Posts tagged history

travelbyfoldingamap: General view and Vesuvius, Pompeii, Italy, between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900 © Library of Congress

travelbyfoldingamap:

General view and Vesuvius, Pompeii, Italy, between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900 © Library of Congress

electronicalrattlebag:  lindaboucher: lyall

Kodak 1922 Kodachrome Film Test “A sample of some of the earliest color motion picture film you will see.” Read more on Kodak’s A Thousand Words Blog.

Beyond beautiful.

(via inky) The Cosmic Calendar Imagine that the entire history of the universe is compressed into one year – with the Big Bang corresponding to the first second of the New Year’s Day, and the present time to the last second of December 31st. Using this scale of time, each month would equal a little over a billion years.

(via inky) The Cosmic Calendar

Imagine that the entire history of the universe is compressed into one year – with the Big Bang corresponding to the first second of the New Year’s Day, and the present time to the last second of December 31st.

Using this scale of time, each month would equal a little over a billion years.

stuffparty: theduty: GET SOME DOLF DOLF. Is there anything funnier than Rap Hitler? Please note I didn’t say awesome. Almost did but that could have been taken the wrong way. To say the least. Yes, awesome is probably not the word for this. I lol’d tho.

stuffparty:

theduty:

GET SOME DOLF DOLF.

Is there anything funnier than Rap Hitler?

Please note I didn’t say awesome. Almost did but that could have been taken the wrong way. To say the least.

Yes, awesome is probably not the word for this. I lol’d tho.

More British passengers died on the Titanic because they queued politely for lifeboats, researchers believe.

BBC NEWS | Americas | ‘Polite’ Britons died on Titanic (via stuffparty)

Is it un-British of me to laugh?