August 25, 2022 History & Stories Haunting Photos Capture The Life Inside The Squalid New York’s Tenements, 1885-1900 The rise in the birth rate gave a big push to population growth. New York’s population growth in the mid-1800s led to
August 19, 2022 Cultures & Traditions·History & Stories Mine Worker x-Rayed For A Diamond Check, 1954 As a result of how expensive and how often mine workers attempt smuggling Diamonds out of the mines, South African workers are
August 18, 2022 Cultures & Traditions·History & Stories Pictures Of Victorian Women Who Never Cut Their Hair, 1860-1900 During the reign of Queen Victoria, a woman’s hair was considered an essential part of her identity. It set her aside and
August 18, 2022 Cultures & Traditions·History & Stories The “Falling Cat” Phenomenon That Helped NASA Prepare Astronauts For Zero Gravity, 1969 It is widespread knowledge that when a cat falls upside down, it can turn its body mid-air, so It lands on its
August 17, 2022 Cultures & Traditions·History & Stories The German Invasion Of Western Europe And The Fall Of France, May 1940 For a long time, Germany had a history of tension with France and the Nazi was open about their hatred for the
August 17, 2022 History & Stories Robert Wadlow, The Tallest Man Ever In Recorded Human History, 1936 Robert Pershing Wadlow holds the record for being the tallest man in the world. However, this 8 feet, 11 inches tall “gentle
August 16, 2022 Cultures & Traditions·History & Stories Haunting Photographs Of The Hell Of Brazil’s Serra Pelada Mines In The 1980s In January 1979, a child swimming found a 6-gram mass of gold at the river bank. Genésio Ferreira da Silva who owned
August 16, 2022 Cultures & Traditions Father Stares At The Hand And foot Of His Five-Year-Old, Severed As A Punishment For Failing To Make The Daily Rubber Quota, Belgian Congo, 1904 Belgian Congo was known as The Democratic Republic of the Congo after its independence in 1960. However, before her independence, between 1885
August 15, 2022 History & Stories The Hindenburg Tragedy, May 6, 1937 On May 6, 1937, the airship Hindenburg, the largest dirigible ever built and a source of pride to Nazi Germany, exploded into
August 15, 2022 Opinions Teenage Boy Dies After Being Reported Missing In The Water At Skegness Beach A teenage boy has died after getting into the water at Skegness. Lincolnshire Police said emergency services received a record that a
August 12, 2022 History & Stories The Fantastic Traditional Rwandan Hairstyle Of Amasunzu, 1920-1930 Amasunzu is a traditionally Rwandan hairstyle worn by men and by single women to suggest to potential suitors that they were single
August 11, 2022 Cultures & Traditions·History & Stories Sophia Loren: Stunning Vintage Photos Of The Italian Classic Beauty Icon In The 1950s-1960s Sofia Costanza Villani Scicolone popularly by her screen name, Sophia Loren was the daughter of Romilda Villani and Riccardo Scicolone, a construction
August 10, 2022 Cultures & Traditions·History & Stories Vintage Computer Ads That Show How Far We’ve Progressed, 1970-1990 This article delves into what tech headlines looked like before smartphones, laptops, and tablets. We’ve come a really long way, and hopefully,
August 10, 2022 Cultures & Traditions·History & Stories In 1945, The United States Became The First Country To Successfully Detonate An Atomic Weapon The United States became the first country to successfully detonate an atomic weapon, signalling the start of a new era in warfare
August 9, 2022 History & Stories Liberian Soldiers Taunt And Shoot 13 Former Leaders After A Coup D’état In 1980 On April 12, 1980, Thirteen Liberian Leaders were killed by firing squad by soldiers in a coup led by Master Sgt. Samuel
August 8, 2022 History & Stories Vis-O-Matic: The 1950s Version Of Online Shopping Lawrence Freiman, a businessman in the 1950s, had the idea of creating a store to start a new way for people to