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World History
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A page dedicated to world history, helping you get through the day while learning something new.

"Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it"
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A pretty cool visual of the largest shipwrecks in history!

#shipwreck #history #historian #worldhistory #historybuff #sunken #sunkeship
data-visuals.bsky.social Show Me The Data 📈 @data-visuals.bsky.social · Apr 3
The USS America is the largest shipwreck ever found in history, just in case you were wondering

#shipwreck #sunken #sunkenship #ship #history #historian #worldhistory #historybuff #randominfo #charts #graphs #datavisual
April 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Balsamic glazed pork loin

#porkloin #pork #meatlover #carnivore #foodsky #foodie #foodlover #foodblogger #balsamic #foodpic
March 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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MULE TRAIN, 1869 (really early for a Montana photo). Fort Benton was the world’s innermost port. In 1869, 42 boats docked, sometimes carrying 600,000+ pounds of cargo.

#historian #historybuff #history #UShistory #western #1800s #fortbenton #montana #blackandwhite #b&w #oldphoto
March 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Bruce Lee and his wife Linda

#brucelee #familyphoto #history #actor #acting #hollywood #history #historian #blackandwhite #b&w
February 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones (sitting in black), John Bonham (sitting in white), backstage in Indianapolis, Market Square Arena, January 25, 1975

#ledzeppelin #jimmypage #robertplant #indianapolis #1970s #oldphoto #rocknroll #rockband #groupie #backstage #history #music
February 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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View of the mines on "The Richest Hill on Earth" - Butte, Montana ca. 1909.

#1900s #butte #montana #mining #naturalresources #industrialization #industry #bluecollar #history #westernhistory #UShistory #historybuff #historian
February 12, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Margaret Hamilton, the lead software engineer for NASA Apollo program, played a crucial role in developing the software that enabled the Moon landing in 1969. Alongside her team, she manually wrote much of the code that controlled the lunar module

#NASA #apollo #1960s #moonlanding #astronaut
February 12, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Japanese girls training for the anticipated invasion of mainland Japan, 1945

#japan #japanese #1940s #worldwar2 #WWII #WW2 #worldwar #military #history #historian #historybuff #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephoto #b&w #oldpicture
February 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Super interesting!!

#Africa #continentaldrift #tectonic #geology #worldhistory
Africa is Breaking Apart: A New Ocean Is Forming at Breakneck Speed—Faster Than Expected
A massive crack is widening across Africa, hinting at a transformation deep beneath the surface. Tectonic forces are reshaping the land faster than expected, with signs of an emerging ocean. Scientist...
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February 12, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, named after Italy’s first king, Victor Emmanuel II, is the oldest active shopping gallery in Italy

#italy #italian #shoppingmall #shopping #1800s #1900s #architecture #history #historybuff #historian
February 9, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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700 year old house, Iran

#iran #centuries #oldarchitecture #architecture #dwelling #civilization #oldhouse #oldphoto #history #historian #worldhistory #historybuff #thatsold
February 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Louis Shafer, miner, with armful of groceries bought at company store. Pittsburgh Coal Company, Westland Mine, Westland, Washington County, Pennsylvania. 1946.

#mining #coalminer #coal #coalmining #industrial #naturalresources #pittsburgh #pennsylvania #1940s #1900s #blackandwhite #b&w #history
February 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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An alpine shelter in the Italian Dolomites, built during World War I at a height of 2760 meters.

#WWII #worldwar #worldwar2 #dolomites #alpine #fortress #bunker #military #worldwars #history #architecture #historian #worldhistory
February 9, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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German Wehrmacht troops rest and enjoy their hot meal from a Goulsch food wagon container which was used to carry hot meals from behind the lines to the front

#germany #germantroops #WWII #WW2 #WW1 #worldwar #military #army #history #historian #worldhistory #historybuff #oldphoto
February 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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A pair of Amphicar Model 770s out on the water Loosdrecht Lakes, 1964

#1960s #1900s #vintage #oldphoto #vintagecar #amphibiousvehicle #antiques #historian #history #historybuff
February 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Three men discuss a road project that would eventually become Santa Monica Blvd. (1922)

#santamonica #losangeles #1920s #construction #roadconstruction #oldpic #blackandwhite #b&w #blackandwhitephoto #vintage #historian #historybuff
February 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Looks like AI, but is not.

1897 Amoskeag steam-powered fire engine of the Boston Fire Department. Weighing 17,000 pounds (7.700 kg). Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Ca. 1919

#fireengine #firedepartment #1800s #firetruck #bostonfiredepartment #history #historian #historybuff
February 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Same car type, same place and 49 years apart

#1970s #oldcar #oldphoto #gremlin #vintagecar #antiquecar #historian #historybuff #oldphoto
February 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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The Old Cincinnati Library before being demolished, 1874-1955. Built in 1874, it featured five levels of cast iron shelving, a fabulous foyer, checkerboard marble floors, and an atrium lit by a skylight ceiling.

#library #libraries #publiclibrary #history #historian #historybuff #1800s #1900s
February 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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One of a few duplex double decker buses in the American Greyhound fleet during early 1930s. These buses would have been assigned to the overnight 450-mile San Francisco - Los Angeles service. Driver upstairs, left side

#greyhound #1930s #sanfrancisco #greyhoundbus #losangeles #busdriver #history
February 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Betty Garrett, Frank Sinatra, Ann Miller, Jules Munshin, Vera-Ellen, and Gene Kelly in a publicity photo for "On the Town." The classic Gene Kelly-Stanley Donen musical, which won an Oscar for its wonderful score.

#hollywood #actor #actress #musical #franksinatra #oldphoto #blackandwhitephoto
February 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Newport Arch, located in England, holds the remarkable distinction of being Britain’s oldest Roman arch still in use for vehicular traffic. Dating back to the 3rd century

#newport #england #romanarch #romans #romanempire #history #historian #historybuff
February 3, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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[February 2nd, 1945] Franklin D. Roosevelt and Churchill in Malta

#history #OTD #WWII #1940s
February 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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A perfect design!

#bottlecap #patent #1800s #vintage #antique #history #OTD
tractusfynn.bsky.social Tractus Fynn @tractusfynn.bsky.social · Feb 2
This Day in #History 1892
The Bottle Cap for beverages patented by US inventor William Painter -- still in used today...
February 3, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Troops of the 1st Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada, disembarking from HMCS "Ottawa" (1940) (LAC a104043-v8.jpg) #RCN #Photos #History
February 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM