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20 Seemingly Innocent Photos With a Surprising Backstory

A photo means nothing without the story behind it.

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21 Dreams from the 1970's That Didn’t Work Out

Growing up in the 1970s meant riding your bike to your friend's house, driving to high school in your muscle car, and heading home to your single family home with a garage.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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25 Historical Pics of Anything and Everything

We've only experienced around 150 years of the photograph, a fraction of human history, but there's been plenty to capture in that time.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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28 Vintage Pics from Inside the Falklands War

See the British fight for their territory on the other side of the world.

By Neill Lynskey

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21 Baby Boomers Before They Boomed

Tragically, boomers have earned their reputation as grumpy and greedy curmudgeons through years and years of hard work.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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16 Historical Facts Too Hot For The History Channel

The best bits get left out of the history documentaries.

By Neill Lynskey

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20 Vintage Photos of Donkeys Playing Basketball

A staple of Middle America since the 1930s, donkey basketball is tragically dying out as things like logic and safety rule the day.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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21 A-Frame Vintage Photos Of KOA Campgrounds

Not everybody is built for rugged camping.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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12 People Who Have Literally Lived Like Animals

Take in the wild stories of people raised by beasts.

By Neill Lynskey

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20 Photos Inside the WW2 Evacuation of Dunkirk

See the scramble to survive on the beaches of France.

By Neill Lynskey

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20 Impenetrable Castles & Fortresses

See the structures that protected the royalty of the old world.

By Neill Lynskey

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16 Real Discoveries of Hidden Treasure

Dig up some real-life treasures that were lost to time.

By Neill Lynskey

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15 Little-Known Facts About The White House

1600 Penn is packed full of weird facts.

By Neill Lynskey

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14 Secrets of the Texas Rangers Police Force

The Texas Rangers are a state police force with a fearsome reputation.

By Cameron Fetter

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20 Photos Remembering the ‘Me’ Decade

We remember the 1970s for its bell bottom jeans and noisy muscle cars, but we also remember it as a period full of self expression.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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20 Behind-the-Scenes Baby Boomer Photos

Baby boomers run the world, something that's been true for decades. But they too were once spring chickens.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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20 Post World War II Couples About To Make Some Baby Boomers

For the soldiers lucky enough to survive World War II and return home, one impulse reigned supreme above all others. Making babies.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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21 Photos Inside A Trip To Six Flags In The 1970s

Six Flags might be a modern homogenized brand today, but back in the 1970s, it gave us amusement parks at their peak.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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20 Photos Of Generation X Revving Up The 90s

Generation X ran the show in the '90s, having come of age at the decade's start.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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22 Times Doctors Were Very, Very Wrong

Doctors make mistakes, just like the rest of us.

By Cameron Fetter

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20 Photos Inside Life As A World War II Commando

Go behind enemy lines with the elite, beret-wearing British soldiers.

By Neill Lynskey

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21 Pics of WWII’s Deadliest Job

For all of the men and women who put their lives on the line to fight fascism during World War II, the heroes that finished the conflict with the highest casualty rate weren't soldiers at all.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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