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In 1984 a German reporter in Paris explains how to cross Place de la Concorde: "Walk steadily across and never look at the drivers. If you do, they'll think you've seen them and won't stop."

In 1988, Israel Kamakawiwoʻole called a studio at 3am and asked if he could record because he had a good idea The owner said yes even though he already closed the studio 15 minutes later Israel sat down with his ukulele and recorded "Over the Rainbow" in a single take

80's anime really had something going

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In 1984 a German reporter in Paris explains how to cross Place de la Concorde: "Walk steadily across and never look at the drivers. If you do, they'll think you've seen them and won't stop."

Damn, this was animated in 1987

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This is what life was like in an English village in the 1960s

The highest continuous waterfall in the world

This is not AI This is what our planet actually looks like Angel Falls in Venezuela reaches a height of 979 meters (3,212 feet) making it the highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world

This is what London looked like in the 1950s

You’ve probably heard the saying, “No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot.” What is a good example of that?

This is what happens when your history stretches back thousands of years Inside an H&M store in Rhodes, Greece, two ancient stone structures sit behind a low barrier among the clothing racks, preserved exactly where they were found... During renovation work, construction crews discovered the remains of an ancient building beneath the floor. Under Greek archaeological law, they couldn't simply remove them. H&M worked with the Greek Ministry of Culture, followed every conservation requirement, and built the store around the ruins instead. The island of Rhodes has been inhabited since around 4000 BC. The city itself was founded in 408 BC, when three ancient city-states united to build a single capital at the island's northern tip. What followed was layer upon layer of civilization — Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, the Knights of St. John, Ottoman, Italian, and finally modern Greek — each one building on top of, or directly into, whatever came before... This is why finding ancient ruins beneath a shop floor in Rhodes is not a surprise. It is just Tuesday. As an H&M spokesperson put it: In Greece, history is very often part of everyday life, quite literally built into the foundations of modern cities and buildings.

This is what New York looked like in 1929 Elegantly dressed people parade along Fifth Avenue lining up outside St. Patrick's Cathedral

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