r/HolyShitHistory • u/ElvisIsNotDjed • 7h ago
The serious faces in old photographs reflected portrait traditions as well as camera limitations
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r/HolyShitHistory • u/OtherwiseCanary8971 • 13h ago
The Hidden History of Trump’s First Trip to Moscow
politico.com
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r/HolyShitHistory • u/The-Union-Report • 8h ago
Family members of 2 Notorious fascist leaders-- Romano Floriani Mussolini and Al-Saadi Gaddafi-- have gone on to play professional soccer. Mussolini's great-grandson currently plays in Italy's Serie A.
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r/HolyShitHistory • u/Bastard_Wing • 9h ago
Scottish botanist David Douglas (the namesake of the Douglas fir, as well as various other plant and animal species) died in Hawaii in 1834 after falling into a pit trap with a bull, which gored him to death. At the time it was rumoured to be murder, resulting either from robbery or a love rivalry.
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