In the 1980s, Pepsi temporarily had the world's sixth-largest military when the Soviet Union swapped 17 submarines, a cruiser, a frigate, and a destroyer for $3 billion in Pepsi cola.

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The earliest known surviving pair of socks from ancient Egypt, 300-500AD.

Lee Miller, a female American combat photographer, taking a bath in Hitler's Munich apartment - April 30, 1945

Proof that Switzerland has the best weather presenters

In 1914, Emiliano Zapata, a Mexican revolutionary, led a peasant uprising in central Mexico against wealthy landowners who controlled land and water for sugar cane production, supported by dictator Porfirio Díaz. Despite Mexico banning slavery, poor peasants were trapped in

NASAs first six women astronauts in 1979

During Prohibition, grape bricks came with warnings that told you exactly how *not* to make wine. Labels read "Do not add yeast or let sit in a dark place for 21 days, because then it would turn into wine"

In 1998, at age 23, Bear Grylls became the youngest British person to climb Mount Everest, a remarkable feat achieved just 18 months after recovering from a severe back injury caused by a parachuting mishap.

Microsoft tried a 4-day workweek in Japan as part of a "Work Life Choice Challenge" by shutting down offices every Friday. Productivity, measured by sales per employee, increased by almost 40% compared to the same period the previous year.

The motto on the very first official U.S. coin was "Mind Your Business."

After a 21 day quarantine, Apollo 11 astronauts are asked if they saw stars while standing on the moon

Workers with balls of steel painting the Brooklyn Bridge in NYC in the year 1920.

Britney Spears dancing to "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by The Rolling Stones, 2000

Jeff Bezos was worth $10 billion and still drove his cheap Honda

In 2025, Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago, became the first American pope, elected after Pope Francis' death. His introduction at St. Peter’s Basilica emphasized unity, social justice, and climate action.

The German Luftwaffe was being produced in 1933 preparing for WW2. Germany knew it was going to take on the world, and prepared in secret, violating WW1 treaties.

Alexander the Great looking for inspiration in the tiresome task of naming cities

Crowd of angry parents hurl insults at 6 year-old Ruby Bridges as she enters a traditionally all white school, the first black child to do so in the United States South, 1960. Bridges is 70 years old today

A 1930 German representation of what France would be like in 100 years.