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A child with bread and milk, Istanbul, Turkey, 1989
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Mata Hari, a professional exotic dancer, and courtesan who spied for France in WW1
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Garfield phones have been washing on the shore of the Finistère coasts of France for almost four decades. There's a shipping container wedged in the rocks that has been slowly releasing them all these years. Photo by Fred Tanneau. Source: bit.ly/3iH3K9u
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A staged photo in Life Magazine mocking the Hays movie censorship Code. The model is violating as many of its rules as possible in a single image. 1934.
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Sculpture of a seated lord. Mexico, Maya civilization, 600-900 CE
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Ritual dagger (Phurbu) made from carved and painted wood, with gilding and ivory. Tibet, c.13-14C CE. From Ashmolean.
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Small sculpture of death with a bow. Early 16th century Germany
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JFK on a walk with his daughter Caroline Kennedy, 1960
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Lonnie Johnson, the NASA engineer who invented the Super Soaker.
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The Golden Gate Bridge under construction in 1937.
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Collecting light - Inside the Karnak temple in Luxor, Egypt. Photo: Guillaume Roche
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“Ophelia” by Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923).
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The Punic cothon of Carthage, in modern-day Tunisia, as it would have appeared in the 3rd century BCE compared to today
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Gauntlet of “Lion” armor of Henry II, king of France, 1550.
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Future President Gerald Ford with teammate Willis Ward at the University of Michigan in 1934. Ford threatened to quit the team when Ward was benched for a game against Georgia Tech, who at the time refused to play against black players.
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A 9.4-inch mortar made to look like a sitting tiger. India, 1770-1799
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In 1993, salt miners in Iran discovered a corpse with long hair and a beard dating around 300 CE. He was likely crushed and mummified by extreme conditions. Photo: National Museum of Iran in Tehran
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Terracotta figurine with a hollow chest, 200-500 AD, Michoacán, Mexico,
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A Coca Cola advertisement made by spreading grains for pigeons in Saint Mark's Square, Venice, 1960.
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Amazing facade detail of the Red Fort in Agra, India.
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Vikki Dougan,LIFE Magazine, 1957. Photo by Ralph Crane
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The Flayed Martyr Saint Bartholomew draped in his own skin, by Marco d'Agrate in 1562, Milan Cathedral
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Red Army infantry marching through the main street of Kiev, Ukraine, following the liberation of the city from German forces - 1943
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People in front of a TV store watching the Olympics, Italy, 1960.
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