Did you know that in the 1980s, there was a chimp at the Belgrade Zoo that escaped not once but twice? His name was Sami, and he became famous in 1988 when a photographer snapped a picture of him and the zoo director, Vukosav Bojovic, "conversing" on the roof. Bojovic attempted to coax the animal to come back, resulting in a pretty sweet moment.
This story is still circulating online thanks to the online community r/Historycord. In fact, the members of the subreddit share fascinating historical photographs all the time, making it a real treasure trove for seasoned history buffs. Bored Panda would like to take you on a journey through time with the help of r/Historycord. So, Pandas, scroll down and see what other interesting things you might learn today!
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#41 Teens Protest The Arrival Of The Horace Baker Family, The First African American Family In All White Delmar Village Folcroft, Pennsylvania, 30 Of August 1963
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#42 Maid Makes The Braids For The Daughter Of Her Employers, February Of 1956
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#43 The First Years After The War. Life In Italy In The Late 40s - Early 50s
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#44 U.S. Army Nurses Sunbathing Next To A Twin Bofors 40 Mm Gun On A Coast Guard Troop Ship Returning Back To The United States From Europe, 1945
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#45 Photos Of Children Who Didn't Pass The "One Drop" Rule And Were Slaves, Eventually Emancipated In New Orleans, From Harper’s Weekly, 30 Of January Of 1864
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#46 Soviet Officials Nestor Lakoba, Nikita Khrushchev, Lavrentiy Beria And Aghasi Khanjian During The Opening Of The Moscow Metro In 1936. That Same Year, Beria K****d Lakoba And Khanjian
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#48 1955.”the One I Marry” Teenagers Are Asked Their Preferences About A Future Spouse
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#49 A Meccan Merchant And His Circassian S***e. Picture Taken In Mecca Between 1887 And 1888
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#50 Flight Deck And Controls Of A B-29 Superfortress. Note The Security Blanket Over The B**b Sight
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#51 A German Student Taking Part In A Racial Education Class, N**i Germany, 1943
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#52 The Excess Of 1980s England - As Seen Through The Eyes Of Society Photographer Dafydd Jones
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#53 Members Of The Austro-Hungarian Upper Class, Including Emperor Franz Joseph I, At A Ball In Vienna In 1900 To Celebrate The Beginning Of A New Century
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#56 Marie Azelie Haydel, The Last Owner Of Whitney Plantation, And One Of Her Enslaved House Girls
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#57 He Washington Naval Treaty Signed In February 6, 1922, Forced Countries To Limit Their Battleships But Ended Up Creating Super Aircraft Carriers Instead Such As The Uss Lexington
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#58 The Platt Family Case :white Family Labeled As Black By White Sheriff In 1955
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#59 Iranian Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi And His Wife Shahbanu Farah Pahlavi With Their Four Children, 1973
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#60 Us Paratroopers Train Outside Of Panama City During The Us Invasion Of Panama, 1990
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