There is so much history to learn about and so much more than what is taught in schools. History is interesting and it is vast. There are so many interesting events, important people to learn about, and so much more to see. History is fun to learn about, too; there truly is something for everyone because of just how much there is. It's impossible to learn about absolutely every piece of history, but people can get pretty close with the use of all the information on the web.
The Internet is an encyclopedia of information, literally. It's kind of surreal the amount of information that exists online. Anything that can be learned, can be found online. From nostalgic images from the 90s to historic images from big, global events that might be kind of rare or unfamiliar to see. These images make people think and teach them something new,
Here is a collection of 26 historical images along with some pretty cool facts about them that are better than your normal everyday memes. Enjoy this educational and cool journey.
122-year-old Jeanne Calment using a keyboard in France, 1997
(Source: Reddit)
Mount Fuji through a submarine periscope
(Source: Reddit)
British aircraft carrier HMS Hermes en route to Falkland Islands
(Source: Reddit)
Welsh strongwoman Miriam Kate Williams, 1890
(Source: Reddit)
General L. W. Colby holding a baby found in the snow
(Source: Reddit)
Taxidermy remains of a coelacanth, 1938
(Source: Reddit)
Meal time at an orphanage in Japan, 1951
(Source: Reddit)
Saddam Hussein and hostages in Kuwait
(Source: Reddit)
British soldiers enjoying tea, 1940
(Source: Reddit)
Tsar Nicholas II and Anastasia, 1916
(Source: Reddit)
Howard Hughes controlling the H-4 'Spruce Goose' for its only flight, 1947
(Source: Reddit)
Anti-government rally, 1995
(Source: Reddit)
Gurkha paratroopers jumping out of C-47s
(Source: Reddit)
American soldiers survey the Maginot Line
(Source: Reddit)
A student ties their hair to a nail to prevent falling asleep while studying, 1905
(Source: Reddit)
Leaving church, 1890
(Source: Reddit)
Navy crew push a helicopter off of aircraft carriers to make room for evacuating people
(Source: Reddit)
Photographers and their equipment for the nuclear test at Bikini Atoll, 1946
(Source: Reddit)
Using a wood stretcher to carry materials to roof reactor four at Chernobyl, 1986
(Source: Reddit)
Benito Mussolini with his wife, Donna Rachele, at the beach, 1920s
(Source: Reddit)
Field nurses eating lunch, 1944
(Source: Reddit)
Panama Canal, 1922
(Source: Reddit)
The Shah of Iran, Queen Farah, and Walt Disney ride the Matterhorn Bobsleds, 1962
(Source: Reddit)
A man on a stone elephant at the Ming Imperial Tombs, 1910
(Source: Reddit)
Afrika Korps officer with a chameleon, 1941
(Source: Reddit)