Trey Parker and Matt Stone, high on acid at the 2000 Oscars. (lemmy.world)
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for “Blame Canada”. The creaters, Matt Parker and Trey Stone decided that, “It’s a magical night tonight.”...
Docked US Navy Dirigible upended after a strong wind, 1926 (lemmy.world)
Aerial view of a beached U-Boat in the UK, WW1, 1919
US anti-armor grenade packed inside a foam football, 1973 (lemmy.world)
“Since a regulation-size football weighs 14 ounces, it was considered feasible to make a shaped charge grenade within this weight limitation. In addition, most US troops are familiar with throwing footballs,” according to the Army’s test report for the weapon....
1995 San Diego tank chase (lemmy.world)
In 1995, Shawn Nelson, a former Army tank commander drove into a National Guard armory and stole an M60A3 tank. He drove the tank out of the armory, and onto residential streets where he began crushing things in his path. He drove the tank onto a highway and was pursued by a number of San Diego Police Department cars....
A divorced couple divides their Beanie Baby collection in court, 1999 (lemmy.world)
Full caption: Nov 5, 1999, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA: Attorney Frank Totti looks over papers while his client Frances Mountain sorts out Beanie Babies with her ex-husband Harold Mountain in Judge Gerald Hardcastle’s Family Courtroom in Las Vegas November 5. The couple, who were divorced four months ago, were ordered to divide up...
"My turn next!" Testing bulletproof vests, 1923
RAF pilot getting a haircut, WW2, 1942 (lemmy.world)
Photo of a Meiji-era woman in traditional clothing, with a sword, Japan, 1870s (lemmy.world)
Mary Smith, paid weekly for shooting dried peas at workers' windows to wake them for their shifts, Britain, 1930s (lemmy.world)
Demonstration of the Communist Party of Great Britain, 1976 (lemmy.world)
Nazis wading through ice-cold water in Russia, WW2, 1942 (lemmy.world)
Testing a prototype football helmet, 1912 (lemmy.world)
American professor standing beside two massive guards of the personal retinue of the Maharaja of Kashmir, 1903 (lemmy.world)
Two explorers looking at their ship, 'Terra Nova', during an Antarctic expedition, 1911 (lemmy.world)
King Frederick IX of Denmark, a former naval officer, showing off his tattoos, 1951 (media.kbin.social)
Audrey Hepburn, at the grocery store with her pet deer, 1958 (lemmy.world)
Source.
Ponies aboard the ship 'Terra Nova' during an Antarctic expedition, 1910 (lemmy.world)
Early color photo of a nomad in Uzbekistan, taken between 1905-1915 (lemmy.world)
Man making a call with his carphone, New York, 1959 (lemmy.world)
Stockholm on 'H-Day', when Sweden swapped from driving on the left-side of the road to the right, 1967 (lemmy.world)
Beggar (possibly a WW1 veteran?) running beside King George V's carriage, early 1920s (lemmy.world)
French tanker wearing a British 'splatter mask' to protect against shrapnel/'spalling' in the tank, WW1, 1918 (lemmy.world)
Dr. Clark’s Spinal Apparatus, an ineffective scoliosis treatment, 1878 (lemmy.world)
Poor kid.