Interesting As Fuck...

[717jet]

Simon Perris (Ali Mahmud) was the only black soldier in the Hungarian army and he fought on the Russian front in 1915, earning several military awards and was promoted to corporal.

 

[LongLocs85]

shiiiit

kept trying to post the Senator Clay Davis .gif but that joint not working for me... Sheeeeeit!

 

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[717jet]

1 of 2 original Jolly Roger pirate flags in existence. The red background meant the ship took no prisoners if there was resistance. This 18th century flag is on display at the National Museum of the Royal Navy.

 

[717jet]

Two climbers having a night stop on the side of a mountain on a single portlaedge in Yosemite National Park, California.

 

[717jet]

There is a Crocodile in Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania named "Gustaf" who has allegedly killed over 300 people over the last several decades. There have been several attempts to kill or capture him but all have failed.

 

[717jet]

The Lamborghini of Snowmobiles.

 

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360 degree view from the top of Mount Everest on a clear day

 

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[dbluesun]

i want one

 

[Day_Carver]

The "Salvator Mundi" by Leonardo Da Vinci sold for $450.3 million in 2017

450 million for a painting wow!!!!!!!!!

 

[Casca]

40-shot chain pistol (1879)





> It is chambered for a unique 6.5mm caseless rocket ball type cartridge in which the base of the projectile is hollowed out and contains the propellant powder and a primer. Upon firing, the entirely of the projectile exits, leaving nothing to be extracted or ejected from the chamber.

 

[dbluesun]

450 million for a painting wow!!!!!!!!!

odd picture

 

[717jet]

40-shot chain pistol (1879)

 

[717jet]

Schizophrenia art progression of Louis Wain

 

[717jet]

Micheal Jackson's 1993 patent for his 'Anti Gravity Shoes'.

 

[717jet]

In a performance in 1974, Marina Abramović told visitors she wouldn't move for six hours, whatever they did to her. She made 72 items available on a table on her side that could be used to please or destroy her, She invited visitors to use the items on it as they wish.

 

[717jet]

Victorian Morphine Injection Kit

 

[717jet]

Notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar's 'cocaine hippos' are being sterilized by Colombian wildlife officials because the population is out of control. Four of these "exotic pets" escaped in 1993, and 80 now live in the wild near Escobar's Hacienda Nápoles in Doradal, Colombia.

 

[717jet]

A 5MB IBM hard drive being loaded onto an airplane in 1956.

 

[717jet]

Photo of Billy the Kid playing cards with his gang - just the second known picture of the notorious gunman - is set to fetch $1m at auction after family of fellow outlaw Billy Wilson decided to sell it

 

[717jet]

Babe Ruth's contract for $25,000 when he was traded from Boston to New York (1919)

 

[717jet]

A 5 hour (47 miles) bus journey around Hong Kong for people to sleep on. The tour is designed for people who can't sleep at night but fall asleep easily on the bus to and from work. Costs $13 to $51 depending on whether they choose the upper or lower deck.

 

[717jet]

John Quincy Adams - 6th POTUS and the first photo of a POTUS ever taken (1843)

 

[717jet]

When a US nuclear attack submarine is scrapped, the entire reactor compartment is cut out, capped on each end to form a sealed container, and barged 700 miles from Seattle to the Hanford Nuclear Site, where it is placed in a disposal pit with about 130 other reactors for permanent storage [oc]

 

[717jet]

This Buddhist-style hearse.

 

[717jet]

The plastic helmet and the attached hose are a beauty treatment from 1941 involving a vacuum. Was discontinued due to woman passing out from lack of oxygen.

 

[717jet]

The Koeniggsegg One:1 has a power-to-weight ratio of 1:1, meaning that for every kilogram it weighs, it generates 1 horsepower.

 

[Allister]

The plastic helmet and the attached hose are a beauty treatment from 1941 involving a vacuum. Was discontinued due to woman passing out from lack of oxygen.

People would sell anything if it even remotely made sense

 

[717jet]

Alligators survive in frozen waters by sticking their nose above the ice and entering a state of "brumation"

 

[717jet]

Whitney Wolverine, an ‘Atomic Age’ influenced .22 pistol from the 1950s.

 

[717jet]

Making edible prop dirt!