Doctored Photos That Changed History

The Distracting Fencepost

Obviously, photojournalists don't always have the time to set up the perfect shot. This photographer ended up getting a heartbreaking shot that circulated the world. A photo editor decided that the fencepost messed with the aesthetic of the photo and shopped it out... Was that the correct choice?

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The More You Know

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  • Cleopatra lived closer to the moon landing than to the building of the pyramids.
  • A typing error of a single hyphen in the coding of the Mariner I rocket, caused it to blast before take off and cost NASA $630 million dollars.
  • In 1912, a Paris orphanage held a raffle to raise money—the prizes were live babies.
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