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Collecting bison heads to use as fertilizer, 1870
A KKK child and a Georgia State Trooper meet each other, 1992
A German prisoner of war escorted by a Soviet soldier, Stalingrad, 1943
Reichserntedanfest, 1937
The "Elephant's Foot" of Chernobyl, 1996
#TMYK: The “Elephant’s Foot” is a solid mass made of melted nuclear fuel mixed with lots and lots of concrete, sand, and core sealing material that the fuel had melted through. It is located in a basement area under the original location of the core. In 1986 the radiation level on the ”Elephants Foot” was measured at 10,000 roentgens per hour, anyone who approached would have received a fatal dose in under a minute. After just 30 seconds of exposure, dizziness and fatigue will find you a week later. Two minutes of exposure and your cells will soon begin to hemorrhage; four minutes: vomiting, diarrhea, and fever. 300 seconds and you have two days to live.
Hitler's tour of Paris, 1940
A Marine saves a kitten during the Korean Conflict, 1952
Body of frozen Soviet soldier propped up by Finnish fighters to intimidate Soviet troops, 1939
Residents of West Berlin show their children to their parents, who live in East Berlin, 1961
Fidel Castro meets with Khrushchev in the Kremlin, 1963
Castro is wearing two Rolex watches to show his importance
History Porn 3: http://imgur.com/gallery/JSL8r
History Porn 5: http://imgur.com/gallery/rjWld
Theodore Roosevelt's diary the day both his wife and mother died, 1884
Feeding polar bears from a tank, 1950
Women boxing on a roof, 1938
Job hunting in America, 1930s
Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Szalasi is given the last rites before being hanged as a collaborator, 1946
Rat catcher
Dagen H, the day Sweden switched sides of the road, 1967
Children smoking on their way to work, 1910
SteakNazisMustDie
Can you imagine the line for the toilets ate Reichserntedanfest? Or the state of them after a few hours?
gregclark1
that kkk baby photography is a little racist.
TheRoadOfExcessLeadsToThePalaceOfWisdom
Is that KKKID wearing Air Jordans?
alphabetsuplex
Hitler and his entourage look like they're posing for an Ocean's 14 poster or something. "The Louvre heist they did Nazi coming."
dmmpjl
I'm pretty sure Castro is wearing two watches because he just came from a different time zone.
Insomniac02
Last pic : Dewey on his way to beat the shit out of Reese
notcleverenoughforusernames
Out of all the important moments in history I'd probably go down as rat catcher.
deiz
*ReichserntedanKfest
cukta
Castro didn't wear two rolex to show his importance, but because good watches were hard to find at that time (1/2).
cukta
and rolex were the best of the best (reliability, precision). Also each watch shows a different time (2/2).
hiimmat
Fun Fact: Hitler never ascended the Eiffel Tower. The lift was "broken" for the entire occupation. The day of liberation, it worked again.
IamAreyou
They were good liars
benjenstark
Anyone have any idea why the women in West Berlin aren't wearing shoes?
therealaport
#6 "I want this" - Hitler probably
Polpotspants
Never thought I'd feel sorry for a nazi soldier.
Rumpsonumpso
Not every german soldier was a nazi. People who were members of the nsdap were nazis. Know the differences. D:
Diverge
We don't call it dagen h. Simply behörgendörgen.
SuzetteTheSmoreSchnappsGirl
yes. simply.
idalibut
fun fact: Fidel Castro wore 2 Rolex at the same time. One of them a GMT the other a Submariner. In total the watches gave Casto a three
idalibut
time zone overview. The watches have been set for Havana, Washington and Moscow. Rolex were considered some of the most functional accurate
idalibut
watches of their time (before quartz era started)
heyopeps
But where are the links to the other posts?
McLarenP1
The bison heads are from when we tried to hunt them into extinction to kill off the natives
markypeach
Hitler - "Paris is not too bad. I'll take it!"
thesplashingblumpkins
Wow - I didn't realise rat-catcher was such an old job
aikidude
the rat catcher seems genuinely happy
Shenkman
charlie work
DaveDominaish
1910: When men were men, women were men, and dogs were men.
walkingtallmachinegunman
I love how happy that rat catcher is
ernestborg9
Tea Party Rally: 1937
SaintMaceToTheFace
Ha.ha. Asshole
ernestborg9
It's funny, because it
ernestborg9
is true.
ThisIsIs
Damn, Finland.
CrimsonGhost107
I didn't know soviets could freeze
HelloSer
They're cold.
thran87
There is a story of a squad of Russians being staged as if the officer is executing the soldierswith his pistol. All throats were cut.
Feralphobia
Context on #11 His wife and mother died on the same day hours apart
GrabbinSince05
Why the fuck would a country just decide to reverse the flow of traffic all of a sudden
mydawgisgreen
I know there is so much going on. But yhe bison skulls. How many we just killed for the fuck of it.
Washdaytomorrow
No way man. It was them or us.
MissSpaceFace
That one made my blood boil. Humans are despicable.
zaphod
it wasn't just for the fuck of it, it was calculated to starve the natives out and it worked, still despicable, but there was a reason.
MrPeterCapaldi
Reichserntedanfest. Worst festival ever.
BerwynBrewyn
Looks like no pee pee for you fest.
Yrminulf
Well, it was basically Thanks Giving...
swetz
That would give me the most ridiculous amounts of anxiety.
DancingPanther
"I have 300 seconds to take a picture of this thing I can definitely fucking do that let's go"
MarvLevyForPresident
300 seconds = 5 minutes. In case anyone was wondering...
16and0bears
Thank you
Resurrectionist
They actually rigged up a camera with some wheels and took the picture from around a corner. Because, you know. Death and such.
anthem47
Around a corner, is that because the camera vehicle itself would become radioactive if it got too close?
NotAgainRichard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced_rad">activity">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced_radioactivity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_transmutation
Prodigious123
pretty sure being round the corner wont help much
NotAgainRichard
Actually, it probably did, the alpha radiation would have been stopped by the concrete wall.
Almainyny
A quick brief: alpha radiation is radiation that is incapable of breaching most objects that also happens to be the most deadly form of it.
witsd
Fatal dose in 60 seconds. 300 seconds just sped things up to the point you'd be dead in 48 hours.
BirdAndBearAndHareAndFish
This picturenwas taken with the help of mirrors from a little way away.
6ft1DickC
He ded
MarvLevyForPresident
Liek so ded
raandom
This picture was taken ten years after the meltdown. I am certain the radiation hadn't dissipated much in ten years.
GrabbinSince05
A quick Google search said it's still lethal
Spoonbadger
Nice, but the Rat catcher image is way later than 1900 in date.
pghquidditch
Updated it for ya
philosorapstar
Stop signs with white lettering as pictured were introduced in 1954.
Spoonbadger
Exactly (though I was going on the fashion which look late 50s early 60s)
Spoonbadger
Why the frig do I get down voted for pointing out an incorrect date in a FUCKING HISTORY POST!
DishonoredUser
Don't worry, upvoted