26 Comparisons That Will Destroy How You See History

Your entire perception of history is totally whacked out, and we're going to prove it.
26 Comparisons That Will Destroy How You See History

Your entire perception of history is totally whacked out, and we're going to prove it. With the help of illustrious image manipulator AuntieMeme, we're about to drop a history bomb of knowledge on all your self. Real talk.

The last execution by guillotine happened the same year Star Wars came out. Death by guillotine was the official method of execution in France until 1
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The car was invented in 1769- Seven years before the signing of the Declaration of Independence. CRACKEDCON htplinventors.aboutcomlibravaveeklwlaacars
The last Civil War widow was still alive when 50 CENT hit the top of the Forbes Richest Rapper list. hto:llwou.washinatontimes.comhews/20o8laua/18r CR
Normal playing cards are older than tarot cards. A A Tarot cards were originally designed for a card game similar to modern-day bridge. People only st
26 Comparisons That Will Destroy How You See History
The dilde is net a medern inventien. Archaeologists recently found and reconstructed a stone phallus that dates back to the Ice Age. CRAGKED COM htotn
Electronic games were invented in the 1940s. The Cathode-Ray Tube Amusement Device used knobs to shoot missiles at various targets. Commons Wkimedia p
The Chinese Navy used multi-stage rockets in the 14th century. Commons Wikimedia NASA Images: That's 100 years before Columbus stumbled across the Atl
The digital music player was actually proposed in the 1970s. British inventor Kane Kramer came up with the idea for a pocket-sized, portable solid sta
The spiritual practice of YOGA was actually invented in 1960. The same year the Playboy Club opened. CRACKEDOON htollwwhmtonposteomhichoayoengoinmgort
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World War 2 didn't officially end until 1990. That year, Russia and Germany signed the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany. Wikimed
26 Comparisons That Will Destroy How You See History
Women in some parts of Switzerland didn't get the vote until 1990. N OTE FOR WO Geeative Geity Image: That's the same year Oprah Winfrey became the fi
Shopping by picking the items you need off the shelves didn't start until 1916. Before that, shoppers would hand their list to a clerk, who would get
The Inuit land their ancestors) have been wearing sunglasses for 2,000 years. Naronal Creative Getty Photos: GRACKEDCOM htollwww.canadacool.comlocatio
THE HISTORY OF THE VIKINGS WAS PENNED IN THE 1300... dee ...AFTER SCANDINAVIA BECOME In HAD fact, some of the Viking history might sound CHRISTIAN. fa
Creative.noaa Getty Photos: Morse Code was the official mode of maritime communication until Ships over 300 tons and ships that carry 12 1999 or more
26 Comparisons That Will Destroy How You See History
26 Comparisons That Will Destroy How You See History
Abraham Lincoln Creative Getty never Photo: used ? a doorknob. Doorknobs didn't come into common use until 1878, 13 years after his assassination. wgo
The last cavalry charge by U.S. troops was in 2001. W Wikimedia. pno It was in Afghanistan. Troops needed to blend in with the locals, who traveled on
Gobekli Tepe, in Turkey, is 6,000 years older than Stonehenge. Gobekli Tepe, dated at around 9,000 BC, is thought to be the oldest human construction.
CRACKED CON THE ALARM CLOCK WAS INVENTED BY PLATO, IN THE 4TH CENTURY BC. Apparently students at his academy kept oversleeping. The Mechanical Hypothe
The most recent execution by firing squad was in 2010. And it took place in Utah. CRACKEDCON hto:llmownvtimes.com2010/0G/19/us/19death.html

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