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youmakemeneedyou: The Story of Shapes He loved every sweep and dive of her body. The curves crashing around him as he let them flow over his body. He smiled at the way her flesh would rise up in goosebumps at his slightest touch, nipples hardening
A skeleton unearthed at Herculaneum (destroyed when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D.) still has bejewelled gold rings on its fingers
Pioneers (William S. Harley and Arthur Davidson astride their “hogs” in 1914)
In the Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda. This will always take my breath away.
historicaltimes: Mariya Shalneva directs traffic in the ruins of Berlin, 2 May 1945. Photo: Yevgeniy Khaldey via reddit
ha-ha-halocaust: The world’s largest gun- The Gustav Gun Made in 1939 by Nazi Germany”The biggest gun ever built, it weighed a crushing 1344 tons, including its railway carriage. With its breech block, the entire machine stood 4 stories tall, 20
historical-nonfiction: A Pythagorean cup looks like a normal drinking cup, except that the bowl has a central column in it. It was supposedly invented by Pythagoras of Samos (yes, that one). It allows the user to fill the cup with wine up to a certain
historical-nonfiction: Welcome to Derinkuyu, an underground city that once housed up to 20,000 people. In the Cappadocia region, famous for its cave dwellings and underground villages, Derinkuyu stands out for sheer size and complexity. Locals began
Knocker-Uppers One hundred years ago, before the widespread use of alarm clocks, the phrase “to knock somebody up” meant something a little different. Workers would be awoken in the mornings by people known as “knocker-uppers”.
Why do we have use-by dates on food and drink? An unlikely answer to that can be found in, of all places, Alcatraz Island. During a tour of the former federal prison, a U.S. National Park ranger noted that Al Capone “lobbied for milk bottle dating
1920s Mugshots Instead of the usual style of holding a sign and having front and profile shots taken, these “special photographs” have a far more casual feel. The name, date, and in some cases other details are etched onto the photographs
“Mad Jack” Churchill (1906 - 1996) Properly named Lieutenant Colonel John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, “Mad Jack” was a British soldier who fought in the Second World War. With a longbow and a broadsword. His motto was ”Any officer
historical-nonfiction:Watch humans conquer the world. In the grand scheme of things, it did not take very long – just 200,000 years or so. Slow down, people.
gemma-antiqua: Drachm of Syracuse, the head of Persephone on the obverse, and a chariot drawn by Nike on the reverse. The coin dates to the Hellenistic period, and more specifically to 287-278 BCE. Currently, the coin is located in the MFA Boston.
gramscislashlenin: Luxemburg commented that her cat Mimi “impressed Lenin tremendously, he said that only in Siberia had he seen such a magnificent creature, that she was … a majestic cat. She also flirted with him, rolled on her back and behaved
rooseveltamnh: “Why, I cannot now recall that I have ever met a man with a keener and more comprehensive interest in the wild life about us—an interest that is at once scientific and thoroughly human.” - John Burroughs, Camping and Tramping with
A beached German U-Boat in Hastings, 1919
h-istori: in which jang yi jung is ∑(゜Д゜;)
HISTORYS NEW MUSIC VIDEO WLSNALMSNA IT WAS SO FUCKING AMAZING AND THE DANCING AND I LOVED ALL OF IT ALL OF IT OMFG I WAS FEELING ALL OF IT
sinidentidades-blog: Latin@s and Black people standing together to protest the murders of Black and Latin@ youth at the hands of the Austin Police Department. The men in the berets are Brown Berets, which was an activist group that came about during
popthirdworld:On this day in 1779, native Hawaiians were sick of Captain Cook’s colonial baloney and cho-cho-chose to kill his ass. Happy Valentine’s Day. Slay your oppressor.
believebre:This was written in 1993, but looks as if it could be today’s headline.
westsemiteblues:returnofthejudai:robowolves: bemusedlybespectacled: gdfalksen: Chiune Sugihara. This man saved 6000 Jews. He was a Japanese diplomat in Lithuania. When the Nazis began rounding up Jews, Sugihara risked his life to start issuing unlawful
Steppin' around in the desert of joy
centuriespast: A floor mosaic from the dining room of a Pompeii home. In Roman culture, the act of eating was often accompanied by reminders of mortality. Credit: Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
Born in a Graveyard
atlasobscura: Hereford Cathedral Chained Library - Hereford, England In the Middle Ages a collection of 150 books constituted a major library. These hand-transcribed and -bound volumes on law and religion were irreplaceable assets, and thus exceedingly
adolfi: Hitler visiting the German army troops in Jaroslaw (Western Galicia) - 19.09.1939.
adolfi: Hitler in Nuremberg for the 1937 party rally.
Back In The U.S.S.R.
Vietnam War In Pictures
tiefighters: An Empire Day to Remember Back in 1980, when The Empire Strikes Back was set to open with a royal premiere in London on May 20, someone on the promotional team at Lucasfilm or 20th Century Fox was inspired to resurrect the British “Empire
humanoidhistory: On this day in 1972, The Godfather was released in American theaters.(Heritage Auctions)
humanoidhistory: Fifty years ago today, cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first person to walk in space, March 18, 1965. In 1972, the Soviet Union issued this stamp, using Leonov’s painting to illustrate the experience. (Wikimedia Commons)
sixpenceee: A “vampire grave” in Bulgaria holds a skeleton with a stake through its heart. It’s a skeleton from the 13th century. The remains once belonged to a man who was likely in his 40s. An iron rod had been hammered through his chest to
omgchckplease: tastefullyoffensive: 3017 (via JustinHillister) more like 1991 [Text reads:]The Trojan Room coffee pot was a coffee machine […] which in 1991 provided the inspiration for the world’s first webcam.To save people working in the building
antifainternational: 83 years ago today, the Harbord Playground baseball team - whose players were mostly Jewish immigrants - were playing a game in Christie Pits, Toronto when a fascist gang decided to provoke them by unfurling a swastika banner in
sixpenceee: Tereszka who grew up in a concentration camp was asked to draw “home” and what she drew was scribbles. It shows how the horrors of the concentration camp warped her mind. This photograph was taken by David Seymour in 1948.
garfeildlogan: this thing w ferguson is making me wonder how many of the historical riots that happened in the 20th century they teach you about in school were actually ‘riots’ ??
ancientart: A few details from the Standard of Ur. Found in southern Iraq, and dating to about 2600-2400 BCE, the Standard of Ur depicts one of the earliest representations of a Sumerian army. Courtesy of & currently located at The British
biomedicalephemera: Heating and cooling apparatuses for use in the sick-room Top: Fig 1 and 2 - Hot air apparatus for bed and stove. Fig 3 and 4 - Cloak and frame for steam or hot-air therapy in a chair. Note the small additional stove under the chair,
mermaidskey: hemipelagicdredger: mermaidskey: mermaidskey: oxidoreductase: Lavoisier is having none of your shit. Heeeey so fun fact: the woman in that painting is Lavoisier’s wife, Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze, who not only acted as Lavoisier’s
taxchurchesfundnasa:40ouncesandamule:memewhore:Texas gave up that land so they could keep slavery:“When Texas sought to enter the Union in 1845 as a slave state, federal law in the United States, based on the Missouri Compromise, prohibited slavery
lstnrr: When ‘Harry Leon Crawford’, hotel cleaner of Stanmore was arrested and charged with wife murder he was revealed to be in fact Eugeni Falleni, a woman and mother, who had been passing as a man since 1899. In 1914, as ‘Harry Crawford’,
sixpenceee: Cabaret du Néant (The Cabaret of the Void) Basically this was a sort of gothic themed night club back in the 1890’s in Paris, but not like you imagine. Let me tell you about the cool and creepy things that went on here. After entering
savevsdeath: spintria, Rome, 1st century BCE This is a spintria. They were used in ancient Rome to request and pay for different “services” in brothels and from prostitutes on the street. As a cosmopolitan city, many visitors did not speak the
fossilporn: A Whale Inside A Whale, That Was Eaten By A Shark, Discovered In Egyptt’s like a prehistoric turducken, but on a colossal scale: Scientists in Egypt have discovered the remains of a 40 million-year-old whale with another whale inside it,
randommakings: disney-rules: So it turns out the muses have names! From left to right: Thalia: The muse of comedy Melpomene: The muse of tragedy Calliope: The muse of epic poetry Clio: The muse of history Terpsichore: The muse of dance (Info for
andreweliam: Today in 1842 Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd. At about this time in 1842 they’d probably just got done consummating their marriage. I love fun facts with Andrew lol
yungvermeer: Today I had the pleasure of making genuine ultramarine blue oil paint. The pigment, powdered lapis lazuli, creates one of the most sought after blue paints in all of art history. It is a paint that Vermeer used extensively. While I’m not
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