History In Pictures

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Sharing the most powerful and entertaining historical photographs ever taken.

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  1. Most of the clever cookery timesavers women used a century ago don’t translate to today.

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  2. His complete works—at least 38 surviving plays (including several collaborations), 154 sonnets, and five narrative poems, totaling a staggering 884,000 words—are a cornerstone of English literature, and have remained popular ever since his death.

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  3. The first Super Bowl game was played on January 15, 1967, when the National Football League (NFL) champion Green Bay Packers (13-2) defeated the American Football League (AFL) champion Kansas City Chiefs (12-2-1) by a score of 35–10.

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  4. Since 2012, the pickle jar has confounded drivers and internet sleuths alike.

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  5. Feb 1
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  6. Feb 1

    The Apache leader Geronimo had just one request of President Theodore Roosevelt when they met in 1905, but it was a big one.

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  7. Feb 1
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  8. Jan 31

    They range from the grossly wrong to the freakishly prophetic.

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  9. Jan 31
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  10. Jan 31

    The first-ever halftime show featured two dudes in jetpacks.

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  11. Jan 30

    Long before they were used to make s’mores or the tasty crust of a Key lime pie, graham crackers served a more puritanical purpose in 19th-century America.

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  12. Jan 30
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  13. Jan 30

    The Beanie Baby boom may have been overblown, but that doesn't mean that hanging onto vintage '90s toys was a terrible idea.

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  14. Jan 29

    The two-year-long Scottish National Antarctic Expedition included a position no other country found necessary: an official piper.

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  15. Jan 29

    Though Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was best known as the husband of Queen Victoria, his life before and beyond his royal marriage was just as fascinating.

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  16. Jan 29

    For a long time, people thought blackheads were tiny worms burrowed into the skin.

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  17. Jan 28
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  18. Jan 28

    On this date in 1986, the lives of seven astronauts were tragically cut short.

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  19. Jan 28

    Betamax had a terrific picture and time-shifting abilities, but it also had a fatal flaw—one that alienated millions of NFL fans.

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  20. Jan 27
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