Top 10 Most Archaic Photographs and Experiences in the World

Photographs provide the most amazing way to freeze memories even if it’s just a fraction of it.

Moments stand still as memories get created, shared and stored in photographs. The current era of cheap smartphones has seen most people own a camera with varying quality of photographs.

When the cameras were rare, photographs held much more weight and cost more. The only way to go back in history is to have a look at some of these rarest and archaic images that stand out and blow our minds.

22 hours in a day and over 400 days were the norm 400 Million Years ago

400 million years ago, a day had 22 hours unlike the 24 hours we experience today and 400 days unlike today’s 365 days in a year.

Scientists have discovered fossil evidence from tropical corals that existed 400 million years ago, and they have about 400 daily growth rings per year.

England School that has been wearing same uniform for the last 460 years

In an era where fashion keeps changing and has been completely revolutionized

Christ’s Hospital also called the Bluecoat School; Housey in England has kept its uniform intact for the last 460 years!

The uniform is one of the School’s most public and enduring features. It astonishes that in the age of changing fashions; the outer long blue coat and distinct yellow socks have remained almost unchanged for over 460 years.

1800’s Vampire Hunters Kit

People actually believed vampires existed in the 1800s prompting the need for a vampire hunting kit. The vampire hunting kit contained holy water, a pistol, a Bible, a crucifix, pistol with lead bullets, and garlic to keep off vampires. Below is an image of what was discovered inside a legitimate vampire hunting kit.

Nikola Tesla Predicted the Internet in 1900

Nikola Tesla predicted the internet in 1900! Nikola Tesla wrote an article for Century Magazine where he described a ‘World System’ of wireless communications that could send telephone messages, news, music, and pictures to any part of the World.

Natural History Museum, London in the United Kingdom

Natural History Museum was officially known as the British Museum (Natural History) until 1992.

It took seven years to finish the museum’s construction, from 1873 to 1880 and was considered part of the British Museum until the year 1963.

The last photo of the Titanic Afloat, 1912

The RMS Titanic sunk in the morning hours of April 12 killing 1514 people out of an estimated 2224 passengers.

The photograph below is the last known picture of RMS Titanic on the surface of the ocean and was taken during her maiden voyage at Crosshaven, Ireland, just after the vessel departed Queenstown where it had stopped before heading westwards towards New York.

Three days after this photograph was taken 1,514 people were dead and the Titanic was at the bottom of the North Atlantic after colliding with an iceberg in what is still considered one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in the World’s history.

The World’s Biggest Horse, Brooklyn Supreme

Brooklyn Supreme. Brooklyn, nicknamed “Brookie” Supreme was born on the 12^th of April 1928 and died on the 6^th of September 1948.

Brookie was a red roan Belgian stallion known for his great size. Brookie is still considered the world record holder for the largest though not tallest of horses and was titled the world’s heaviest horse.

Lawrence G.Tesler Invented Copy and Paste

Lawrence Gordon Tesler, commonly known as Larry Tesler, is the computer scientist who invented ‘copy and paste’.

Lawrence Tesler has worked in companies like Amazon, Yahoo!, Apple and Xerox PARC.

The super-moon on 14^th November 2016 was the closest the full moon has been to earth in the last 70 years

The moon’s closest encounter with the Earth in the last 70 years occurred on 14^th November 2016 since January 26, 1948.

The full moon on 14^th November 2016 featured the closest full moon at 356,509 kilometers. The next full moon will be witnessed on 25^th November 2034 which will be at 356,448 kilometers!

The World’s longest lasting light bulb has been burning for the past 113 years.

The Centennial Light is the world’s longest-lasting light bulb and has burned since 1901! Today’s bulbs can barely last a year!

The bulb is at 4550 East Avenue, Livermore, California, and maintained by the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department. I wonder if it were in Kenya how many tokens it would have consumed but then again it would probably be lost by now.