MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca to Fake History Porn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoBefore the invention of doors, entering a new building was a lengthy, painful processmedia.piefed.caimagemessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up1220arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1218arrow-down1imageBefore the invention of doors, entering a new building was a lengthy, painful processmedia.piefed.caMyBrainHurts@piefed.ca to Fake History Porn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square13linkfedilinkfile-text
Reality: This is how they used to test football helmets?!? https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/testing-football-helmets-1912/
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-210 days agoMore of a rugby helmet. Mr Burns’ helmet always confused me until I learned it used to be rugby. *Forward pass was introduced in 1906. While I’m not sure how it was played I imagine it was more rugby style than what it is today.
minus-squareMyBrainHurts@piefed.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days agoOh cool, hadn’t even thought about Monty’s helmet and did not know about the forward pass!
More of a rugby helmet. Mr Burns’ helmet always confused me until I learned it used to be rugby. *Forward pass was introduced in 1906. While I’m not sure how it was played I imagine it was more rugby style than what it is today.
Oh cool, hadn’t even thought about Monty’s helmet and did not know about the forward pass!