My Dad was born in 1923. Here's a picture along with a paragraph from what I assume is the employee newsletter from my Grandfather's place of work1yr ⋅ Crystal_Doorknob ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Those smug pilots have lost touch with regular passengers like us. Who thinks I should fly the plane?3yr ⋅ tillandsia ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
This map displays how long it would take to get from London to everywhere else in the world. Note the blue spots.3yr ⋅ nickoftime444 ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
The angels' share is the amount of alcohol that evaporates during the aging process. You can see the dramatically different levels of whiskey in the various aged barrels here.6yr ⋅ goofballl ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
An adult oyster is capable of filtering 25-50 gallons of water a day.8yr ⋅ sverdrupian ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
The Architecture of American Houses from the 1600 to the present3yr ⋅ Superbuddhapunk ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Margaret Hamilton, NASA's lead software engineer for the Apollo Program, stands next to the code she wrote by hand that took Humanity to the moon in 1969.3yr ⋅ Superbuddhapunk ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Stollen for breakfast. My dad always kept his German mom's tradition of having a stollen on Christmas morning. Dad's been gone thirty years and I keep it going in his memory. Plus I just really like the stuff.1yr ⋅ Crystal_Doorknob ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Lateral displacement along a strike-slip fault in field near Mashiki, Japan. (2016 Kumamoto earthquake)6yr ⋅ sverdrupian ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Cheerwine: the Delightful cherry soda from North Carolina that is reminiscent of a fruity Dr. Pepper. An excellent combo with a good plate of barbecue!3yr ⋅ RampantShovel ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Monuments to mice used in scientific research in Russia. (cross post r/redditdayof Rats)7yr ⋅ wormspermgrrl ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh taught that sex enabled superconsciousness and dynamic meditation enabled the experience of divinity. He was arrested in 1985 for crimes, including murder, arson and mass poisoning, related to his commune in Oregon. His followers significantly decreased thereafter.3yr ⋅ tillandsia ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Willie Mosconi, probably the greatest pool player ever, made this 5-cushion bank shot with a very tight cut to win his first of 15 straight pool world titles (1941).7yr ⋅ jaykirsch ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
The rule of the Gupta Empire is regarded as the Golden Age of India, and it produced dope-ass coins like this one2yr ⋅ nickoftime444 ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
In 1820 sailors carved the name of Their ship into a Tree, now the letters are huge5yr ⋅ sbroue ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Hammerhead worms are an invasive species that eat earthworms, produce a neurotoxin and are potentially immortal. They wrap themselves around their prey, secrete a toxic mucus for the kill and an enzyme to dissolve it, and then drink it. They are coming for your garden.2yr ⋅ tillandsia ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
A Princess of Mars, Frank Frazetta, he painted it for the 1970 hardcover edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' first John Carter of Mars novel.2yr ⋅ art-man_2018 ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
For a moment, I thought that UFO, a 1970 British SciFi series, had done a decent job predicting the modern smart phone.6yr ⋅ sverdrupian ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Saba, in the Leeward Islands is: the highest point in the Netherlands; a potentially active volcano, and an old pirate hideout; and the capital is simply named The Bottom3yr ⋅ nickoftime444 ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Someone once told me that time was a predator that stalked us all our lives, but I rather believe that time is a companion7yr ⋅ joelschlosberg ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Mid-century Modern Architecture in the Biggest Little City, photographs from an exhibition at the Nevada Museum of Art. According to Architect Alan Hess, Reno took advantage of trends in the mid-20th century by creating its own unique Modern architecture.3yr ⋅ gorditasimpatica ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
A scintillating scotoma - a visual disturbance that precedes some migraine attacks (more in comments).1yr ⋅ alesserweevil ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Cheesy Origins - The etymologies behind the names of some of the world's most popular cheeses.4yr ⋅ Superbuddhapunk ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
May-Britt Moser won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Medicine for her discovery of grid neurons. For the prize ceremony, she wore a dress decorated with neurons.7yr ⋅ wormspermgrrl ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
The national bird of Sri Lanka is the Sri Lankan Junglefowl, which is endemic to the island nation2yr ⋅ nickoftime444 ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
This GIF illustrates why your phone camera takes weird photos of revolving propellers.7yr ⋅ appropriate-username ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
From /r/pics: This was a response to PETA's offer to pay Detroit familys' bills... but only if they become vegan.9yr ⋅ deadowl ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Elephant shrews are more closely related to elephants than to shrews.6yr ⋅ PhillipBrandon ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Rand Paul was the national debt for halloween in 2015. He said it was a very scary costume.3yr ⋅ InvisibleLemons ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Translator's Note — from the forematter to The Inferno by Dante Alighieri, translated by John Ciardi6yr ⋅ PhillipBrandon ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
actress Linda Hamilton has a twin sister who made it possible for Terminator 2 to film some scenes in one camera shot without compositing8yr ⋅ joelschlosberg ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
A Finn pens a well-written and informative smackdown of an ignorant tumblr claim that Finland's success is due to its benefiting from colonial exploitation - rather, it has emerged from a dark past on the other side of history9yr ⋅ spacemanaut ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Krampus Parades and Ceremonies in Austria, Bavaria, other Alpine areas. Varieties of Krampus drum away evil, punish bad people, and pursue buxom women! (Links to info and video in comments.)6yr ⋅ jaykirsch ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Legendary con man, scam artist, and forger Frank Abagnale Jr. pictured in the pilots seat of a Pan Am airliner. He flew over 1,000,000 miles while wearing a Pan Am uniform. He was never their employee, nor was he a pilot.8yr ⋅ mrekted ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
I survived a car accident thanks to seatbelts and airbags. I got a crash test dummy symbol tattooed on my chest since I'm living proof they work.5yr ⋅ InsertScreenNameHere ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Girl Scouts were told by their official handbook that you should not be hostile to Jews and Muslims as early as the 1918 edition.8yr ⋅ joelschlosberg ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
My wife and I have been selectively breeding this red garlic in our garden that has massive cloves. 80 heads ready to pick soon!5yr ⋅ Mattimvs ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
GIF of the train and bridge wreck in The General (1926 silent film). Biggest stunt/special effect ever done, at the time.7yr ⋅ jaykirsch ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
The Old Testament tells the story of the prophet Elisha, who when children made fun of him for being bald, summoned bears who mauled 42 children. (Kings II, Chapter 2)6yr ⋅ jonawesome ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
In 2014, Lars Mittank went on holiday in Bulgaria. The night before his flight home, he sent a text message to his mother stating that he did not feel safe, that she should cancel his credit card and that he was hiding from four men. Airport CCTV footage is the last known sighting of him.6yr ⋅ PhillipBrandon ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
In Canada there is a discount brand called No Name with extremely minimalist packaging.6yr ⋅ iorgfeflkd ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Before she was Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones, Diana Rigg was Emma Peel in The Avengers.7yr ⋅ joelschlosberg ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Sally Ride became the first American woman in space as a crew member on the space shuttle Challenger.7yr ⋅ sverdrupian ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
An Italian Lantern Shield (1600s): Built as a buckler gauntlet combo, the various spikes are used to disarm opponents. It also contained a lantern which made it popular among nighttime duelists.7yr ⋅ exitpursuedbybear ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Before they became famous, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were extras in ‘Field of Dreams’ as part of a crowd of 3,000, so they could go to Fenway Park.2yr ⋅ tillandsia ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
The plebes-no-more ceremony at the US Naval Academy, in which first year students must work together to climb a 21 foot tall greased monument. Tradition says that the midshipman who puts a combination cover on the top will be the first of his or her class to make Flag Rank.6yr ⋅ alesserweevil ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
During Florida winters, manatees flock to nuclear and coal power plants for the warm water discharges.8yr ⋅ wormspermgrrl ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Australian Peter Norman was silver medallist in the 200 metres at the 1968 Mexico Olympic Games & offered his support to his black power saluting co-competitors for which he was banned from future competition6yr ⋅ sbroue ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
In spite of being born without a right hand, Jim Abbott became a successful pitcher in college, the Olympics, and MLB (10 years). Info links in comments.7yr ⋅ jaykirsch ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Rush's front album cover for Moving Pictures features movers moving pictures, and people being emotionally moved by them. The back album cover then reveals the image to be a film set, aka a moving picture.7yr ⋅ alkaline810 ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
One of the 887 Easter Island Statues (called mo'ai), dug up to show its full length. (Carved between 1100-1680 AD)11yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
USS CONSTITUTION in drydock for restoration - Launched in Boston in 1797, she's the oldest commissioned warship afloat8yr ⋅ sverdrupian ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
The ingredients of OpenCola. Created by a software company of the same name, which released all information about how to make the soda while selling the finished product, since that was exactly what they did for their open source computer programs.5yr ⋅ joelschlosberg ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Choose-Your-Own-Cocktail-Adventure flowchart by #DavidMakesDrinks6yr ⋅ PhillipBrandon ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
After an overnight snowstorm, a modern 'nomad' brushes snow off of his solar unit, which powers the lightbulb, TV, and cell phone in his ger (yurt). Link in comments.6yr ⋅ jaykirsch ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
The briefcase in Pulp Fiction is a classic example of a MacGuffin, a plot device that motivates a story’s characters without much explanation.7yr ⋅ wormspermgrrl ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Big Brother is the leader of Oceania, a totalitarian state in George Orwell's 1949 novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four, where every citizen is under constant surveillance by the authorities, and the people are constantly reminded of this by the slogan Big Brother is watching you.3yr ⋅ tillandsia ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
In the show St. Elsewhere, a character in the finale is shown to have thought of the whole series, which means he also made up all the shows that had crossovers with St. Elsewhere. This expands into the shows that were mentioned in the shows. There is at this point 419 shows in this universe4yr ⋅ InvisibleLemons ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
A MAD Look at Racism written/illustrated by Sergio Aragones for MAD#356 (April 1997). Still as relevant here in 2018.5yr ⋅ dr_franck ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
The Tsar Bell in Moscow is the largest bell ever cast; begun in 1735, it was damaged by fire before it was ever rung. [r/HumanForScale]7yr ⋅ sverdrupian ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
An electrical current causing water to form a bridge. (xpost/gifs)8yr ⋅ appropriate-username ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Takashi Amano is one of the most famous names in freshwater aquascaping. This is one of his tanks.10yr ⋅ intangiblemango ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Iowa State Fair 1932 staged a locomotive accident between Hoover & Roosevelt6yr ⋅ sbroue ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
March 1966 Blizzard in North Dakota, pic taken by Highway Dept. crew. Caption: 'I believe there is a train under here somewhere!'6yr ⋅ jaykirsch ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
Richard Belzer plays a detective named John Munch both Law & Order: SVU and The X-Files (S5e3: Unusual Suspects)4yr ⋅ jcpearce ⋅ r/RedditDayOf
