The new normal???

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Anybody else seeing a whole lot of these lately??

Got this nice delivery today

Myrtle Corbin was born in 1868 as a dipygus. She had two separate pelvises side by side from the waist down, as a result of her body axis splitting as it developed, including two sets of sexual organs. She married, had five children, and lived to age 59.

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Source: web.archive.org/web/20100312140317/http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/ALBLOUNT/2009-04/1240495231

Gorilla paw with vitiligo

A letter by Ludwig van Beethoven, addressed to his brothers and revealing a personal secret: He's going deaf, and in order to avoid embarassement he's forced to isolate, causing people to mistake him for an antisocial grouch. He also reveals that he has contemplated suicide(translation in comments)

A solar eclipse seen from space

52 years ago today - an underwater nuclear test is conducted during Operation Dominic, off of the Californian coast (xpost /r/historyporn)

India space program rockets in 1963 vs now

Tim Cumper's three wheeled BMW boxer trike.

This highly-detailed Tibetan necromancer mask is an incredibly beautiful spiritual item used in both Hindu and Buddhist traditions. This stunning, contemporary piece of headwear is carved with intricate imagery and symbols, and is made from a human skull.

What a real man was

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Job posting from 1907 forest service. Found in the recreated old town Museum of Fairplay Colorado. Love how it says, “do not take this job for your health!”