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A boy crosses a London street with a toy double decker bus (1960s)

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A Russian World War II veteran kneels by the tank he served in.

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In 1962, Bruce Lee fought a judo blackbelt. Lee landed 15 punches, 1 kick, and knocked out his rival in 11 seconds.

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"Footprint on the Moon"

This footprint could potentially last for millions of years (Buzz Aldrin, NASA, 1969)

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Plastic face cones designed to protect your face in a snowstorm (1939)

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Pearl Harbor survivor, Houston James, hugs Iraq War veteran Mark Graunke at a Veterans Day event (2004)

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100 years ago in the U.S., pink was considered a boy's color and blue was considered a girl's color.

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A day at the beach in Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1905 (photo colorized by Sanna Dullaway)

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In 2013, Steve Thurber found the oldest message in a bottle to date. It had remained untouched since 1906.

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Both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on July 4, 1826, exactly 50 years after the Declaration of Independence.

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A Russian soldier playing an abandoned piano, Chechnya (1994)

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A police officer on a Harley with an old fashioned mobile holding cell. (1921)

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Sunset on the planet Mars (2005)

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Audience members enjoying the premiere of the first full length 3-D movie (1952)
- photo by J.R. Eyerman

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Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address (1865)

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A curious Afghan girl holds the hand of an American soldier (2010)

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Basketball, volleyball, and racquetball were all invented at a YMCA.

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This bike was abandoned in the 1950s and over the years the tree grew up and completely enveloped the bike.

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A circus hippo pulling a cart (1924)

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This Lego mold was retired after making 120 million Lego bricks!