If a picture says a thousand words, it stands to reason that a picture plus a few words of backstory probably works out to, like, five thousand words.
I don’t know, I was never good at math. Still, it’s always nice to know a little more about a pic as you view it.
Out of this world tribute.
This is a photo of astronaut Charlie Duke and his family. Duke left it on the moon more than four decades ago and it’s still there to this day.
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Take care.
This woman in Berlin is caring for a stork at the zoo. As the city came under siege at the end of World War II, ordinary citizens stepped up to care for the zoo’s animals.
Good boy.
“My dog gets really anxious in the car, so my grandma asked to sit in the back with him. The whole car ride all I heard was, ‘It’s okay, we’re almost there, brave boy.'”
Pioneers.
Mildred and Richard Loving — an interracial couple — challenged the Supreme Court and won, paving the way for interracial marriage to be enshrined under law.
New tats?
This is what it looks like when someone is badly stung by a jellyfish. They survived but this amount of scarring shows that the attack was nearly fatal.
The colors…
Obsidian is usually deep black, but this rainbow obsidian gets its unique colors from having magnetite blended into the lava as it cooled.
Secretive photo.
This rare, illegal photo from 1932 shows the U.S. Supreme Court in session. It was taken by a doctor who hid a camera inside a cast on his arm.
Together always.
These two graves couldn’t be in the same cemetary because one is Catholic while the other is Protestant. Still, this couple found a way to be together, even in death.
Don’t stop believing.
This grad student says her high school guidance counselor told her she wasn’t good enough at math to get into the space field. Now, she’s working on her masters in space sciences and engineering.
The reward makes everything worth it.
This is Charlie, a sweet pup. The best part of this story is that his owner got him as a sobriety gift to himself.
Months later, Charlie’s doing great and his owner is still sober.
Back at it.
“After six months homeless and jobless, I now have a new apartment, car and a job in a call center,” this guy wrote, adding, “And I did it on my own.”
Invaluable information.
This is Fanny Cochrane Smith, an Aboriginal Tasmanian. She was able to talk and sing in her Tasmanian dialect into a gramophone, which preserved what would otherwise be a dead language.
Big chonker.
No, farm animals never looked like this. But they did in some 1800s paintings because landowners would commission exaggerated paintings to demonstrate their status.
Rest in power.
The death of Chadwich Boseman, the star of Black Panther , shocked the world. This kid organized a tribute in his own way. It’s truly touching.
Nice and cozy.
This British grandma knitted a blanket for a baby elephant in South Africa. Even baby elephants are massive so the knitting took awhile. It was all worth it when she saw the photos.
Life on Mars.
“I’ve lived the last 25 years on this block waiting for this moment,” wrote the photographer. At least they’re able to find some levity in the midst of historic wildfires.
Weddings in 2020.
This couple wrote that they attended a virtual wedding over Zoom. In keeping with the tradition of all virtual meetings, they dressed up on top while wearing pajama bottoms.
This is normal.
Seeing this UFO is actually a common thing in Seattle, where low-lying clouds combined with the city’s iconic Space Needle combine to create otherworldly scenes.
Springing over the water.
This dog’s owner says the little pupper really hates getting wet. Clearly, it’s had to work on some leaping skills to get over the larger bodies of water.
Wait, it has a happy ending.
“In December 2018, I helped the driver escape this burning vehicle. Today he became a dad,” wrote the person who posted this photo on Reddit.
