At the peak of its popularity, Charlie Chaplan participated in a Charlie Chaplan lookalike contest in San Francisco. He came in 20th place. Typists type blindfolded during a typewriting competition. Paris 1940. Plymouth, Massachusetts police officers salute their service dog Kaiser as he is led to the vet clinic for euthanasia.

Family portrait during the Spanish flu, 1918. Berta Baranda, 5 years in prison for cutting off her husband’s member for cheating, USA, 1907. Heads of seven major US tobacco companies testify under oath that nicotine is not addictive. 1994 the winner of the Miss Nairobi beauty contest Kenya 1966 Archduke France Ferdinand and the first elephant killed British salon 1893.

Even if you’re Winston Churchill, you can’t just walk past a kitten. London, 1952. Robert Wadllo, the tallest man in the world at 8′ 11 in, is pictured here in a rare courtroom photo from 1939. This photograph along with many others captures the devastating consequence of war. Famine Africa 1992. A horse in a tree after a storm in Louisville, Kentucky, 1937.

Halloween costume variety, 1930s. Lionus, the longesthaired and longest tailed horse in the world. King Olaf Fif of Norway presents his ticket to the conductor, 1973. The king traveled without security and said he had 4 million bodyguards, referring to the number of Norwegians in the country at the time. Los Angeles police stop an ostrichdrawn carriage for speeding.

 1930 lumberjacks posing on a giant stump of a sequoia known as Mark Twain in California, USA 1891. Marie Aeli Hel, the last Hel to own Whitney Plantation and one of her enslaved house girls. The most dangerous cat in the world, which killed 436 people. The Champawat Tigris, Nepal, 1911. A penguin concert during Shackleton’s expedition.

 Ross ice shelf, Antarctica, summer 1908. The paradox was that the penguins only reacted to classical music. 1900’s jazz did not interest them. The birds reacted most keenly to the violin. Hippies protest against a new law banning people from living in cars. 1969. North Koreans running in tears at the funeral of their leader, Kim Jong- December 17th, 2011.

Soldiers celebrate the end of World War II, 1945. Merchants prepare for the repeal of prohibition in Ohio, USA. 1933. The smile of an unknown Jewish girl before being sent to the Chelno concentration camp. June 1940. A hysterical patient. 1893. This used to be called Madness of the Womb. Military dogs during World War I and Century Duty 1916.

In the 19th 20th centuries, clausophobia, a pathological fear of Santa Claus, was quite widespread. Christmas packages destined for soldiers who have been killed or are missing in action await return to sender stamps in New York, 1944. The rotor carousel reached 33 revolutions per minute, creating a centrifugal force of almost 3G.

When people stuck to the wall of the drum due to the force, the floor was automatically removed for greater effect. USA 1950s. In 2010, Randy Gojaro bought an 1878 photograph for $2 that showed Billy the Kid and his gang. It turned out to be one of two confirmed photos and is valued at $5 million. Armless Charles Trip and legless Eli Bowen on a bicycle. 1890s.

Santa Claus spotted during the Croatian War of Independence, 1991. Gosh. Former prisoners of the German concentration camp demonstrate the torture methods they endured. Germany, 1945. View of Pearl Harbor, Oahu Island, Hawaii, USA. December 7th, 1941. Parisians walk on chairs to avoid wetting their feet during a flood.

 1924 players from the Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Blackhawks search for a lost expensive contact lens belonging to Jack Evans. Harsh can vodka for soldiers 1950. During the filming of Fort Apache, many scenes required specific weather conditions, and director John Ford paid a Navajo medicine man to give him weather forecast.

Several days they were accurate, but one day the medicine man said he couldn’t predict anymore. When asked why, he said that an actor had taken his radio receiver. The last public execution by guillotine in France, 1939. Waiting for the Loch Ness monster to appear, Scotland, 1968. Vietnamese child and his father accused of aiding North Vietnamese partisans, 1966.

Their fate remains unknown. Awitz concentration camp. The very furnace in which people were burned. Sylvester Salone and Dolly Parton. 1984. In 1935, 6-month-old Hessie Taft was chosen as the ideal Aryan baby by the Nazi magazine Son in House. The only problem was she was Jewish. 19th century vampire hunting kit.

A demonstration of an economycl class underground bomb shelter which could hold 8 to 12 people. USA 1958. A girl tries to cut a sunbeam. 1886. This before and after photograph shows the devastating consequences of labbotomy. The before photo shows a person full of emotion. The after photo shows the consequences of the treatment.

Attempt to cure a child suffering from ricketetts by passing them through a hole in a healing tree. Sweden 1918. A device to create dimples on the face. The device was designed to make dimples on the cheeks in the style of Marlene Dietrich, 1936. The Tougaloo 9, 1961. Nine students who entered a whites only library in Mississippi and were subsequently arrested.

A cigarette butt collector, Paris, 1905. Andre the Giant drank 156 varieties of beer in one sitting and is the current world record holder for this feat. Children using a Bellamy salute during the pledge of allegiance to the US flag. A year later the ritual was changed due to its resemblance to the Nazi salute 1942.

The most offensive will Australian Francis Lord bequeathed his fortune to friends, charities, and servants, mentioning his wife last. He left her one shilling so she could buy a tram ticket, go somewhere, and drown herself. In 1929, during the Soviet Chinese conflict, a Soviet shell accidentally killed a prostitute in a Japanese brothel.

 The Japanese consulate sued the USSR for 22,500 yen, calculating the sum based on the number of clients and the income she could have brought to Japan over her lifespan. Annual canal cleaning in Amsterdam, 1963. Over 20,000 bikes still end up in the canals every year. 100 years ago, this man was considered incredibly fat and was even showcased in a circus.

Austrohungarian soldiers inspect a giant Italian howitzer iron horse captured during the breakthrough at Caparedto World War I 1917 Italy. During World War2, Germans built a fake airfield in occupied Holland to divert attention. All structures and equipment were made from wood and plywood. Construction was carried out in the strictest secrecy until a British bomber flew over the fake airfield and dropped a wooden bomb on it.

 It’s unknown if the Germans appreciated British humor, but they got the hint. The construction was halted. Crossbow arrows in the skull of a man who fell during the battle for the Swedish city of Visby, Gotland Island in 1361. In 1997, a collapse occurred at a mine in China. 17 years later, one of the miners was found alive. Robert Earl Hughes was one of the heaviest people in medical history.

 In 1958 at the age of 32, Robert Earl Hughes passed away. At the time of his death, he weighed around 450 kantern,000 lb. Vincel Lao Miguel, a prisoner during the Mexican Revolution. Sentenced to death by firing squad, Miguel was shot nine times, all hitting their mark. But he survived, escaped, and lived for many more years.

In the early 60s, a mugger in Los Angeles was targeting elderly women. The police set a trap. Officers dressed up as grandmothers and patrolled the streets. The plan worked. The criminal was quickly caught. Telephone lines in New York, USA 1903. French colonial officers of the Ivory Coast.

 Today the country is referred to by the French name Kot Divvoir to avoid reminders of what the French were really after. Ghana 1915. The librarian of the National Library of Kolkata divides books between India and Pakistan after the partition in 1947. Man versus machine. African runner Matias Kandanda from southern Rhdesia now Zimbabwe competed against a steam train during his training and never lost in a race.

 1968, Bandits Roost, The Most Dangerous Street in New York, 1888. A demonstration of pornographic pictures, Beijing, 1874. A Polish man and a German woman tied to a pillary of shame for having a relationship. The sign reads, “I am contaminating the race. window cleaner at the World Trade Center, 1979. This man survived a fire on a sinking ship in 1871, leaving him with emotional trauma.

 41 years later, he finally overcame his fears and nightmares and decided to go on a cruise on the Titanic. The Real Batman, 1892. The photo shows Bill Smith, a butcher who fought off thieves and patrolled the streets of New York at night looking for criminals. The first case of disqualification of an athlete for doping occurred in 1968.

That year, alcohol was found in the blood of pentathlete Hans Gunnar Lillian Wall. The death wall in Rayot, India, 1970s. A German soldier mocking a Jew. 1941. Scouts from Rockaway Camp grow beards in support of Fidel Castro’s revolution in Cuba, New Jersey, 1963. This little girl was separated from her family, but it was her only hope for survival.

 1938 as part of the Kinder Transport operation, Great Britain took in thousands of Jewish children. Ronaldo once said, “My father taught me that I needed to learn how to control the ball barefoot to better feel my feet, and I promised him that I would control that ball like no one else.” But the truth was, he didn’t have enough money to buy me shoes.

 When I won my first balonor, I didn’t cry from joy. I cried because I no longer had a father. Taken in 1900 in Ever France. School children are seen drinking beer, wine, or cider. Until 1956, these drinks were considered healthy and were actually part of school dietary norms. Matador Alvaro Monero in the middle of a fight suddenly sat down at the edge of the arena in remorse.

Later Alvaro confessed, “Suddenly I saw not horns but the eyes of the bull. He just stood there looking, not trying to attack. In his eyes full of innocence, I saw a plea for help. Reading this, I felt like the worst creature on earth and stopped the fight. Dagastani duo. The husband rides on a donkey.

 The wife carries the whole market. Dagastan 1936. During prohibition, the Chicago police dumped tons of corn whiskey after raiding an illegal distillery. Stepping into a new era. The first black student at a white school. 1954. lunch break during the filming of Star Wars. Joseph Stalin smiles after signing the non-aggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union, 1939.

Let’s compare the first telephoto lens to modern ones. 1900, a woman tries to stop bulldozers from demolishing her home to build a highway. The standoff lasted several days. On August 5th, 1958, five sheriffs posing as reporters entered her home and disarmed her. The court awarded her $9,000 and the house was smashed to pieces.

an Araxia vendor in a suit made from araxia 1890. The Nazis used victims hair to produce socks, fuse, ropes, and mattresses. Camp commanders had to report monthly on the amount of hair collected. Beach in New Jersey, USA, 1910. Strapless bra USA 1949. In May 1949, Charles Langs introduced an innovative solution for women sunbathing.

A pair of bra cups that could be easily secured to the body with a special safe adhesive. A good idea, but it never became widely used. Hiroshima. Before and after the explosion. France’s last duel occurred in 1967 between a deputy and a mayor after the deputy insulted the mayor in Parliament, calling him an idiot.

In the 19th century, atheist George Hall had a debate with the believer about whether giants once roam the earth. Believing that people would believe anything written in the Bible, Hall carved a statue of a giant man, made it look petrified, and buried it in the ground in Cardiff, New York. He waited more than a year before digging up the Cardiff giant, charging people to come see it.

 By the time he was exposed, he had made nearly half a million dollars. The Endurance ship permanently trapped in Antarctic ice. 1915. Gerard Omelll, one of the most famous mountaineers who had repeatedly climbed Everest and other great peaks, died after falling from a 2 m ladder while changing a light bulb at home. Did this make you laugh, cry, or feel frustrated? Let me know your reaction in the comment section.

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