1993 — it seems like forever ago, doesn’t it? That’s because it was. 1993 is just as long ago from right now as 1981 is to the pyramids being built. You can quote me on that. This is a 1993 news report featuring customers reacting to Burger King now accepting
Hot on the heels of that 1920’s footage of the Big Easy comes this footage of the roaring 20’s in New York City. Now I know what you’re all thinking — The Great Gatsby! And yes, this was the era of Art Deco, jazz, and flappers. But look at that
This is a video of Youtuber How To Make Everything constructing the sawmill detailed in Leonardo Da Vinci’s notebook in 1478, using only tools and methods that existed back then (read: no power tools, makes his own nails). He does use a water pump to replicate a river though to
Because who doesn’t love an old fashioned recipe, this is a video of Max Miller of Tasting History brewing and trying switchel, a 19th century (that’s the 1800’s for everyone who failed history class as hard as I did) beverage made with water, apple cider vinegar, molasses and powdered ginger
This is a vintage video of renowned PC engineer (one of the twelve who developed the first IBM PC) and creator of the Ctrl-Alt-Del shortcut David Bradley zinging Bill Gates during a panel discussion. While discussing the Ctrl-Alt-Del shortcut, he says, “But I have to share the credit. I may
This is a video of angler Andy Moore retelling the story of how he unknowingly discovered a 90-million year old fish fossil in the Missouri River during a fishing tournament. He’s very animated in his storytelling. Those waving arms (especially at 1:25) speak volumes. One about either being overexcited he’s
This is a clip of Nirvana’s January 11th, 1992 performance on SNL that’s been upscaled to 4K with the use of A.I. The episode also featured host Rob Morrow from Northern Exposure (my parents loved that show), and the band performs ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ and ‘Territorial Pissings’ before Grohl
This is a video (with lyrics) of ‘We Didn’t Start The Fire’ by Fall Out Boy, an updated version of Billy Joel’s banger picking up where Joel left off in 1989 and taking things up to 2023. As several people have pointed out, the new version unfortunately isn’t performed in