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In 1979, 16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer was arrested after killing two people in San Diego, California. When asked why she did it, she replied, "I just don't like Mondays.”

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Timeless candid of friends posing for a shot, mid 1970s.

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Two Soviet soldiers sitting together Circa 1970

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In the 1980s, the crown of the Statue of Liberty was a popular spot for tourists.

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1941 Russians deporting Estonians to be starved to death in Siberia

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A public statue was stolen in 1951. My grandfather and his friend couldn't miss this opportunity

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Liking isn't helping, Singapore (2013)

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An executioner from India in 1903.

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On March 11th, 2004, now known as “11-M” in Spain, the worst terror attack in Spanish history claimed the lives of 193 people, when terrorists related to al-Qaeda detonated ten bombs across four different commuter trains during Madrid’s rush hour.

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Orphan children from Mooseheart, Illinois, posing for the camera, 8 of June 1948. Kodachrome shot. one shy girl cover her face in the back.

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Hoover Dam Construction, 1934.

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Races of Mankind (1910)

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