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Joseph Faber’s Freakish Talking Head Haunts Uncanny Valley In 1846

Joseph Faber’s Freakish Talking Head Haunts Uncanny Valley In 1846

  In August 1846, Joseph Faber, a German-born scientist and mathematician, stood in London's Egyptian Hall. Punters ...
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Sybille II: Watch An Artist’s Tribute To Zits Erupting Like Creatures In A Jacques Cousteau Film

Sybille II: Watch An Artist’s Tribute To Zits Erupting Like Creatures In A Jacques Cousteau Film

  In 1999, Wim Delvoye released the experimental art film Sybille II, in which he captured shots ...
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Charles Bukowski’s Letter To The Man Who Helped Him Escape Slavery To Become A Full-Time Writer

Charles Bukowski’s Letter To The Man Who Helped Him Escape Slavery To Become A Full-Time Writer

In 1969, at age 49, Black Sparrow Press publisher John Martin made him offer: quite your job and I'll pay you $100 a month for life to write. ...
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The Pauli Effect: How Einstein’s Brilliant Successor Accidentally Destroyed Everything

The Pauli Effect: How Einstein’s Brilliant Successor Accidentally Destroyed Everything

"Wolfgang Ernst Pauli (25 April 1900 – 15 December 1958), one of the founders of ...
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The ‘Schoolkids’ Oz, Soho, and the Downfall of the ‘Dirty Squad’

The ‘Schoolkids’ Oz, Soho, and the Downfall of the ‘Dirty Squad’

  For over 200 years Soho has had a racy reputation. Prostitution, for instance, was relatively ...
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‘Schoolkids’ Oz: Read In Full The Magazine That Started A Revolution

‘Schoolkids’ Oz: Read In Full The Magazine That Started A Revolution

In May 1970, London-based Oz magazine published the 'SCHOOL KIDS ISSUE', OZ No. 28. The issue was ...
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A Bookmobile Library Rolls Into New Rochelle (1955)

A Bookmobile Library Rolls Into New Rochelle (1955)

In 1955 a 'Bookmobile' mobile library rolled into a residential area of New Rochelle, New ...
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Pupils At The Groundbreaking Westchester County School For Retarded Children In 1951

Pupils At The Groundbreaking Westchester County School For Retarded Children In 1951

These pictures are from 1951. They show pupils in a class at the Westchester County ...
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Dick Clark’s Anarchy: Photos of Public Image Ltd’s Performance on American Bandstand (1980)

Dick Clark’s Anarchy: Photos of Public Image Ltd’s Performance on American Bandstand (1980)

"Poor old sod. I remember him quite well. I remember the wigs. He didn't have ...
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Los Angeles Airport In The 1980s: Wonderful Photos Of Humanity In Limbo

Los Angeles Airport In The 1980s: Wonderful Photos Of Humanity In Limbo

  “I suppose there has been nothing like the airports... nothing quite as lonely, as ...
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Didn’t It Rain? On 7 May 1964 Rosetta Tharpe’s Blues And Gospel Train Thundered Into Manchester

Didn’t It Rain? On 7 May 1964 Rosetta Tharpe’s Blues And Gospel Train Thundered Into Manchester

  In 1964, Sister Rosetta Tharpe delivered a sensational live performance of Didn't It Rain? in Manchester, ...
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Meat Is Beautiful: Art Of The Butcher’s Shop Window 1924 – 1970

Meat Is Beautiful: Art Of The Butcher’s Shop Window 1924 – 1970

“Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it, But we ...
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