826
Sir Hiram Maxim testing his invention, the machine gun, 1897
827
This miniature ecosystem has been thriving in an almost completely isolated state since 1960. It has been watered just once in that time.
828
Thousands of telephone lines, Stockholm, 1890.
829
Lower part of a leg and foot with a sandal of the statue of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius(reign 161-180 A.D.) found at Sagalassos, Turkey in 2008.
Photo via BBC
830
Aerial view of the Temple of Ramses lll at Medinet Habu, Luxor, Egypt.
831
Bride leaving her recently bombed home to get married, London, Nov 4, 1940
832
Bela Lugosi (Dracula) serving in the Austro-Hungarian army in WWI, 1914.
833
Walt Disney filming on a beach, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil 1941
834
Hattie Tom, a young Chiricahua Apache, 1899
835
Knife with blue glass handle and ivory scabbard, inlaid with gems. Turkey, Ottoman Empire, 18th-19th century
836
Mobsters hide their faces at Al Capone's trial in 1931.
837
Nossa Senhora da Graça Fort, an 18th century star fort in village of Alcáçova, Portugal.
839
Bronze rhinoceros inlaid with moire of gold and silver.
Western Han Dynasty, 206 BC-8 AD
841
Globe from the Persian Crown Jewels. Over 34kg of solid gold and more than 51,000 diamonds, emeralds, rubies and sapphires. Made during the reign of Shah Nasseridin, 1848-96.
842
The director of the Belgrade Zoo tries to convince Sami the chimpanzee to return home after he escaped, 1988
843
The Armor of Henry II, King of France (reigned 1547–59)
The Met
844
3300-year-old wool trousers discovered in the vast Yanghai cemetery near Turfan, northwestern China.
845
Teddy Roosevelt's diary on the day both his wife and mother died, 1884.
846
2 year-old Elvis Presley with his parents, 1937
847
The Siberian Ice Maiden, or the Princess of Ukok, is a female mummy with tattoos from the 5th century BC. Republic of Altai, Russia.
848
A mosaic in the House of Theseus. Cyprus, 2nd century CE
849
In 1969, Life magazine photographer Vernon Merritt III captured this shot of two buddies on a hot summer day in New York City.
850
Mussolini's Italian Fascist Party headquarters, 1934
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