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1953: The wife of an Ainu chief displays tattoo around her lips

1953: The wife of an Ainu chief displays tattoo around her lips

FLASHBACK to 27/2/1953 - The wife of an Ainu chief displays tattoo around her lips ...
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1992: The Sun said the internet would never work

1992: The Sun said the internet would never work

THE Sun, the declining tabloid that gets its news from the internet, wrote in 1992: ...
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The best and worst political campaign slogan ever

The best and worst political campaign slogan ever

IS this the best politcal campaign slogan ever? It might be the worst. It looks ...
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Wanted dead or alive in 1899: Reward offered for escaped prisoner Winston Churchill

Wanted dead or alive in 1899: Reward offered for escaped prisoner Winston Churchill

FLASHBACK to 01/01/1899: A wanted notice put out for Winston Churchill after he escaped from a prisoner ...
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John Smith’s The Girl Chewing Gum –  A 1976 film

John Smith’s The Girl Chewing Gum – A 1976 film

JOHN Smith directed 32 episodes of Grange Hill between, 1985 and 1990. He also produced Play ...
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September 1 1939: Germany invades Poland

September 1 1939: Germany invades Poland

ON September 1 1939 Germany invaded Poland and set the ball rolling for World War ...
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RIP Hervé Vilard: Capri c’est fini

RIP Hervé Vilard: Capri c’est fini

RIP Hervé Vilard (nee René Villard, 24 July 1946 in Paris, France). He sang Capri ...
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Kurt Vonnegut’s letter to his pregnant wife

Kurt Vonnegut’s letter to his pregnant wife

THE author Kurt Vonnegut wrote his wife a letter. It's dated January 26, 1947. They had ...
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A history of bystanders injured watching sports (videos)

A history of bystanders injured watching sports (videos)

THE tragic death of a German athletics referee this week – speared through the throat ...
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The Ghost in the Stereoscope: Faking it before Photoshop

The Ghost in the Stereoscope: Faking it before Photoshop

FAKING It - “Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop” – runs at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of ...
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In 1954 Dr Vladimir Demikhov created a two-headed dog (video)

In 1954 Dr Vladimir Demikhov created a two-headed dog (video)

HERE'S a cute Russian video about making two-headed dogs:  In 1954 Vladimir Demikhov shocked the ...
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June 21 1969: Buzz Aldrin takes Communion on the moon (the letter)

June 21 1969: Buzz Aldrin takes Communion on the moon (the letter)

JUNE 21 1969:  Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon, 19 minutes after ...
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    Photographs of The Romanovs’ Final Ball In Color, St Petersburg, Russia 1903

    Photographs of The Romanovs’ Final Ball In Color, St Petersburg, Russia 1903

      These portrait photographs of Russia's ruling Romanovs were taken in 1903 at the Winter Palace in majestic. St. Petersburg. Knowing what was to follow, the venue was apposite. St Petersburg is the city Christopher Hitchens called "an apparent temple of civilization: the polished window between Russia and Europe... the ...
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    Photographer Updates Postcards Of 1960s Resorts Into Their Abandoned Ruins

    Photographer Updates Postcards Of 1960s Resorts Into Their Abandoned Ruins

    Ephemeral, disposable, they served only one purpose—to let someone know "I'm here. I'm thinking of you" - Pablo Iglesias Maurer ...
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    The Rise, Fall, and Lonely Death of Benny Hill

    The Rise, Fall, and Lonely Death of Benny Hill

    "I get a thrill when they’re kneeling there, between my knees and they’re looking up at me. And I want them to call me Mr Hill, not Benny. ‘Is that all right for you, Mr Hill?’ That’s lovely, that is, I really like that,” I asked him why and he said, “Well, it’s respectful...”’ - Benny Hill ...
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    Andrei Tarkovsky’s Sublime Polaroids‎ (And Free Films)

    Andrei Tarkovsky’s Sublime Polaroids‎ (And Free Films)

    Andrei Tarkovsky's Polaroids‎ (1979 - 1984) show us thoughtful and dreamy visions of his native Russia, featuring his family, his dog, his home, his garden, views from trips to Italy and a 'selfie'. Tarkovsky (4 April 1932 – 29 December 1986) is the revered film director of whom Ingmar Bergman said, “Tarkovsky ...
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    The First Naked Kiss On Camera: Eadweard Muybridge, Sex And Murder

    The First Naked Kiss On Camera: Eadweard Muybridge, Sex And Murder

    Eadweard Muybridge (9 April 1830 – 8 May 1904) was not into smut and eroticism. His rapid-fire sequential photographs of two naked women kissing served to aid his studies of human and animal movement. It was in the interests of art and science Muybridge secured the services of two women, ...
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    Photos Of Siouxsie Sioux and The Banshees From The Late 1970s

    Photos Of Siouxsie Sioux and The Banshees From The Late 1970s

    Siouxsie Sioux (born Susan Janet Ballion on 27 May 1957) found fame with Siouxsie and The Banshees, the band she so-created with Steven Severin. Many pictures of Siouxsie Sioux and the rest of the group and their friends were taken by photographer Ray Stevenson, the brother of Nils Stevenson, who managed ...
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