20 Iconic Events From History We Wish We Could Go Back and Experience
You wouldn't be able to change history (we've seen what happens in movies) but if you could witness one historic event, what would it be?
Published 5 months ago in Wow
"I'd go back in time to watch Neil Armstrong step on the moon on TV. It's mankind's greatest achievement, and something I wish I could've been born 4 or 5 decades earlier to see."
You wouldn't be able to change history (we've seen what happens in movies) but if you could witness one historic event, what would it be?
Thanks to AskReddit, we've compiled some of the most pivotal moments in history that would be worthy enough to travel back in time and witness.
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As a geologist, the Lake Agassiz flood. During the last glacial period, over 12,000 years ago, there was a massive lake in the middle of the North American continent fed by glacial meltwater. This lake is now known as Lake Agassiz. At its peak, the lake was larger than all of the current Great Lakes combined . Estimates put it at 440,000 square kilometers in area. Most of that water was held in place by glacial and topographic dams.
At the end of the last ice age, the largest ice body containing the lake to the east in Hudson Bay retreated / melted, causing the lake to drain almost completely - in less than nine months . A freshwater lake with tens of thousands of years of history and input, and more fresh water than all other freshwater bodies on the planet at that time combined, drained in less than a year. The flooding was likely unprecedented, carrying erratics (boulders) the size of small houses hundreds of miles away. As the water drained into Hudson Bay and other outlets, the global sea level rose by 1-3 meters.
Lake Winnipeg, Lake Manitoba, Red Lake, and Lake of the Woods are the largest remnants of Lake Agassiz. -Allfunandgaymes14
For a long time, the Mediterranean sea was cut off from the Atlantic ocean and the rivers flowing into it were not enough to prevent it drying up completely. At some point in time, the ocean was able to cut an opening at Gibraltar and millions of cubic meters of water poured into the basin. That, I would like to have seen. -comicsnerd
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