When other potato chip manufacturers complained, the FDA ruled that Pringles couldn't be marketed as chips. The company eventually settled on "potato crisp."

 

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Hannah Stilley is the photographed person with the oldest date of birth. She was born in 1746, 23 years before Napoleon and 10 years before Mozart. This photo is from 1840, when she was 94 years old.

 

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Napoleon iii 1865 by Alexandre Cabanel wearing formal attire. It is said to be the most faithful representation of the emperor.

 

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A 15th century painting depicting the skinning of corrupt royal judge Sisamnes from the time of Cambyses II in Persia. It was discovered that He accepted a bribe and delivered an unjust verdict. As a result, the king had him arrested and flayed alive.

 

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Legendary Guitarist and Songwriter Robert Johnson was the first member of the infamous “27 Club”. A Blues pioneer, his skills were so incredible that people believed that he had sold his soul to the Devil in exchange for talent and fame. He died under mysterious circumstances at the age of 27.

 

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Frida Kahlo’s prosthetic leg with leather boot, 1953 Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), London.

 

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In the 1830s, tomato ketchup was sold as a medicine, claiming to cure ailments like diarrhea, indigestion, and jaundice. The idea was proposed by Dr John Cook Bennett, who later sold the recipe in form of 'tomato pills'.

 

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There’s a Spongebob Pineapple house in real life. It’s in the Nickelodeon resort in the Dominican Republic and even has a full show accurate living room

 

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What a stroke looks like.

 

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Only in Australia. Crocodile eating a bull shark

 

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Annette Kellerman promotes women's right to wear a fitted one-piece bathing. She was arrested for indecency. (1907)