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The sinkhole that swallowed and nearly killed 12-year-old Todd Domboski on Valentine's Day 1981. (Centralia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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The sinkhole that swallowed and nearly killed 12-year-old Todd Domboski on Valentine's Day 1981. (Centralia, Pennsylvania, USA)

On this day Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to enter space. 1963. (725×408)

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On this day Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to enter space. 1963. (725×408)

A Parisian woman with her cat in her cannabis garden, 1910. (904x904)

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A Parisian woman with her cat in her cannabis garden, 1910. (904x904)

After botching an execution, a sheriff smothers a prisoner to death, Oklahoma Territory, 1894 .

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After botching an execution, a sheriff smothers a prisoner to death, Oklahoma Territory, 1894 .

Ella Fitzgerald with Marilyn Monroe, 1956 (1200x675)

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Ella Fitzgerald with Marilyn Monroe, 1956 (1200x675)

Soviet MI-8 helicopter flies in front of a large statue of Buddha in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, 1980

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Soviet MI-8 helicopter flies in front of a large statue of Buddha in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, 1980

Vladimir Putin and Silvio Berlusconi on holiday in Sardinia (Italy 2003)

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Vladimir Putin and Silvio Berlusconi on holiday in Sardinia (Italy 2003)

General Pinochet saluting Salvador Allende, 1970s

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General Pinochet saluting Salvador Allende, 1970s

Karl Landsteiner. He was an Austrian-American biologist, physician, and immunologist. He distinguished the main blood groups in 1900, and in 1937 identified the Rh(esus) factor, thus enabling physicians to transfuse blood without endangering the patient's life (New York, NY 1930)

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Karl Landsteiner. He was an Austrian-American biologist, physician, and immunologist. He distinguished the main blood groups in 1900, and in 1937 identified the Rh(esus) factor, thus enabling physicians to transfuse blood without endangering the patient's life (New York, NY 1930)

Chippendales Night Club, The first strip club in LA - 1979. Photo via - Bettmann Archives

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Chippendales Night Club, The first strip club in LA - 1979. Photo via - Bettmann Archives

Kermit the Frog and Piggy Pig make an unannounced visit to the set of "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back", 1979.

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Kermit the Frog and Piggy Pig make an unannounced visit to the set of "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back", 1979.

The hull of one of the 2 large ships found in the small lake of Nemi on the outskirts of today's Rome in 1929, the ships were destroyed by fire in 1944 during W. W. II. In front people for scale. Ships were built under the reign of the Roman emperor Caligula in the 1st century AD.

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The hull of one of the 2 large ships found in the small lake of Nemi on the outskirts of today's Rome in 1929, the ships were destroyed by fire in 1944 during W. W. II. In front people for scale. Ships were built under the reign of the Roman emperor Caligula in the 1st century AD.

Ceremonial unbraiding of the bride's braid at a wedding (Rozpleciny) in the Kurpie region of north-eastern Poland in 1928.

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Ceremonial unbraiding of the bride's braid at a wedding (Rozpleciny) in the Kurpie region of north-eastern Poland in 1928.

Mist rises from Victoria Falls, a mile-wide waterfall on the Zambezi River, as it drops into a narrow 355-foot chasm on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia. The falls were named by British explorer David Livingstone (1970)

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Mist rises from Victoria Falls, a mile-wide waterfall on the Zambezi River, as it drops into a narrow 355-foot chasm on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia. The falls were named by British explorer David Livingstone (1970)

Saxton Pope, promoter of modern bow hunting in 1923, 3 years before his death.

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Saxton Pope, promoter of modern bow hunting in 1923, 3 years before his death.

Kodak K-24 for American aerial photography during World War II, 1943.

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Kodak K-24 for American aerial photography during World War II, 1943.

U.S. soldiers making friends with french children during the Normandy Invasion. 9 June 1944

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U.S. soldiers making friends with french children during the Normandy Invasion. 9 June 1944

October 6 1897, equator crossing ceremony aboard the Belgica (828x560)

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October 6 1897, equator crossing ceremony aboard the Belgica (828x560)

My dad photographed Mt. St. Helens erupting. This is from June 1980, after the main eruption.

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My dad photographed Mt. St. Helens erupting. This is from June 1980, after the main eruption.

A boy with a handmade wire toy truck (Maun, Botswana 1974)

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A boy with a handmade wire toy truck (Maun, Botswana 1974)