That Really Happened

A boy crosses a London street with a toy double decker bus (1960s)

A Russian World War II veteran kneels by the tank he served in.

In 1962, Bruce Lee fought a judo blackbelt. Lee landed 15 punches, 1 kick, and knocked out his rival in 11 seconds.

"Footprint on the Moon" This footprint could potentially last for millions of years (Buzz Aldrin, NASA, 1969)

Plastic face cones designed to protect your face in a snowstorm (1939)

Pearl Harbor survivor, Houston James, hugs Iraq War veteran Mark Graunke at a Veterans Day event (2004)

100 years ago in the U.S., pink was considered a boy's color and blue was considered a girl's color.

A day at the beach in Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1905 (photo colorized by Sanna Dullaway)

In 2013, Steve Thurber found the oldest message in a bottle to date. It had remained untouched since 1906.

Both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on July 4, 1826, exactly 50 years after the Declaration of Independence.

A Russian soldier playing an abandoned piano, Chechnya (1994)

A police officer on a Harley with an old fashioned mobile holding cell. (1921)

Sunset on the planet Mars (2005)

Audience members enjoying the premiere of the first full length 3-D movie (1952) - photo by J.R. Eyerman

Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address (1865)

A curious Afghan girl holds the hand of an American soldier (2010)

Basketball, volleyball, and racquetball were all invented at a YMCA.

This bike was abandoned in the 1950s and over the years the tree grew up and completely enveloped the bike.

A circus hippo pulling a cart (1924)

This Lego mold was retired after making 120 million Lego bricks!