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Jean-Claude Van Damme demonstrates his signature kicks in a suit, 1994.

U.S. soldiers posing with the bodies of Moro men, women & children following the Bud Dajo massacre on Jolo Island, Philippines, March 7, 1906

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U.S. soldiers posing with the bodies of Moro men, women & children following the Bud Dajo massacre on Jolo Island, Philippines, March 7, 1906

A jailhouse photo of D.B. Napier, taken after his arrest for raping and murdering a teenage girl. After the police saved him from a lynch mob, a shaken Napier confessed that he'd once helped lynch someone nearly 20 years earlier. The confession made national headlines, Louisiana, 1934 .

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A jailhouse photo of D.B. Napier, taken after his arrest for raping and murdering a teenage girl. After the police saved him from a lynch mob, a shaken Napier confessed that he'd once helped lynch someone nearly 20 years earlier. The confession made national headlines, Louisiana, 1934 .

Traveling knife grinder. He'd carry a traveling grinding wheel from town to town and offered to sharpen knives and other tools for a fee. Circa 1895.

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Traveling knife grinder. He'd carry a traveling grinding wheel from town to town and offered to sharpen knives and other tools for a fee. Circa 1895.

“The First Day of War” Soviet civilians in Moscow listen to the radio announcement that Germany has invaded the Soviet Union, 22 June 1941 (1590x1200)

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“The First Day of War” Soviet civilians in Moscow listen to the radio announcement that Germany has invaded the Soviet Union, 22 June 1941 (1590x1200)

East German map of West German Ambassadors with previous Nazi German ties (1962)

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East German map of West German Ambassadors with previous Nazi German ties (1962)

East German border guards gaze into West Berlin on November 11, 1989, two days after the Berlin Wall officially came down, ending twenty-eight years of separation.

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East German border guards gaze into West Berlin on November 11, 1989, two days after the Berlin Wall officially came down, ending twenty-eight years of separation.

My grandparents (right) and her parents, who joined them on their honeymoon

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My grandparents (right) and her parents, who joined them on their honeymoon

Cathy Guisewite and her cartoon Cathy, 1982.

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Cathy Guisewite and her cartoon Cathy, 1982.

A South Vietnamese woman crying over a plastic bag containing the remains of her husband, he was found in a mass grave of non-combatants murdered by Communist forces during the Tet Offensive. His body was found a year later, in April 1969. Photo taken by Larry Barrows.

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A South Vietnamese woman crying over a plastic bag containing the remains of her husband, he was found in a mass grave of non-combatants murdered by Communist forces during the Tet Offensive. His body was found a year later, in April 1969. Photo taken by Larry Barrows.

My mom with Santa in 1952

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My mom with Santa in 1952

1865 portrait of Brigham Young, 2nd president of the Church of Latter-day Saints, founder of Salt Lake city & the first Governor of Utah. Young had 57 children with 56 different wives (5624x4242)

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1865 portrait of Brigham Young, 2nd president of the Church of Latter-day Saints, founder of Salt Lake city & the first Governor of Utah. Young had 57 children with 56 different wives (5624x4242)

British cartoon about Joseph Stalin ignoring the signs of a German led invasion of the Soviet Union, 1941

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British cartoon about Joseph Stalin ignoring the signs of a German led invasion of the Soviet Union, 1941

Boston Corbett, the self-castrated hat maker who killed Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. Photographed by Mathew Brady circa 1880 (635x861)

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Boston Corbett, the self-castrated hat maker who killed Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. Photographed by Mathew Brady circa 1880 (635x861)

I posted my grandpa’s mugshot yesterday. Here’s what he looked like from the front.

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I posted my grandpa’s mugshot yesterday. Here’s what he looked like from the front.

Nazi archeological team in Tibet, spending time with locals, trying to find origins of the "Aryan" race, led by Ernst Schäfer, 1938-1939.

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Nazi archeological team in Tibet, spending time with locals, trying to find origins of the "Aryan" race, led by Ernst Schäfer, 1938-1939.

Jane Goodall with infant chimp Flint in Tanzania, 1964

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Jane Goodall with infant chimp Flint in Tanzania, 1964

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Johnny cash shows us how he gets in out of his Ferrari 308 in 1988.

"But It's Okay Over Here?"-1971

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"But It's Okay Over Here?"-1971

My mother-in-law getting a rinse in her mom’s beauty shop. Billings, MT 1954-ish.

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My mother-in-law getting a rinse in her mom’s beauty shop. Billings, MT 1954-ish.