One German historian said a wonderful phrase many years ago: "History doesn't know the word 'if,'" and he was absolutely right. However, many people have always been interested in alternative paths of human development and eagerly fantasized - what would’ve happened if, let’s say, Columbus hadn’t found funding for his expedition, or the attack on Pearl Harbor had failed?
In fact, there are many key moments in the development of humanity, after which all of history went down a completely different path - for better or for worse. And it’s precisely such moments - completely serious or ridiculously absurd - that our selection of stories and facts today is dedicated to.
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#21
Two people bumped into each other and one guy’s chocolate bar landed in the other guy’s peanut butter.
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#23
Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction at the 2004 NFL halftime show had a huge part in the the creation of Youtube. The founders were frustrated at not being able for the video online so they decided to create their own video sharing site. A lot of modern culture stems from Youtube, from the influencer/content creator culture to our consumption of video content on social media to how studios and record labels sell their wares. Even Facebook timed their release a few days after the incident to capitalize on its publicity using the site.
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Probably the Titanic. Just one ship not slowing down for ice warnings and it changed history. A single iceberg hit turned into one of the most famous disasters ever.
Then fast forward a century and people repeat history with OceanGate.
Then fast forward a century and people repeat history with OceanGate.
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#27
When some proto- human cave dweller thought ' I wonder what will happen if I rub these two sticks together vigorously ?'.
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