Common history misconceptions that you’ve probably never heard of, A Thead🧵

Cleopatra wasn’t actually Egyptian but was Greek During the Salem witch trials non of the 2,000 accused “witches” were burned at the stake

The first McDonald’s in Moscow opened in 1990, and the story is insane. A Thread🧵 It was the largest McDonald’s in the world at the time of its construction

Some vintage Christmas photos I found. A Thread🧵

Some are from the Victorian Era

Street artist transforms blank walls into 3D murals of lifelike vehicles. A Thread🧵

Odeith, a Portuguese street artist, creates realistic 3D murals where objects like cars look like they're coming out of walls. He uses anamorphosis to make his art seem to jump off the surface, tricking viewers into thinking it's real.

The D.B. Cooper Conspiracy

A Thread🧵 On the afternoon of November 24, 1971, a man calling himself Dan Cooper bought a one-way ticket at Northwest Orient Airlines in Portland, Oregon, for Flight #305 to Seattle, Washington. Dressed in a business suit, tie, and white shirt, Cooper seemed unremarkable, except for his quiet demeanor and a request for bourbon and soda before takeoff.

Propaganda posters from the campaign against women's suffrage, 1900-1913

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Historic photos that show we really haven’t changed much

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According to a recent studies, around 12-15% of people express regret about their tattoo six months to a year after getting it. Over time, this feeling of regret becomes more prevalent, with around 50% of individuals reporting dissatisfaction with their tattoos after two years

Photographer Masahisa Fukase had a cat named Sasuke that he would take everywhere with him and photograph for his series "Sasuke!! Dear Cat" (1979) 🧵

Rodney Mullen, Future Primitive🧵

Tim Burton's ‘Corpse Bride’ behind the scenes (2005)🧵

Marilyn Monroe's first photoshoot as a model, 1946🧵

Brain surgery patients playing instruments during surgery🧵

Discontinued foods from the early 2000's🧵

An 83-year-old man from Turkey, Ali Meçe, gained international recognition after these photos of him hugging his kitten during his house fire went viral🧵

Photos from January 19, 1977, when Miami experienced one of its first and only recorded snowfalls in history🧵

In 1947, King George VI, then Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) and princesses Elizabeth (later the Queen) and Margaret toured South Africa in 1947. It was the princesses' first trip abroad. These are photos from that trip🧵

Some of the biggest companies, Then VS Now🧵

Summers in Italy in the 1980s🇮🇹🧵

"the harder I partied, the better I played" - Johnny Manziel 🧵

In 2003 a group of 8 artists, know as Trummerkind, built a 750 square-foot secret studio apartment inside the Providence Place Mall in Providence, RI, living there on and off for up to three weeks at a time over a four year period. These are pictures of their setup🧵 The hidden apartment had electricity and was fully furnished, including a china hutch, but no running water (the artists used the Mall's bathrooms).