Anna Haining Bates who, at 7'11'' was one of the tallest women in history. With her 7'8'' husband Martin Van Buren Bates.(1870s)2yr ⋅ greatgildersleeve ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Circus performer Jimmy Armstrong having a smoke break. 1958. [736x1084]1yr ⋅ greatgildersleeve ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Cannabis rights activist Ben Masel smoking a joint while voting in the 1976 Presidential election. Taking advantage of an apparent law that prohibits arrest while voting. [568x768]2yr ⋅ greatgildersleeve ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Hermann Rorschach from 1910, around the same time he was developing the ink blot tests that would go on to bear his name. [504x827]2yr ⋅ greatgildersleeve ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible God and destroys a visible Nature. Unaware that this Nature he’s destroying is this God he’s worshiping. - Hubert Reeves [619x447]1yr ⋅ greatgildersleeve ⋅ r/QuotesPorn
1967 - J.D. Thompson performs artificial respiration on Randall Champion, after Champion touched a live telephone wire. Champion would go on to live another 35 years. [1276x1600]1yr ⋅ greatgildersleeve ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
At the 1936 Olympics, Japanese athletes Shuhei Nishida and teammate Sueo Oe refused a tie-breaker for the silver, so Nishida was given the silver and Oe the bronze. They cut their medals in half and welded them together as an act of friendship.4yr ⋅ greatgildersleeve ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Sad news, I just heard Treat Williams has died. I shall be watching his magnum opus in his honor.10mo ⋅ greatgildersleeve ⋅ r/badMovies
“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” [1200x1280] -Groucho Marx1yr ⋅ greatgildersleeve ⋅ r/QuotesPorn
Anna Swan, who at 7'11'' was one of the tallest women ever. (1870s)2yr ⋅ greatgildersleeve ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Cannabis rights activist Ben Masel smoking a joint while voting in the 1976 Presidential election.3yr ⋅ greatgildersleeve ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Circa 6th century B.C.E. A 315 lb. block of sandstone found in the ruins of Olympia with the carved inscription, “Bybon, son of Pholos, threw this over his head with one hand.”3yr ⋅ greatgildersleeve ⋅ r/Archaeology
6'6'' (1.98m) 1930s heavyweight champion Primo Carrera sparing with twelve-year-old, 7'0'' (2.13m) Robert Wadlow. Wadlow would go on to be the tallest man in recorded history. [524x640]2yr ⋅ greatgildersleeve ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Anna Haining Bates, who at 7'11 was one of the tallest women to ever live, with her 7'8 husband Martin van Buren Bates. 1870s. [1128x1122]2yr ⋅ greatgildersleeve ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Circa 6th century B.C.E. A 315 lb. block of sandstone found in the ruins of Olympia with the carved inscription, “Bybon, son of Pholos, threw this over his head with one hand.”3yr ⋅ greatgildersleeve ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Lucia Zarate was born in 1864. At just 26.8in. (68cm) with her peak weight of only 14lbs. (6.4kg) she was one of the smallest humans to have lived. She died at twenty-six after her train became stranded in the snow. [472x813]1yr ⋅ greatgildersleeve ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
In Goodfellas, Jimmy is trying to lure Karen into a storehouse for some dresses, before she runs off in a panic, you can see a Don't Walk sign and an arrow pointing to the storehouse.5yr ⋅ greatgildersleeve ⋅ r/MovieDetails
Signalman James Wide with his chacma baboon Jack. After losing both legs Wide bought Jack to assist him changing railroad signals. In his nine years on the job, Jack never made a single mistake.1yr ⋅ greatgildersleeve ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Mary Mallon A.K.A. 'Typhoid Mary' after being arrested as a public health threat at Riverside Hospital on North Brother Island, New York. 1909. [880x440]3yr ⋅ greatgildersleeve ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
The only six known signatures of William Shakespeare. Interesting of note, they are all spelled differently, and none are spelled 'Shakespeare.'3yr ⋅ greatgildersleeve ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
