History Defined

Absolutely incredible reflexes.

Coming home after living abroad for 6 years.

In 2001, Coca-Cola announced that it had sold four times more than Pepsi, and this was the company's response.

The United States fire a 15-kiloton Nuclear artillery shell, 1953

On May 18th, 2023, while leading a Chinese climber toward the summit of Mount Everest, Gelje Sherpa discovered a stranded Malaysian climber on the verge of death. To save the climber’s life, Gelje persuaded his Chinese client to end his summit and descend to the Everest Base Camp, allowing him to focus on saving the stranded Malaysian climber’s life. He wrapped him in a sleeping mattress, gave him oxygen, put him on his back, and hiked him 6 hours down the mountain to safety.

Rick Moranis married costume designer Ann Belsky in 1986 and together they had two children. Then tragedy struck and Moranis decided to take a break from acting in 1997 to raise his children. When asked about his decision he said, "I have absolutely no regrets whatsoever. My life is wonderful."

In 2024, a 2-year-old girl's blood test revealed that the toddler had a blood alcohol content of .12 after a California restaurant mistakenly served her cooking wine that had been mislabeled as apple juice. The parents took their daughter to the ER after they noticed she had signs of intoxication

Somebody is having a bad day.

One of the saddest videos I've ever seen.

After smallpox was declared eradicated, the sole (official) remaining specimens of the virus were preserved in two designated laboratories globally, one at the CDC in Atlanta and the other at VECTOR in Koltsovo.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 3rd Avenue bridge

Marilyn Monroe, over the years

A hidden beach in Mexico

When humans and animals reunite.

1972: Charlie Chaplin recieves one of the longest applause in Oscar history

Yoann Bourgeois combining physics and art.

Iconic Steve Irwin and Florida Gator commercial

Michael Jackson meets Nelson Mandela

In 1953, Isaac Asimov wrote a story where he predicted that climbing Mount Everest was impossible and that the first human to reach its summit would have to be parachuted. Everest was first successfully climbed one month after he wrote it and 7 months before it was published.

Bill Gates gets pied three times before a business meeting in Belgium, 1998, by writer Noël Godin and other conspirators. Godin had previously successfully pied 22 people. Gates was chosen to be pied because Godin felt Gates "chooses to function in the service of the capitalist status quo, without really using his intelligence or his imagination.''

Amazing video.