These Newly-Colorized Historical Photos Reveal Shocking Things

An Iceberg Grotto

Geologist Thomas Griffith Taylor and Meteorologist Charles Wright explored icebergs in 1911 and were photographed at the entrance of this grotto, a natural phenomenon. These two explorers were competing to become the first person to reach the South Pole aboard the Terra Nova Expedition. 

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The More You Know

  • Martin Luther King Jr and Anne Frank were born in the same year.
  • Between 1900 and 1920, tug of war was an Olympic event.
  • In 1912, a Paris orphanage held a raffle to raise money—the prizes were live babies.
  • President Abraham Lincoln is in the Wrestling Hall of Fame
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