Nel tempo si sono rimpiccioliti i pieni?
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Quante cazzo di dita avevano 800 anni fa?
L'uomo rastrello
"Breastplate Armor of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1549."
"9000 year old cave painting in Tassili cave Algeria. Depicting a shaman during psychedelic mushroom use."
"The ceiling of the 2000 years old hypostyle hall of the temple of Hathor in Dendera, Egypt."
"(1528-29) German hunting knife that's also a gun, that's also a calendar."
"The Da Vinci Globe, dated 1504, is the oldest known globe to show the New World. Engraved with immaculate detail on two conjoined lower halves of ostrich eggs."
"Chand Baori, the largest and deepest stepwell in India. It consists of 3500 narrow steps over 13 stories and extends 30 m into the ground. The oldest parts of the stepwell date from the 8th century, while the upper stories with the columned arcade around it were built in the 18th century."
"One of the 4000-year-old well-preserved wagons unearthed in the Lchashen village in the vicinity of Lake Sevan. Made of oak, they are the oldest known wagons in the world. Now on display at the History Museum of Armenia."
"An Inuit otter amulet. Engraved and pigmented ivory, c.1870-1880."
"Crystal spearhead found in a 5,000-year-old megalithic tomb in Spain. The tomb had the remains of 25 individuals, several of whom had consumed a poisonous substance."
"Abuna Yemata Guh is a monolithic church located in the Tigray Region, Ethiopia. It is situated at a height of 2,580 metres (its entrance is highlighted by a red circle) and has to be climbed on foot to reach. It is notable for its wall paintings dating back to the 5th century."
"Mourning clothes worn by count Magnus Brahe at the funeral of king Karl XIV Johan of Sweden in 1844."
"Samurai helmet (kabuko) shaped like an octopus. 1700s, Japan."
"An ancient Egyptian gold ring with a carnelian bezel in form of a cat. From the Third Intermediate Period (1070–712 BC), it's now in the collection of the British Museum."
"A Viking era ring inscribed with the words 'for Allah', found in the grave of a woman who was buried 1200 years ago in Birka, 25 km west of modern-day Stockholm. The ring constitutes a unique material evidence of direct contact between the Vikings and the Abbasid Caliphate."
"A 17th-century Ottoman three-mast tent made of silk and gilded leather. Now on display at the Turkish Chamber in the Dresden Armoury."
"In the small village of Nashtifan, Iran, some of the oldest windmills in the world still spin. Made of natural clay, straw, and wood, the windmills have been milling grain for flour for an estimated 1,000 years."
"Detail of the Hercules armor of the Emperor Maximilian II of Austria. Made in 1555, it's now on display at the Kunsthistorisches museum in Vienna."
"1,500-year-old Ceramic Maya Figurine with Removable Helmet, from El Perú-Waka', Petén, Guatemala."
"Wonderful 2000-year-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, thought depicting his fourth wife Caesonia."
"An 8-mile long "canvas" filled with ice age drawings of extinct animals has been discovered in the Amazon rainforest."
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During WW2, the Germans built a fake wooden airfield with wooden aircraft, vehicles, and hangars in order to trick the Allies. The RAF, having known of the secret project for months, patiently waited for them to finish and then dropped a single fake wooden bomb on it
A concept design for car safety belts from the 1960s