A pair of 15th century Venetian calcagnetti, the soles add 43cm (17 inches) to the wearer's height. Women who wore them needed support from their maids while walking. Despite a safety ban in 1430, the custom continued until the 1650s [1600x1200]1wk ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
The Chiasmodon can swallow a prey up to 10 times its actual size, its stomach can be easily dilated, but after digestion it returns to its natural size. Many specimens of this species die from ingesting prey too large that break the walls of their stomach2yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
An adult Suncus etruscus. Cubs are born naked and blind, weighing only 0.2 g (0.0071 oz). To exit hibernation they warm up by shivering at 3480 muscle contractions/min, while their heart will reach 800–1200 beats/min and their respiratory rate rises to 600–800 breaths/min1yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/Awwducational
Boots found at the foot of a glacier. They belonged to Gunther Messner, who perished in 1970 during his descent from the summit of 26,660 ft high Nanga Parbat. The first boot was found in 2005, the second emerged 17 years later.2mo ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Manhattan of the Middle Ages. The Italian city of Bologna had 180 towers by AD 1200. The tallest, 320 feet high, still stands and was completed in AD 1119.3yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
You can’t conceal a ship from the enemy, but you can confuse him2yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
A punt gun that was reported to have taken down a little over 100 birds with a single shot. Confiscated 30 years after it was outlawed3yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Crosswalk signals in Friedberg, Germany, the town where Elvis Presley served in the US army4yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
I'm not riding a railroad motorcycle, I'm riding a three-wheeled velocipede. It's called a draisine and it's classy.2yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/WeirdWheels
Boots found at the foot of a glacier. They belonged to Gunther Messner, who perished in 1970 during his descent from the summit of 26,660 ft high Nanga Parbat. The first boot was found in 2020, the second emerged two years later. Messner's body has still not been found [1557x976]2mo ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
It took two years for this Kenyan auto manufacturer to go from prototype to mass production1yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Team NL's entry for the upcoming Air Race E championship. All-electric twin motor with counter-rotating propellers3yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Saddle-billed storks are carnivorous predators. When contact is made with prey their bill snaps shut in 25 milliseconds, one of the fastest reactions known in any vertebrate. The reaction is able to distinguish between prey items and inanimate objects like branches. The exact mechanism is unknown1yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/natureismetal
1896 Post Office horse collar telephone to prevent bystanders from overhearing the conversation2yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/antiassholedesign
The response from the Celtic FC fans after the Lazio ultras marched through Glasgow doing the fascist salute. Lazio lost the match.4yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/europe
Andy Jennings' record breaking fastest wheelie bin. It shattered the previous record with a top speed of 43 mph3yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/WeirdWheels
The First Precept of Buddhism requires individuals to abstain from injuring or killing any living creature. In line with the Precept, people sentenced to capital punishment in Buddhist Mongolia were left to die of starvation in a wooden box2yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Honda Z that splits into two functional motorbikes for the getaway in Malcolm (1986). Video in the comments4yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/WeirdWheels
Spy basket of LZ 19, the seventh airship built for the German army in 1913. It was lowered up to a mile under the airship below the clouds. The occupant phoned in when to drop bombs2yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/WeirdWings
The husband and wife tree arch in Ventimiglia, Italy. Platanus x Sp.4yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/marijuanaenthusiasts
Double Decker bangers. The driver in the top steers, the driver in the bottom does pedals and gears. They can't see or hear each other2yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/WeirdWheels
Fruiting bodies of a parasitic fungus found on a birch in Poland. When one life ends, another begins3yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/marijuanaenthusiasts
The Savoia-Marchetti S.55 had three engines, two for propulsion and one Garelli motorcycle engine to drive the oil distribution1yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Screaming Mimi the star of 1984 TV show Rip Tide. Built in 1962, she now works pouring concrete and setting poles for power lines. Not bad for a 58 year old gal4yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Canadair Sabres of the Imperial Iranian Air Force fighting in Congo for the United Nations against the State of Katanga's Belgian, French, and British mercenary pilots in 19632yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/WeirdWings
1918 dazzle camo experiment with Sopwith Camels to trick enemy pilots into giving too little “lead” when aiming. The spiral patterned wheel covers also help spoil pilots’ aim, having vanes that spin the two wheels in opposite directions2yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/WeirdWings
1924 Le Ricocheur, French waterbus with top speed of 125kmh (77 mph)3yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/WeirdWings
1948 Pat Clancy Special. Placed 12th in the 1948 Indy 500, retired with driveshaft failure in the '49 race. Conversion to four wheels made it too slow to qualify for the '50 and '51 races.4yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/WeirdWheels
Any kind of metal found after cremation of a body in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Europe ends up in this Dutch recycling plant3yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Adult film star Ilona Staller at her seat in the Italian parliament in 19871yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Mimicry is an evolved resemblance between an organism and another object, often an organism of another species. This beetle evolved to look and behave the same as the lowland streaked tenrec, a mammal unique to Madagascar1yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Skull and hair of a Huari woman who died in Peru around 1100AD3yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Japanese B-29 bamboo decoy, covered with netting and vegetation as if disguising a real B-294yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/WeirdWings
The PPM50 has space for 20 seated and 30 standing passengers. It uses a flywheel to store energy, permitting the use of a smaller engine than would otherwise be required.4yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/WeirdWheels
1896 Crastin Motor Quadricycle. It was said to run on acetylene, petrol or paraffin or a combination of either. It also had pedals for human power, and the passenger acted as the crumple zone2yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/WeirdWheels
The leaf of the coccoloba gigantifolia tree, the largest in dicotyledonous trees4yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/marijuanaenthusiasts
It was rainy today, spotted this man drying his dogs with a towel and hugging them before putting them in his car. Faith in humanity restored.3yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/aww
Had to take advantage of this unusual but useful service at my hotel. Turns out he really did only have one ball.5yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/CasualUK
1934 Cheranovsky BICh-17 armed with two 76mm APK recoilless rifles4yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Ferrari Vega 85. Front steering, two-way articulated steering, tracks and chopped roof2yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/WeirdWheels
Jozef De Veuster in 1889 after 16 years of work in the leper colony at Molokaʻi, Kingdom of Hawaiʻi2yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
These knobbly old english oaks. I expected Robin Hood to pop out at any moment6yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/marijuanaenthusiasts
I was late for work today because I had to stop and take photos of this Birch6yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/marijuanaenthusiasts
[esattamente cento anni fa] Militi che arrestano un cieco di guerra. Nel tram si era azzardato di zuffolare l'Internazionale3yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/italy
This Swedish 10 Daler coin was in circulation in the 17th Century. It weighs 43lb (19.7kg)3yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
In Tropic Thunder (2008) when Alpa and Kevin crawl into Flaming Dragon's camp their guns are fitted with muzzle covers4yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/MovieDetails
The Danish: we can describe this beverage with two letters. Lithuanians: hold my specialios technologijos tamsususis alus5yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/europe
Routine maintenance of artificial irises. Patient sold his birth eyes just to get by. From Nirvana (1997)5yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/Cyberpunk
Pavesi TL31, articulated 4X4 with folding scoops for when driving on muddy terrain3yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/WeirdWheels
In 1931 Auguste Piccard and Paul Kipfer became the first humans to witness the blackness of space when they reached the stratosphere in a hydrogen balloon they had designed and built by themselves. They also designed their own crash helmets.3yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
In 1890 sailor Henry Palmer was sent to collect bird specimens from Hawaii, where he documented commercial egg-harvesting operations2yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
I was told you guys are really into Erich Hartmann, so here's a picture of him meeting Hitler2yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/southpark
When the Berlin Wall fell in 1990 the Soviet Army abandoned all of the equipment it held in Berlin. In the ensuing free-for-all a group of punks, the Mutoids, stole enough tanks to build a Tankhenge3yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Mangrove seedling reaching for the sun [2018 Bunaken island, indonesia]6yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/marijuanaenthusiasts
1944 Savoia Marchetti SM.93 two-seater dive bomber. Its pilot sat prone on a saddle like a superbike rider. It could dive at 950 km/h (590 mph)5yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/WeirdWings
1928 Piaggio Pegna P.c.7 hydrofoil seaplane racer. Issues with the complicated gearbox that drove both the water and air propeller prevented it from ever flying.5yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/WeirdWings
The zombie ant fungus. It takes over the mind of an ant, causing it to climb up a branch and cling to the underside of a leaf before mummification. Once locked in place, the mushroom-like fruiting body of the cordyceps sprouts from the ant and eventually releases its spores2yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/natureismetal
Estratto dalla guida all'Italia per il soldato alleato anglofone (1945)5yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/italy
This 1850 trolley laid 300,000 of the largest glass panels then ever made. It took less than 100 days to glaze London's 990,000 square feet (92,000 m2) Crystal Palace, the first major building to be conceived by engineers4yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/EngineeringPorn
[VecchiaScuolaFredda] La partita di scopone scientifico tra Zoff, Causio, Pertini e Bearzot che ritornano in Italia con la Coppa del Mondo (1982)5yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/italy
The 1921 Caproni Ca. 60 flying boat. Nine wings and eight turbocharged engines driving variable pitch propellers. It crashed on its second flight.5yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/WeirdWings
TTP-3 was a mobile nuclear power plant that was made in Leningrad, near Finland. It drove under its own power to Kamchatka, further east than Japan3yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Spheres of influence in the Viking world, according to DNA extracted from 442 human remains2yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/MapPorn
One of Jocko Johnson's twin spark-plug supercharged tether cars. Most typically sold for $7-10k at auction after his death3yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/WeirdWheels
Dry hump her in front of your mates when she says yes. In stylish black and white.6yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/trashy
The EOLO electric car designed and made in Colombia. It has a wind turbine under the hood that gives a claimed 10% increase in range4yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/WeirdWheels
1897 Schwarz all-metal airship with one engine driving four propellers that provided rudimentary thrust vectoring4yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Please please help me find Missy, her owner has lost her on Θασος, she was last seen in Θεολογος, big reward if you can find her!5yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/greece
The 1969 street race in Riccione. Hailwood (63) Agostini (1) Pasolini (4)5yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/motorcycles
This whole avenue of joined trees, acting together as a single organism3yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
A photo of Neil Armstrong rendered to the size of the Apollo Guidance Computer's RAM: 4 kilobytes4yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Perugini's Experimental Home near Rome, Italy. Completed in 1969 and abandoned after his death in 19954yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/AbandonedPorn
One of the early versions of the Korabl Maket. 1960s USSR WIG prototype5yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/WeirdWings
A lot of Swedes moved to Indiana in the 19th Century. This 1871 monument is outside Stockholm Central Station. Look familiar?6yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/INDYCAR
Horst Carganico's Lufwaffe Me 109 G-2 sporting his personal emblem: Mickey Mouse4yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Finnish SAAB's solution to the 1973 oil crisis: add a separate tank for USSR imported kerosene and/or turpentine. 33 mpg (US) with a fuel that cost half the price of gasoline3yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/WeirdWheels
Camera car from before image stabilizing cameras were invented. With Citroen DS infernals.3yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/WeirdWheels
[RIP dad] My father's memorabilia from his tank service with the M47 Patton5yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/TankPorn
1931 Savoia Marchetti 66 seaplane. The passengers could walk from one hull to the other through the inner wing. Out of 24 built, only one crashed due to pilot error.5yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/WeirdWings
Jealous of all the attention Jake got at the parade, Hank returns to his farm with streaks of blood and yellow paint on his roller ['40s Ford 9N with roller attachment]5yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/MachinePorn
Millet's 1887 tricycle. Two-liter 5 cylinder 4-stroke engine in the front wheel. Steel tires and suspension. Basket is the passenger seat, buckets are fuel tank and grease. Top speed 34.2mph (rear wheels were lost)4yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/WeirdWheels
Swiss made LCR racing sidecar (frontal view). Aerodynamic fairing is optional3yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/WeirdWheels
Inhabitants of the Pacific island of Tanna built a religion on trash left behind by American occupiers during WWII. The local faithful perform elaborate military-inspired rituals in which worshipers wave flags and march like GIs in hopes their god will deliver them more trade goods and supplies4yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Works made by sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro between 1963 and 1975. None of his work has ever been acknowledged by any movie franchise2yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
[Old barn cool] 19th Century English agricultural workers in their frocks5yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/CasualUK
Alfa Romeo 16C Bimotore built by Enzo Ferrari in 1935. Despite a top speed of 364kmh (226mph), it was too unstable to race successfully4yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/WeirdWheels
When an X-15 crashed in 1967 it left a debris field more than eleven miles long. These are parts from that crash collected over the course of five decades3yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
1938 SAI Ambrosini S.S.4. Its test pilot was killed when the aircraft hit a tree in an emergency landing during its second flight.5yr ⋅ Brutal_Deluxe_ ⋅ r/WeirdWings