There is No Way You've Seen These Extremely Rare Historical Photos Before

Toeing the Line

This high-wire walker was the first woman to walk between two buildings with no safety restraints. This happened in cologne, Germany above a destroyed apartment building in 1946, during the Nazi reign.

An American Ship, Destroyed

This is one of the American vessels that got destroyed during the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. Technically, America won that battle, but the sheer destruction left behind polluted the waters of Pearl Harbor for several decades after the fact. 

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The More You Know

  • Woolly mammoths were still alive when the pyramids were built.
  • Using Forks Used to Be Seen as Sacrilegious
  • The needle at the top of the Empire State Building was originally intended as an anchor for blimps.
  • Lyndon B. Johnson Gave Interviews From the Bathroom
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.