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Paris, 50s. Photo by Georg Stefan Troller
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Carving of a dog on St John of Nepomuk's statue glowing gold from people petting it for hundreds of years.
Photo by Frank Boston
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A 1400-year-old Ginkgo tree found within the walls of the Gu Guanyin Buddhist Temple, in the Zhongnan Mountains region of China. Photo by Han Fei
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Coal Miners coming up a Coal Mine Elevator after a day of work in 1920's Belgium
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"Guarding the Palace," Oil Painting by Ludwig Deutsch, 1888
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1921 US 1 Dollar Coin with a sword that unlocks the secret vault. The coin was modified by Roman Booteen in 2018.
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Amazing detail on this marble sculpture. The Veiled Truth by Antonio Corradini, 1752.
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Portrait of a Filipina/Chinese woman from the Philippines, 1875 Photo by Francisco Van Camp
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Lithops are South African plants that have evolved to look like stones.
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An ancient Egyptian Ring with Two ducks, Gold, Ramesses IV, New Kingdom Egypt, now in Louvre
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Two men remove the preserved carcass of a juvenile mammoth named "Dima," 1977. He died at the age of 6-8 months some 40,000 years ago. His stomach still contained traces of his mother's milk
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Farmer born in 1842 talks about life and change, 1929.
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Massive Roman aqueduct built in Segovia, Spain by emperor Trajan (r. 98-117 CE).
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A village on Guoqui island abandoned by humans over 30 years ago, now covered in vegetation.
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A California teacher teaching the physics of surfing, 1970.
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The Siberian Ice Maiden, or the Princess of Ukok, is a female mummy with tattoos from the 5th century BC. Republic of Altai, Russia.
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The great Pyramids of Giza from above.
Photo by Mohamed Elsayed.
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Robe and Axe of Giovanni Battista Bugatti, who was the official executioner for the Papal States from 1796 to 1864. During his tenure he executed 514 people.
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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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Arctic Circle people have been protecting their eyes from snow blindness for over 4,000 years with snow goggles (usually carving whalebone, horn, and ivory).
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Mexican Revolutionary soldiers, 1914. Color by Sanna Dullaway
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Monet with a pigeon on his head, and his wife Alice, Venice, 1908.
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Ksar Nalut is an 11th century fortified granary located in Nalut District, Libya.
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A map of every country in the world using a MM/DD/YYYY date format.
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