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My great grandma+sister, circa 1930s

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Lisa Benson (2016)

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Miner in his home in the city of Durham – after working 10 hours straight - photograph was taken by the British photographer Bill Brandt, c. 1937.

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In 1863 during the American Civil War in Virginia, Jacob Miller was shot in the head. Everyone thought he was dead, but he regained consciousness a few hours later and went on to live another 54 years

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My Dad visiting his grandad in his final days, he wanted to see the dog - my favourite family photo.

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Nagasaki, 20 minutes after the atomic bombing in 1945.

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A West Berliner reaching over the border to kick an East German police officer. (1986)

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The Two-State Solution according to Netanyahu, 2015

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Finnish soldiers finding the skin of an skinned Soviet soldier.Seesjärvi. 1942 480X312

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My dad a few days old in 1957.

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Kimberly J. Brown, Frankie Muniz, Michelle Trachtenberg and Amanda Bynes in 1999

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Israeli Haganah soldiers with detained Palestinians on 23 May 1948, after the village of Tantura surrendered. Haganah forces reportedly killed 200+ unarmed Palestinians and buried them in a mass grave under what is now a parking lot on Dor Beach.

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