World War I's Fiery Skies & Bill Gates' Bold Tech Prediction

From the horrors of World War I to a tech revolution, two moments frozen in time.

In 1917, this photo captured the fiery battlefield, as mortar rounds lit up the night sky during World War I—a chilling reminder of the brutality of war.

Fast forward to 1994, and Bill Gates makes a shocking prediction—that a CD-ROM could hold an entire library's worth of information. At the time, it seemed futuristic. Today, it’s obsolete.

Two vastly different eras, both shaping the world in their own way.