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Today marks 31 years since the Formula 1 Hockenheim, Germany GP, where Jos Verstappen's car ignited during a pitstop due to a refueling error. Photographer Steven Tee, 31st July 2025

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Today marks 31 years since the Formula 1 Hockenheim, Germany GP, where Jos Verstappen's car ignited during a pitstop due to a refueling error. Photographer Steven Tee, 31st July 2025

4 gals enjoy a night at a restaurant with some wine and beer, 1960s. I was surprise when i spooted the bag of cheetos. Kodachrome shot

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4 gals enjoy a night at a restaurant with some wine and beer, 1960s. I was surprise when i spooted the bag of cheetos. Kodachrome shot

Captured rebels after the two-week siege at the Grand Mosque of Mecca (1979), in which six hundred militants fought to overthrow the Saudi monarchy. The sixty survivors were publicly beheaded shortly after

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Captured rebels after the two-week siege at the Grand Mosque of Mecca (1979), in which six hundred militants fought to overthrow the Saudi monarchy. The sixty survivors were publicly beheaded shortly after

Ollie Harrington's cartoon 'Practice Makes Perfect!' from East Germany, 1980

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Ollie Harrington's cartoon 'Practice Makes Perfect!' from East Germany, 1980

Gertrude Aderle, first woman to cross the english channel, 26 of August 1926, done in 14hr and 31 min, beating the male record of 16hr and 33 min. Photos of the day she did the record.

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Gertrude Aderle, first woman to cross the english channel, 26 of August 1926, done in 14hr and 31 min, beating the male record of 16hr and 33 min. Photos of the day she did the record.

My paternal grandparents, Burl and Rebecca

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My paternal grandparents, Burl and Rebecca

Trainees donning makeshift astronaut suits marching through Zambian villages, a step forward for that country's short-lived but highly ambitious space program whose aim was to put Zambians on the moon, 1969

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Trainees donning makeshift astronaut suits marching through Zambian villages, a step forward for that country's short-lived but highly ambitious space program whose aim was to put Zambians on the moon, 1969

Vietnam War POW Doug Hegdahl pretended to be illiterate to fool his captors, who believed him to be so stupid that they gave him almost free rein of the camp. He secretly memorized the details of about 256 POWs that he passed on after his release 1967.

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Vietnam War POW Doug Hegdahl pretended to be illiterate to fool his captors, who believed him to be so stupid that they gave him almost free rein of the camp. He secretly memorized the details of about 256 POWs that he passed on after his release 1967.

«capitalism is shit» Moscow,1994

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«capitalism is shit» Moscow,1994

5 friends posing at the park, girls dressed in what today looks like crop tops, august of 1948, Kodachrome slide.

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5 friends posing at the park, girls dressed in what today looks like crop tops, august of 1948, Kodachrome slide.

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Green Day guitarist/frontman Billie Joe Armstrong dropkicking a creep who assaulted a young fan in the audience at a concert in San Francisco (1997)

The last public appearance of Chinese leader Mao Zedong before his death. May 27, 1976.

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The last public appearance of Chinese leader Mao Zedong before his death. May 27, 1976.

A member of the Harlem Hellfighters (369th Infantry Regiment) poses for the camera while holding a puppy he saved during World War I 1918.

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A member of the Harlem Hellfighters (369th Infantry Regiment) poses for the camera while holding a puppy he saved during World War I 1918.

My grandpa living his best life. Late 1960s I believe

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My grandpa living his best life. Late 1960s I believe

Dylan Klebold's vandalized and later removed memorial cross in Littleton CO, 1999

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Dylan Klebold's vandalized and later removed memorial cross in Littleton CO, 1999

Thanksgiving United States, 1967

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Thanksgiving United States, 1967

Saudi gang leader Rashash Al-Otaibi’s headless body on a crucifix (1989)

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Saudi gang leader Rashash Al-Otaibi’s headless body on a crucifix (1989)

Thanksgiving, 1958

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Thanksgiving, 1958

A Japanese-American family returns home from an internment camp to find their home vandalized with racial slurs, 1945.

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A Japanese-American family returns home from an internment camp to find their home vandalized with racial slurs, 1945.

Meeting between Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler at his apartment in Munich, September 1938. Upon seeing this photo, Eva Braun couldn't stop giggling, remarking: ""If only he knew what goings-on that sofa has seen." (960 x 600)

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Meeting between Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler at his apartment in Munich, September 1938. Upon seeing this photo, Eva Braun couldn't stop giggling, remarking: ""If only he knew what goings-on that sofa has seen." (960 x 600)