Rare footage of the tallest man in medical history
Incredibly fare footage of Robert Wadlow (1918-1940), the tallest man in medical history. Wadlow stood 8’11. Incredible! [wp_ad_camp_1]
Incredibly fare footage of Robert Wadlow (1918-1940), the tallest man in medical history. Wadlow stood 8’11. Incredible! [wp_ad_camp_1]
How the Toilet Changed History examines the invention of the toilet. It explores how improving sanitation has changed cities and human health. Thanks to public health improvements like this, since 1990, 122 million children’s lives have been saved. Diseases like polio are nearing eradication. Women have more access to health care and education than ever … Read more
Many years ago, Bruce Farrer asked his ninth graders to write a 10-page letter to their future selves. Twenty years later, Bruce tracks down his students and mails the letters to them wherever they are in the world. Credit: WestJet [wp_ad_camp_2]
At the launch of Cable News Network (CNN) in 1980, Ted Turner made the claim that CNN “won’t be signing off until the world ends.” So in case the apocalypse happens, Turner produced this eerie video… Hidden deep in CNN’s MIRA archive system, under the name TURNER DOOMSDAY VIDEO, this video was only to be … Read more
Wouldn’t it be nice if this was the last McDonald’s meal EVER! The final day that McDonald’s was open in Iceland was October 31, 2009. On that day a man named Hjortur Smarason bought a meal as a souvenir. He had no intention on actually eating it but just wanted to hang onto it out … Read more
This has stuck with me for the last few days.