13 Weird and Surprising History Facts Shown on Photographs

#1 The first pilots often had to leave their cockpits to reactivate the propeller

#2 During the great smog in London (1952) the blind helped other people find their way home as they were the only ones who could get around the city

#3 The old Stockholm telephone tower before the connection network was invented: 5000 lines (1890)

#4 The place where Julius Caesar was assassinated is now a shelter for stray cats

#5 This is what a parrying dagger looks like – it was usually held in the left hand and was used for blocking the enemy's sword

#6 Hannah Stilley was born in 1746 and was photographed in 1840, probably as the earliest born person to have ever been captured in a photo

#7 Airline reservation office before computers were invented (1945)

#8 Until the beginning of 20th century naughty boys had to wear pink clothes as punishment, while bad girls had to wear blue clothes

#9 A book box from medieval Italy. It looks like a schoolbag belonging to a teenage fan of heavy metal

#11 Alexander von Humbolt discovered a language that had become extinct 40 years before, thanks to a parrot that still pronounced some of the words

#12 Al-Siq is the main entrance to the ancient city of Petra

#13 Ötzi, an ice man. His 5,300-year-old body was found in 1991

Bonus image: The pyramids of Giza – a streetview in the past and now