October 28, 2013
#1283: Headlines explain
[Caption above the frame:]
20th Century Headlines
Rewritten to get more clicks
[The years are always written at the center. The text has a line pointing to the relevant year. The first text is written to the left of the year. Then the texts below are alternately written to the right and to the left, finishing at the right in 1990.]
1905 - How a shocking new theory, discovered by a dad, proves scientists are wrong about everything!
1912 - 6 Titanic survivors who should have died
1920 - 17 things that will be outlawed now that women can vote
1928 - This one weird mold kills all germs
1929 - Most embarrassing reactions to the stock market crash [GIFs]
1945 - These 9 Nazi atrocities will make you lose faith in humanity
1948 - 5 insane plans for feeding West Berlin you won’t believe are real
1955 - Avoid polio with this one weird trick
1957 - 12 nip slips potentially visible to Sputnik
1968 - This year’s assassinations ranked from most to least tragic
1969 - This is the most important photo of an astronaut you’ll see all day
1986 - This video of a terminally ill child watching the Challenger launch will break your heart
1989 - You won’t believe what these people did to the Berlin Wall! [Video]
Jan 1, 1990 - 500 signs you’re a 90s kid