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This Twitter Page Shares Historical Pics, And Here Are 50 Of The Most Interesting Images
We’re doomed to repeat the same mistakes that humankind has made, over and over again, if we don’t have a solid grasp of history. But learning about the past is far more than just skimming through thick, dusty volumes. Seeing a quality photo from a specific event or time period can help you understand the atmosphere in a way that mere words can’t on their own. An image can really be worth a thousand words.
Though historical photos might be (mostly) black and white, we shouldn’t ignore the nuances and shades of grey that we might come across. The past is a very strange place, full of joy, despair, and change for the worse, as well as for the better.
The ‘Historical Pics’ Twitter page has been sharing powerful and impressive photos from the past in the hope of educating and entertaining social media users around the globe. Today, we’re featuring some of the top photos that the account has posted in their feed. Upvote the ones that really wowed you, Pandas, and let us know how they made you feel.
Meanwhile, scroll down for Bored Panda’s interview about historical photos with professional photographer Dominic Sberna, from the United States.
This post may include affiliate links.
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Paul Wood 2 years ago
Charlie Chaplin groomed a 12 year old girl until she was 16, knocked her up, and married her in secret to avoid charges. So, no matter how insightful the quote, f*$& Charlie Chaplin.
stardrop loves you 2 years ago
dang, i live like ten minutes away from where he shot his films and I've never heard about this. People only like to talk about the good, huh?
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ZuriLovesYou 1 year ago
So that's what Chapman looks like without the Hitler mustache and bowler hat.
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Katy McMouse 2 years ago
I like to think he's watching the world still loving him, under a big pile of kitties, in an afterlife that's better because he's there.
Corvus 2 years ago
"Inside my heart is breaking, my make-up may be flaking, but my smile still stays on..."
Rob Williams 2 years ago
Saw them at the legendary Knebworth gig in 1986, the greatest front man EVER!
Kristy Marion 2 years ago
F**k I miss Freddie. If only what we know now about HIV drugs was available back then
Lee Henderson 2 years ago
I saw Queen three times in the late '70s/early '80s. It was a wonderful time and a marvelous experience.
Analyn Lahr 2 years ago
You're more than a legend, my good sir. You are one of the music gods.
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Zia Barrett 2 years ago (edited)
Good boy :) (it wasn't sarin though, several mustard gas attacks; sarin wasn't discovered until 1938)
I. P. Freely 2 years ago
This dog is a legend. He did much more than that and he actually learned to salute his officers with his pow.
Radha Gopinath Mandir 2 years ago
There is a wonderful minidocumentary about him on youtube by Thoughty2
arienne libbrecht 2 years ago
Thank you for telling us this! I needed this in my life.
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Elijah Morningwood 2 years ago
I can hear the medals clinking and the little nails tap tap tapping as he runs towards people for kisses and scritches
Monica Michelle 2 years ago
I did an episode about him for my kids history podcast I can't believe that happened
The ‘Historical Pics’ social media project has been sharing what it feels are the most iconic photos from the past since joining Twitter in October 2013.
By its own account, it only focuses on “the most magnificent and breathtaking” snapshots from history. Some of these photos might be completely fresh and unseen to you Pandas. Others, however, are so iconic that you’re bound to have laid eyes on them in history textbooks and in news articles.
#4
Lea Panthera 2 years ago
OMG Rowan's looking at her like she's the most precious thing in the world this is adorable eeeeee
Nandros M 2 years ago
Indeed she was one of the most charming women in recent history. Too much of a woman, too much sand for the little truck of Charles (as the Brazilians say)
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T.M.P Janssen 2 years ago
Now I wanna know what happened. Care to tell the story?
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Carol Emory 2 years ago
I loved the Christmas episode of Mr. Bean where he is home alone and bored. He hears Carolers outside, turns the chair, opens the door and sit and listens to them sing. Then he stands up, picks up the box of bon bons next to him. Slowly he walks towards the Carolers with a smile on his face. Then he closes the door on them before eating a bon bon and returning to his chair.
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Dinah Brand 2 years ago
Guy on the left couldn't bring himself to get back into those short shorts.
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Okatango 2 years ago
Just boys. When are old powerful f*rts going to stop sending almost children to their deaths, just so their own stranglehold on power and money can continue to bolster their egos?
ZuriLovesYou 1 year ago
Dude, what are you talking about? It's just a fun before-and-after picture. Just enjoy the photo.
Load More Replies... Hypoxia Smurf 2 years ago
I would not want to compare photos of me now with what I was in military fitness a half-century ago. Not in fighting trim now, yikes. No, I didn't keep my uniforms. Why bother?
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Hotdogking 2 years ago
Aww those cats be living like Queens. (I’ll show myself out before I bite the dust (hayoo!))
Katy McMouse 2 years ago
Take your time. No one's here to put you Under Pressure.
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Jaaawn 2 years ago (edited)
My partner and I are finally getting a cat this weekend!!! She's absolutely gorgeous.
Florine Knight 2 years ago
I wish u lots of love and fun. If you take good care of your cat you will recieve so much love and fun from him/her. Enjoy!
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Bored Panda got in touch with US photographer Dominic to get his opinion on why some photos become iconic while others might be completely unknown. He also pointed out that black-and-white photography is still very much viable even in 2022, though it takes more effort than just putting a filter on a digital image.
“I think a powerful image makes all the difference and in the same vein, what the subject matter is,” he told us.
“For example, an image of bar patrons after the repeal of Prohibition in the United States or equally when Prohibition was enacted and federal agents dumped thousands of gallons of beer and distilled spirits. Those images are powerful because they represent a period of history so well.”
#7
Sherri Mantooth Bagwell 2 years ago
We'll, he's royalty. They probably allowed him a few redo's if necessary 🙃
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The Other Guest 2 years ago
This is both hilarious and touching. Hilarious because yeah, issuing a passport to a dead guy. Touching because even after death, they remembered he was a human being rather than an object, and treated him accordingly.
patch051 2 years ago
IT'S A FAKE! https://factuel.afp.com/ce-passeport-de-la-momie-de-ramses-ii-est-un-montage
patch051 2 years ago
Passports didn' tlook that way in 1974, the linesfor optic reading and bar codes didn't exist
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Eddie Maurer 2 years ago
There's some horror stories of what Michael did to Macaulay when he was a child.
Laura Mende (Human) 2 years ago (edited)
Chewing on some ears I think... 😂😂
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Hotdogking 2 years ago
Lol a fricking cat from 100 years ago has more common sense and decency than a lot of modern humans
Thomas Bentley 2 years ago
it does not look happy about it. it looks like it has been tied on. take notes government, this is how to deal with anti maskers.
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ChocolateCake 2 years ago
the cat even had a mask! so cute! has moe common sense than a lot of humans now
Grace and Lucy 2 years ago
After photo news....the cat sneaks into the shed out back and sharpens his cat nails. Nobody stifles mee yow he thinks.
sylvantic 2 years ago
Sadly those masks did nothing, as they were porous, and flu was smaller than the holes, but they boosted morale ig (placebo effect?)
Spikey Bunny 2 years ago
At least people tRIeD to wear masks! We know they weren't close to as good ask our masks today, but people tried to protect themselves and others
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According to photographer Dominic, in this day and age, it all comes down to a photographer’s choice whether to go fully digital or to shoot on film.
“Nowadays, it's all about personal preference. Film still remains a true art form, whereas digital is quick and easy,” he summarized the difference.
“The quality of digital may or may not have surpassed film, but both are great mediums for different reasons,” he told Bored Panda.
#10
Vix Spiderthrust 2 years ago
You can tell Da Vinci didn't do it himself, because it's finished.
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I'm kind of marveling at the amount of work that went into this stairway. Kind of a big deal even if done modern but I'm assuming back then all of the work was hand tools. It looks like individual pieces cut and stacked. Trying to get every piece to fit nicely and be stable just seems rather daunting.
Marie Kusuma 2 years ago
If i fall from the stair.. definitely i will experience gnomonic growth
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Danielle DeIeso Turaturanye 2 years ago
What’s amazing about this, to me, is that even though you cannot make out the face at all, I instantly new is was Princess Diana. She was so prolifically displayed in the media that even those who only knew her through the media lens can instantly know this is her. The silhouette, the posture, the halo of her hair and, especially the way she holds her head, make her definitely recognizable without seeing her face.
Gin 2 years ago
Indeed. Though because of what Diana went through rules were changed that the British Press do abide by (Editors code ratified by PCC). To quote one key change: "Princess Diana's death raised concerns about the behaviour of paparazzi-style photographers. To address this, the rules on Harassment which became Clause 4 were revised to include a ban on information or pictures obtained through 'persistent pursuit'. The new Clause 4 also made explicit an editor's responsibility not to publish material that had been obtained in breach of this clause regardless of whether the material had been obtained by the newspaper's staff or by freelancers."
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Quarryville 2 years ago
You can sunbathe in the platform. Possibly dive off into the water.
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Shane G 2 years ago
You would too if you didn't know if you'd ever see each other again.
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ace lesbian demigirl(she/they) 2 years ago
Oh I thought it was gay at first. Without reading the captions, I'm an idiot.
I'm positivly a wolf 2 years ago
Yeah, me too. First glance and I thought they were gay
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“Black and white photography can convey a mood. It can also show stark contrasts better, depending on the subject matter. It can remove one's bias from what they are seeing, especially if that subject being photographed is a person,” photographer Dominic said.
“Black and white photography is an art form in its own right. Many people will take a photo, convert it to black and white, and call it art. It's simply not that easy. Some photos just truly work better that way, while others not so much. At the end of the day, the decision lies with the artist/photographer.”
#13
Zia Barrett 2 years ago (edited)
This was Aloha Airlines Flight 243. Fuselage joint metal fatigue exacerbated by crevice corrosion due to being operated in a costal environment. 1 fatality, 65 injured, 8 serious. The planes now have an extra layer built onto the outer hull and over the fuselage joint to eliminate the risk of both involved factors.
Headless Roach 2 years ago
I can't imagine the terror everybody felt when that happened mid air
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General Anaesthesia 2 years ago
"...but the plane still managed to land safely!" The pilot thanked it and nominated it for a medal.
ShaZam Beaubien 2 years ago
Landed safely yes ... could never get on another airplane... also yes.
Robert T 2 years ago
I only just watched a documentary on this the other week. One of the scariest things I've ever seen. Absolutely amazing that the airframe held together to be able to land the aircraft.
V Martinez 2 years ago
Can I ask what the name of the documentary is and where can it be watched?
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Carol Emory 2 years ago
That's a good pilot. It's not easy landing a plane with that much drag and loss in cabin pressure.
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Headless Roach 2 years ago
Yep, apple replaced a lot of sockets with ridiculously expensive adapters
Adam Jeff 2 years ago
And in this picture you can see why - if you want a skinny laptop there is no room for all those connectors.
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Radha Gopinath Mandir 2 years ago
Naaa, 25 years ago much more advanced laptops have been available...
Clément D. 2 years ago (edited)
Yeah, these two laptops are not comparable, 25 years appart maybe, but the left one is a rugged laptop for stuff like laptoping on building sites or maybe military shenanigans, the one on the right is an ultrabook
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David 2 years ago
And before this was a class colloquially referred to as "luggables". Basically a desktop sized case with a suitcase handle and a small built in screen. I used one years ago running a fair booth that was based on a computer program. (an all about your name kind of thing). It was slightly more convenient than a desktop computer and separate CRT monitor and keyboard but not by much. Weird to think how far we have come.
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Cheryl Ramsay 2 years ago
click on "Historical stuff" in the upper left under the heart. It will take you to the whole picture.
It’s very human to look back at the past with a certain amount of nostalgia. We miss the days when we were happy, content, and loved. Usually (though not always), people yearn for their childhoods.
And though nostalgia has its upsides, you can easily get lost in it, and your quality of life in the present might suffer. It’s essential to find a healthy balance between the two.
#16
Fat Harry 2 years ago
Man, I'm glad they pointed out she's female. I was really struggling to tell.
GoddessOfChaos 2 years ago
Yes, but take the time period into consideration. Her being a woman was very important and significant, especially in such work.
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InvincibleRodent 2 years ago
The photo is from 1944. Yes, her being a woman is the important part here.
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The Bearded Viking 2 years ago
So...Reese Witherspoon can join Zak Galafinakis from an eair picture as someone who is reicarnated...or perhaps a time traveller LOL
#17
VonBlade 2 years ago
The downside to getting your content by just hitting printscreen on twitter.
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Markus Holstein 2 years ago
They blinded the guy who built it to make sure he could never again construct another clock like this
Fenchurch 2 years ago
No that's just a story dating from around 100 years after the clock was finished.
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Christos Arvanitis 2 years ago
We were just in Prague. Beautiful city and the clock is stunning...
Greta Kolding 2 years ago
Made by my countryman Tycho Brahe. One of the things that makes me proud to be Danish.
thecoolestmichelle 2 years ago
Just watch goat story it'll tell you everything about the clock
#18
ZuriLovesYou 1 year ago
There's a place in Venice called Pink Floyd? I guess anything is possible.
Exotic Butters 2 years ago
Too bad Roger Waters leaves an anti Semitic stench wherever he goes. Disgusting.
"Nostalgia has the 'super power' of helping us feel better about the 'now' by connecting us to positive feelings from the 'then.' Nostalgia can help us feel better about ourselves and more in control of current situations if we're able to channel that positivity into concrete actions or a reframed mindset about the present. However, when we begin 'living in the past,' we may be inviting into our lives less than optimal mental wellness and potentially compromised physical wellbeing, too," Suzanne Degges-White, Ph.D., from Northern Illinois University told Bored Panda during an interview a while ago.
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WindySwede 2 years ago
If they're going to West, why is there jam in both directions? 🤔 All roads lead to West?
Szirra 2 years ago (edited)
West germans wanting to see the east. A daytrip so to say. My aunt was a student in West Berlin at the time and told me how wild the back and forth was for a time until the novelty wore of.
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Poor Yorick 2 years ago
"Freedom has many difficulties and democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in, to prevent them from leaving us." - JFK
Nitka Tsar 2 years ago
No… but many were brainwashed into thinking they live in the best country in the world, so as to not leave or try to change anything. Please, I do not want to bash the US with this. Just want to say that there are more things than simple walls that can keep people imprisoned.
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Katherine Bridgerton 2 years ago
So weird this happened the same year that Pink Floyd was having a concert in Venice from pic above. Feels like it should be lifetimes apart.
Dahamada Jamawas 2 years ago
Well I did some research and this pic was indeed taken in Berlin, but this traffic jam was on the West Berlin side. And 90% of the cars you see are western cars. However you see a significant amount of eastern cars. So it must be after 1989. But I assume, it had nothing to do with visiting each other. Residents of Berlin would not take a car to visit East Berlin and they pile up close to the Brandenburg Gate, but there was no big car check point for transit. So I assume it is just a usual traffic jam in early 90ies in Berlin.
Mary Rogers 2 years ago
I am sure that not everyone in East Germany had the ability to go West to see their relatives. So naturally the line would go both ways.
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Hugh Cookson 2 years ago
This was brilliant and all because a civil servant made a c**k up !! Look it up, it's epic !!
der sebbl 2 years ago
He didn't even made a failure, he just wasn't correctly informed. Anyway, in the end a rather small mistake took part in what we call "Die Wende" (roughly translates to "The turning"
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Id row 2 years ago (edited)
Every day I'm glad I chose not to perpetuate our species. I would not want to be responsible for the contribution to the ruination of the planet and all life on it. The global populatation increases by the population of Germany each year and that is not sustainable. Chose pets, not kids. And if you choose kids, adopt ones who already exist and need homes.
Okatango 2 years ago
Yes, adopt. I would like to see pets and livestock eventually disappear as well. All of these animals were specifically bred to be dependent on us and it leaves them so vulnerable.
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General Anaesthesia 2 years ago
It looks like a map of the Netherlands to me.
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Temporary Dork 2 years ago (edited)
The original caption: "THE HAGUE - High traffic at the ANWB road information service. The state of the roads is unpredictable due to the winter. In the morning between five and six hundred calls from motorists arrive." So this is not the navigation hotline.
LesAnimaux 2 years ago
A country small enough to do this kind of thing for. I can't imagine providing this service in America!
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Not to mention shazam team in 1963. You'd go "hum hum na na na la la la" on the phone, and the dude or dudess on the line would tell you "yep, that's Mc Gyver's theme song"
Andy Saputo 2 years ago
Oddly this was long before mobile phones so you had to call BEFORE leaving the house? Or pull over and find a phone booth.
robin aldrich 2 years ago
My thoughts, also!!! and write directions down!!!
Load More Replies... Hypoxia Smurf 2 years ago
Before MapQuest and Google, were AAA TripTiks. Tell an agent your route and receive a flipbook of little maps with cute route synopses on the backs.
General Anaesthesia 2 years ago
1963, not smoking was almost illegal. Remember, a long time ago more doctors recommended Camel cigarettes than any other brand.
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Jasam Nitko 2 years ago
We'd use the maps at the back of the phonebooks that were in all phonebooths. Today none of them exist.
Nitka Tsar 2 years ago (edited)
I think we had something like this too in Germany. I vaguely remember calling them once or twice… thanks for the memory!
"When we succumb to memories of how things 'used to be' and refuse to address the 'what is,' we may find ourselves overwhelmed by our current conditions and less able to manage current challenges," the professor said, earlier.
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CD King 2 years ago
That is the car you expect the devil to be driving when he comes to take your soul you sold to be a famous jazz musician.
#23
Edgar 2 years ago
You mean the one that people are shocked that it doesn't look like in Amelie ?
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GoodWolf 2 years ago
Look how finely dressed that gentleman is for a job that consists mostly of scooping up poop and handling dead fish 🤩
David 2 years ago
Buying a used suit at Goodwill / Value Village: Hey, how come this thing smells like fish!?
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Candy Chitty 2 years ago
A watering can is the best they can do. Penguins live in water as much as land. Where's the water?
"It's often memories of home and the people who surround us that keeps us able to deal with significantly concerning or dangerous conditions. For instance, letters from home can be a lifeline for those who are engaged in warfare far away from what they consider 'home,'" she explained.
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Zia Barrett 2 years ago
Understatement. He was fatigued from skiing away from a Soviet ambust, consumed all the Pervitin, entered a state of delirium, los his patrol group with no supplies, got injured by a landmine that also set a Soviet camp alight, laid in a ditch for a week, ate only pine buds and a single raw jay, and skied over 400km before being found.
Beck 2 years ago
As one normally does on meth. His eyes will never recover. They will always be open wide.
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Fish Fingers 2 years ago
Lost his patrol group? They abandoned him and took all his weapons and supplies for good measure!
Greta Kolding 2 years ago
Even Hollywood couldn't make that up. This guy would wipe out Rambo and Indiana Jones with his left hand.
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Michael Largey 2 years ago (edited)
The kid is disappointed. The dog is just confused by the hyphen in "TO-DAY".
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Remi Flynne 2 years ago
One of the biggest terrier breeds! They're gorgeous dogs.
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Hypoxia Smurf 2 years ago
1: Buy skateboard, small gas engine, and connecting parts. 2. Mount engine on skateboard; connect the stuff. 3. Motor away with impunity / insouciance.
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Sleepflower 2 years ago
People who think scooters are a modern invention are the same people who call 100+ years old self portraits "selfies". Yuck.
funkybluegirl 2 years ago
There are a lot of things that existed so much longer than we think. Even with all the technological advances. Electric cars were invented in 1832: https://www.energy.gov/timeline/timeline-history-electric-car#:~:text=Around%201832%2C%20Robert%20Anderson%20develops,an%20English%20inventor%20in%201884. Here's a fun, short list: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/things-older-than-you-think_n_5161776
Certain historical events tend to attract conspiracy theories. And they’re more common during times of crisis, upheaval, and when people don’t feel safe. The desperate desire for clarity leads to some people more readily accepting conspiracies.
“Over the past 60 years, the assassination of JFK, the death of Princess Diana, and 9/11 are the most obvious examples of national traumas surrounded by conspiracy theory beliefs,” Joseph M. Pierre, a professor of psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, told Bored Panda some time ago.
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Saint Thomas 2 years ago
The first rule about the dutch cheese smuggling pants is "do not talk about the dutch cheese smuggling pants". Do you want the full dutch cheese smuggling mafia on your back ?
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Thomas Bentley 2 years ago (edited)
my thoughts exactly. just missing spinach and a pipe like an outboard motor.
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Robert T 2 years ago
I thought they were pale blue, like the sky, hence the phrase "enough to mend a Dutchman's trousers" when referring to a patch of blue sky.
Grace and Lucy 2 years ago
Enough blue to make a Dutchman's trousers then the sky will clear up. My mother used to say that but haven't heard some one else say it for years.
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XenoMurph 2 years ago
Think of the cathedrals when the Bishops stay too long in one spot.
Load More Replies... David 2 years ago (edited)
POV as a p**n. The horse in the square ahead of you takes a huge dump and a 3 gallon p**s just before you get moved to that square. EDIT: I can't believe BP censored the word PA...WN. It's just a chess piece you over zealous bot.
Nitka Tsar 2 years ago
I really thought you wrote p o r n, when first reading it, because it was censored.
Load More Replies... UKGrandad 2 years ago
The tweet is dated June 2020, so if the picture was from 100 years before that - 1920 - then the caption is completely incorrect. The Soviet Union didn't exist until 1922, and there was no Leningrad until 1924. What the picture shows is human chess being played in Petrograd, Russia.
AnAntiqueGeek 2 years ago
According to the Wikipedia article on 'Human Chess', this photo was taken on 24 July 1924, so it WAS taken in Leningrad, USSR. What the original poster is wrong about is the '100 years ago' part.
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Anton Swanepoel 2 years ago
Nothing has changed - Russians are playing chess with their soldiers right now.
Okatango 2 years ago
Yup. Useless king hops around on one foot while the pawns take all the hits.
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The Other Guest 2 years ago
That's just a normal state of being for a horse.
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Nitka Tsar 2 years ago
I wish they would have build the black counter part too. It would have been really awesome to see that!
Evan Connolly 2 years ago
And it wouldn't have been taken as early as then without the British interest in India.
“People who believe in conspiracy theories are also often attracted to the Manichean narratives that conspiracy theories offer, involving battles of good and evil pitting against each other in an almost apocalyptic fashion. So, it should come as no surprise that conspiracy theories might sprout up from World War II—a real-life apocalyptic battle between good and evil,” he explained.
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mary smith 2 years ago
Poor Lady. She was so much smarter than that mysoginistic generation gave her credit for.
Clare Baker 2 years ago (edited)
This was photographed by a woman (unfortunately, I forget her name) and you can just see how much more comfortable and natural Marilyn is!
Tiny Dancer 2 years ago
Agreed. This was one of many taken over the years by Eve Arnold. Click on the 18 in the left-hand corner to see the pics: https://www.magnumphotos.com/arts-culture/eve-arnold-marilyn-monroe-an-appreciation/ and there's more here: https://www.evearnold.com/iconic-images
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Kenny Kulbiski 2 years ago
Love Marilyn but James Joyce was one of the biggest cons ever pulled. Critics just couldn't admit that they had no idea what the hell he was saying. Me neither. Tried twice.
Leslie Mildiner 2 years ago
Con??? Yeah - same with that Shakespeare dude, right? Conning everyone for 400 years..jeez - some people
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Jacqueline Pie Francis 2 years ago
She loved to read! She was a lot more intelligent than she was given credit for.
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Casey B 2 years ago
Very... In today's society she would be considered "chunky" which just shows how harmful social media has become.
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David Rogers 2 years ago
Sandals, he took them off so he could walk across the road easier with the others.
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Which brings up the perennial question, why did the Beatles cross the road?
Brendan 2 years ago
"Remember, lads: before crossing, look left, then right, then left again."
Sara Haynes 2 years ago
to further the conspiracy theory that Paul was dead. He was bare foot, out of step, and his eyes were closed.
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Mavis 2 years ago
I think you should ask your music teacher if they know who the one in white is.
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Eva Verde 2 years ago
As Poland was behind the iron curtain and polish government was heavily influenced by Soviet Union, music became one of the tools of rebelling. There were songs that wouldn't be allowed to go on the radio or to even be recorded. Jarocin was one of those festivals where you could (almost) freely listen to this music. Try watching "Beats of freedom", it's pretty interesting. I am the 90s kid and those songs are still very important to me.
Jan Rosier 2 years ago
Well, lot less obnoxious solution than holding those damn smartphones in the air.
MagicJacket 2 years ago
"Ve believe that peace vill be at hand in a matter of veeks." (Dude looks like Kissinger, is all I'm saying.)
funkybluegirl 2 years ago
And because pirating wasn't a thing yet (at least, not at today's levels), no one tried to stop him. lol
John Saunders 2 years ago
Taking photos was a violation of the concert ticket back then. If they caught you taking a photo you were escorted out and the film (yes film) was confiscated.
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corgiobsessed00 2 years ago
I read somewhere that they shipped lady liert in pieces due to her size. You can find pictures of her hands/feet being displayed.
Jane Ellen 2 years ago
Copper was beautiful - it has since oxidized to a green patina - still beautiful
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West World Employee 7 2 years ago
Saw great art exhibit there..Art on The Beach...so much fun back then..so raw and authentic!
Robert T 2 years ago (edited)
1&2 WTC were not even topped-out until the 1970's.
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wifeofweasley 2 years ago
I know times were s****y back then but I'd sell my kidney to walk down these streets in 1949
Sojourner 2 years ago
I'd sell your kidney to walk down these streets in 1949, too.
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Yeah, okay. 2 years ago
You sure that's '49? Those are awfully model-T style cards for nearly 1950.
Wilf 2 years ago
OK, so let's start by saying these are not cars, they're Hackney Carriages. Their design was standardised and based on a Victorian specification. The 1920's approved design was taen up by Beardmore, Morris and Austin and therefore very similar looking cabs were in use throughout the 30s and 40s. The war stopped any further development until1948, so pre-war cabs hung around well into the 1950s.
Load More Replies... Remi Flynne 2 years ago
This is Shaftesbury Avenue from Picadilly Circus, in the West End of London. This area was damaged by bombs but in 1940/41 I believe.
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Melissa Hamed 2 years ago
I don't know if this picture was taken in color because of the date but it is amazingly detailed.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Note the fact that ALL the cars are pre-war. When Britain geared for war they switched all civilian production to military production. They did it fast too. Within a year after Dunkirk factories that were producing cars were producing tanks. Factories that were making toasters were making ammo.
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Hotdogking 2 years ago
Not going to make a joke about this, I’m not going to make a joke about this, I’m not going to make a joke about this (what else would a French woman be buying?) WHO SAID THAT!?
bill marsano 2 years ago
Not champagne--probably Algerian plonk in re-used bottles. The 6" baguette make this look like a promotional photo--possibly for a bakery?
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Rosy Maple Moth 2 years ago (edited)
Even though the picture makes it look like some friendly people are having a cozy tea party, the Yakuza are a Mafia-like criminal organization, based in Japan.
Rob D 2 years ago
Nothing about that picture struck me as cozy or friendly.
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Happy Panda 2 years ago
Those tattoos are also the reason why people with tattoos are not really encouraged to go to hotsprings, due to possible Yakuza affliation
Your Neighborhood Alien 2 years ago
Ngl, those tattoos look pretty good. The detail and how big they are is impressive!
Thundercuss 2 years ago
They're Japanese, they're a mafia. They probably make the Illuminati look like amateurs.
Emma Goldstein 2 years ago
In Japan, heart surgeon. Number one. Steady hand. One day, Yakuza boss need new heart. I do operation. But, mistake! Yakuza boss die! Yakuza very mad. I hide in fishing boat, come to America. No english, no food, no money. Darryl give me job. Now I have house, American car, and new woman. Darryl save life. My big secret: I kill yakuza boss on purpose. I good surgeon. The best! .... classic
karl briggs 2 years ago (edited)
Aren't these the openly criminal Japanese group? Edit: thank you for explaining was Japanese and not Chinese.
#40
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
To think it almost didn't get built. A lot of people opposed it. Can you imagine the Bay area without it? It's a critical transportation artery and San Francisco could have easily been rendered a backwater without it.
Rob Williams 2 years ago
The fact it's colourized makes it look like something out of a sci-fi disaster movie.
LinkTheHylian 2 years ago
"So once it's complete, we're gonna paint it, right?" "That's the plan." *three years later* "Okay, guys, we've gotta paint the bridge again." "Again? We've only just finished the first time!"
THAT FURRY...... 2 years ago
funny, I had a dream I was trapped on the Golden Gate Bridge last night
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a fruity dream of delusion 2 years ago
what do you suggest we use as bait?? cheese? bread crumbs? souls of the innocent?
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Hilary Mol 2 years ago
His back looks like what happens when someone unfolds a map that was folded wrong the last time it was used. Ouch.
Okatango 2 years ago (edited)
Thank goodness, could have been exhausting for Frau Hackenschmidt (if there was one).
Nitka Tsar 2 years ago
Nope. He was not German. He was born in Estonia and died in London.
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Katrin Krueger 2 years ago
"In the unlikely event of loss of cabin pressure, just hold on to your wicker chair."
Mama Penguin 2 years ago
"Hello from the cockpit, this is your captain speaking. As you can see, it appears that we are going down. Now would be a good time to reflect on your life, and pray to whatever deity you believe in. Thank you for flying City Airlines. We know you have a choice in airlines, and it looks like you made the wrong one."
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David 2 years ago
In the even of an emergency your wicker chairs can be used as a lame attempt to shield yourself from the shards of 'not safety glass' that will be flying around the cabin prior to impact. Also - google on "ripping panel airplane". That was a new one on me. Basically a tear strip to allow the windows to fall out.
OhBlahDi OhBlahDa 2 years ago
To think I complain about the lack of recline on modern economy-class seats...
Michael Largey 2 years ago
As someone with long legs, I applaud the lack of recline.
Load More Replies... Mari Murphy 2 years ago
I'm guessing the safety speech back then went something like, "if this aircraft crashes on land or sea, y'all are going to die. Enjoy the flight."
#44
Grant Barke 2 years ago
If only they could find that levitating device the aliens left behind. Getting to the top would be so much easier.
Jane Ellen 2 years ago
Yes, and some still believe 'men' moved those huge stones to the top with ropes, tree trunks, etc. And they aren't 5000 yrs old, they are actually 10,000 years old.
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Tiny Dancer 2 years ago
Had he not been a celebrity, he'd be dead now and you know it. No one bites a chunk out of a man's ear and is gently handcuffed. Madness that this animal has a perfectly normal career these days after being convicted of rape and, you know, biting a man's ear off!
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago (edited)
He served his sentence for his conviction. Are you saying that prisoners, upon subsequent release from prison after serving their sentences, should not be allowed to have "perfectly normal careers"? What would you have them do for careers? Be indentured servants? Coalminers perhaps? Allowed only to work menial labor?
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TheEndIsNigh🇨🇦and🇬🇧in🇺🇲 2 years ago
Ikr!?! I'd be like "Take my badge, this m**********r is crazy!" 😧
Load More Replies... bottomless.abyss.of.bordem 2 years ago
So....today is the day I quit. I know I'm eligible for a full pension tomorrow, but I'd just like to quit today please.
Id row 2 years ago
I remember watching that fight, his fights were always something to see. He's the only boxer I ever had any interest in watching. The Buster Douglas fight was just unbelievable. Until then, I thought he was unbeatable.
Colin Matthews 2 years ago
Tyson beat him, it's a count of 13 before douglas gets up,
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And now, they are in business together (Tyson and Holyfield),selling ear-shaped, marijuana edibles.
Dorothy Stovall 2 years ago
Tyson didn't bite his ear off. He bit off a PIECE of his ear, still...
#46
Myst Edenflower 2 years ago
I mean they called them reactor 1-4 but I guess we can be sticklers about it being the control center of reactor 4 instead of you know, understanding what people meant
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There’s a really good book about Chernobyl from the perspective of two girls. It’s called The Blackbird Girls, and it is amazing but heart wrenching.
Spooky Scary Skeletons 2 years ago
It would be impossible to take an actual photo from inside the reactor. Not only would it kill anything that went inside (even robots), but the film would be ruined from all the radiation.
David 2 years ago
I never realized how soon after completion this failed. I have worked in nuclear plants and the control room here looks kind of ancient (could just be the ravages of time after the disaster) so I googled when it was built. Plants 3 and 4 were completed in 1983. The disaster was April 1986. So barely 3 years of service on the second two plants.
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Mercy Wanjiru 2 years ago (edited)
oh but he wasn't running...just an afternoon drive...with $9,000 in cash, fake goatee and mustache with a bottle of makeup adhesive, his passport and a gun...but like, totally not running.
Gina Babe 2 years ago
I mean, that's my go bag. I don't know what you could possibly have in yours!
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Bad Alchemy 2 years ago
No lie: I was in the second day of a training on how to facilitate a psychoeducational group for abusers, when, at some point during the day, this showed up on the TV we had been using to watch a training video. The instructor decided it was a teachable moment, and so for about an hour we watched the "chase" and discussed how we would handle group dynamics if OJ was in our abusers' group. Fun times.
Candy Chitty 2 years ago
I heard, and this makes sense, that the jury found him innocent to pay back whitey for the injustices done to blacks. The jury knew he was guilty.
#48
a fruity dream of delusion 2 years ago
it’s like… waterskiing.. but with a horse and snow. i’m in.
In the doghouse 2 years ago (edited)
Somewhere on YouTube, there's a video of an Amish horse and buggy doing donuts in what looks like a rest area. There was a driver, they weren't alone. /s
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Iampenny 2 years ago
And yet she claims she had no clue about the British royal family before marrying into it
GettingCereal 2 years ago
While I didn't see or read the interview where she said this, it's still plausible to me. She could know that they exist and where they live, maybe even know what they look like, but still have no clue about any details or what all is entailed in being a member of the family. I have no skin in this game, I just don't think that having taken a photo of yourself outside Buckingham palace means you automatically know anything about the royal family.
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Gemini9 2 years ago
Possible MM did not know about royal lifestyle then but learned alot later when she began by hiring a photographer to take pics of her first date with Harry. Unknown to him. It is suspect that MM would not know or research her inlaws. Really how many women marry a relative of THE Queen? She is an actress and knows the value of preparation. MM spins her image to suit herself. Harry is a follower. Kinda relieved he is not in line for the throne.
Rylee Evergreen🦋 2 years ago
Wait, why does everyone on here hate her so much? /gen, I legit want to know. I'm honestly so bewildered because she always seemed like society's hero or something
Juliette Dauterive 2 years ago
Because she’s so obviously fake. Because her behavior is textbook narcissistic. Because she is inventing being hounded by the press because of her endless need for attention, when she was never hounded by the press. Because she’s done everything to look like a white woman, yet now pulls the race card, when no one cared(s) that she is bi-racial. Because she acts like she’s she significantly “influence” when she’s actually done nothing charitable or newsworthy, except marry Prince Harry.
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Gozer LeGozerian 2 years ago
"I didn't even know who he was" - you'd think someone who lies for a living was able to actually tell a believable lie and delete her own tracks.
Gabby M 2 years ago
The monarchy needs to be abolished. (Please vote me down as you see necessary.)
Hyde and Seek 2 years ago
You may be right (I don't know enough about how it works to make a definitive decision) but we should still maintain the castles & palaces because they are historical sites and pieces of architectural art.
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papski 2 years ago
I didnt think she knew anything about the Royal Family before she met Harry tho...?
#50
Sonja 2 years ago
The real perversion is: Carnegie earned much more money than Rockefeller ever did, but because he reinvested in his employees and was a big philanthropist, he only was richer than Rockefeller for a short time when he sold his steel company, but he gave away 90% of his fortune to others, so he's never ever mentioned although he earned much more money than all of them. The world pretends to celebrate success, but that's not true, it loves to celebrate egoistical A$$hats who brag loud and does it's best to hush everything about the people who were successful, wealthy and still decent enough to share their excesses. Carnegie died wealthy and in well deserved comfort while sharing with those who made his fortune and those who were less fortunate. But no one ever talks about Carnegie.
LK 2 years ago
Andrew Carnegie is still celebrated in Scotland. He was born in a humble little cottage in Dumfermline. He did not forget Dumfermline, and Scotland when he made his fortune. So many schools and libraries bear his name. He advanced education of the masses.
Load More Replies... Spooky Scary Skeletons 2 years ago
"Behind every great fortune there is a crime" - Honoré de Balzac
Yugan Talovich 2 years ago
My father was a gentle Slav from western Pennsylvania. One of the few people he hated was Rockefeller. He always quoted this line when Rockefeller was mentioned. It seems Rockefeller not only wanted to drive others out of business, but also wanted to make it hurt.
Load More Replies... BoredPandaSucks 2 years ago
forgot who it's attributed to, but money is not valuable because of it's worth, but for it's power.
Rob D 2 years ago
It took us 100 years, but there's finally more disparity in wealth than during the gilded age of this time. I was hoping the one redeeming trait of a populist movement in US conservatism would be scrapping trickle down nonsense. Nope. They ignored the one aspect of their angst that would help them, and just embraced the bigotry and ignorance. Quite the surprise.
Mental Liberals 2 years ago
A horrible human being and family. Contributed to many wars - on both sides...
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Deidre Goodluck 2 years ago
A woman found that dress in a box full of crushed dresses in an opportunity (charity) shop in Victoria, Australia. No-one knows how it got there.
DuchessDegu 2 years ago
That would be a very interesting story! And TIL charity shops are called opportunity shops in Australia!
Load More Replies... Lara Verne 2 years ago
She appeared in few movies, including Funny face (1957) with Audrey Hepburn.
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