Moscow libraries started displaying lists of banned authors. Starring: N.Gaiman, S.King, JK Rowling, J.Abercrombie, G.Orwell1yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/europe
1928, Russian villagers listening to the radio for the first time3yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
The World Discoverer - a cruise ship dedicated to explore polar regions. Abandoned in 2000 on Solomon Islands after hitting a reef4yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/AbandonedPorn
Peter Dinklage was once in a 1990s New York punk-rap-funk band called Whizzy3yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Abandoned Soviet Tupolev Tu-104 - the only jetliner operating in the world from 1956 to 19583yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/AbandonedPorn
The goddess of compassion. Massive Kannon statue in northern Sendai City, Japan2yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/megalophobia
The Land of Giants - electric towers in Iceland (story in comments)3yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/DesignPorn
Private Ron Brault eats dinner while sitting next to a Christmas tree sent to him by his parents from Kansas. South Vietnam, December, 1967 [480x400]2yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Belgrade,1988: Zoo director talking the escaped chimpanzee Sami into coming back (story in the comments)3yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
1978: A buried Ferrari, stolen in 1974, is dug up from a backyard in LA3yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/AbandonedPorn
Siberian bear hunting suit, early XIX century. Hellraiser comments are welcome.3yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Kamchatka (Russia). Concrete block of flats abandoned in the 60s. There used to be a fishing village.4yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/AbandonedPorn
Calligraphy subject had been taught in Soviet schools until mid 70s. Until 1968 school kids had used only quill and ink2yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/Calligraphy
Former millionaire Champagne Fred Bell sells apples at his stand on a street corner in San Francisco. 1931, the Great Depression. Bell lost everything after the stock market crash.3yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Just a nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (Typhoon-class) casually passing by the beach in Russia...3yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
1925, Coca Cola pendant.This ancient Indo-European religious sign became a popular symbol of luck in the Western world in the early 20th century. Its use faded after the certain party adopted it..3yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
1938, Korea. Office of a company selling fruit and fish. The name of the company is Samsung Sanghoe. The Empire begins...4yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Koks Emil (“Cocaine Emil”) selling small capsules of cocaine to ladies from the Berlin demimonde. One capsule costs 5 Marks. In the background, the “Spanner” (“stalker”) searches for nearing dangers, ready to warn the dealer. 1920s.3yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/berlin
“Mar Sem Fim” (“Endless Sea”) was a yacht that sank at Maxwell Bay, Antarctica, in 2012. It had remained a ghost boat for over a year before the owner returned with a salvage crew and lifted it up.4yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/AbandonedPorn
Just paste it on your window glass and suddenly this world makes sense..3yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
From Kid Dynamite to The Baddest Man on the Planet. Tyson at 25 and 54.3yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The morning of September 3, 1967 - the day when the traffic in Sweden switched from driving on the left-hand side of the road to the right3yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Poland, 1940s: Officers and service personnel of Auschwitz concentration camp on a staff retreat 30 km away from the camp...3yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/misanthropy
Leia, Luke and Han starring as Carrie, Mark and Harrison, 19793yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
90s were tough in Russia and ex-Soviet countries. Unable to pay the workers, state companies would just give people products. Sugar, margarine, socks, machine parts.. Families would sell the stuff then. This photo shows a payday at a school staff meeting. Teachers are getting paid with... vodka3yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
God's control board. The labels say: 'eclips, stellar corona, sunset, sunrise, stars, clouds, aurora borealis' etc. Among others there are also tumbler switches for 'fireworks' and 'red flag'. Old Soviet Planetarium2yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
The Uncomfortable - a collection of deliberately inconvenient everyday objects by Katerina Kamprani (link in comments)3yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/DesignPorn
The Pyramid of Complexity: the bottom yellow level - Maxwell's equations, the blue level - Game theory, the green level - Many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, on the top - the genitive case in Ukrainian1yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/Ukrainian
Disney slaughterhouse: automated caveman with a rear-end drive getting prepared for the 1964 NY World's Fair3yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
1973. Olaf V, the King of Norway, showing his ticket to the conductor. He was going by public transport without guards, saying I've got four million guards2yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
New wave pop duo Seona Dancing in 1983. On the left - Bill Macrae. On the right - Ricky Gervais..3yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The Soviet criminal tattoo language. The Knife through the neck means the person is highly skilled at blade combat and killed someone with a knife (and if the handle is wrapped with a rope - it indicates the murder happened in prison)3yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
1981, microcomputer Holborn 9100. It didn't really take off, production closed after 2 years. But look at the design!3yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Just discovered Emil Cioran. I recommend The Trouble With Being Born and Anathemas And Admirations3yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/antinatalism
CMIIW, in Preterito Indefinido 1st person Plural coincides with Present tense? We worked=We work?3yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/learnspanish
Siberia. Unfinished railroad. It was supposed to connect Igarka and Salekhard. 300.000 GULAG prisoners from nearby labor camps died while building it within the years 1949-1953. After Stalin's death, the camps have been abandoned. Now, this road leads to nowhere...4yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/AbandonedPorn
Moscow, beginning of the 90s. Unemployed man with a sign saying Nuclear physicist looking for any job. No sex offers and no Herbalife3yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Color coded: orange - patronymic origin, yellow - occupational, blue - personal characteristic, green - patronymic, ancestral3yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/europe
England, 1962: Test pilot ejecting from the Lightning F1 fighter at a very low altitude (story in the comments)3yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
In English if you say that you'll have to go back to the drawing board, it means something hasn't been successful and that you'll have to start over/try another idea. I suspect Deepl doesn't know that idiom. Is there one in Polish?1wk ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/learnpolish
1998, Moscow art gallery. Performance Lenin in me, Lenin in you. 80kg full body cake. Get a piece of the Leader..3yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Sex Machine's crotch gun (From Dusk Till Dawn) wasn't that original. This belt buckle pistol was an experimental German WWII firearm consisting of 7.65 mm barrels and lockwork concealed within a belt buckle. Only 15 were ever produced for SS officers who guarded Hitler.3yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Two wooden sticks, about 12 cm each, have square shafts. Came with a new pair of shoes in the box.1yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/whatisthisthing
Mick Jagger scrolling through his Facebook news feed, while his girlfriend chatting with Alain Delon, 19673yr ⋅ post_scriptor ⋅ r/OldSchoolCool