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Watch Kids in the 1970s Protest the Rising Cost of Ice Cream

It was a simpler time.

By Braden Bjella

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Here’s How People Reacted to ‘The Exorcist’ When It Came Out

It was a lot of fainting and leaving the theater.

By Braden Bjella

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Remembering Mexico’s 'Emo vs. Punk' Brawl

It was teens with dyed hair and black skinny jeans vs. other teens with dyed hair and black skinny jeans.

By Braden Bjella

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Remembering When They Had to Defrost Football Fields with Flamethrowers

We didn’t always have the whole “temperature control” thing figured out

By Braden Bjella

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This 1991 ‘Nintendo Therapy Session’ Shows Early Parental Fears About Video Game Addiction

They were even complaining about a lack of backwards compatibility back then!

By Braden Bjella

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Video Captures the Insanity That Was the 1998 Furby Craze

All this over a creepy, furry robot?

By Braden Bjella

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Remembering the Most ‘Mission: Impossible’ Style Robbery of All Time

On September 23, 2009, a group of thieves landed on the roof of a cash depot with a stolen helicopter. From there, it only got crazier.

By Braden Bjella

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Here’s What an Illegal Rave Looked Like in 1989

Back before “going to a rave” meant “filming the DJ with your phone.”

By Braden Bjella

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Watch a Bunch of Kids from the 1960s Predict What the Year 2000 Will Be Like

Sorry to say, but the reality is much lamer.

By Braden Bjella

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Vintage Prank Show Has Men Facing Off Against Their Biggest Fear: A Female Pilot

It really was a different time.

By Braden Bjella

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The Doomed Brazilian Priest Who Thought He Could Traverse the Atlantic With 1,000 Helium Balloons

At least the truck drivers got their rest stops.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

Featured 1 year ago in Wow

1943 Footage Shows Japanese War Planes Shot Down Over Santa Cruz Island

This footage likely comes from either the U.S.S. Hornet or U.S.S. Enterprise carriers, the former of which was sunk before the battle's conclusion.

By Daniel Bonfiglio

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A Day at the Beach: Roaring 20s Footage Restored to Life

Time travel back to the roaring 20s for a beach vacation at seaside resorts around the world. 1920s fashion and flapper culture brought to life....

By Peter Pizagalli

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'Nuts! That Goddamn Line': Film and TV Bloopers From Old Hollywood Are Pure Gold

Thanks to the YouTube channel World of History, we now get a glimpse into what it was like 'behind the scenes' of old Hollywood films.

By zachnading

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Just Stop Oil Protesters Tackled in Dinosaur Exhibit

Just Stop Oil protestors have struck again, this time at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum's Dippy the Diplodocus display in Coventry, England.

By zachnading

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Another Tourist Beaten with a Stick after Climbing Sacred Mayan Pyramid

You'd think tourists would start to learn that it's not okay to climb the Chichen Itza Pyramid located in Yucatan, Mexico.

By zachnading

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1862 Mouse Traps Weren't Playing Around

They weren't playing games with pest control back in the day.

By Shape_Grifter

Featured 2 years ago in Wow

The Moment a Missile Hits a Shopping Center in Kremenchuk

Two videos show harrowing footage of what it's like to be in the proximity of a missile blast.

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That Time a Badass Pilot Survived The Craziest Crash Caught on Camera

Commander George Duncan crashed while making a landing onto the US Navy Carrier Midway in 1951, creating a massive explosion. Miraculously,...

By Shape_Grifter

Featured 2 years ago in Ftw

History - videos

Watch Kids in the 1970s Protest the Rising Cost of Ice Cream

Here’s How People Reacted to ‘The Exorcist’ When It Came Out

Remembering Mexico’s 'Emo vs. Punk' Brawl

Remembering When They Had to Defrost Football Fields with Flamethrowers

This 1991 ‘Nintendo Therapy Session’ Shows Early Parental Fears About Video Game Addiction

Video Captures the Insanity That Was the 1998 Furby Craze

Remembering the Most ‘Mission: Impossible’ Style Robbery of All Time

Here’s What an Illegal Rave Looked Like in 1989

Watch a Bunch of Kids from the 1960s Predict What the Year 2000 Will Be Like

Vintage Prank Show Has Men Facing Off Against Their Biggest Fear: A Female Pilot

The Doomed Brazilian Priest Who Thought He Could Traverse the Atlantic With 1,000 Helium Balloons

1943 Footage Shows Japanese War Planes Shot Down Over Santa Cruz Island

A Day at the Beach: Roaring 20s Footage Restored to Life

'Nuts! That Goddamn Line': Film and TV Bloopers From Old Hollywood Are Pure Gold

Just Stop Oil Protesters Tackled in Dinosaur Exhibit

Another Tourist Beaten with a Stick after Climbing Sacred Mayan Pyramid

1862 Mouse Traps Weren't Playing Around

The Moment a Missile Hits a Shopping Center in Kremenchuk

That Time a Badass Pilot Survived The Craziest Crash Caught on Camera

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