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Young “Teddy Boys” somewhere in England, 1956 In 1953, a sweeping trend in fashion took over Britain’s teen boys. It was an adaptation of Edwardian romanticism;…
Young “Teddy Boys” somewhere in England, 1956 In 1953, a sweeping trend in fashion took over Britain’s teen boys. It was an adaptation of Edwardian romanticism;…
The Nixon White House prepared this letter in the event that American astronauts did not survive the Apollo 11 mission On 18 July 1969, presidential speechwriter…
This is a picture tracking bullet holes on Allied planes that encountered anti-aircraft fire in WW2. At first, the military wanted to reinforce those areas, because…
This German Shepherd was shot multiple times and badly beaten while protecting his 16-year-old human from burglars Javier Mercado was alone, hiding and terrified in his…
In 1993, Lorena Bobbitt retaliated for years of domestic abuse by her husband John by cutting off his penis with a knife while he slept. Lorena…
The Hellfire R9X aka “ninja bomb” that was used to kill Al-Qaeda’s leader, it doesn’t explode (no warhead). Instead slices and cuts its target into pieces…
Iceland’s National Dish: Hákarl – Anthony Bourdain once described it as “the single worst, most disgusting and terrible tasting thing” that he had ever eaten and…
Newsboys and Newsgirl getting afternoon papers in New York City On July 18, 1899, newspaper boys in Long Island City, Queens, discovered that a supplier was…
Hunter S. Thompson and Oscar Zeta Acosta at Caesar’s Palace, 1971 “We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high powered…
Four Penny Coffin in England, 1900 The shelter was named the “four penny coffin” because its sleeping quarters consisted of rows of coffin-shaped beds where homeless…