Do you remember any old ads that would be banned today?
Old ads are weird, inappropriate and sexist. Thread🧵
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Jan 6 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
Some famous assassination attempts in history that can never be forgotten. Thread🧵
1. On January 19, 2013, Bulgarian politician Ahmed Dogan survived an assassination attempt when a gunman, Oktay Enimehmedov, tried to shoot him at a party congress.
2. On December 7, 1972, during a live broadcast in Manila, Carlito Dimahilig attempted to assassinate First Lady Imelda Marcos with a bolo knife. The attack was thwarted by security.
Jan 5 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
Thread on some famous historical assassinations caught on camera.🧵
1. Assassination of Algerian president, Mohamed Boudiaf, during his speech on live TV, 29 June 1992.
2. On 6 March 1981, Marianne Bachmeier fatally shot the man who killed her 7-year-old daughter, right in the middle of his trial. She smuggled a .22-caliber Beretta pistol in her purse and pulled the trigger in the courtroom
Jan 3 • 26 tweets • 7 min read
Thread on alternative views of iconic landmarks you (probably) haven’t seen before 🧵
1. Mount Fuji from a plane window.
2. Arc de Triomphe, Paris
Jan 1 • 21 tweets • 6 min read
The most intriguing videos from history that can never be forgotten. Thread🧵
1. An Iraqi journalist threw his shoes at former President George W. Bush in 2008.
2. When Michael Jackson took off his glasses at the Grammys.
Dec 29, 2024 • 25 tweets • 7 min read
Collection of the craziest 9/11 attack videos that exist. Thread🧵
1. Video shows the terrifying debris cloud engulfing fleeing citizens.
2. New York City Firefighters Jimmy Grillo and Tyrone Johnson being interviewed shortly after they managed to escape from one of the collapsing towers.
Dec 28, 2024 • 26 tweets • 6 min read
What everyday life was like for people living 50, 100, or more years ago..? Thread🧵
1. Londoners in 1931
2. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1909
Dec 26, 2024 • 25 tweets • 7 min read
Ever wondered what everyday life was like for people living 50, 100, or more years ago..? A Thread🧵
1. Teenagers at a party in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1947. 2. The crowded beach of Atlantic City photographed in 1908.