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Around 19th century egyptomania was so strong in europe that rich tourists would bring mummies from Egypt to unwrap them in parties. Mummy unrollings were only…
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Wojtek the Bear, adopted by the 22nd Transport Company’s Artillery Division in the Polish II Corps in 1942, after an Iranian boy traded the bear for…
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The whipping post was put into use around 1885 at the Baltimore City Jail, where until 1938, many of those convicted of wife-beating were punished. In…
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At 4:31 AM, an unauthorized photo taken of Stalin inside of the Kremlin shows the very moment he was informed that Germany had began their invasion…
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Shortly after returning from the moon, Buzz Aldrin began to suffer from alcoholism and depression. "I wanted to resume my duties, but there were no duties…
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The O’Halloran sisters, armed with poles and boiling water, fended off the officers evicting their family during the Irish Land War, 1889 The Second Irish Land…
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Adolf Hitler informs Czech President Emil Hácha of the imminent German invasion of Czechoslovakia on March 15, 1939 in Berlin. Hácha suffered a heart attack during…
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One of the Hunter Brothers doing some mid-air mechanical checkups on their Stinson SM-1 Detroiter during their 23-day-long flight without landing in 1930 Ninety years ago…
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A family is forced to leave their home during the Great Depression, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, June, 1938 Photo by Dorothea Lange For a small amount of…
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Another letter from ancient Mesopotamia contains graphic description of crime scene by investigator. 2400 BCE – 1700 BCE Tell my lord: Your servant Bahdi-Lim sends the…