“Unlock the Secrets of Time: 50 Mesmerizing Photos That Reveal the Untold Stories of Our Past!”
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#16 For More Than Two Years, Danish Explorer Ejnar Mikkelsen Was Trapped In The Arctic With A Single Inexperienced Crewmate — After The Rest Of Their Expedition Left Without Them
From 1910 to 1912, they survived by eating their sled dogs and abandoned rations from previous expeditions while evading bears, wolves, and foxes. Once, when a polar bear broke into their cabin in the middle of winter, they had to fight it off with only an axe while they frantically tried to heat up their frozen shotgun by the fire so it could shoot.
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#17 “The Near-Perfect Outline And Proportions Are Evident Through Comparing The Symmetrical Outline Of The Specimen With That Of A Blue Stingray.”
Archaeologists believe that this seemingly normal rock found on the coast of South Africa may actually be the world’s earliest example of animal art. The stone is shaped like a kite and has symmetrical markings that are almost exactly the same as those seen on blue stingrays. There is even a stub at the base of the rock where the creature’s tail may have been drawn on. Researchers didn’t want to damage the artifact by dating it, so they analyzed surrounding stones to determine that the drawing was likely made in sand 130,000 years ago before fossilizing into its current form.
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#18 The Pizza Chain Founder Paid Rosa Parks Rent From 1994 Until Her Death In 2005
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#19 Archivists In The UK Just Opened An Unsealed Package From 1807 And Found A Sweater In Pristine Condition Inside
A carpenter from the Faroe Islands sent the sweater, hand-knit by his wife with a black and white floral pattern on a red backdrop, to a friend in Denmark. However, the British Royal Navy seized the parcel amid ongoing wars between the two nations and it sat unopened in the UK National Archives until now. This package is one of more than 160,000 unopened letters and parcels seized by the British Royal Navy between 1652 and 1815 that are now being unsealed as part of a massive project that’s expected to take 20 years.
