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Hiroo Onoda, the Japanese soldier who refused to surrender until 1974, 29 years after WW2 ended.
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Sergeant William Henry “Black Death” Johnson of the Harlem Hellfighters wearing his Croix de Guerre medal ca. 1918. In northern France, Johnson single-handedly fought off a German raiding party receiving 21 wounds in order to save fellow soldier Pvt Needham Roberts.
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An early photograph of the junction of Steep and Trenchard, Bristol, England.
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A lone soldier admires the view on the Italian Front of World War I, 1914-1918.
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Painters atop the Woolworth Building in New York City, 1926.
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The mushroom cloud from an atomic test is seen from Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas, 1955.
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The 2000-year-old tree of Tule, Oaxaca, Mexico. It has the largest trunk diameter in the world. Its circumference is close to 60m.
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The last photograph of Lenin, May 1923. Here he is with his doctor and sister months before he died.
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2 year-old Elvis Presley with his parents, 1937
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High school teacher John T. Scopes on trial in Dayton, Tennessee for teaching evolution, which was prohibited under state law. 1925
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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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59 ½ Mulberry Street, a back alley in Manhattan, New York City, better known as “Bandit’s Roost” due to being the most dangerous area in Mulberry Street, 1888. Photo by Jacob Riis.
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A 4,500-Year-Old Egyptian Bead Dress
The Penn Museum
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Before GPS, you could get directions via a navigation hotline. 1963.
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Mosaic after the flood at the ancient Hellenistic town of Zeugma
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A British blacksmith removing the leg irons off a slave, 1907.
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A ceramic jar filled with thousands of bronze coins unearthed at the site of a 15th-century samurai’s residence just north of Tokyo, Japan.
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The golden sandals Of King Tutankhamun, 18th-dynasty. Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, Cairo.
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Roman mosaic discovered in 2021 in old town of Hvar, Croatia.
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A Roman gold snake bracelet found on the arm of a woman who was killed by Mount Vesuvius’ eruption in 79 CE near Pompeii, inscribed on the inside 'DOMINVS SVAE ANCILLAE' which means "From a master to his slave girl.
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A 2,300 year old Egyptian sarcophagus displayed as found at the Sakkara pyramids south of Cairo, May 3, 2005.
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The Bronx Zoo had a 1963 exhibition called "The Most Dangerous Animal in the World." It was a mirror.
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Nossa Senhora da Graça Fort, an 18th century star fort in village of Alcáçova, Portugal.
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The Château Frontenac was a hotel designed by Bruce Price, and built by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Quebec city, Canada. Photo by Wilfredor
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Amazing detail on this marble sculpture. The Veiled Truth by Antonio Corradini, 1752.
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