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To be exact, the first Porsche was legally registered 68 years ago on June 8th, 1948. It all started with an engineer named Ferdinand Porsche, who built an electric car in 1900 and then developed the VW Beetle in the …

Redditer anon33249038 posted a theory last week about the money the Army owes Captain America for his 66 years of service. Taking into account specialized service, an increase in pay grade, and that Cap’ was commissioned the same year he …

A new iPhone may seem expensive, but once you compare it to everything it replaces it can be pretty clear just how much better we have it than our Dad’s did. Like text messaging, which you would have to send …

It takes a certain kind of badass to be relevant for thousands of years. Sun Tzu is that badass. Even after more than 2,500 years after his death, he’s still regarded as one of the most brilliant military strategists ever. …

The Smithsonian has one of the most impressive specimen collections in the entire world. Let’s take a look and see what they have in their stash.

Say what you want about Arnold Schwarzenegger but you can’t say he hasn’t lived a really cool life.

Time moves fast, but sometimes it’s good to take a break and reflect on a little human history. Vietnam War 1965 U.S. military authorities prepare to hang Dr. Klaus Karl Schilling, 74, at Landsberg, Germany, on May 28, 1946. He …

The four headed presidential monument blasted into the a mountainside sounds as outlandish today as it must have 90 years ago, but at the height of the Great Depression, a monument like Mount Rushmore was exactly what America needed. Constructed …

In 2014, Christian de Berdouare and his wife Jennifer Valoppi unknowingly purchased Pablo Escobar’s Florida mansion. Once the couple figured out the mansion’s history, they decided to search the house to make sure nothing was left behind and then have …

It’s common knowledge that Theodore Roosevelt was one of the most hardcore, rough-riding badasses to ever grace the Oval Office. We could easily make a bulleted (no pun intended) and easily digestible list of all the insane things he’s accomplished, …

Netflix vs. Blockbuster Have you ever been so angry with a company that you proceed to destroy it and the entire industry as well? Well, Reed Hastings did just that when he got the idea for Netflix after receiving a …

It was a big year for WTF, apparently. Looking at you, Kellogg’s. 1. This dead-eyed Kellogg’s kid who has been haunting nightmares for the last century. I’m so sorry, J.C. Leyendecker, you’re my illustration hero, but like, no. 2. This …

The only known photo of Albert Einstein with his E=MC^2 equation – 1934 Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, somewhere in Arkansas, USA, circa 1933 Adolf Hitler visits the tomb of Napoleon at Les Invalides, Paris, France (1940) A German dispatch …

If you can still remember a time when these things were happening, you’re probably old. The movie Encino Man was shot 23 years ago. Pauly Shore is 47. The Game Boy printer was released 17 years ago. Kelly Bundy is …

Musician Kurt Cobain with poet William Burroughs, 1993 Salvador “I don’t do drugs I am drugs” Dalí painting The Face of War, 1941 Portrait of three newsboys smoking outside Skeeter’s Branch, at Jefferson near Franklin Avenue at 11 in the …

An East German soldier ignores orders to let no one pass and helps a boy, who was found on the opposite side from his family, cross the newly formed ‘Berlin Wall’- 1961 Bonnie and Clyde’s car after they were killed, …

Heist movies like Ocean’s 11 and The Town have always captivated audiences. The thought of getting rich over night and the danger that comes along with planning and executing the perfect heist. Everybody has secretly thought about being in one …

Andrew Jackson was a whiskey-drinking, hell-raising lunatic who was elected President of the United States. He waged a personal war against the British, fought an assassin, threatened to behead John C. Calhoun, and almost destroyed the White House on two …

When you think of traveling the world, what famous landmarks make it to your bucket list? Chances are, one of them is the magnificent Eiffel Tower. This incredible feat of structural engineering is adored by people all around the world. …

Before the invention of electricity, gas stoves, refrigerators and other complex automated systems, many kinds of work were made by hand. Some of them were very dangerous, where only women and children worked. Pinspotter Before the advent of machines bowling …

The technology behind prosthetic limbs is so advanced that it’s easy to assume such an invention is a recent development. Truthfully, the concept of prosthetics existed since the ancient Egyptians, if not earlier. Some older limbs look like medieval torture …

There are far more badass individuals in history for me to cover but here is a short list of a few, fill free to point out some of your favorites I missed in the comments.

Portrait of a Lady by Rogier van der Weyden Nicole Friedersdorf,a German costume designer aka DarkDirndl – specializes on the reconstruction of historic gowns and dresses – exactly as seen on paintings, sketches or for real in museums or exhibitions. …

In honor of MLK day, and the birthday of the iconic civil rights activist (born January 15th, 1929), here are a few facts about the man that you likely didn’t know about before now.

Senator John F. Kennedy campaigning in the Bronx, New York, October 1960

We can guarantee you’ve never seen history like this before.