Feb 11

Smart animation teaches you more about World War I than school

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World War I often gets overshadowed by World War II in the history books, which makes sense because WWII scarred our planet forever, but WWI and its aftermath was a terrible and awful moment in history that helped shaped the rest of the century (and beyond) as well. If you forgot about some stuff that happened or didn’t pay attention when you were a self-centered high school student, just watch this really smart animation by John D. Ruddy and Manny Man. It teaches you more about WWI than history class ever did.

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Feb 04

That Coke Super Bowl Ad Would Have Been Illegal in 1910s Iowa

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That Coke Super Bowl Ad Would Have Been Illegal in 1910s Iowa

Idiots, racists, and old-fashioned xenophobes took to social media this past weekend to express their disgust with Coca-Cola. The international beverage company had the audacity to run an ad during the Super Bowl that featured people singing "America the Beautiful" in different languages. This, of course, was unacceptable to those who believe that the U.S. should be an English-only zone. And these mouthbreathing dunderheads would’ve felt right at home in states like Iowa and Nebraska during World War I.

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Jul 04

Check Out These Amazing, Chilling Stereoscopic Images of World War I

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Check Out These Amazing, Chilling Stereoscopic Images of World War I

A Toronto photography studio has stumbled across a stereoscopic camera, and its photographic slides, that captured scenes of World War I in 3D. The resulting images are chilling—but incredibly striking, too.

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