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This is what economy class on a commercial plane looked like in the 1960s:​

 

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In 1903, Edward Llewellen (left) made history by breaking the world record and catching the biggest sea bass ever caught off the coast of Catalina Island:​

 

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This is Stephan Bibrowski, otherwise known as Lionel the Lion-faced Man. Stephan had a condition known as hypertrichosis that caused hair to grow up to eight inches long all over his body​

Not familiar with this person, I am familiar with a similar case, JoJo the Dog Boy from around the turn of the 20th century.

 

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Not familiar with this person, I am familiar with a similar case, JoJo the Dog Boy from around the turn of the 20th century.

this guy travelled with the Barnum Bailey circus, but he spoke 5 languages... so a very inteligent man by the sounds of it

 

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For its 50th anniversary, over 300,000 people walked across the Golden Gate Bridge:​

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This picture, from the 1980 Moscow Olympics, shows a number of performers making a human torch:​

 

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during World War II, the US military handed out a guide for American soldiers serving in Britain. This is a small excerpt of what it said:​

 

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In 1918, a suffragette offered the following advice “to young ladies” on marriage:​

 

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You're probably familiar with the most terrifying looking fish in the ocean, the anglerfish...​

Well, this is how big the males of the species actually are:​

 

[Flarbalard]

this guy travelled with the Barnum Bailey circus, but he spoke 5 languages... so a very inteligent man by the sounds of it

That's very interesting, but still wasn't familiar with this person. JoJo the dog came into my world from a 1910 book on anthropology I bought at the Goodwill when I was 11 or 12. I believe he was a side show performer, and was in the past tense by the time the book I had was in print.

I'll leave myself a note and look him up, but won't be today. Thanks.

 

[Pappy]

swoon !

Ah shucks ma’am. Thank you.

 

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This is what the world's first domestic vacuum cleaner looked like in 1906:​

..and there's me complaining about doing the stairs with my hand held cordless Shark

 

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