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Classic scene from the Christian kids show "Joy Junction" where little Marty confesses to Ron Brown about how some evil children tried to make him look at pornography.

Supprise, surprise! Ventriloquist Ron Brown was arrested in 2013 for possession of child pornography.

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[1977] The Japanese text on the top-right reads: "A beautiful group of Playmates enjoying a laugh while watching a preview of the TV show 'Thursday Night Special'. Just like a king reigning over a harem, CEO Hefner, surrounded by these women, is the happiest man in the world."

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One-Stop Shopping, NYC, c.1970s

Under one roof you could grab a cocktail and a “hot plate sandwich,” while your income taxes were being prepared and afterward enjoy a $1 massage!

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Carhops at Keller’s Drive-In [Dallas, 1974]

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A wall-mounted AT&T Picturephone from the 1960s, demonstrating an early conceptual design for two-way video calling long before modern video conferencing.

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[1966] Ginni, the 23 month old Cheetah who, in a new act at the West End’s Raymond Revue Bar, gradually disrobes Australian dancer Rita Allen, a former beauty queen from Sydney.

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An adults-only puppet show with topless puppets called Les Poupées de Paris was an attraction at the 1964 World's Fair.

It took in record crowds partly because a reverend denounced it, complaining that the "women don't wear bras", failing to mention that the women were puppets.

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Gabriel Green was a UFO contactee who famously ran for U.S. President in 1960 under the campaign slogan "America needs a Space Age president".

Green claimed that emissaries from outer space (originating from planets like Venus, Mars, and Saturn) instructed him to run for president to reform and save the world.

He ran as an independent/write-in candidate before ultimately withdrawing his name to endorse John F. Kennedy.

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[1958] NYPD officer Richard Perry of the 78th Precinct practicing basic Spanish phrases using phonetic syllables written on a blackboard.

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"When you loaf, I love it", US poster intended to discourage wartime work absenteeism and slacking off (or loafing), framing laziness as a favor for Hitler, c. 1942

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Soviet Red Army soldiers celebrating New Year's Eve as they ring in 1939. The sign reads: "Samurai will remember it for a long time."

In July-Aug. 1938, Soviet and Japanese forces clashed in the Battle of Lake Khasan at the juncture of Soviet, Korean and Manchurian borders.

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Elsie Connor, a prominent female Irish boxing champion, photographed in New York City in 1931.

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Sam Swindle’s leg has its own grave

In 1922, 12-year-old Sam Swindle developed osteomyelitis. His leg had to be amputated using a saw on a kitchen table. To honor the limb, the amputated leg was given its own proper burial and gravestone at the Scott-Wehunt Cemetery in Arkansas. When Sam passed away decades later in 1973, he was buried right next to his leg.

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Legendary New York tattoo artist Charlie Wagner (seated right) and his troupe of heavily tattooed circus sideshow attractions.

Charlie Wagner (1875–1953) was known as the "Michelangelo of Tattooing" and operated out of Chatham Square in the Bowery, New York.

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Young girls joyriding in a lightweight cyclecar, c.1920

Cyclecars were an early type of small, budget-friendly automobile that combined motorcycle components with car styling. They featured narrow, wire-spoke wheels, simplified chassis, and lightweight bodies to minimize costs.

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15th century illustration titled "The Devil Selling Indulgences" (or Satan Prodává Odpustky) from the Jena Codex.

The illustration critiques the Catholic Church selling papal indulgences (certificates to reduce a soul's time enduring punishment for sins in purgatory).

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#WordOfTheDay
LUFTMENSCH
An impractical dreamer with no business sense; one with their head in the clouds.

From Yiddish (luft for air and mensch for person). The term described impoverished Eastern Europeans who had no steady income and literally "lived on air".

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The "King of the Hill" race is one of the most chaotic spectacles in American racing.

Multiple cars chase down a truck towing a flatbed trailer. The first one to drive up the ramp, and safely park on top of the moving trailer wins.

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Robots 'protest' outside Poland ministry demanding stronger oversight of artificial intelligence.

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Enormous ice sheets pushing onto the shore in a phenomenon known as an ice shove.