5. Hitler’s pants after he survived the Wolf Lair assassination attempt in 1944.
6. Imperial Airlines airplane, 1936.
It doesn’t look very safe, right?
7. April 15, 1912. A Titanic survival boat meets with a rescue ship.
8. A priest praying over the victims of the Titanic, 1912.
9. France, 1959. Kids playing with the guillotine.
And they say that today’s video games are violent.
10. Bruce Lee and his master, 1958.
11. Enjoying a meal in the car while getting cooled air piped in the car.
This is a drive-in restaurant, in Texas, 1957.
12. MGM opening credits in the making, 1928.
Yes, that’s how they did it!
13. Hitler and Speer looking at the Schwerer Gustav, the biggest gun ever used in battle.
14. Transporting a 5 MB hard drive seemed like a serious job back in 1956
15. This is how they tested shoes back in 1937.
16. First Wimbledon as an international tournament, 1883.
17. 1993. Queen Elizabeth II tests a big gun.
18. Coca-Cola being introduced to France, 1950.
19. Human-sized chess with actual soldiers. Russia, 1924.
20. Oil Crisis, 1973. People are having picnics on the deserted highways.
21. The unbroken seal to the tomb of Tutankhamun, 1922.
It had been untouched since his reign, 1332–1323 BC.
22. Enjoying the snow: Alfred Hitchcock and his grandchildren, 1960.
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I ordered 2000 lbs. of Chinese soup. It was Won Ton.