Marathon runners training for the first modern Olympic games, Athens, 1896. The length of the marathon then was 40 kilometres (25 mi). Spyridon Louis from…
1938, Hollywood. As there were no air conditioning, some actress decided practicing on a rooftop.
Germany, 1923. Hyperinflation. Kids are playing with money packs because toy blocks are too expensive
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Germany, 1923. Hyperinflation made paper notes so worthless that these kids used them as building blocks. By November 1923, the US dollar…
Burning Buddhist monk, 1963
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This photo was not photoshopped and this is not a trick, either. In 1963, Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk Thích Quang Duc burned himself…
Preparing for the Second World War, in 1939 British government produced several motivation posters. This one was from a “Home Publicity” series….
Probably the most worldwide known magician ever is Harry Houdini (Erik Weisz) 1874 – 1926. He started out as as a handcuff…