Water decompensation in slow motion camera shooting.

A young French woman, c. 1900-1910s, original autochrome colour photo

Ignaz Semmelweis the doctor that was ignored, rejected, and ridiculed for suggesting that doctors and nurses should disinfect their hands before handling patients.

🇷🇴 Armand Călinescu, who served as Prime Minister of Romania from March 1939 until his assassination six months later. He was a staunch opponent of the fascist Iron Guard movement. He survived several assassination attempts but was finally killed by members of the Iron Guard with German assistance. The following year, Romania, which had previously been neutral, joined sides with the Axis for the duration of WWII.

The chip from the IPhone under the microscope

Troops from the 51st (Highland) Division unloading supplies from landing craft on the opening day of the invasion of Sicily, 10 July 1943

South Korea has completely replaced human presenters with AI

Generated presenters are now "working" on all state channels.

These presenters are very profitable - AI costs only $460 per month

🇫🇷 La Grande Place, Lille, France, 1890s

A demonstration of the giant magnifying glass.

American paratroopers of the 504th PIR bound for Sicily, July 1943. On 11 July 1943, paratroopers of the 504th parachute infantry regiment (along with some other parachute battalions also from the 82nd Airborne) were traveling in 144 C-47 transport planes, to be dropped over Sicily. They passed over Allied lines shortly after a German air raid, and were mistakenly fired upon by American ground and naval forces. 23 planes were shot down and 37 damaged, resulting in 318 casualties, with 60 airmen and 81 paratroopers killed.

When ordering octopus or cuttlefish, be very careful.

Corporal Micheal Deliman of the US 82nd Airborne poses for a picture with his rabbit that rests on his sleeping roll. England, July 11, 1944

A bear cub hugs a fellow cub and they enjoy the view together.

Prayer by a roadside shrine in the Alps, c. 1910s

Val di Funes-a mountain resort, Italian municipality located in the Trento-Alto Adidge region.

Ottoman miniature depicting the siege of Belgrade (then part of the Kingdom of Hungary), July 1456. The Hungarian defenders put a stiff resistance and ultimately repulsed the attackers, and the wounded Sultan Mehmed II was forced to lift the siege and retreat, temporarily halting the Ottoman expansion into Europe.

A folding umbrella for your car that will protect your iron horse from overheating.

Children swimming on a summer day in Whitby, England, 1886

A bit of beauty: What it looks like to shoot video at 2,277 frames per second

Hessy Levinsons, featured as an infant in a Nazi propaganda poster after her photo was selected by Propaganda Minister Goebbels as the winner in a contest to find "the most beautiful Aryan baby" in 1935. The only issue was that she was actually Jewish. The photographer who submitted the photo said he did it because he "wanted to make the Nazis ridiculous".

Palawan Island is a pristine island with stunning beaches and tropical rain forest, located between the South China Sea and the Sulu Sea, Philippines.