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A powder flask made of tortoise shell. From 17th century France The fittings are twice stamped with the hallmark of Antoine-Philippe Filassier, who became a master goldsmith in Paris on January 30, 1720

u/CarkWithaM — 14 hours ago

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Names of things you might not know.

u/GlitterDanger — 17 hours ago

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Richard Vernon had a small role as Colonel Smithers, an executive of the Bank of England, in a scene opposite Sean Connery in the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger. His age at the time of filming? 39...

u/GodModeBasketball — 1 day ago

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This chart shows the average weekly diet of one working class family from Oxfordshire in 1912

u/dannydutch1 — 1 day ago

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Spintriae are small bronze tokens from the Roman Empire (1st century AD), depicting explicit erotic scenes on one side and a Roman numeral (I–XVI) on the other. Their true purpose, whether brothel currency, bath tokens, gaming pieces, or something else, remains debated.

u/No_Dig_8299 — 1 day ago

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Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev joking about waiting for President Nixon to drink champagne first [1973]

u/ExtremeInsert — 1 day ago

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In late February 1921, 2 weeks before taking office as POTUS, Warren Harding writes a letter to the richest man in America, William Randolph Hearst, thanking him for helping him win the presidency with favourable coverage in major newspapers he owned and also asking for his advice.

u/WithoutPrinciples — 1 day ago

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October 30, 1937: Couple wed a month find they're brother and sister.

u/Guilty_Soup5377 — 2 days ago

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Remembering the Canadian flying ace George "Skrewball" Beurling. Shot down 31 enemy planes, refused to fly in formation, shot holes in his wing commander's plane with a shotgun, was fired by the RCAF, rejected by the USAAF, and died on this day in 1948 during a smuggling run.

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u/dannydutch1 — 1 day ago

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How much it cost for the Rolling Stones to record "Wild Horses" in 1969

u/dannydutch1 — 3 days ago

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The contents of a WWII breakfast ration box, 1940s.

u/onwhatcharges — 3 days ago

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Born illegitimate. Possibly in love with a man who died in the war. Paid soldiers to flog him. Buried under a borrowed name. 91 years ago today T.E. Lawrence died age 46.

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u/dannydutch1 — 3 days ago

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The size of this flag flown on a spanish ship at the battle of Trafalgar (1805)

u/CarkWithaM — 2 days ago

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An actual slave auction notice

u/WithoutPrinciples — 3 days ago

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Needle used to sew President McKinley’s stomach after he was shot in Buffalo NY. 1901

u/WithoutPrinciples — 4 days ago

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An Anglo-Saxon 10th century CE pocket-sized sundial found in 1938. The pin, known as a ‘gnomon’, was placed in the hole for the relevant month. When the sundial was suspended from the chain, it used the altitude of the sun to calculate 3 separate times of the day

u/WithoutPrinciples — 4 days ago

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Victorian “tear catchers”, or lachrymatory bottles, are often linked to mourning myths, but historians believe they were cheap perfume or scent sample bottles. Chemical tests on Roman and Victorian examples found traces of oils and perfumes, not tears.

u/No_Dig_8299 — 5 days ago

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So mouth tattoos are a thing?

u/EaterofGrief — 5 days ago

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A Sunday School teacher photographed London's poorest children around 1900. He named them the Spitalfields Nippers. His images sat in a family album for 100 years. When they finally came to light, researchers traced the kids. One in three hadn't survived childhood.

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u/dannydutch1 — 4 days ago

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The laser sounds in Star Wars were created by sound designer Ben Burtt using real-world recordings. One of the most famous techniques involved hitting a metal cable & recording the vibrating sound. This unique “pew” effect that became the signature blaster noise.

u/EaterofGrief — 8 days ago

r/UtterlyInteresting

A powder flask made of tortoise shell. From 17th century France The fittings are twice stamped with the hallmark of Antoine-Philippe Filassier, who became a master goldsmith in Paris on January 30, 1720

Names of things you might not know.

Richard Vernon had a small role as Colonel Smithers, an executive of the Bank of England, in a scene opposite Sean Connery in the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger. His age at the time of filming? 39...

This chart shows the average weekly diet of one working class family from Oxfordshire in 1912

Spintriae are small bronze tokens from the Roman Empire (1st century AD), depicting explicit erotic scenes on one side and a Roman numeral (I–XVI) on the other. Their true purpose, whether brothel currency, bath tokens, gaming pieces, or something else, remains debated.

Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev joking about waiting for President Nixon to drink champagne first [1973]

In late February 1921, 2 weeks before taking office as POTUS, Warren Harding writes a letter to the richest man in America, William Randolph Hearst, thanking him for helping him win the presidency with favourable coverage in major newspapers he owned and also asking for his advice.

October 30, 1937: Couple wed a month find they're brother and sister.

Remembering the Canadian flying ace George "Skrewball" Beurling. Shot down 31 enemy planes, refused to fly in formation, shot holes in his wing commander's plane with a shotgun, was fired by the RCAF, rejected by the USAAF, and died on this day in 1948 during a smuggling run.

How much it cost for the Rolling Stones to record "Wild Horses" in 1969

The contents of a WWII breakfast ration box, 1940s.

Born illegitimate. Possibly in love with a man who died in the war. Paid soldiers to flog him. Buried under a borrowed name. 91 years ago today T.E. Lawrence died age 46.

The size of this flag flown on a spanish ship at the battle of Trafalgar (1805)

An actual slave auction notice

Needle used to sew President McKinley’s stomach after he was shot in Buffalo NY. 1901

An Anglo-Saxon 10th century CE pocket-sized sundial found in 1938. The pin, known as a ‘gnomon’, was placed in the hole for the relevant month. When the sundial was suspended from the chain, it used the altitude of the sun to calculate 3 separate times of the day

Victorian “tear catchers”, or lachrymatory bottles, are often linked to mourning myths, but historians believe they were cheap perfume or scent sample bottles. Chemical tests on Roman and Victorian examples found traces of oils and perfumes, not tears.

So mouth tattoos are a thing?

A Sunday School teacher photographed London's poorest children around 1900. He named them the Spitalfields Nippers. His images sat in a family album for 100 years. When they finally came to light, researchers traced the kids. One in three hadn't survived childhood.

The laser sounds in Star Wars were created by sound designer Ben Burtt using real-world recordings. One of the most famous techniques involved hitting a metal cable &amp; recording the vibrating sound. This unique “pew” effect that became the signature blaster noise.

The laser sounds in Star Wars were created by sound designer Ben Burtt using real-world recordings. One of the most famous techniques involved hitting a metal cable & recording the vibrating sound. This unique “pew” effect that became the signature blaster noise.