These Newly-Colorized Historical Photos Reveal Shocking Things

The Eiffel Tower, 1944

Paris was liberated from four years of Nazi occupation in 1944. Allegedly, Hitler ordered General Dietrich von Choltitz to set the tower on fire and burn Paris to the ground so it couldn't be liberated. Two days after this didn't happen, there was a celebration on the Champs d'Elysees.

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The More You Know

  • Before alarm clocks became the norm, there were people called knocker-uppers who would literally knock on people’s window to wake them up in time for work.
  • Joseph Stalin would remove the people he did not like from the photos. This was pre-photoshop times.
  • The Olympics Used to Award Medals for Art.
  • And while we're on the subject of tomatoes, ketchup was once actually sold as medicine.
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