Posted on 09/07/2020 1:38:36 AM PDT by 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.
The soldier was caught after saving the boy, and while it’s believed that he was removed from his post no one really knows what happened to him.
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It’s a fair safe bet he was executed by a single gunshot to the back of the head.
Very cool find! Thank you, that is pretty wild history. I guess they just liked to fight and wanted to make the odds fair?
 "I said I wanted a spike hairdo!"  |
(Maybe that's where he got his famous "theory of female relativity"!)
What's the story with this soiled-blue-dress/red-shoe pervert?
Qualifies as an Excedrin headache.
[Time goes by, then] Thanks proud American in Canada!
Interesting how much more modern the jacket on the right looks thanks to the collar being spread flat, modern style, rather than standing up.
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