Scientist-astronaut Joseph Kerwin gives an oral exam to Astronaut Charles Conrad, Jr. They have to work in weightlessness and there is a belt on the patient’s leg. It’s the only thing that is holding him down. An astronaut’s health is extremely important, this is why a doctor should always be able to find a way to observe their patient.

This group of people wearing white clothes are not some VIP spectators. They are special observers for running competitions. The thing is, video was not used to determine the winner of the Olympic games at that time. Around 20 judges were there to make sure that they got the winner right. And the photo-finish was used 4 years later during the Olympic games in Mexico.

Women who had personal relationships with the Germans were later shaved bald in public. This was a way for the French to label them. Everyone could see who had betrayed their country during World War II. More than 20,000 women were punished. And the connection with the Nazis was not always the real reason. Some people just used it for revenge or other reasons. People in France try to forget about this shameful period in the history of their country.

This photo shows a fun way to spend free time. This performance was put on in the Palace Square. 2 real chess players, Peter Romanovsky and Ilya Rabinovich, played the game and soldiers of the Navy and the Red Army were the chess pieces. 5,000 people watched the game. As it turned out, live chess is an old and popular kind of entertainment. Our ancestors played it even back in the 15th century.

Stella’s lawsuit against McDonald’s was one of the most debated lawsuits at the end of the 20th century. She bought coffee at a McDonald’s drive-thru in her town. Stella couldn’t open the lid to add sugar so she put the cup in between her knees and pulled the lid off. As a result, the lady spilled the coffee on her legs. She had 3rd-degree burns and she had to have skin grafts.

After that, Stella asked McDonald’s to pay for the treatment. The company only offered $800. Stella filed a lawsuit charging McDonald’s with making dangerous beverages. The jury’s verdict was: $ 2.7 million in compensation. Stella only received $640,000. Since then, people have been debating whether this case was serious and if it really deserved that much attention.

These 2 photos went viral after they appeared online. Many people thought that both pictures showed the same arch that survived both the 1945 Nagasaki bombing and the 2011 earthquake. It is not exactly known if the first picture shows Nagasaki or Hiroshima but we know for sure that the second photo was taken in Otsuchi. So, the arches are definitely different. But the fact is still thrilling — both arches survived extremely destructive events.

This was the first prototype of the modern light bulb. Even now, scientists are still debating who invented this device. Was it Edison, Lodygin, or maybe someone else? Unfortunately, this photo can’t give us an answer to this question. More than that, this photo sparked another discussion. Some researchers believe that it shows the first anesthesia machine.

These women are basically breaking the law by playing this famous American game. In 1895, the American Bowling Congress issued the rules which stated that women couldn’t bowl equally with men.

There were some reasons. In the beginning, the balls were made of very heavy wood. It was really hard for women to even lift the balls. The Women’s International Bowling Congress didn’t exist until 1917. But for the ladies on the photo, heavy balls, uncomfortable dresses, and the rules didn’t mean anything.

The photo of this strange experiment was captured at the beginning of the 20th century. “Solid air” is not a unique chemical, but a piece of ice and this is really obvious for modern people. But for the scientists at the beginning of the 20th century, the studies had only just started. The person in the photo probably decided to check and see if the piece of ice would break or turn into a mixture of gases and evaporate. An experiment is a great way to check.

There is a first time for everything and people from this Scandinavian country saw and tasted bananas for the first time at the beginning of the 20th century. The suppliers are even posing for the photo. And now, people in Norway grow their own bananas and other fruit in modern greenhouses.

This was how people were transported from the ship to the shore of Nome, Alaska. Because of the thick ice, the ship couldn’t get closer, so the travelers and their luggage had to be transported on dogs. And if the information under the photo is true, people had to do this even in the summer.

The famous criminal opened this cafe in Chicago. During the Great Depression, every second person in the city was unemployed. They literally had nothing to eat. Al Capone decided to kill 2 birds with one stone: both help the people and restore his public reputation.

The people of Chicago were fed 3 times a day. Al Capone was out there talking to the citizens and the visitors later told the media that they got far more help from the gangster than from the government.

This was done to protect the animals. During the bombings in the years of World War II, many cities didn’t have electricity, so it was really dark. But after the electricity was turned back on, many animals were hurt in accidents near roads and unfortunately, many of them died. But the solution was simple: just paint the cattle white. It was easy to see white in the dark and nobody would run over the cows.

Harding School in North Carolina was the first school to allow children of different races to study together. But society didn’t handle this news very well. Dorothy had a really hard time at this school in the beginning. She was mocked and spat on. And there was an entire group of kids against her at the doorstep.

On the 4th day, her parents didn’t want to let Dorothy go to school. But her courage, confidence, and desire to fight for her rights was stronger. After that, Dorothy went to a different mixed school and finished it.

An 11-year-old girl spent several days at sea without food or water, she had a bad sunburn and she was hallucinating. She was rescued by a crew of a Greek freighter near the Bahamas. It wasn’t until several decades later that Terry Jo Duperrault decided to talk about what happened and even wrote a book.

Terry’s family went on vacation on a boat. But the rest was tragic. During the voyage, the captain of the boat decided to kill his wife to get the insurance money. He also got rid of all the witnesses of the crime — the Duperrault family. Terry survived miraculously and escaped from the murderer on a lifeboat.

In March 1974, Princess Anne was almost killed by Ian Ball, a man with a mental disease. He stopped the Princess’s limo that was going back to the Buckingham Palace and started shooting at the car. 3 people were injured in the shootout. Jim Beaton, the bodyguard of the Princess was shot 3 times.

Anne and her husband were miraculously unharmed. Not a single bullet hit them. Ian Ball was charged with attempted murder to the Princess’s bodyguard.

This girl became famous after she wrote a letter to Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Samantha asked him why he wanted to conquer the entire world, if there would be a war between the USSR and the US, and how Andropov was trying to prevent it. The General Secretary gave a detailed answer to the girl and invited her to visit his country.

Samantha saw several cities, and many exhibitions and events, lived in the Artek Children Center and of course, attended a traditional tea party.