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)

Evening on the Cote d'Azur, France.

Grave marker of an Nazi SS soldier in the shape of a T-rune, representing Týr, the pagan Norse god of war, WWII

⚡️ China now shoots lasers at trees

You no longer need to find a big ladder and a saw to remove an extra branch.

🇬🇧 Two Jewish children playing on an East End street in London, c. 1900

Revenge of a mother