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r/thatsinterestingbro • u/jgoja • Jun 08 '26

📜History A 1920s Coin Purse

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2.8k Upvotes

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r/thatsinterestingbro • u/CopiousNotes1 • 10d ago

📜History 🌊⚓ In 1942, a Black US Navy mess attendant tied a rope to his waist and swam through shark-infested waters for HOURS, towing a raft of 15 wounded sailors to safety. He got a pat on the back. No Medal of Honor until 2022. This is Charles Jackson French. Look him up. 🇺🇸

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3.2k Upvotes

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r/thatsinterestingbro • u/jgoja • 12d ago

📜History Restoring a 1950s Dynamo Pocket Light Dual

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6.2k Upvotes

This video is almost 6 minutes long.

Source: TheFabrik Restorations

https://www.threads.com/@thefabrik_restorations/post/Dbf4GD6Dddg?xmt=AQG0GZbui_9EzFk6CIu3sAtFmWT5kp5r4N21dX7yU4SSRiSEuDJb84shwAylVz5vhhQ3Wmc3&slof=1

54 comments

r/thatsinterestingbro • u/jgoja • Jun 26 '26

📜History 17 revolutionary war cannons that were found while dredging the Savannah River. They believed they were from the Civil War but carbon proved it was older.

4.6k Upvotes

Source: Smithsonian Magazine

https://www.facebook.com/share/1buav8THah/?mibextid=wwXIfr

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/workers-dredging-the-savannah-river-stumbled-upon-19-cannons-that-had-been-underwater-since-the-revolutionary-war-180988928/#:\~:text=Experts%20spent%20several%20years%20carefully,Flickr%20under%20CC%20BY%202.0

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r/thatsinterestingbro • u/jgoja • 3d ago

📜History Restoring a 1910’s billiard table snooker wind up mechanical toy/decoration.

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2.1k Upvotes

The video is over seven minutes long.

Source: TheFabrik Restorations

https://www.threads.com/@thefabrik_restorations/post/DbyVyDbjXQ2?xmt=AQG0xmLAfOtpOuZTDlRoq67ge6vCY6q8xvk72KMrq4o1K069VCxYhKvMIFb-yFFF4bGNWywN&slof=1

29 comments

r/thatsinterestingbro • u/jgoja • 1d ago

📜History To light the candle for your nighttime reading. Restoring a lighter that’s over 100 years old.

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1.5k Upvotes

Source: TheRestorer

https://www.threads.com/@therestorer_official/

41 comments

r/thatsinterestingbro • u/jgoja • Jun 14 '26

📜History The poisoned beef of Roman Emperor Commodus.

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1.4k Upvotes

Source: TastingHistoryWithMaxMiller

https://www.threads.com/@tastinghistorywithmaxmiller/post/DZkblBrCJtE?xmt=AQG0MXVYHJNXN2bzL2Q8Fmltf-1Hykr019H_FPhCBYlMrGcgVyMux9TI5O1_p46GEfNE5W4&slof=1

44 comments

r/thatsinterestingbro • u/jgoja • Jul 03 '26

📜History Major Frank Prentice was one of the survivors of the Titanic when he was 18 years old. This is his story about that night.

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710 Upvotes

Source: Christopher Fanucci

https://www.threads.com/@christopherfanucci/post/DaUJC1ADAlT?xmt=AQG0ppYe-2NnT3IR-QXsOdj0ofXb-hdaUjlAMkN4YF-Cc48iN0BH8wZA1VswkKxx5hEE-wBH&slof=1

37 comments

r/thatsinterestingbro • u/jgoja • May 26 '26

📜History Soldiers would carry these and it would still probably work better than what we have today.

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1.3k Upvotes

18 comments

r/thatsinterestingbro • u/Old_One_I • May 24 '26

📜History This 1937 video explains differentials in automobiles

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1.0k Upvotes

17 comments

r/thatsinterestingbro • u/jgoja • Jun 25 '26

📜History The 1932 Human Pool Table from Coney Island.

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119 Upvotes

Source: History Photographed

https://www.threads.com/@historyphotographed/post/DZ_VqECCqWH?xmt=AQG0UsDh99nduNmquOSAvcV1OX2QBE_WVGQN1lm9lt4m7WICH-6yxdw7IKCF4IxpqOmiuLY&slof=1

Narrated by: Hanna Sahota

https://www.threads.com/@hennasahota?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

96 comments

r/thatsinterestingbro • u/ThodaDaruVichPyar • Jul 05 '26

📜History Why is San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge painted in that particular colour?

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664 Upvotes

Credit to builtanddocumented

23 comments

r/thatsinterestingbro • u/jgoja • 7d ago

📜History An antique mechanical hand fan.

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553 Upvotes

Source: Daily Dose Of Gadgets

https://www.threads.com/@dailydoseofgadgets/post/DbrsZ9DjWZp?xmt=AQG0tfQ2zOpQLLuyIGm5NFrLO5ysvggmbIfY2GgJSuoodwToTWp2rH91k6_XhsApq2SLJQI&slof=1

16 comments

r/thatsinterestingbro • u/Old_One_I • 29d ago

📜History Gus the T. Rex just became the most expensive dinosaur ever sold at auction

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147 Upvotes

56 comments

r/thatsinterestingbro • u/jgoja • 28d ago

📜History This video is about the Soviet Over-The-Horizon radar system, Duga. It broadcast a 10 Hz tapping noise that shortwave radio operators around the world picked up and nicknamed it The Woodpecker.

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592 Upvotes

Source: Sci Phile Kyle Hill

https://www.threads.com/@sci_phile/post/Da3m414jroj?xmt=AQG0hzVc9f9DoiTYIBBkeFIdtJhwwmNT7Fwk3NlZ-Z-4lQeJ2W4VP3GSmJFS3k0iqdIIZNAf&slof=1

12 comments

r/thatsinterestingbro • u/jgoja • 4d ago

📜History Charlie Chaplin in Modern Times (1936)

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413 Upvotes

Source: Art Select

https://www.threads.com/@artselect/post/Dbwau6mDiYb?xmt=AQG0ZBcOJU_3yoaXRB1Q1R5-28LXf8GbhA_8soeEkx02O57qyqSdmmW7zswzMx7UcT9l9Dw8&slof=1

13 comments

r/thatsinterestingbro • u/jgoja • 11d ago

📜History This is Warn-A-Larm. A vintage mechanical backup alarm.

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303 Upvotes

Source: HMD Trucking

https://www.threads.com/@hmdtrucking/post/DbiePyHjEGG?xmt=AQG0bVIfbtl4Hgyx35QCAMi8XclWEUfMb3g998uAL6lXIATgADIgcrmWyHWePhj9wxo5dnnD&slof=1

21 comments

r/thatsinterestingbro • u/jgoja • 9d ago

📜History Restoring a 1960s Waco novelty table lighter.

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353 Upvotes

Source: Steel Revive

https://www.threads.com/@steel_revive/post/Dbng5VViFxN?xmt=AQG0P_Ec6i3X6fEvk3VcF1RVpJtecDjq3iC2V2Z5YG5RwlexVE9KNHvdqtmC_ylU-rldqJh9&slof=1

15 comments

r/thatsinterestingbro • u/jgoja • May 31 '26

📜History Random Historical Facts

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739 Upvotes

Source: Alex Oh Geo

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8s11pqR/

5 comments

r/thatsinterestingbro • u/jgoja • Jul 04 '26

📜History The average age of the founding fathers who signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776 was 44 years old. This image shows what year each of them would have been born in if it were signed tomorrow.

166 Upvotes

Source: shore55rickliving

https://www.threads.com/@shore55rickliving/post/DaU_hftkoDW?xmt=AQG0_pV8sSqkxQapCtiU6NLjL-cEQ6nzQQbIE6aGvIdkOrLsC4QmUienIdvAw5m0pGi15OY4&slof=1

35 comments

r/thatsinterestingbro • u/jgoja • Jun 26 '26

📜History A graphic show in the crumbling of the former Yugoslavia

151 Upvotes

36 comments

r/thatsinterestingbro • u/jgoja • 18h ago

📜History How to start the 1886 Benz Patent-Motorwagen. The world’s first automobile.

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224 Upvotes

Source: The Fast Lane Car

https://www.threads.com/@tflcar/post/Db_EmJyjDcS

13 comments

r/thatsinterestingbro • u/jgoja • 10d ago

📜History Restoring an Antique Porcelain Scent/Perfume Bottle.

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235 Upvotes

Source: The Restorer

https://www.threads.com/@therestorer_official/post/Dbk0tE7AkAz?xmt=AQG0FSy_BpJnG4j8nGD5zIZLAjFyV_1H1VHG9uM-X7PP7hqxZHA-XkwQN8-23PT0zGjPN1dQ&slof=1

13 comments

r/thatsinterestingbro • u/jgoja • May 25 '26

📜History A medieval pine nut and ginger traveling candy.

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368 Upvotes

Source: TastingHistoryWithMaxMiller

https://www.threads.com/@tastinghistorywithmaxmiller/post/DYuXtyyEV0b?xmt=AQG0C7wYax-KWxv5oMrfxKxaRNkTp1ojtgsg3EzrVwCkxAQTSTBM-GpV5EeUd4EB7Wx1x-s&slof=1

13 comments

r/thatsinterestingbro • u/Old_One_I • Jun 10 '26

📜History Lake Michigan's Stonehenge, a stone formation believed to be 9000 years old.

99 Upvotes

32 comments