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r/HistoricalCapsule

731.8K members. The best post we have captured here reached 84.7K upvotes, which works out to 116 per 1,000 members.

116peak upvotes per 1,000 members
731.8Kmembers
84.7Kbest post
8.6Kmost comments
107posts we track

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What actually lands here

The mix of post types among everything we have captured. Posting a link where almost nothing but images lands is wasted effort, and this is the fastest way to see it.

88% 9%
Image 88% Gallery 9% Video 3%

What the ceiling looks like

The biggest posts we have captured here. Links go to the original on Reddit.

Two U.S. Army soldiers hold each other for support, as one of them breaks down emotionally after witnessing Army doctors refuse to treat three badly-…

↑ 84.7K 💬 3.8K image 2026

Just 39 year old Jerry Seinfeld and his 17 year old girlfriend circa. 1993

↑ 70.2K 💬 8.6K image 2025

John and Yoko waiting for the maid to make the bed so they can continue protesting against the system. (1969)

↑ 64.4K 💬 2.2K image 2026

Michael Jackson in 1978, before the plastic surgery, Pepsi incident and vitiligo.

↑ 50.7K 💬 2.3K image 2026

Eminem's father reading a magazine about his son in 2001. He last saw Eminem in 1974 when he abandoned the family and left Eminem's mother to raise h…

↑ 50K 💬 2.3K image 2026

JFK poses his lifelong friend Lem Billings, 1933.

↑ 46.9K 💬 1.6K image 2025

The picture of John and Yoko standing next to the bed as the help changes the sheets and cleans the room is a great picture of the reality of the sit…

↑ 45.4K 💬 2.5K image 2025

Remember Ahmed Mohamed? He’s likely in his 20s now. Back in 2015, the young inventor from Texas made headlines when he brought a homemade clock to sc…

↑ 45.4K 💬 3.2K image 2025

Mecca in 1953 and 2025: A 72-Year Comparison

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Laika, the first dog in space. No provisions were made for her return, and she died there. 1957

↑ 43.1K 💬 2.5K image 2024

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