History lessons in school fall flat because teachers fail to engage their students in a way that captures their attention. Well, we don't have to worry about that here. The fun part about learning history is seeing history, which in the future will be even more so comprised first-hand accounts and digital artifacts.
So strap in and get ready to travel into the past with these fascinating photos from history.
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A Punk And A Kid | Brussels, Belgium, 2009. Photo By M. Lambrechts
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He Man Who Cut Out His Own Appendix
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‘Wait For Me, Daddy’ A Photo By Claude P. Dettloff Depicts Private Jack Bernard, B.c. Regiment Saying A Final Goodbye To His Son Warren | New Westminster, 1940
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Marathon Officials Try To Stop Katherine Switzer From Competing In The All-Male Boston Marathon
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Nasa’s Lead Software Engineer For The Apollo Program Margaret Hamilton, Stands Beside Her Hand Written Code That Sky-Rocketed Humanity To The Moon | 1969
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When David Bowie Was Asked About His Greatest Achievement In Life He Stated, 'Marrying My Wife'
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Bernie Sanders Arrested For Protesting Against Segregation. He Was Charged With Resisting Arrest And Fined A Total Of $25 | Chicago, 1963
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“I’d Rather Eat Pasta And Drink Wine Than Be A Size 0.” Sophia Loren, 1965
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A Victorian Couple Try Not To Laugh While Getting Their Portraits Done // 1890
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During Wwii Jews In Budapest Were Brought To The Edge Of The Danube River Where They Were Forced To Remove Their Shoes Before Being Brutally Shot, Falling Into The River Below
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Three Jewish Men Who Arrived At Auschwitz On The Same Day, Reunite 73 Years Later
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Dolly Parton And Her Husband Carl Dean In The 60s. They Have Now Been Married For Over 55 Years
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A Priest Holds A Dying Soldier Whilst Bullets Are Fired Around Them | Venezuela, 1962
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Hands Of A Starving Boy And A Catholic Missionary // Uganda, 1980. Photograph By Mike Wells
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Freddie Mercury And Mary Austin
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Anne Frank Photographed With Her Sister Margot At The Beach | Zandvoort, 1940
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Nurses Show Newly Born Triplets To Their Very Surprised Father In A Hospital | New York, 1946. Photograph By Keystone-France
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Snoop Dogg And Cameron Diaz Went To The Same High School
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Concentration Camps Liberated By Allied Forces
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‘The Kiss Of Life’ Shows A Utility Worker Giving Mouth-To-Mouth Resuscitation To His Unconscious Co-Worker, After He Came Into Contact With A Low Voltage Line Jacksonville, Florida 1967. Photograph By Rocco Morabito
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Frida Kahlo Takes A Family Portrait Wearing Her Iconic Three Piece Suit, Accessorised With A Cane // Mexico, 1924
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‘No One Is Born Racist’ Photograph By Todd Robertson. A Boy Dressed In A Kkk Robe And Hood, Curiously Touches The Shield Of A State Trooper During A Kkk Rally | Gainesville, Georgia, 1992
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Cats Stand Up On Their Hind Legs To Catch Quirts Of Milk During Milking At Arch Badertscher’s Dairy Farm | 1954. Photographs By Nat Farbman
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Unvaccinated And Vaccinated Boys With Small Pox
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A Little Boy Hugging His Best Friend During Lunchtime
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Stephen Hawking With His Wife Jane Wilde, 1965
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Michelle And Barack Obama Photographed On Their Wedding Day // 1992
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Three Sisters, Three Photos, Taken Years Apart.
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Segregation In Alabama | 1956 Photograph By Gordon Parks
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