Daguerrotype portrait of an unidentified man. Photographed in the 1850s.

The unveiling of the first Boeing 747-400

Registration: N7284U Aircraft type: Boeing 727-222 Advanced MSN/LN: 21562 / 1410 Airline: United Airlines Date: July 15, 1991 Location: New York – LaGuardia (LGA) 📷: LemWerder (XLW) Sights #avgeek #B727

Emilienne Moreau-Evrard was a French heroine of both World Wars. In World War Two, she bravely served in the Brutus Resistance network, risking her life, and was among only six women awarded the prestigious Ordre de la Libération medal. Will you remember her?

Registration: N1834U Aircraft type: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 MSN/LN: 47966 / 64 Airline: United Airlines Date: June 09, 1996 Location: Orlando (MCO) 📷: LemWerder (XLW) Sights #avgeek #DC10

For all my friends who play AD&D, inspired by the recent Walmart radioactive shrimp catastrophe: Giant Radioactive Shrimp Frequency: Very Rare No. Appearing: 1 (1–2) Armor Class: –1 Move: 9, Sw 15 Hit Dice: 10–12 (variable; 1E/2E DMG XP tables adjust) % in Lair: 40%

Check out this amazing puppeteer, the real dog's reaction is priceless...🐶

For 73 years US Marine and WWII veteran Marvin Strombo kept a folded silk flag locked in a glass cabinet at his Montana home. It is a Japanese flag he had taken off a fallen Japanese soldier on the island of Saipan in 1944. At the time soldiers often took souvenirs from where

Homer the Barbarian

Inspired by nature

Drunkards and Dragons

Fellowship cr. netmors

This is the creed of the Order of the Whimsicans.

This is not glass. This 11th century Fatimid ewer was made from a single block of rock crystal, one of the hardest minerals to carve. There are seven similar ewers in existence.

One of the hardest photos of all time

Some indie games I had fun with recently and can recommend: - Cultist Simulator (Cthulhu - weird and fun to figure out) - Spellrogue (novel cards + dice combo) - Lootun (AFK loot grinding, captured essence of progression well) - Luck & Loot (fresh idea for a dice roguelite game)

Several Black-capped Chickadees and a Tufted Titmouse visit the Hand of Snacks.

Why don’t they make toothpaste cookie flavored? Wouldn’t everyone brush their teeth more if it tasted like cookies?

Evening dress, 1810. The MET.

25 August 1947. USMC test pilot Lieutenant Colonel Marion Carl set a new official world speed record of 650.796 mph in a D-558-I Skystreak over a course on the dry lakebed at Muroc Army Airfield (later renamed Edwards Air Force Base). Art by Steve Cox.