Former KGB agent Yuri Bezmenov explains the 4 steps used to engineer entire generations into thinking the way those in power want them to.
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The moments following Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme attempted assasination of President Gerald Ford on this day in 1975. She pointed a gun at him, but it didn't fire. Just 17 days later another attempt was made on Fords life, this time a bullett was fired, but the woman who shot at him missed.
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17-year-old Rowan Atkinson, electrical engineering student at Newcastle University, 1972.
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Sugar information board Tuesday. Have an ice cream cone before lunch to lose weight - 1971
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The Space Invaders championship, 1981.
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Brian Auger, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, and Fatz Domino, all piano legends playing on one stage at the same time, c. 1969
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On 1 September 2004, Chechen militants stormed a school in Beslan, Russia, taking more than 1,100 hostages. After three days, 334 were dead, including 186 children.
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The evolution of video game consoles. I think the Nes was my first...
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In the 1920s, German anthropologist Egon von Eickstedt travelled through South India, documenting Adivasi and Dalit communities in Kerala with his camera. Von Eickstedt's later career was problamatic to say the least, but the gallery I've added in the comments is full of beauty.
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Selfie of a Yugoslav Partisan couple, still in uniform, on their wedding day, April 1945. Their names were Aleš Bebler and Vera Hreščak.
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How to talk to your hippie kid, 1967
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The Smallest House in Great Britain can be found in Conwy, north Wales and is just 72 inches wide by 122 inches high. It was occupied right up until May 1900.
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Boston Corbett, the self-castrated hat maker who killed Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. Photographed by Mathew Brady circa 1865 (1986x3290)
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Abby Stockton lifts 135 pounds, one-handed in Santa Monica, California, 1946. She was only 5ft 2in and 115 pounds.
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Bernie Sanders demonstrating both knowledge and competence, two qualities that no longer seem welcome in The White House
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In 1897, The Champion Text Book on Embalming blended science, ritual and everyday work. Its grainy photos show embalmers at their craft, strangely reminiscent of old anatomy paintings. Take a look into how we once handled death.
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The sword breaker was a clever little parrying dagger from the late Middle Ages and Renaissance. Popular in Spain, Italy, and France, it wasn’t really meant for killing – its job was to catch an opponent’s blade and leave them disarmed.(2580x1280)
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The sword breaker, a distinctive parrying dagger from the late Middle Ages and Renaissance, epitomised the fusion of ingenuity and martial artistry in European close combat. Primarily used in duelling cultures of Spain, Italy, and France, this weapon was engineered not to kill but to disarm.
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In 1897, The Champion Text Book on Embalming blended science, ritual and everyday work. Its grainy photos show embalmers at their craft, strangely reminiscent of old anatomy paintings. A curious glimpse into how we once handled death.
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Five generations on Smith's Plantation, Beaufort, South Carolina. Photographed by Timothy O'Sullivan, 1862
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Nativa Richards circa 1929 wearing one of the creations her and her husband sold in their Parisian boutique. Their fetish wear became an international business thanks to their mail-order catalogue 'La Lingerie Moderne'. Should you wish to browse more of their images, look in the comments (930x1220)
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This is one of the few SFW examples of Alfred Cheney Johnston’s portraits of Ziegfeld Follies showgirls from the 1920s. The quality and sheer amount of images of these ladies that were discovered after his death is atonishing. (606x766)
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The fact that John Denver got involved in this was really left-field. The guy had no skin in the game but took the senate to task in no incertain terms.
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University of Madras student ties his hair to nail to prevent sleeping at night while preparing for exams, 1905
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