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1940s time capsule

By chicken dude

  • frank Sinatra

    frank Sinatra
    Although not born in the forties, he was very popular then

  • news

    news
    1. WW2 was the deadliest war of all time, killing 75 to 80 million people in total.
    2. Although it ended in 1945, germany is still repayin for the war
    3. America officially joined 2 years after the war started due to Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor

  • Knochensack

    Knochensack
    Although made in the 1930s, it was mainly used and modified in the forties and was the outfit of the German Luftwaffe

  • stalhelm

    stalhelm
    It was a German bump helmet used in the the 20th century the 1910s to the 1990s, but is most known for the 1940s

  • shoot the moon

    shoot the moon
    The game is actually about timing and precision and has been blowing up recently.

  • Ringo star

    Ringo star
    He was born in the same year as John Lennon but was the drummer for the beatles

  • Jhon lenon

    Jhon lenon
    He was a songwriter born in 1940 and was a part of the beatles

  • m42

    m42
    It was a parotroopers attire made later in the war and had 4 pockets and a special pocket meant for a switchblade knife

  • sports figure

    sports figure
    1. Muhammad Ali was one of the greatest boxers of all time, winning 56 and only losing 5 matches, compared to Mike Tyson, who was 50 and 7
    2. Muhammad Ali is the only person with a gold star on a wall he did this because in muslim culter its bad to step on the name muhammed
    3. Muhammed ali retired in 1981

  • movie

    movie
    1. Pinocchio was the second full length disney movie
    2. Pinocchio made a whopping 164 million dollars worldwide, which is crazy because its budget was only 1.5% of ts profit.
    3. It actually was an initial flo,p but when itwas rereleased in 1945, it became massive

  • technology

    technology
    1. The me262 was the first ever operational fighter jet made in 1942 by nazi germany
    2. It was mainly used to intercept bombers but also could fight fighter jets because of its cannons
    3. It is actually quite slow when compared to even the 2nd-generation fighter having a max speed of under 600 mph

  • tranportation

    tranportation
    1. It was what America used to nuke Japan in 1945.
    2. It was an American-made made 4 four-engine propeller plane.
    3. 3,970 were ever built and were retired in the 1960s.
    (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress)

  • silly putty

    silly putty
    It was made in 1943 by a chemical engineer working for General Electric trying to make a rubber substitute but was popularised by someone else.

  • the Slinkey

    the Slinkey
    The slinkey was actually made by a naval engineer by accident.

  • U.S President

    U.S President
    1. He was the only president to be born in Missouri.
    2. He was elected as president in 1945 towards the end of WW2 and served as president for the rest of the 40s.
    3. He was the president who ended up ordering Japan to be bombed.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman

  • actor

    actor
    1. He has been in at least 150 future-length movies and 12 Marvel movies
    2. Samuel jackson originally wanted to play iron man in the mcu buthe ended up being nick fury
    3. He actually joined the us navy for five months.

  • tv show

    tv show
    1. The Lone Ranger has been changed many times Johnny Depp even played by johnny depp at one point
    2. The Lone Ranger was originally a African American but was changed
    3. The lone ranger has never once been scene without his mask on or some sort of disguise