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#OnThisDay in 1960, Adolf Eichmann, one of the major organizers of the Holocaust, is captured in Argentina."I will leap into my grave laughing because the feeling that I have 5

Colorized by me: You might not realize it, but you must definitely know this girl. She would become known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, and

Foot binding was a Chinese tradition in which young girls' feet were broken and tightly bound in order to alter their shape and size.These shoes were used by women in

I present to you: the Abernathy kids, two boys from Oklahoma who, without adult supervision, took several cross-country trips in the US. In 1910... /1 ... they rode on horseback

Colorized by me: Virginia Oldoïni, Countess of Castiglione, the selfie queen of Paris high society, 1865.She was a significant figure in the early history of photography. More here: http://www.marinamaral.com In

This is what you get when you don’t show up for Pliny’s dinner party in Rome (circa 97 AD):“My Dear Septicius Clarus,Look here, you accepted my invitation to dinner and

Harrison Ford. That’s all. A friend is asking if you guys know if it is possible to find a photo of him swimming I may or may not be receiving

Tianducheng (杭州天都城), pictured below, is a city in China modeled after Paris. It is almost completely abandoned now. See the thread for more replicas! This is a replica of London's

Ota Benga was a Mbuti (Congo pygmy) man, known for being featured in a human zoo exhibit in 1906 at the Bronx Zoo. Benga had been purchased from African slave

This is probably the only photograph of nine reigning kings gathered in the same room ever taken. They were in London for the funeral of King Edward VII. Windsor Castle,

This is how Ancient Greece really looked like. Here's a reconstruction of Curetes Street in ancient Ephesus.Ps: A peristyle house on the corner of Curetes Street is known as the

I'm obsessed with the graffiti found on the walls of Pompeii.Vico d' Eumachia, brothel: "Gaius Valerius Venustus, soldier of the 1st praetorian cohort, in the century of Rufus, screwer of