Millions of moments have shaped the world as we know it today. Some were major turning points, like certain wars, inventions and discoveries. Others might seem less important... But even the events we perceive as slightly insignificant have played a big part in history.
Of course, so much has happened throughout the years that it could be easy to forget a lot of it. That's where photography, writing, documenting and archiving come in. They preserve the memories of people, places and things so that future generations can look back and see how far humanity has come, and how far we have yet to go.
If you dig taking a deep dive into the past, you might want to join an online community called Archive of Humanity. It has close to 100,000 weekly visitors, and is a "curated space dedicated to preserving the visual legacy of our species." From pivotal moments in human history to major breakthroughs in space exploration, science, and technology, the page is a beautiful, bottomless virtual archive.
Bored Panda has put together a compilation of its most interesting posts for you to scroll through while even more history is made today.
#61 Vision Of The Future In The 1930's Soviet Futurism Art, Electro-Magnetic Rapid Transit System
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#62 Intricate Marble Carvings Inside The Luna Vasahi Temple, Part Of The Renowned Dilwara Temples In Mount Abu, Photographed Circa 1948
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#63 During The 19th Century, Rich British Landowners Ordered Exaggerated Portraits Of Their Livestock As Symbols Of Wealth, Frequently Depicting Them With Unusually Large Rectangular Bodies
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#64 Boy Selling Apples Beside A Road In North Carolina, 1934 (During The Great Depression). Photo By Bayard Wootten
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#65 There Is A Spacecraft Graveyard In The South Pacific Ocean Known As“Point Nemo”, It Is The Furthest Place On The Earth From Land
It Is Home To Over 300 Spacecraft And Associated Space Debris, Including The Mir Space Station, The First Ever Object Assembled In Planetary Orbit By Russian Cosmonauts
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#66 Heliphants, Indian Air Force Helicopter Unit 116 Were Hal Chetak Helicopters Covered With Elephant-Shaped Decorations Used In Air Displays, 1970s
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#67 Belka The Space Dog Upon Returning From Her Cosmic Voyage. Ussr, August 1960
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#68 A Young American Boy Examines Radioactive Samples From A Chemistry Set In 1950, Wearing Headphones Connected To A Geiger Counter Sensitive Enough To Detect Radiation From A Wristwatch
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#70 A Polar Bear Cub And Child Meet, (1975), Wrangel Island, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Sfsr
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#72 A New Guinea Resident Was Stunned To See A White Man For The First Time. Until 1930, Mountain Tribes Believed They Were The Only People On Earth
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#73 President John F. Kennedy Leans Over His Desk In This Iconic Photo, Dubbed "The Lonliest Job." February 11, 1961
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#74 Robert Cornelius, Takes The First Self Image In Front Of His Shop In Philadelphia (1839)
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#75 Woman Standing Next To Redwood Tree, 1950s, Redwood Tree Is One Of The Tallest And Oldest Tree Species On Earth, Native Mainly To California And Parts Of Oregon
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#76 Native American Rock Art In The Lower Pecos Canyonlands Of Texas And Northern Mexico, With A Tradition Lasting Over 4,000 Years And Beginning Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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#77 Astronaut Chimpanzee, Ham, Gets An Apple After His First Successful Flight Into Space 31 January 1961 By NASA, Ham Was The First American Primate In Space
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#78 The Information Desk At Idlewild Airport (Now Jfk), Designed By Eero Saarinen, 1956
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#79 Engraved Handprints On White Mountain Wyoming, Sacred To The Shoshone, Arapaho And Ute Tribes Today
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#80 A Mississippi River Pearl Diver, Using A Car’s Old Gas Tank For A Helmet, Prepares To Descend Into The River. 1938
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