🇸🇪 A Swedish soldier on military exercises near the Finnish border, July 1952

🐬 Dolphins 'hold hands' to become friends

Some species, such as dolphin-aphalines, maintain "friendships" for decades. Pectoral fin contact is used as a form of tactile communication and to establish social bonds .

Canadians preparing to charge during the Battle of the Somme, WWI, 1916.
The battle began on July 1st 1916 and lasted nearly five months. By the time the battle ended on November 18, a total of about a million+ men from both sides had been killed or wounded, making it one of the deadliest battles in history.

Mountain parkour.

🇫🇷 A woman hauling water, Corsica, c. 1900-1920s

Off the coast of Tenerife, divers filmed an extremely unusual behavior of anglerfish: a deep-sea monster swam vertically upwards.

Tired of the dark

A Luftwaffe review in Nazi Germany, 1937

Today I learned that every Texas Ranger's badge is carved from Mexican silver

German soldiers preparing captured members of the French resistance for execution by firing squad, July 1944

Mini jet engine.

🇮🇹 Two young girls from Taormina, Sicily, c. 1900

A pizzeria in Germany added cocaine to its menu to attract more customers

Clever people came up with their own "code": when ordering pizza #40, heroin was added to the purchase. To pizza #30 - cocaine, and to #20 - marijuana. The pizzeria became an almost instant hit among locals. But the "happiness" did not last long - the police arrested everyone.

3 July 1863: Confederate General Lewis Armistead leading his men forward during Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg, which would become known as the "High Water Mark of the Confederacy". This battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war.

Deer's poor eyesight is compensated by a well-developed olfactory receptor and excellent hearing.

King Wilhelm I, Bismarck and General Moltke observe the Battle of Königgrätz, during which the Prussians defeated the Austrians during the Austro-Prussian War, 3 July 1866

A man tries to reorder groceries from a 2022 purchase to compare the cost in 2024.

Veterans at the Gettysburg 50th anniversary reunion in July 1913 (Colourised)

Shockwave 💣

Shockwaves can be caused by explosions or by objects moving in a fluid at faster than the speed of sound.

🇫🇷 A French soldier in a flooded trench, WWI

Scenic road in the canton of Flums, Switzerland.

🇺🇸 A 4th of July parade in New York, 1911