🇮🇹 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

Stairway to heaven in China.

🇺🇸 A July 4th parade in Denver, Colorado, 1890s

The difference between subways in Japan and India.

Order vs. chaos

A young German soldier captured by British forces near Caen during Operation Goodwood, July 1944

This sheep died in a bog. Its exposed back rotted away, revealing the spine and ribcage, while the submerged portion remained intact.

French general Henri Gouraud inspecting his troops in the Anti-Lebanon Mountains the day before the Battle of Maysalun, July 1920.
Following his success in the battle against the Syrian forces, Gouraud allegedly went to the tomb of Saladin in Damascus and kicked it, saying “Wake up Saladin, we have returned. My presence here consecrates the victory of the Cross over the crescent.”

🇺🇸 State of California, USA

This is a dolphin migration near the coast of San Diego.

Londoners taking overnight refuge in underground stations from German nighttime bombing raids, WWII

Mother hides her face as she puts her children on sale in Chicago, 1948 ( colourized )

🇳🇱 Leiden, the Netherlands, 1890s (photochrome)