Photos That Shook The World (Contains graphic images, may cause distress)

Dynamo Roller · 09-09-2013 1:52am

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

strangely enough the list of wikipedia doesn't include the like of Indiapolis and other Nascar venues; if it did then the football ones wouldn't be even in the top 30
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sporting_venues_with_a_highest_attendance_of_100,000_or_more

It hardly counts, its not a field sport. If you include motorsports then the Tour de France or Dakar would be the largest

retalivity · 09-09-2013 2:56am

I was in Ann Arbor (Where the university of Michigan stadium is) last xmas, it is not a big city, smaller than galway, and it is said that the entire population of the place could fit in the stadium with space to spare.
I know a few people who went to school there, and they always come back every year for the games, and to tailgate outside, hence why they get such huge numbers

Wibbs · 09-09-2013 9:35am

Dynamo Roller wrote: »

It hardly counts, its not a field sport. If you include motorsports then the Tour de France or Dakar would be the largest

Tour de France a motorsport. Even Lance armstrong didn't stoop to installing an engine on his bike.

IvyTheTerrible · 09-09-2013 9:44am

Wibbs wrote: »

Tour de France a motorsport. Even Lance armstrong didn't stoop to installing an engine on his bike.

Cancellara may have. Allegedly!

fred funk }{ · 09-09-2013 9:30pm

These are thought to be cannibals.

major bill · 09-09-2013 9:49pm

fred funk }{ wrote: »

These are thought to be cannibals.

:eek:

anymore info on this one? wiki page on it?

09-09-2013 10:09pm

major bill wrote: »

:eek:

anymore info on this one? wiki page on it?

Did a search using the Google Chrome extension, TinEye, which tells me that it is from a famine in Russia during 1921. The Wikipedia article it comes from is here, with the article on the famine here.

Dynamo Roller · 10-09-2013 12:49am

http://inktank.fi/28-of-historys-most-fascinating-photos/

Red Kev · 10-09-2013 11:36am

retalivity wrote: »

I was in Ann Arbor (Where the university of Michigan stadium is) last xmas, it is not a big city, smaller than galway, and it is said that the entire population of the place could fit in the stadium with space to spare.
I know a few people who went to school there, and they always come back every year for the games, and to tailgate outside, hence why they get such huge numbers

Clones had a population of 2,000 in the 1990's (just under 3,000 today). The GAA pitch which held the Ulster Final back then has a capacity of 36,000 today, but back in the 90's it probably held well over 40,000 on a sunny Ulster Final day. That's 20 visitors for every person in the town!

Spear · 10-09-2013 11:45am

Dynamo Roller wrote: »

http://inktank.fi/28-of-historys-most-fascinating-photos/

The Panther tank in Cologne has it's own history. This is the video of it being destroyed:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylLawyySkVw

It's one of the few close up and complete WW2 videos showing a tank on tank engagement like that. The context leading up to it being destroyed, was that it had already destroyed an older M4 Sherman. The veteran crew knew that the M4 lacked a proper stabiliser for their gun and would always stop to shoot, so they waited until the M4 would stop to fire, before they first. So a new M26 Pershing attacks instead. The Panther holds fire, waiting for it to stop, but the M26 had a fully stabilised gun and fired while moving, putting it's round through the side of the Panther and igniting it.

BaZmO* · 10-09-2013 12:00pm

Dynamo Roller wrote: »

http://inktank.fi/28-of-historys-most-fascinating-photos/

The original Lion was a Dub

Slats

herisson · 10-09-2013 7:04pm

I dont know if this belongs here but this is a picture a 10y/o girl drew about her village in Syria.

Ken. · 10-09-2013 9:33pm

Beaver stadium, home of penn state college football team becomes the 4th biggest city in the state when full.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver_Stadium
It is boasted by the Penn State community that during home games at State College the stadium is the 4th largest city by "population" in the state. It follows Philadelphia (1,517,550), Pittsburgh (334,563), and Allentown (118,032) and precedes Erie

Jimmy Iovine · 10-09-2013 10:25pm

On the issue of Penn State, there was a child sex abuse scandal there a few years ago that rocked the football world.

One of the best coaches ever, Joe Paterno, was caught up in it and fired. The team had years of wins wiped from the record and that was probably the most lenient penalty.

On July 23, 2012 the NCAA imposed sweeping penalties on Penn State's football program—among the most severe ever imposed on an NCAA member school—including a fine of $60 million, a four-year postseason ban and vacating of all victories from 1998–2011.[10] In doing so, NCAA President Mark Emmert stated that the sanctions were levied "not to be just punitive, but to make sure the university establishes an athletic culture and daily mindset in which football will never again be placed ahead of education, nurturing and protecting young people."[11] The Big Ten Conference subsequently imposed an additional $13 million fine.[12] Spanier, Curley and Schultz have since been criminally charged for their roles in the cover-up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_State_child_sex_abuse_scandal

Paterno had a statue on the college campus but it was removed too.

Capt'n Midnight · 10-09-2013 11:31pm

Pixie-Fairy wrote: »

I dont know if this belongs here but this is a picture a 10y/o girl drew about her village in Syria.
http://i.imgur.com/9rbkehV.jpg

a 10 year old girl interested in flags ??

call me cynical

Yes what's happening in Syria is terrible.

It's not a case of freedom fighters against the empire.

What's happening to Christians there is scary.

Read this
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24039309

Domenico Quirico was freed on Sunday, after being held hostage for five months along with Belgian teacher Pierre Piccinin da Prata.

He said his captors were "mixed-up" men consumed by the pursuit of money.

locum-motion · 11-09-2013 1:13am

Moved to Discussion - But thanks for the thanks!

Karl Stein · 11-09-2013 1:47am

locum-motion wrote: »

A record that comes with two such major caveats is not a record.

They're parameters more than caveats.

Katie Taylor is the female Olympic gold medallist boxer at her weight.

(female being a parameter rather than a caveat)

overthebridge · 12-09-2013 8:10pm

Came across this earlier - http://lightbox.time.com/2013/09/12/witness-to-a-syrian-execution-i-saw-a-scene-of-utter-cruelty/?iid=lb-gal-viewagn#1

AlbionCat · 16-09-2013 6:30pm

Costa Concordia on Google Maps

On the day they started to lift Costa Concordia:

Go to to Google Maps and search for Giglio Porto GR - put the map in Satellite View.

My jaw dropped

Gaspode · 17-09-2013 8:07am

Holy crap, I had no idea just how big that ship is - it's bigger than the town beside it!

GreeBo · 17-09-2013 8:38pm

lazy mans google maps

Grimebox · 18-09-2013 6:10pm

This is how they prove London's Double-decker buses are not a tipping hazard. (1933)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=C-fZA1NJtPA

Delphi91 · 19-09-2013 5:45pm

Grimebox wrote: »

This is how they prove London's Double-decker buses are not a tipping hazard. (1933)...

Not really all that shocking, is it?

Karl Stein · 19-09-2013 6:07pm

Delphi91 wrote: »

Not really all that shocking, is it?

The upper deck is full of orphans used in the test.

Grimebox · 19-09-2013 6:37pm

Delphi91 wrote: »

Not really all that shocking, is it?

I was mildly shocked that the bus wasn't tipping over :pac:

dodderangler · 19-09-2013 9:00pm

Sorry if this is a repost but this chap retired after this
Read the story its pretty cool.
http://chainmailcheck.wordpress.com/2012/07/25/a-load-of-old-bullfighting/

cichlid child · 19-09-2013 9:47pm

dodderangler wrote: »

Sorry if this is a repost but this chap retired after this
Read the story its pretty cool.
http://chainmailcheck.wordpress.com/2012/07/25/a-load-of-old-bullfighting/

Did you even read the story

locum-motion · 19-09-2013 9:54pm

cichlid child wrote: »

Did you even read the story

Evidently not.

dodderangler · 19-09-2013 10:27pm

Sorry folks
Should've read the whole lot
It is a good picture though

TheBlaaMan · 19-09-2013 11:08pm

dodderangler wrote: »

It is a good picture though

Actually, no. It's not. Not by a long shot.

It's a photo of depravity and abuse, excused as 'tradition'.

De Bhál · 19-09-2013 11:09pm

Grimebox wrote: »

This is how they prove London's Double-decker buses are not a tipping hazard. (1933)

Heartbreaking, I couldn't watch that twice.

returnNull · 19-09-2013 11:14pm

De Bhál wrote: »

Heartbreaking, I couldn't watch that twice.

well at least you wont quote the pic twice:cool:

winston82 · 20-09-2013 12:08am

returnNull wrote: »

well at least you wont quote the pic twice:cool:

Loud noiiiiiiiiises

returnNull · 20-09-2013 12:21am

winston82 wrote: »

Loud noiiiiiiiiises

your keyboard is broke

BaZmO* · 20-09-2013 12:25am

Re: Bus Pic

There's probably a simple answer, so forgive my ignorance, but while are the two scales/dials showing different values?

returnNull · 20-09-2013 12:27am

BaZmO* wrote: »

Re: Bus Pic

There's probably a simple answer, so forgive my ignorance, but while are the two scales/dials showing different values?

the scale on the bus is higher

Cookie_Monster · 20-09-2013 12:28am

Delphi91 wrote: »

Not really all that shocking, is it?

how can you say that? I mean seriously; there is a guy on the left using only 1 arm to hold up a bus and a big steel rig, ONE ARM!
Men were men back then.

Cookie_Monster · 20-09-2013 12:30am

BaZmO* wrote: »

Re: Bus Pic

There's probably a simple answer, so forgive my ignorance, but while are the two scales/dials showing different values?

you can see that the bus is light on it's suspension on the left side and has probably just gone past it's tipping point with the chains holding it. So it has tipped further than the platform

MoyVilla9 · 20-09-2013 1:17am

The very first photograph of the moon, or anything in space for that matter, taken by John William Draper in 1839.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Draper

BaZmO* · 20-09-2013 7:20am

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

you can see that the bus is light on it's suspension on the left side and has probably just gone past it's tipping point with the chains holding it. So it has tipped further than the platform

Ahh, that's it alright. Couldn't see the difference while viewing the pic on my phone, much clearer on the PC.

thehomeofDob · 20-09-2013 2:46pm

BaZmO* wrote: »

Ahh, that's it alright. Couldn't see the difference while viewing the pic on my phone, much clearer on the PC.

They're not scales. They're measuring tilt angles.

The platform is tilted a just under 30 degrees and the bus is tilted at about 35 degrees.

BaZmO* · 20-09-2013 2:48pm

thehomeofDob wrote: »

They're not scales. They're measuring tilt angles.

The platform is tilted a just under 30 degrees and the bus is tilted at about 35 degrees.

Jesus Christ! :rolleyes: I know what they are ffs.

BaZmO* · 20-09-2013 3:07pm

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Archduke Franz Ferdinand with his wife on the day they were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip. Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (June 28, 1914). These assassinations were a contributing factor to the start of World War I.

The first photo upon discovery of Machu Picchu, 1912.

A tornado that hit Carswell AFB on Sept 1, 1952 caused massive damage to most of the B-36 fleet.

Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein at the Bohr-Einstein debates over quantum mechanics.

Boing 707 doing a barrel roll. When the test pilot Tex Johnson was questioned about the stunt, he simply replied by saying – “Just selling airplanes”.

Horten H. VII (Ho 254) flying over Göttingen, Germany. It was one of the first flying wing experiments. ~1945.

Star Wars set at lunchtime.

Howard Hughes inside of the H-4 Hercules, more widely known as the “Spruce Goose”. At the time, it was the largest airplane ever created. Photo: LIFE.

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The North view of the missile launch pads. ~1960.

Times Square in New York, 1911.

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Steamboats in the Mississippi river, 1907. Photo: shorpy.

The Beatles meet Muhammad Ali.

Gaspode · 20-09-2013 5:31pm

Surely they all just belong in the 'cool pictures' thread - not world-shaking really.

BaZmO* · 20-09-2013 6:07pm

Gaspode wrote: »

Surely they all just belong in the 'cool pictures' thread - not world-shaking really.

I did not know there was such a thread.

cml387 · 20-09-2013 7:44pm

Billy Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in "The Battle Of The Sexes" on this day 40 years ago.

See here for the wikipedia article.

Big Nasty · 20-09-2013 8:08pm

Gaspode wrote: »

Surely they all just belong in the 'cool pictures' thread - not world-shaking really.

BaZmO* wrote: »

I did not know there was such a thread.

Not every pic in here 'shook the world'

Regardless I found most of them interesting.

funnights74 · 29-09-2013 10:29pm

A rare photo of bodies recovered from the Titanic being buried at sea.

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Andrewf20 · 30-09-2013 5:18am

Believed to be the last known photos of famous people before they died...

http://twentytwowords.com/2013/06/11/last-known-photographs-of-famous-people-43-pictures/

Agueroooo · 30-09-2013 9:26am

Andrewf20 wrote: »

Believed to be the last known photos of famous people before they died...

http://twentytwowords.com/2013/06/11/last-known-photographs-of-famous-people-43-pictures/

I'm nearly sure the Steve Jobs one was a proven fake (photoshop)

Photos That Shook The World (Contains graphic images, may cause distress)

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