Rare Discoveries That Show A Different Side To History Than We Already Know

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[MarvinStinson]

Holy Roman Emperor Maximillian I wore these armored gloves from 1508 until his death

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The first sunglasses date back to the prehistoric Inuits

Antoine Fraveau was wearing this breastplate when he was struck and killed by a cannonball at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815

King Tutankhamun's sandals

This 16th Century ring unfolds into an astronomical sphere

Boot dating back to 300 BC found preserved in the frozen ground of the Altai Mountains [Asia]

This rare Keaton music typewriter features a circular keyboard with 33 keys for musical notation

Surgeon's kit from the American Civil War

Carbonized bread from Pompeii that still has the baker's stamp on it, 79 AD.

Library inside of the Waldsassen Abbey in Bavaria holds thousands of volumes bound in white pigskin

'Cow shoes' used by moonshiners in the Prohibition days to disguise their footprints, 1924

Shoes worn by Allied spies during World War II to steer the adversaries in the opposite direction

Shoes of bog body Damendorf Man dated around 2nd to 4th century, found near Damendorf, Germany

James Dean at a gas station in 1955 was just before his fatal car accident

Clint Eastwood dancing with Princess Diana in 1985 at a presidential gala. While they were dancing Eastwood told Diana, “You’re too old for me,” even though she was only 24.

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Tree pruning crew from the late 1800s

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Nurses showing a set of triplets to surprised father in a New York hospital, 1946

[ridesthemiles]

ABSOLUTELY!!!

[ridesthemiles]

THAT IS TOM SELLECK,

There is only ONE Magnum!!!

[ridesthemiles]

George Romney??

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Aldabra giant tortoise named Jonathan was born in 1832 and is 186 years old. Photo on the left taken in 1902 and the one on the right in 2017. Jonathan lives on the land of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.

[Mr. Jeeves]

That tortoise could feel young again if he wins a US Senate seat. :)

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First Siemens vacuum cleaner, Germany, 1906, referred to at the time as “dedusting pumps.” Weighed 660 pounds and had one horsepower.

[Texas Fossil]

Thank you

Amazing. Fearless people.

Some of my Grandmother’s family owned a large pecan orchard, near Lockhart. I can imagine them doing something like that. (no evidence, they were not known for being daredevils.)

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Boy reading in destroyed bookshop in London, after night of heavy bombing. October 1940

[mad_as_he$$]

Job positions open every day!

[dfwgator]

You’ll never see that after a BLM riot.

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Rare 16th century gold sundial and compass ring

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Statue of Liberty in its original copper form in Paris before it was transported to New York City, 1886. Made of copper, the statue started oxidizing, thus changing its color to green.

[Rebelbase]

OUTSTANDING POST!

Thanks~!

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Cost of living in 1938

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Dr. James Naismith, who invented the game of basketball, practices with his wife Maude in 1928

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Three year old Elvis with his parents Vernon and Gladys Presley. Photo taken at the Lee County jail in Tupelo. Vernon had been arrested on November 16, 1937 for forging a check.

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Immigrant family get their first view of New York City from Ellis Island.

From 1892 until 1954, Ellis Island was the busiest immigrant inspection station in the U.S