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Iraqi minister of information Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf, better known in the west as "Baghdad Bob" during a wartime propaganda broadcast in 2003. Sahhaf was known for his colorful & widely mocked press briefings in which he often made ludicrous claims about Iraq's military successes. (500x370)

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Enjoying a drink on the final day before prohibition started in 1920.

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Eventual convicted sex trafficker & romantic partner of Jeffrey Epstein Ghislaine Maxwell meeting with Princess Diana at the premiere of Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom, 1984. (1920x1280)

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French soldier in front of a no mans land, 1916

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This wonderful cow is not just any bovine but "The definitive photo of a cow". Taken by Storm Thorgerson in 1970, the photograph was commissioned by Pink Floyd.

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The launch of battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62) on december 7th 1942.

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Eugen Sandow is known as the “The Father of Bodybuilding,” and the Mr. Olympia trophy is called “The Sandow” in reference to him. Photo by D.Bernard, 1902

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Typhoid Mary (foreground), very annoyed to be quarantined when she isn't even sick. 1909,

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Tsar Nicholas II and his identical cousin George V (Queen Elizabeth's grandfather) portrayed in Berlin in 1913 in German military uniform.

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American paratrooper after combat in Vietnam, 1966

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Policemen arresting a demonstrator when local people blocked the march of the British Union of Fascists in Cable Street in London’s East End. 4 October 1936. .

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The priest fires a machine gun. South Lebanon (Lebanese Civil War), May 1985 .

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