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A circular book dating back to 1590 CE held by the University of Forsberg, Germany.
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The backside of the Great Sphinx of Giza showing its giant tail. Old Kingdom, c. 2558–2532 BC
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Police Aviation force member performing a stunt, New York, 1920
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The interior of the Orient Express. This long-distance passenger train service was created in 1883.
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Skull of a crowned athlete with a gold wreath from Agios Nikolaos, Crete. The flesh disintegrated with time, but the wreath stuck and remained on the skull. Hellenistic Period.
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Some medieval humor, Abbey of Sainte Foy, Conques, France, c.1050
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Soviet peasants listening to a radio for the first time, 1928.
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A statue of Yasuke, an African slave, who arrived in Japan in 1579 and may have been the first black Samurai. bit.ly/3yoqoIo
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A 2,000-year-old tomb carved from a single rock, Arabia.
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Roman mosaic discovered in 2021 in old town of Hvar, Croatia.
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A Corinthian helmet and skull from the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC. When found, the skull was still inside the helmet.
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Installed in 1410, this 600-year-old clock in Prague is the world's oldest astrological clock still in operation.
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Fossil of 37 million years old Whale Skeleton (65ft+ long) found in Wadi Al Hitan, Egyptian desert.
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A horse-drawn omnibus from the 1890s. Two or three horses would pull them. Companies that ran them like the London Omnibus company had stables around the city to switch them out periodically.
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The jaws of an ancient Megalodon shark that lived around 23 to 3.6 million years ago vs. a modern-day Great White.
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John F. Kennedy campaigning Door-to-Door in West Virginia, 1960
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Located in Air Massif, Niger are two of the biggest animal rock petroglyphs in the world, called the Dabous Giraffes, dated 8000 BC.
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Skull of a young girl found in Patras, Greece dating back to the 3rd century BCE. She was buried wearing a wreath made of ceramic myrtle flowers.
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Lonnie Johnson, the NASA engineer who invented the Super Soaker.
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Royal Portuguese Reading Room, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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John F. Kennedy campaigning Door-to-Door in West Virginia, 1960
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Robert DeNiro and Pacino on the set of Godfather II, 1974
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Wedding rings removed from Holocaust victims before they were executed, 1945
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The completed head of the Statue of Liberty on display at the third Paris World Fair in Paris, France, 1878.
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A map of every country in the world using a MM/DD/YYYY date format.
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