The back of a wooden throne from the early Iron Age (725-701 BCE), found in a tomb in Verucchio. Villanovan culture (c. 900–700 BCE), now housed at the Civic Archaeological Museum of Verucchio in Italy https://t.me/InterestingasfuckBackup/58597 #interestingasfuck #rinterestingasfuck #interestingasfuckreddit #interestingasfucksubreddit #r_interestingasfuck
This is Neil Harbisson, the world's first government-recognized human cyborg. He is born with a rare form of colour blindness where the world is only perceived in shades of grey. An antenna implanted into his head allows him to "receive" colors from what he sees. https://t.me/InterestingasfuckBackup/57480 #interestingasfuck #rinterestingasfuck #interestingasfuckreddit #interestingasfucksubreddit #r_interestingasfuck
In 1918, Chess Grand Master Ossip Bernstein was arrested by the Bolshevik secret police and ordered to be shot. As the firing squad lined up, an officer asked if he was really the famous chess master. The officer made Ossip play a game for his life against him. Ossip won easily and was released.
In 1719, Peter the Great of Russia ordered the execution by beheading of Mary Hamilton, his mistress. Once the execution was complete, Peter picked up Mary's head and kissed it on the lips. He then gave the crowd an impromptu lecture on human anatomy, kissed the head again, threw it away, and left. https://t.me/InterestingasfuckBackup/58561 #interestingasfuck #rinterestingasfuck #interestingasfuckreddit #interestingasfucksubreddit #r_interestingasfuck
This is John C. Woods, the US Army executioner assigned to hang the 10 Nazis convicted during the Nuremberg trials. Historians believe he intentionally botched their executions in order to inflict greater suffering. https://t.me/InterestingasfuckBackup/59970 #interestingasfuck #rinterestingasfuck #interestingasfuckreddit #interestingasfucksubreddit #r_interestingasfuck
I pointed a telescope near the core of the milky way for 10 hours, and revealed more stars than I could possibly count. The sky is so crowded it almost looks like noise. [OC]