Things happen everywhere, all the time—events big and small, ordinary and extraordinary, that shape our world in ways we often don't notice until the ripple effect spreads all around.
Over the years, the Facebook page 'Historical Pics' has collected an extensive gallery of these moments. From a black-and-white shot of the Iron Curtain to a color snap of a street in the United States during the sixties, each image invites us to come and marvel at history frozen in a single frame.
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#42 In 1991-1993, Eight People Sealed Themselves Inside A Giant Glass-And-Steel “Closed World” In The Arizona Desert To Test Whether Humans Could Live In A Self-Sustaining Habitat, Often Framed Like A Prototype For A Moon/Mars-Style Colony
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#43 This Enormous Pile Of Holiday Packages At London’s Mount Pleasant Post Office In 1952
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#47 Karolina Olsson “Fell Asleep” As A Teenager On A Tiny Swedish Island And, 32 Years Later, Woke Up Remembering Her Life Before It As If It Were The Same Day
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#48 Chicago North Line Rail Accident Between Harrison Street And Wabash Avenue On, 1953. Chicago Tribune Historic Photo
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#50 An Lcm (Landing Craft Mechanized) Loaded With Troops Shoves Off From The Troop Transport And Heads Toward The Shore At Iwo Jima 6 March 1945
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