The Rise of Social Media: From Bulletin Boards to Facebook and Beyond
Discover how social media evolved from simple bulletin boards to global platforms that transformed how families connect. From AOL to Facebook, understand the history.
The Last Place on Earth Human has Discovered
Humans love to discover and explore our mother earth since ancient times and we almost discovered everything here on our planet. But have you ever wondered what the last place to be discovered was? In this clip, we’re going to dig into the history of geographic human discovery, up to the last place. The last…
Shipwreck Hunter Discovered Vasco de Gama’s Shipwreck after 500 years lost at Sea
Vasco da Gama was known as a highly successful portuguese sailor and explorer during the Age of Exploration. He is also the first person to sail straight from Europe to India, around the Cape of Good Hope. Little facts were known about his ship, until some shipwreck hunters discovered it after years lost at sea…
Materials in Architecture
Taking a look into the past by seeing how our culture changed, and subsequently, our architecture. The first permanent structures are thought to have begun when man moved from and hunting and gathering nature and into more agricultural based systems. Agriculture made moving around a lot less viable, and staying in one place easier to…
History of Police Cars
We’ve seen many different police cars over the years, with the newest in America being the new dodge charger being the car of choice for the police. Take a look back to the very first police cars and see how far they’ve come. Infographic from Tumblr. Image from Tumblr.
History of Prom Dresses
I got a little hung up on this. It really does bring back memories. The Hippies and the Decadence were particularly familiar to me. With prom only a month away, take a look and see what your teenager is looking like. Perhaps they’re getting it wrong with this generation, or perhaps we’ll see the change…
A History of Shoes
Take a look at some of the classics styles of shoes. From Shakespeare’s ballet shoes, to the young “Sneakers”. Find out where some of our terminology comes from when shoes are involved.
World’s Biggest Books
There’s a lot that can go into the criteria to determine the world’s biggest book, the most commonly used is based on how many words. However, I like to look at sales. Thus, for my criteria, it would be based on how many books printed. Anyone who is a big fan of trivia will know…
A Visual History of Computers
Work your way from the present, back to the age of dinosaurs. The first computer ever built was basically a really large calculator, it had no form of memory storage and could only do base math. Think about how far we’ve come from that. Even when the first man was put on the moon, the…
History of the Internet
Know thy internet! That’s right you browsing minions of the internet underworld, feast on the knowledge that is the internet! In all seriousness, this Infographic shows lot’s of interesting history fun facts about the internet.
