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World history is the narrative of humanity's past, understood and studied through archaeology, anthropology, genetics, and linguistics. Since the invention of writing, human history has been studied through primary and secondary source documents.

And the chances are you had (or have) a fair amount of this discipline back in high school and if you hadn’t slept through it, you’d have much better knowledge of it than you do now.

In fact, an article in The New York Times reported "Only 22 percent of American students had mastered enough history in their high school days to identify two contributions made by Lincoln to this country." The thing is, it was published in 1943, but it could have been written today.

Luckily, there’s this Facebook page dedicated to sharing some of the most interesting and lesser known bits of history. It won’t make us re-learn everything from scratch, but it will surely spark this lost interest into the times of the past.

Titled “The World Of History,” the page reminds us how similar yet different humans were hundreds of years ago compared with us today. Below, we wrapped up some of the most interesting posts shared here, so scroll down and enjoy!

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A Victorian Couple Trying Not To Laugh While Getting Their Portraits Done, 1890s

A Victorian Couple Trying Not To Laugh While Getting Their Portraits Done, 1890s

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    A Serbian Soldier Sleeps With His Father Who Came To Visit Him On The Front Line Near Belgrade, 1914/1915

    A Serbian Soldier Sleeps With His Father Who Came To Visit Him On The Front Line Near Belgrade, 1914/1915

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    An East German Border Guard Offers A Flower Through A Gap In The Berlin Wall On The Morning It Fell, 1989

    An East German Border Guard Offers A Flower Through A Gap In The Berlin Wall On The Morning It Fell, 1989

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    There’s something uncanny and absolutely fascinating about looking at old photographs that document the people, the events, the places, the current affairs of the past. It also challenges our perception of time, because as distant as we feel from the subjects shown in the photographs, we still share this similarity that’s impossible to ignore.

    According to Lisa Yaszek, a Regents Professor of Science Fiction Studies at Georgia Tech where she researches and teaches science fiction as a global language crossing centuries, continents, and cultures, old photos affect our perception of time in unique ways like nothing else:

    “By making abstract historical events visually concrete, giving us an emotional connection to eras we might not otherwise know very much about, exactly, through books or family stories,” she explained in our previous in-depth interview on a similar topic.

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    On July 17, 1967, A Florida Lineman Named Randall Champion Accidentally Touched A High-Voltage Line — Which Sent 4,000 Volts Of Electricity Through His Body And Stopped His Heart

    On July 17, 1967, A Florida Lineman Named Randall Champion Accidentally Touched A High-Voltage Line — Which Sent 4,000 Volts Of Electricity Through His Body And Stopped His Heart

    Luckily, his friend and fellow lineman J.D. Thompson was close enough to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation until paramedics arrived. Thanks to Thompson's quick thinking, Champion survived the incident, and even reported to work the following week.

    Unbeknownst to Champion and Thompson, a photographer for the Jacksonville Journal was standing just below them to capture this daring rescue. From the ground, Rocco Morabito snapped one of the most moving images in history — "The Kiss of Life."

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    Panda Kicki
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is it possible to start a heart with mouth to mouth only? Or did he somehow managed to do compressions as well? Last CPR-education I was at told us to skip mouth to mouth completely and only do compressions as the unconsious body gets enough air from the compression movements itself.

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    The professor at Georgia Tech added that all the subjects of these photos look so alive and have such a range of emotions on their faces—“from determination to silliness to fear to hope. It reminds us that historical events don’t just happen on their own—they involve real people taking real action, for better or for worse.”

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    While looking back into history from the present standpoint, it’s easier to imagine that life was simpler back in the day. But the photos are evidence that’s not the case. In fact, people in the past led rich and complex lives, just as we do today.

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    During WWII, Jews In Budapest Were Brought To The Edge Of The Danube, Ordered To Remove Their Shoes, And Shot, Falling Into The Water Below

    During WWII, Jews In Budapest Were Brought To The Edge Of The Danube, Ordered To Remove Their Shoes, And Shot, Falling Into The Water Below

    60 pairs of iron shoes now line the river's bank, a ghostly memorial to the victims. 'Shoes on the Danube Promenade' by Can Togay and Gyula Pauer.

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    troufaki13
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All those years of wars and suffering and humanity still hasn't learned... :(

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    3 People Pose For A Photo Whilst Wearing Face Masks During The Second Wave Of The Spanish Flu In California; 1918

    3 People Pose For A Photo Whilst Wearing Face Masks During The Second Wave Of The Spanish Flu In California; 1918

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    Livingroom Panda
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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    that sign should be a law edit: thanks for the upvotes! i didn't ever think id get that many

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    “For instance, we tend to assume that in the past, women were limited to work as wives and mothers, and we certainly see a number of images here celebrating women’s work in the home. But we also see women doing all sorts of work in the public sphere as well—everything from attending school graduations and working on supercomputers to taking back the streets of postwar London and bouncing drunks out of bars!”

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    #10

    Father, Son, Grandfather And Great Grandfather, New Guinea, 1970

    Father, Son, Grandfather And Great Grandfather, New Guinea, 1970

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    Double Leg Amputee Railway Signalman, James Wide, Photographed Working Alongside His Pet And Assistant, Jack Baboon, In Cape Town During The 1880s

    Double Leg Amputee Railway Signalman, James Wide, Photographed Working Alongside His Pet And Assistant, Jack Baboon, In Cape Town During The 1880s

    James Wide purchased a chacma baboon in 1881 and trained him to push his wheelchair and to operate the railway signals under supervision.

    After initial scepticism, the railway decided to officially employ Jack once his job competency was verified. The baboon was paid twenty cents a day, and half a bottle of a beer each week. It is widely reported in his nine years of employment with the railway company, Jack never made a single mistake. That's is wild and he worked there for nine years.

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    Children Going To School Having To Cross A River By Pulley, Modena, Italy, 1959

    Children Going To School Having To Cross A River By Pulley, Modena, Italy, 1959

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    “And that is what old photos do best: they remind us that people in the past have had many of the same challenges and triumphs as we have, and that we can look to them for inspiration regarding how to make sense of the present and build new futures,” Yaszek concluded.

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    #13

    A British Sailor Removing The Leg Chains Off An Enslaved Man Who Had Worn Them For Three Years

    A British Sailor Removing The Leg Chains Off An Enslaved Man Who Had Worn Them For Three Years

    The enslaved man, along with others, had escaped a slave-trading post off the coast of Oman when they heard the Royal Navy was nearby. ⁣(1907)

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    18th Century Device That Allowed Researchers To Work/Read Up To 8 Open Books At A Time

    18th Century Device That Allowed Researchers To Work/Read Up To 8 Open Books At A Time

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    This Is About A Victim, Not About Who Is To Blame. It Would Be Lovely To Honor Her And Others Who Lost Their Lives Here, And Debate Specifics Elsewhere

    This Is About A Victim, Not About Who Is To Blame. It Would Be Lovely To Honor Her And Others Who Lost Their Lives Here, And Debate Specifics Elsewhere

    The image has become iconic and the woman in it, a then 28-year-old Marcy Borders, became known as the 'dust lady' in the days after 9/11. She had been working in the North Tower of the World Trade Center only a month, on the 81st floor only 12 stories down from where American Airlines Flight 11 made impact. She made her way down the main stairwell of the tower, along with hundreds of others escaping. In the time it took her to reach the ground floor, the South Tower had just collapsed and an enormous dust cloud, visible from space, was rising. “I took chase from this cloud of dust and smoke that was following me,” Borders said. “Once it caught me it threw me on my hands and knees. Every time I inhaled my mouth filled up with it, I was choking. I was saying to myself out loud, I didn’t want to die, I didn’t want to die.” She was pulled from the dust and into a nearby lobby by a man, and that is where photographer Stan Honda snapped this haunting photo, seen around the world as a testament to the horrors of 9/11.

    Marcy Borders passed away from stomach cancer in August 2015, cancer she believes was exacerbated by inhaling dust on that fateful day. The 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund and the World Trade Center Health Program estimate that over 2,000 have died of illnesses related to the attack over the past 18 years.

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    Stannous Flouride
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Before his recent championing of medical care for soldiers and Marines injured by toxic burn pits, Jon Stewart used his bully pulpit to ensure the continuation of the 9/11 VCF & WTCHP. In both cases he had to fight against the same party in Congress. It's almost as if those people don't really care about first responders after they've served their purposes.

    Joseph rick
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the man millions of Americans voted for - their president - the president of the USA - Donald Trump - LAUDED the Saudi Arabians rulers - The very country of origin of all the perpetrators who committed this inhumane crime. Why? This country owns 7% of America and a 100% of their monsters.

    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No idea why people downvote facts here. Seems this place is a bubblegum land.

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    Ray Martin
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The cancer was probably caused by the amount of asbestos in the dust the poor woman inhaled and swallowed.

    GlassHalfWay
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a travesty for all those working in the buildings and the all those who helped others. Shame on the U.S. government for not paying for ALL their medical bills. This makes my American head hang low. Just terrible.

    KimB
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Whoever is doing all this downvoting please stop. We're all allowed to have different opinions and you don't have to like or agree with them.

    Featherytoad
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've been seeing a lot and I mean a lot of this lately. I'm playing vigilante and giving votes back.

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    Farid Red
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Another beautiful soul lost because of some people greedy. Tragic.

    Cherreka Wirth
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey. The title says let's just remember the beautiful soul she was and not taint the memory with accusations. Please stop.

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    removebeforeflight
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    After the attack had happened on 9/11, airlines now have very strict rules of entering the cockpit in-flight. The procedure should be done every time while a crew member (either cabin crew or flight crew) wants to enter cockpit, and the main doors of the aircraft are closed. In every airline the procedure may vary. Prior 9/11 everybody may enter the cockpit, now only pilots may open the door after making sure that the crew member who wants to enter follows the assigned procedure. Otherwise the door will stay closed. The door is now bulletproof and there is no way anybody can get inside the cockpit without knowing the procedure AND the cockpit door code (at least for Airbuses, I have heard that Boeings use other way of informing CPT that somebody wants to get inside instead of a pin-code, but not sure which one - I have never worked on Boeings).

    Tarryn Louise
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Her face in that moment though... so powerful, shock, pure shock.

    Nicole Kennedy
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My heart goes out to the families of every single person who lost their life that day. Thank God this woman survived. 💜💜💜💜

    Pepper Pots
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is very sad, Im sorry to Marcy Borders and all affected by this atrocity. Hope you find peace

    Daniele Ribolla
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you need no caption to understand what this photo represent... God Bless All of Them 💖

    Brenda S
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Must be just one of thousands stories yet to be told, viewed, heard, written, about 911

    Gary L. Street
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Vector are you calling out for help or asking why Jesus didn't save this woman? Jus curious 🤨

    Yogi's mom
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anybody know if the yellow color is a weird effect of light or if it really was yellow, and if it was, why?

    AW
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Apparently it was "just" all the dust and smoke in the air giving it the yellowish luminescence, no special light effect as such

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    I believe it was the long Island medium who met this woman's daughter and blew her away.

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    Megan Curl
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did you not read the effing title?? “Honor her” “Debate...elsewhere” WTF?

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    Knife Grinders In France 1902, They Worked Lying Down To Save Their Backs And Had Dogs Sit On Their Legs For Warmth

    Knife Grinders In France 1902, They Worked Lying Down To Save Their Backs And Had Dogs Sit On Their Legs For Warmth

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    Berlin, Germany, 1985-2018

    Berlin, Germany, 1985-2018

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    Kayjunmoon
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually, whilst not everything we hoped for has come to pass since the breaking up of the iron curtain, this picture shows the oppressive nature of life before the wall came down.

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    The Moment When President Bush Was Informed About The 9/11 Terrorist Attack, 2001

    The Moment When President Bush Was Informed About The 9/11 Terrorist Attack, 2001

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    Paul Macdonell
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bush was stunned and perhaps looked a little dazed but the fact is it was the Secret Service's job to just haul him out as fast as possible. There was a major attack happening in the country and he should have been grabbed and thrown in the limo.

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    A Photograph Of A Filipino-American Family Taken More Than A Decade After The Us Colonization Of The Islands. The Photo Dates Back To 1912

    A Photograph Of A Filipino-American Family Taken More Than A Decade After The Us Colonization Of The Islands. The Photo Dates Back To 1912

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    British Soldier Retrieving Bandages From The Kit Of A Dog During Wwi, 1915

    British Soldier Retrieving Bandages From The Kit Of A Dog During Wwi, 1915

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    The 2800 Year Old Kiss!

    The 2800 Year Old Kiss!

    These human remains were unearthed in 1972 at the Teppe Hasanlu archaeological site, located in the Solduz Valley in the West Azerbaijan Province of Iran. The archaeologist who studied the skeletons confirms they were there since 2,800 years ago. The University of Pennsylvania has determined that the couple died together around 800 BC. The skeletons do appear like they are kissing each other before they died – as if to signify that love is eternal.

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    Michelle M
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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Before dreaming up any frisky story, note that both skeletons are believed to be male. The one on the right was a young adult male while the left one was 30 - 35 years old. It was hard to determine the left's gender, but after years of identifying as a female, it was later proven to be a male. Edited to let y'all know that I'm not homophobic. Wanted to let you know that they were males, so you can take that into account when dreaming up your frisky tales. A case of Romeo and Jack instead of Juliet.

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    Residents Of West Berlin Show Their Children To Their Grandparents Living In East Berlin, 1961

    Residents Of West Berlin Show Their Children To Their Grandparents Living In East Berlin, 1961

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    A Berlin Boy Sells Lemonade Using A Portable Lemonade Dispenser, 1931.

    A Berlin Boy Sells Lemonade Using A Portable Lemonade Dispenser, 1931.

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    Meeting Around A Baguette. France 1950. Photo By: Robert Doisneau

    Meeting Around A Baguette. France 1950. Photo By: Robert Doisneau

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    Canadian And German Soldiers Sharing A Cigarette During The Second Battle Of Passchendaele, November 1917

    Canadian And German Soldiers Sharing A Cigarette During The Second Battle Of Passchendaele, November 1917

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    Vietnam War Helmet Graffiti, 1967- “War Is Good Business- Invest Your Son”

    Vietnam War Helmet Graffiti, 1967- “War Is Good Business- Invest Your Son”

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    16 Year-Old Anti-Aircraft Soldier Of The German Army, Hans-Georg Henke, Cries From Combat Shock As His World Falls Apart. He Was Captured By The Us 9th Army In Hessen, Germany In 1945

    16 Year-Old Anti-Aircraft Soldier Of The German Army, Hans-Georg Henke, Cries From Combat Shock As His World Falls Apart. He Was Captured By The Us 9th Army In Hessen, Germany In 1945

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    humdrum
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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He must have been in the Hitlerjugend at least since it was obligatory in 1941, but probably all his life. He didn't know any better, or anything else, really. EDIT I just read his parents were communists but they had died by then. After the war he went to communist East Germany.

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    The Statue Of Liberty - Paris, France - 1886 (Before It Was Transported To America)

    The Statue Of Liberty - Paris, France - 1886 (Before It Was Transported To America)

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    Tara Dawn
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    American here. I do not believe we deserve this beautiful gift any longer. But thank you France.

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    Town Of Rysstad, Norway, 1888 - 2013

    Town Of Rysstad, Norway, 1888 - 2013

    Not much I could find on this small town but the white, wooden, octagonal church was built in 1838 by Anders Thorsen Syrtveit using plans by the famous Norwegian architect Hans Linstow, who built the Royal Palace in Oslo. The church seats around 200 people.

    The town dates back to the Middle Ages and was once a municipality of Norway. Population today of around one thousand.

    Seen in an ' The Atlantic' article which details “Tilbakeblikk”, the name of a joint project between the Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute and Norsk Folkemuseum. Tilbakeblikk means “retrospect” or “looking back” in Norwegian, describing the project’s use of photographs taken of the same places separated by long periods of time to illustrate landscape changes in Norway.

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    A German Woman With Her All Belonging Sitting Alone In War Ruined Cologne. 1945

    A German Woman With Her All Belonging Sitting Alone In War Ruined Cologne. 1945

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    Abraham Lincoln At Gettysburg During The Civil War. Left: Allan Pinkerton, Right: Gen John Mcclernand. 1863. (Colorized)

    Abraham Lincoln At Gettysburg During The Civil War. Left: Allan Pinkerton, Right: Gen John Mcclernand. 1863. (Colorized)

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    Anatoly Golombievsky, A Soviet Veteran Who Lost Both His Legs During The Battle For Novorossiysk, During World War II, Takes The Salute Of 4 Cadets At The Nakhimov Navy School On V-Day In Leningrad, 1989

    Anatoly Golombievsky, A Soviet Veteran Who Lost Both His Legs During The Battle For Novorossiysk, During World War II, Takes The Salute Of 4 Cadets At The Nakhimov Navy School On V-Day In Leningrad, 1989

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    Tricycle Of 3 Year Old Boy Named Shin, Who Died 1,500 Meters From The Hypocenter Of Hiroshima Atomic Bombing, 1945

    Tricycle Of 3 Year Old Boy Named Shin, Who Died 1,500 Meters From The Hypocenter Of Hiroshima Atomic Bombing, 1945

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    The Queen Of England And Her Husband At The Horse Races In 1968

    The Queen Of England And Her Husband At The Horse Races In 1968

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    General George S. Patton’s Pet Dog On The Day Of His Owner’s Death, December 21st, 1945

    General George S. Patton’s Pet Dog On The Day Of His Owner’s Death, December 21st, 1945

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    Michelle M
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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you want/need to cry, squeeze out the excess liquid in your eyes, then look up YouTube videos of dogs (and other animals) mourning their humans. I prescribe three videos in the morning, three at night. Thank me later.

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    Pope John Paul II Talks With Mehmet Agca, The Man Who Tried To Assassinate Him, In An Italian Prison, 1983

    Pope John Paul II Talks With Mehmet Agca, The Man Who Tried To Assassinate Him, In An Italian Prison, 1983

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    A Woman Walks Through The Ruins Of Berlin During The Battle Of Berlin, May 1945

    A Woman Walks Through The Ruins Of Berlin During The Battle Of Berlin, May 1945

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    Acrobats Balance On Top Of The Empire State Building, C. 1934

    Acrobats Balance On Top Of The Empire State Building, C. 1934

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    Rejected Designs For The Eiffel Tower

    Rejected Designs For The Eiffel Tower

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    1910, Mailing A Child Via Parcel Post In The USA, The Post Office’s Parcel Post Was Introduced In 1913

    1910, Mailing A Child Via Parcel Post In The USA, The Post Office’s Parcel Post Was Introduced In 1913

    Within weeks, a number of parents attempted to send their children by post. In Ohio, Jesse and Mathilda Beagle posted their son James, eight months old, to his grandmother. The delivery cost 15c - cheaper than a rail ticket. Mr and Mrs Beagle insured James for $50.

    In 1920, the Post Office elected to no longer deliver children until present time

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    Mummified Head (Mokomokai) With Moko Facial Tattoo

    Mummified Head (Mokomokai) With Moko Facial Tattoo

    In mummification, the brain and eyes were removed, all the holes in the skull were sealed with flax fibers and gum. The head was then steamed in an oven, before being smoked in a fire, then left in the sun for several days. After that, the head was hydrated with shark fat oil - Maori culture -

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    "4 Children For Sale", 1948

    "4 Children For Sale", 1948

    The photo first appeared in the The Vidette-Messenger of Valparaiso, Indiana on August 5, 1948. The children looked posed and a bit confused as their pregnant mother hides in shame her face from the photographer after putting her childrens up for sale. The caption read: “A big ‘For Sale’ sign in a Chicago yard mutely tells the tragic story of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Chalifoux, who face eviction from their apartment. With no place to turn, the jobless coal truck driver and his wife decide to sell their four children. Mrs. Lucille Chalifoux turns her head from camera above while her children stare wonderingly. On the top step are Lana, 6, and Rae, 5. Below are Milton, 4, and Sue Ellen, 2”.

    Family members accused the mother of being paid to stage the photo, which may have been part of the story, but unfortunately, she was dead serious about selling her children. Within two years all of the children pictures, as well as the baby she was carrying at the time, were sold off to different homes.

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    A 'Knocker-Up' In London (1929). Before Alarm Clocks, People Were Paid To Wake Clients Up For Work By Knocking On Their Doors And Windows With A Stick

    A 'Knocker-Up' In London (1929). Before Alarm Clocks, People Were Paid To Wake Clients Up For Work By Knocking On Their Doors And Windows With A Stick

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    New York City, 1900s. (Colorized)

    New York City, 1900s. (Colorized)

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    Ripley
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nobody even bats an eye at the dead horse. Most probably a regular enough occurrence that it's just not that interesting. We sometimes look at the past with rose-tinted glasses, but things were definitely not "the good old days".

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    Dimple Making Machine Made In 1936

    Dimple Making Machine Made In 1936

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    Hawkmoon
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It reminds me of that silly vacuum thing some girls were doing to puff up their lips on tiktok or instagram that caused a few panic attacks.

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    #51

    American Troops On Board A Landing Craft Heading For The Beaches At Oran In Algeria During Operation 'Torch', November 1942. (Colorized By Spektonz)

    American Troops On Board A Landing Craft Heading For The Beaches At Oran In Algeria During Operation 'Torch', November 1942. (Colorized By Spektonz)

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    #52

    Myrtle Corbin, Who Was Born With Two Sets Of Legs, Two Pelvises, And Two Functional Sets Of Sexual / Reproductive Organs, Taken Betwen 1868-1928

    Myrtle Corbin, Who Was Born With Two Sets Of Legs, Two Pelvises, And Two Functional Sets Of Sexual / Reproductive Organs, Taken Betwen 1868-1928

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    Homecoming Prisoner Of War - Vienna, Austria. 1946. Photo By Ernst Haas

    Homecoming Prisoner Of War - Vienna, Austria. 1946. Photo By Ernst Haas

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    #54

    This Is A Mass Burial At Sea, On The Uss Intrepid In 1944 Following A Kamikaze Attack

    This Is A Mass Burial At Sea, On The Uss Intrepid In 1944 Following A Kamikaze Attack

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    Tara Dawn
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No disrespect intended, but my eyes are getting older (w the rest of me) and I thought the servicemen in the very back were in speedos. A confusing cpl of seconds.

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    One Of The Most Powerful First World War Photographs.

    One Of The Most Powerful First World War Photographs.

    Photographed in near a German
    prisoner war camp in Douchy, France sometime in 1916.

    The original glass plate is captioned 'Louis'. We don't know anything else about the boys who are dressed in bits of French and German uniform.

    There is mention of a pair of boys just like this in the book 'Storm of Steel', the frontline memoires of the famous German soldier-philosopher Ernst Jünger.

    "There were two French boys, orphans, one eight, the other twelve years old, who became attached to the troops in the most extraordinary way. They wore nothing but field grey, spoke fluent German, and saluted all officers in the prescribed manner. They spoke of their fellow-countrymen contemptuously and called them 'Schangels' as they heard the soldiers doing. Their
    great desire was to go into the line with their company.
    They were proficient in drill and fell in on the left of the company at roll-call, and when they wished to accompany the canteen orderlies on an expedition to buy provisions at Cambrai they duly asked for leave. When the and Battalion went to Queant for a few weeks’ training, one of the two, called Louis, was, by order of Colonel von Oppen, to remain behind in Douchy, so
    that no occasion for false reports should be given to the civil population. During the march he was nowhere to be seen, but when the battalion arrived he jumped out of
    one of the transport waggons, where he had hidden himself. Unfortunately,some of the more thoughtless of the men used to take them with them into the canteen for the amusement of teaching them to drink. Later, I believe, the elder was sent to a N.C.O. course in Germany."

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    Nicola Roberts
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I read a book based on the wolf children of Germany post ww2. Heart breaking perspective of orphaned children raising themselves. Nothing new, but my brain censor this stuff because it's overwhelming.

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    French Soldiers, Battle Of Somme 1916

    French Soldiers, Battle Of Somme 1916

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    Kerri
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like the inspiration for the Beauxbatons uniform in Harry Potter.

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    A German Officer And An Nco Wearing Portable Sound Locating Apparatae To Detect Enemy Aircraft (This Was A Type Of Early Radar). Western Front, 1917

    A German Officer And An Nco Wearing Portable Sound Locating Apparatae To Detect Enemy Aircraft (This Was A Type Of Early Radar). Western Front, 1917

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    This Image Captured During World War II By Soviet War Reporter Max Alpert Depicts Soviet Red Army Political Commissar Alexey Yeremenko As He Raises A Tokarev Tt-33 Handgun And Leads His Men In Combat Against The Germans On July 12th, 1942

    This Image Captured During World War II By Soviet War Reporter Max Alpert Depicts Soviet Red Army Political Commissar Alexey Yeremenko As He Raises A Tokarev Tt-33 Handgun And Leads His Men In Combat Against The Germans On July 12th, 1942

    The image was captured near Khorosheye in the Ukraine, and Yeremenko was killed in action only a few minutes later. Yeremenko's identity as the commissar in this image was not established until his family recognized him when the photo was featured in a Pravda magazine in 1965.

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    Forman Was A Well-Known Photographer Working For The Boston Herald When He Attended The Scene Of A Fire

    Forman Was A Well-Known Photographer Working For The Boston Herald When He Attended The Scene Of A Fire

    What began as him documenting the rescue of a young woman and child quickly took a turn when the fire escape collapsed.

    The pair began to fall and he continued shooting as they were falling. He capturing them swimming through the air. Forman only lowered his camera and turned at the last moment when he realized what he was witnessing was a woman plummeting to her death.

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    Northern Irish Boy Poses In Front Of Ira Car Bomb In Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1978

    Northern Irish Boy Poses In Front Of Ira Car Bomb In Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1978

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    "We Are Russians" Written On The Front Of A Shop In The East End Of London, England In 1915 So That They Would Not Be Mistakenly Identified As German And Attacked/Robbed As A Result Of The Anti-German Sentiment In The Country At The Time.

    "We Are Russians" Written On The Front Of A Shop In The East End Of London, England In 1915 So That They Would Not Be Mistakenly Identified As German And Attacked/Robbed As A Result Of The Anti-German Sentiment In The Country At The Time.

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    A Boxing Match Of American Sailors. 1899

    A Boxing Match Of American Sailors. 1899

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    A Sikkimese Woman Carrying A British Man On Her Back, West Bengal. India 1900

    A Sikkimese Woman Carrying A British Man On Her Back, West Bengal. India 1900

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    Lady Goldberry
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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This makes me sick. What a pig that man was. And I don't wanna hear 'it was the times' blah blah...no one should demand to be carried like an infant unless they are one! Edited to recommend Monday's more accurate, if incredibly rude, correction.

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