You see these big company names each and every day, but do you know what they actually mean? In order to help you fill this gap of knowledge, we made a visual list of famous company name etymologies. It is heavily based on this Wikipedia’s list, where you can also find the complete listing of companies and their name origins not mentioned in this post. So, scroll down the list and then tell us how many did you already know?

If you like history, black humor and minimalism in design, then you must check out these pictogram history posters by H-57. “The short stories made with pictograms were born from the idea of creating something funny and ironic, linked with the world of infographics,” says a representative from H-57. Some may be cruel, but it definitely makes history lessons much easier!

If you remember “Pencil versus Camera” project by Ben Heine then this is something really similar, however this time Jason Powell allows us to look into the past. Images are made by finding old photographs of places, printing them out, and then holding the print up in the modern day location that the original photograph was taken.

People were always fascinated about the future, so they’ve tried to picture all those cool inventions the future is about to bring. Every generation has it’s own image of the future world, and the best part is of course seeing it come true. That’s why we want to show you a collection of future predicting postcards made around 1900 by Hildebrands company, and see how accurate they were.

It’s always funny to read old computer magazines, because nothing gets old faster than the technology news. Here are some very cool vintage computer ads for you – laugh while you can, because next time someone will be laughing at what you have right now.

No matter how good at history you are, there will still be a hidden side of it you just never knew. It is really hard to uncover the real truth of the past, however there are some really talented guys who can do it. We proudly present Agans’s project “Super Heroes”! Scroll down the list and find out who was actually behind all what happened in the 20th century. You may never see history the same way again!

Before the WWII few women followed careers. Most jobs for women were ‘traditional’ roles such as nursing, secretarial or caring jobs.

Only when millions of men joined the armed forces, women took on an active role in World War II and took on many paid jobs that previously had been held by men – such as bank teller, shoe salesperson or aircraft mechanic. It’s hard to believe but some of your grandmothers actually made WWII bombers!

Even today, advertising is far away from being in conformity with high moral standards, but after looking back to some offensive, racist and sexist vintage ads – today’s ads are as good as gold.

Northern Ukraine, Kiev Oblast, near the border with Belarus. Prypiat used to be proud for being home to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant workers. Its population had been around 50,000 prior to the accident. But something terrible happened on 26 April 1986… Today, the only residents are deer and wolves along with a solitary guard.