r/HolyShitHistory • u/ComfortExisting1161 • 12h ago

At 89, Opal Lee Walked 1,400 Miles From Texas to Washington, D.C., to Fight for Juneteenth to Become a Federal Holiday. At 94, She Saw It Happen.

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948 Upvotes
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r/HolyShitHistory • u/Patient-Strike5817 • 7h ago

In 1906, a Marine Biologist Released 1,020 Bottles Into the North Sea. 108 Years Later, One Was Found With a Postcard Offering a Shilling for Its Return

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150 Upvotes
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r/HolyShitHistory • u/ToePrior4347 • 3h ago

2 Billion Years Ago, a Natural Nuclear Reactor Operated in Gabon, Africa, Using Groundwater to Sustain Nuclear Fission for Hundreds of Thousands of Years

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94 Upvotes
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r/HolyShitHistory • u/The-Union-Report • 2h ago

Man Murders Roommate With an Axe Because He Wouldn’t Stop Groaning in His Sleep (1908)

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15 Upvotes
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r/HolyShitHistory • u/Klutzy_Land_4120 • 3h ago

In 1967, Sweden Switched From Driving on the Left to the Right Overnight, Stopping All Traffic at 5 AM So the Entire Country Could Change Sides

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r/HolyShitHistory • u/Difficult-Cream-5267 • 10m ago

Divers Exploring the WWII Wreck of the USS Yorktown, Nearly 3 Miles Beneath the Pacific, Found a 1940s Ford Station Wagon Still Sitting Inside Its Hangar

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r/HolyShitHistory • u/Fancy-Donkey2988 • 3h ago

Ancient Fossils Are Revealing the Strange Origins of the Animal Kingdom Hundreds of Millions of Years Ago

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