Final moments: Haunting last photos of iconic people.

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This is the final photograph taken of Freddie Mercury in 1991, before he passed from bronchial pneumonia, a complication of AIDS. Tupac Shakur with his manager Suge Knight shortly before being murdered in a drive-by on September 13, 1996.

Some of our favorite historical photos

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1.) A woman is ticketed for wearing a bikini in 1957. 2.) A hippie sells flowers on the road, Oklahoma, 1973.

Some of the most haunting photos ever taken.

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1.) The Twin Towers from a wheat field in Manhattan. 2.) Joseph Goebbels glares at Jewish photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1933.

Some interesting photos of daily life in the 19th century (A thread 🧵)

1.) Family time at the Niagara River, 1890s. 2.) 5th Avenue and 59th Street, New York City, 1897

A thread 🧵. 10 Strange Foods of the Great Depression

The Great Depression was a time of intense scarcity.

Jobs, money, and food were scarce, so people had to reinvent their menus to survive the prolonged economic downturn.

Food that people wouldn’t have earlier considered eating was silently gobbled down as they made do with what was readily available.

These culinary experiments later came to be known as “Depression-Era Cuisine.” 1. Prune Pudding
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, an early proponent of the home economics movement, whipped up nutritious and inexpensive meals she discovered at Cornell University’s Home Economics Department.

During the Depression, she made her husband, President Franklin Roosevelt, eat prune pudding, especially when guests were around.

Prunes were cheap, easily available, easily stored, and therefore a mainstay during the Great Depression. So, prune pudding became a quick and easy substitute for fresh fruits, pies, and other desserts.

All this simple and delicious dessert needed were prunes, sugar, and egg whites whipped together.

Mihailo Tolotos died without ever setting eyes on a woman.
(thread) 🧵 Born in 1856, Mihailo Tolotos faced a tragic start to his life when his mother passed away a mere four hours after his birth.

Kurt Vonnegut's 8 rules for writing (thread) 🧵 1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.⁣

After 9/11, Pat Tillman left behind a successful football career to join the U.S. Army. In 2004, it was initially reported that he was killed by the Taliban, a story shared with his family and the public. (thread) 🧵 Tillman had declined a $3.6 million contract with the Cardinals to enlist in May 2002. Reports claimed he heroically saved many soldiers in Afghanistan before being killed by enemy forces, leading to widespread media praise and honors.

In September 1994, a number of people in Zimbabwe reported seeing strange lights streaking across the sky, which many claimed were UFOs. But the most chilling report came on September 16 at the Ariel School in Ruwa. (thread) 🧵 That day, dozens of children ran back to class after an outdoor break and told their teachers that they'd just had a strange encounter in the bush.

Some amazing historical pieces of armor (a thread).

Armor of Ottoman Sultan Mustafa Armor of King Henry VIII of England, c. 1544 AD. It was from later in his life when he was overweight with gout.

THREAD: Vintage Coca-Cola delivery trucks

A thread: Photos from the Golden Age of Air Travel

A thread: insane and impractical cart seat designs from the past.

A thread: What fast food restaurants looked like when they first opened.

McDonald’s (1948) Popeyes (1972)

A thread: Photographs of veterans of the American Revolution.

Samuel Downing: 1764-1867 Lemuel Cook: 1759-1866