US President Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809; he would be 206 today. Recently, I found this colorized photo of him on reddit. The original was black and white and taken by Alexander Gardner in 1861, with the color being added recently.
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Incredible Colorized Photo Of Abraham Lincoln [pic]
Published February 12, 2015 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Abe Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, Alexander Gardner, Civil War, colorized, history, Lincoln's Birthday, photo, photography, photoshop, pic, President's Day, US President
One Battery Has Powered A Bell For 170+ Years
Published March 11, 2013 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Abe Lincoln, battery technology, Clarendon Laboratory, dry pile, England, Oxford Electric Bell, Robert Walker, University of Oxford, voltaic pile, Zamboni pile
TIL that a bell has been ringing almost continuously since 1840. Saying that the bells are being rung, is a bit of a stretch; the clapper vibrates between the two bells. It is located at University of Oxford in England. It is powered by a battery (dry pile) of unknown composition. It is amazing to consider that that this device had already been operating for 20 years by the time Abe Lincoln became President. I could use some batteries like those.
Read more about it at Wikipedia
Short video of the device shown below.
Celebrities And Their Much Older Doppelgangers
Published January 23, 2013 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Abe Lincoln, Alec Baldwin, Alexander Severus, Ben Franklin, Bill Nye, Billy Joel, celeb, celebrity, Charles Darwin, Charlie Sheen, dead ringer, Doppelgangers, Eminem, George Carlin, Hugh Grant, Jack Black, Jimmy Page, John Brown, Leonardo DiCaprio, look-alike, Mark Twain, Mark Zuckerberg, Millard Fillmore, Oscar Wilde, Paul Revere, Phillip IV, Quaker Oats Guy, Ron Burgandy, Winston Churchill
Old historical figures sometimes bear an uncanny resemblance to current celebrities. BuzzFeed collected 19 of them. My favorite is Charles Darwin and George Carlin.
What A Long, Strange, Republican Trip [NSFW] [pic]
Published February 25, 2011 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Abe Lincoln, conservative, cry baby, funny, Glenn Beck, humor, Long Strange Trip, nsfw, pic, picture, Politics, Republican, wtf
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