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Photos of What Life Was Like in Between the World Wars

Photos of What Life Was Like in Between the World Wars

Barely two decades separated the two worst wars in history, so what were they like? In short, completely different.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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11 Facts About the World's Most Expensive Plane

11 Facts About the World's Most Expensive Plane

Air Force One isn't just any old plane.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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Popular 1970s Figures That Rarely Get Mentioned Today

Popular 1970s Figures That Rarely Get Mentioned Today

They might feel like yesterday to you, but the 1970s came and went 50 years ago.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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Tiananmen Square: Photos Before the Tanks Rolled In

Tiananmen Square: Photos Before the Tanks Rolled In

What came before the massacre on June 4th, 1989?

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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The Decade of Greed: Photos Representing the 1980s

The Decade of Greed: Photos Representing the 1980s

The 1980s did everything big.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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Meals That Could Only Look Good to Someone in the '70s

Meals That Could Only Look Good to Someone in the '70s

No thank you, I'll pass on the olive loaf ham sandwich and Jell-O pudding.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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What it Looked Like to Play in the Street in the 1970s

What it Looked Like to Play in the Street in the 1970s

"Back in my day, our parents kicked us out of the house and didn't let us come home until somebody screamed that dinner was ready."

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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Unique Old Medical Devices of Mixed Effectiveness

Unique Old Medical Devices of Mixed Effectiveness

We've come a long way.

By Cameron Fetter

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Unsolved Mysteries from History We'll Never Uncover

Unsolved Mysteries from History We'll Never Uncover

Even with all the help in the world some mysteries remain unsolvable.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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Half-Baked Solutions That Solved Real Huge Problems

Half-Baked Solutions That Solved Real Huge Problems

When there's a huge problem, it must be solved no matter what. Even when the tools available aren't ideal.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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Early Polar Expeditions Seen in 65 Frigid Photographs

Early Polar Expeditions Seen in 65 Frigid Photographs

Pics from the edge of the Earth.

By Cameron Fetter

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Life During WWII From Soldiers to Citizens

Life During WWII From Soldiers to Citizens

Depending on who you were, your life experience during World War II varied dramatically.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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20 Photos of What Fun in the 1970s Really Looked Like

20 Photos of What Fun in the 1970s Really Looked Like

You can say many things about the 1970s, but you can't say it wasn't fun.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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The Most '80s Things Ever in Photos

The Most '80s Things Ever in Photos

From the hair to the music to the freedom, no decade did fun like the 1980s.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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Classic Cutting Edge Computers Weaker Than Your Watch

Classic Cutting Edge Computers Weaker Than Your Watch

"The computers that sent man to the moon were less powerful than the phone in your pocket."

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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Photos Showing a Nice Clear Day from the 1970s

Photos Showing a Nice Clear Day from the 1970s

Young people have no idea how bad it used to be.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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The American West Being Won in Photos

The American West Being Won in Photos

Around 150 years ago, possibly right where you're sitting now, American settlers were busy kicking Native Americans off their land.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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History and Photos from the 1970s' ‘The Dating Game’

History and Photos from the 1970s' ‘The Dating Game’

Created by The Gong Show host Chuck Barris, The Dating Game began in 1965 and grew into ABC's first daytime series broadcast regularly in color.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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20 One Hit Wonders We Don't Remember as We Should

20 One Hit Wonders We Don't Remember as We Should

Plenty of artists have been hit with the "one hit wonder" curse, even if that one song defined a generation.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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What it Looked Like to Be Alive Back in 1975

What it Looked Like to Be Alive Back in 1975

Coming of age in 1975 meant finding your own direction, your own desires, and your own relationships.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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Photos of Good Old Fashioned Silly Fun in the 1980s

Photos of Good Old Fashioned Silly Fun in the 1980s

The 1980s thrived on silly fun, pumping out movies and shows packed with entertainment but starved for substance.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 8 months ago in Funny

Humanity's Most Impressive Ever Photos of Outer Space

Humanity's Most Impressive Ever Photos of Outer Space

For as long as humanity has existed, we’ve been obsessed with two things: outer space and taking selfies.

By Cameron Fetter

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Painfully Dated 1990s Gadgets Everyone Used to Love

Painfully Dated 1990s Gadgets Everyone Used to Love

Why doesn't any of our tech look cool anymore?

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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What it Looked Like to Ride an '80s' ATV: Dangerously

What it Looked Like to Ride an '80s' ATV: Dangerously

Everyone knows that vehicle fun and safety operate on an inverse relationship, and ATVs are firmly on one extreme of that equation.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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20 Photos Of the 1970s Taken to the Max

20 Photos Of the 1970s Taken to the Max

No decade did "distinctive" like the 1970s.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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