History

We all know the stories about “Honest Abe” Lincoln and his log cabin. But all that log-splitting and cabin-building made Abraham Lincoln incredibly strong. He was known to haul crates of stones weighing over 1,000 pounds around his hometown.

Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France...

"Alien (1979). It’s still so good 40+ years later"

Thylane Blondeau, 20 years old.

Donnie Darko, The One, The Fast and The Furious, Legally Blonde...

“Restored my old 5th gen iPod Classic and Gameboy SP mum gave me 16 years ago when I was 13, love and miss you mum”

John Nash, from A Beautiful Mind. During the filming of this movie, the director decided that Nash’s hallucinations should be presented audibly and visually so that the audience could put themselves in the protagonist’s shoes. In real life, however, they were only auditory.

"Heavy metal device that has instructions to set on stove. Handle of the roller appears to have 1880 on it."

Adidas’ signature 3-stripe design came to be after the company purchased it from a Finnish athletic footwear brand, Karhu Sports, which had used it in their products during 1952’s Summer Olympics. Years later, in 1990, the company, which was started by Adolf Dassler, introduced the 3-bar logo designed by the Creative Director, Peter Moore.

"Flip phones. I remember when the Motorola Razr was cutting edge."

"Here Is My Great Great Grandfather’s Nashville House In 1896, Two Years Before My Grandfather Was Born. This Picture Has Always Been In The Family Of Course, But Only Today Did I Use Google Maps To Look Up The Address And Find It How It Looks Today. I’m Thrilled That I Found It."

“My father-in-law and my husband playing ColecoVision circa 1984, and my husband and our daughter playing the same ColecoVision in 2018”

Hey Arnold was the first Nickelodeon animation to be voiced by actual kids instead of adults — which meant they had to be recast regularly. Six different actors played Arnold.