Police officers keeping a close watch on a seized illegal plant. Circa 1950's.2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
🔥 Nature doesn't need a minivan: mother scorpion transporting the kids around2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/NatureIsFuckingLit
Captain Jack Bonita, the one-armed lion tamer with his pride, Coney Island in 1905. He may have only had one arm but def had balls of steel!2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Portraits of Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin, are dumped in garbage containers — Berlin (1991)2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/pics
The Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, Germany was completed in the late 1800s and it became an inspiration for Disney's Castles2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
I have no words... United States soldier holds up a centipede during the Vietnam War, 19672yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Nikolai the walrus received a fish-cake for his birthday from one of the zookeepers and his reaction was priceless! ❤️2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/aww
An Australian guy named Bill Morgan was declared dead for 14 minutes. He somehow survived. To celebrate his survival, he bought a scratch card and won a $27,000 car. The media/news asked him to re-enact the scratch card moment so he bought another card and won a $250,000 jackpot2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Last image of 9 Soviet hikers who mysteriously died in 1959 while traveling through Dyatlov Pass. Some were found with head injuries & gray liquid leaking from their mouths. Others had sever bone fractures, and one hiker was missing her tongue, eyes, lips - and was somehow radioactive.2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Alfred Heineken created a bottle that could also function as a brick to build houses in impoverished countries, 1963.2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Chris Farley, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler & David Spade (1990s) Saturday Night Live2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
The world's largest ancient mosaic uncovered in Antakya, Turkey. It covers 9,000 square feet (836 m2) and was made in the late Roman period, 4th century AD2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The graves of a Catholic woman and her Protestant husband, who were not allowed to be buried together. Died 1880 & 18882yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Australian soldiers after being liberated from a Japanese concentration camp in 1945 (Changi POW camp). They were fortunate to have lived.2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
These coins were in a soldier's pocket during World War I, saving his life.2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
World's oldest football (soccer ball). dating from 1540s and found behind paneling in Stirling Castle.2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Fossilized skull of the Purussaurus: a massive alligator that was longer than school bus, weighed 18,000 lbs and had twice the bite force of a T-rex!2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The first ever recorded pregnancy tests were developed by the ancient Egyptians. In the test, the women would urinate onto the barley or wheat. If the seeds sprouted quickly, it indicates pregnancy. In 1963, researchers measured the test as being 70-85% accurate according to the NIH.2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
In 1974, artist Marina Abramovic performed Rhythm 0, an art piece that involved her sitting motionless with 72 items on a table for an audience to use on her however they liked. she was bruised, cut, pricked with thorns, and it ended as an audience member attempted to shoot her.2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
I rescued a lost kitty that was crying outside and took him home and this is what my cat did2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/MadeMeSmile
Coming home from a wedding where my job was to escort the ring bearer 😻🐈2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/MadeMeSmile
The Bagworm Moth Caterpillar collects and saws little sticks to construct elaborate log cabins to live in.2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Martin Couney saved over 7,000 premature babies by exhibiting them in incubators in his Coney Island sideshow. By 1943, nearly ever hospital in America had one of his incubators - and he wasnt even a doctor!2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The world’s oldest astronomical clock, ticking since 1410 in Prague2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The best-preserved dinosaur ever discovered. This fossilized Nodosaurus is more than 112 million years old.2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Cow shoes used by moonshiners in the Prohibition days to disguise their footprints 19242yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
“I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day.” 16-year-old Brenda Spencer fired 30 shots at school children waiting for the principal to open the gates of their elementary school. 19792yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/HolUp
During WW2, the Germans built fake wooden airfields with wooden aircraft and vehicles in order to trick the Allies, however, the RAF responded by waiting for them to finish and then dropped a single fake wooden bomb on it2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
A Gold Bar with mint marks, recovered from the Spanish treasure ship 'Atocha' which sank in 1622.2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
During World War II, it was common for soldiers to keep family photos under clear grips on their 1911 pistols. They were called “Sweetheart Grips.”2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The only surviving window from the World Trade Center that survived intact. It was marked to have come from the 82nd floor2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Joe Metheny was a 450-pound drug addict who shuffled through homeless camps before killing a prostitute, burying her, and then digging up her corpse to keep her head as a souvenir. He cut up some victims & mixed into hamburger patties that he cooked and sold to customers at a roadside BBQ stand.2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Jim Carrey once booked a night in the infamous Room 217 at Colorado’s haunted Stanley Hotel, but only lasted 3 hours before dashing out.2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Breakfast K-ration: an individual daily combat food ration which was introduced by the United States Army during World War II. Circa 19422yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A Bridge For Wildlife To Cross The Road In Veluwe, The Netherlands2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
A 1,000-year-old Viking battle axe, before and after restoration.2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Scorpion venom is the most expensive liquid on the planet, costing about $39m a gallon.2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Motorola’s DynaTAC 8000X, the first cellphone: a 2-pounder priced at $3,995. 1984.2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Brave man refusing to do the Nazi salute, 1936. The man was later identified to be August Landmesser and his wife was Jewish.2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
German hunting knife that's also a gun, that's also a calendar, 15282yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Train crashing thru the station after derailment, Montparnasse, France 18952yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
In 1898 this is how they predicted police work in year 2000.2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, Germany was completed in the late 1800s and it became an inspiration for Disney's Castles2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
An incredible photograph of a German soldier going against direct orders to help a young boy cross the newly formed Berlin Wall after being separated from his family, 19612yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool
Pufferfish release a toxin when they puff out that is meant to impair the attacker, so they can safely escape. Ironically, this doesn’t work on dolphins in the same way.. it actually gets them high. So they purposely inflate them and pass them around to their dolphin friends for fun2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Bald eagle nests are generally 5 feet wide and 3 feet deep. The largest recorded bald eagle nest 9.5 feet in diameter, 20 feet deep and weighed almost 6,000 pounds!2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
California farmer Tony Dighera made plastic mold to put his pumpkins so that they grow into the face of Frankenstein's monster - known as Pumpkinsteins.2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Harvey Ross Ball, the inventor of the smiley face, was hired by an insurance company in 1963 to create a morale-boosting icon for its employees. He whipped up a yellow-and-black smiley face with a wide, dimpled grin. He was paid $45 for his 10 minutes of work.2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
This morbid sculpture is known as the “Angel of death”. It was made with the knives used in crimes to murder and damage people all across Europe. It took 2 years to create, and many of the blades still have their victim’s blood on them.2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Brothers Lysenko, all 10 went to the front of the Second World War and all 10 returned. (Soviet Union)2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
26-inch thick armor from a Japanese Yamato class battleship, pierced by a US Navy 16-inch gun. The armor is on display at the US Navy Museum.2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
This nurse discovered that the new doctor on her team was a premature baby she helped save 28 years ago2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/MadeMeSmile
150 million-year-old dinosaur footprints in France (Plagne).2yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
A four-person bicycle invention, which includes two levels and a sewing machine station. 19392yr ⋅ husker3in4 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
