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Historians will tell you that it's important to study the past because it helps us understand why things are the way they are in the present. And, as we know, the world can be a very strange place at the best of times. The halls of history are decked with all sorts of weird and wacky moments. Some might make you cry with laughter, while others could leave your jaw on the floor. There are historical accounts that make us wonder, "What were they thinking?" And there are those we wish had never happened.

To better understand how things got so wild, we turned to an X account called Weird History. Located "somewhere between space and time," it shares interesting, odd, and funny things that have happened throughout history. It's amassed more than 176,000 followers, getting their daily dose of our "never a dull moment" past. Keep scrolling for Bored Panda's best-of-all-time posts from the page. And don't forget to upvote your favorites.

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Serial pacifist
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Hero

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    DforDory
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    1 year ago

    Gorgeous and memorable!

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    Tamra
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    1 year ago

    "My fever's so high today, I'm flaming!"

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    Lyone Fein
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    1 year ago

    Thank you.

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    Lyone Fein
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    1 year ago

    Sweet

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    Serial pacifist
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    1 year ago

    That is awesome

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    Serial pacifist
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    1 year ago

    Juliana is a good girl.

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    Serial pacifist
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    1 year ago

    They look like a cool set of rebels.

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    Multa Nocte
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    There's natural irony for you.

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    KDS
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    1 year ago

    It’s a work of art it should be in a museum somewhere.

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    Lyone Fein
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    1 year ago

    Yes!

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    Nicola Mawson
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    1 year ago

    Didn't work

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    Steve Robert
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    1 year ago

    And If you listen to Fox News, you're pretty much brainwashed.

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    Jeff White
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    1 year ago

    Yes it is. Have seen something similar at the Mount St Helens Visitor Center. Worth a visit.

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    Helena
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    1 year ago

    Suffragettes. Heros

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    Never miss a story that brings joy to the world. Add us on Google

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    The Scout
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    1 year ago

    Street art by Isaac Cordal. What is not really clear in the photo is that the whole sculpture is only a few centimeters high: https://streetartutopia.com/2024/06/10/politicians-discussing-climate-change/.

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    Jesse
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    1 year ago

    It's still going strong today! Of course with a more modern look to the items, but the box still has a mattress at the bottom and is used as a sleeping spot for the baby.

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    Pernille
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    1 year ago

    This happened in Sweden too, I believe.

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    Kira Okah
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    1 year ago

    Early lolcats

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    Tiger
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    1 year ago

    Wow she’s stunning

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    Tiger
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    1 year ago

    All I see is a very large cat, no basset hounds here. 🤫

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    Peppy
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    1 year ago

    He definitely looks less grey in the second picture, must have been a bit under the weather in the first one

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    Helena
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    1 year ago

    I get that. I absolutely would have

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    Serial pacifist
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    1 year ago

    Has an airport named after her in Istanbul. Well deserved.

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    Lyone Fein
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    1 year ago

    Stunning

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    Rich Black
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    1 year ago

    They should have pyt up a "beware of volcano" sign too.

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    Multa Nocte
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    So sad.

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    Kira Okah
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    1 year ago

    Onna-musha.

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    Lyone Fein
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    1 year ago

    And this also means there are tons of excellent Cuban mechanics!

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    CK
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    1 year ago

    He's depicted so much more accurately than she is.

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    Helena
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    1 year ago

    Man I miss him in the whitehouse

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    Kira Okah
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    1 year ago (edited)

    Not the same memory. That is comparing an Elliott 405 (1957) to a Raspberry Pi Zero. The memory of the Elliott is 16KB, the Raspberry Pi Zero 512MB.

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    Tiger
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    1 year ago

    MAGAs would complain the snowball fight was rigged 😭

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    Dragon mama
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    1 year ago

    I'd like to see the person who put the clothes on the cats.

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    K- THULU
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    1 year ago

    Before being burnt as a witch...

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    Serial pacifist
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    1 year ago

    Art in motion!

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    Green Machine
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    1 year ago

    Love the way she looks at him. <3

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    Littlemiss
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    10/10 would proudly wear

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    DforDory
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    Mission accomplished.

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    Vicki Perizzolo
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    1 year ago

    Surprised no one there has destroyed it yet

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    CanadianDimes
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    1 year ago

    Rather, a city from Star Wars looks like the spires of Medina

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    1 year ago

    Sweden wide web

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    PetePanda
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    1 year ago

    This house rocks! And no, I'm not stoned. (I'll see myself out😀)

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    Steve Robert
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    1 year ago

    But still couldn't find his shoes for school.

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    Nea
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    1 year ago

    I WANT THIS. such a cool satchel.

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    Tiger
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    1 year ago

    It’s so fascinating how intricate and detailed people in the past could make things. The amount of work and effort they had to put into their work, compared to today where we just pump out cheap mass-manufactured Knick knacks from factories….

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    Wingsofwrath
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    1 year ago (edited)

    In case you're wondering why the streets are empty, they're not. Early photography required insane exposure times of 20m or more in broad daylight, so they would only capture things which weren't moving, like buildings.

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    Steve Robert
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    1 year ago

    Sounds reasonable.

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    AtMostAFabulist
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    Bubo? Is that you?

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    Ron Man
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, not really though. This was based on an old joke.

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    Tiger
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    1 year ago

    Aww :) hugs are good for your health

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    Jnausicaa
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    Batman is eternal.

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    JB
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    1 year ago

    Everyone say "caseum!"

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    Peppy
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    1 year ago

    Beautiful, love the way they undulate. Also love the word undulate

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    Ron Man
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    There were toy watches exactly like this in the 60s and 70s. They'd have comics you would scroll through a panel at a time

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    Peppy
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    1 year ago

    I thought that was Kenny Rogers

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    DforDory
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    1 year ago

    Every boar has a unicorn soul. 🦄 🐗

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    Rafael
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    Theres one that's even older, found in a place called Dolní Věstonice, and not only that, it could be matched to a body buried nearby, meaning that it was a representation of a specific individual. Maybe this one is a representation too?

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    Lyone Fein
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    1 year ago

    Makes sense

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    Kalikima
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    That's a beautiful purse! I'd wear it today.

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    Looks like the beak hinges up if they get peckish.

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    Simon Chen
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    Now i want cake 😩😩

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    Kira Okah
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    1 year ago

    Hello Ea-Nasir!

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    Oerff On Tour
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    1 year ago

    Flat earth?

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    Littlemiss
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    I have the memory of an elephant, and the butt to match.

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    Steve Robert
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    1 year ago

    Look at the legroom!

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    Dave In MD
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    1 year ago

    And inside, The Fifth Element.

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    Ron Man
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    1 year ago

    He also did a lot of cocaine and opium lol

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    1 year ago (edited)

    They were decades apart. The first was to distance himself from the role and the second was embracing the impact he had on popular culture.

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    Glix Drap
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    He was renowned for doing all 3 at once.

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    Glix Drap
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    Remind me of the Monty Python sketch about the 4 Yorkshiremen. You had it lucky, I had to dig the the District line with a spoon.

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    UKGrandad
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    1 year ago

    These were known as sword breakers. Instead of merely blocking the sword they were designed to trap the blade and then snap it with a sharp twist of the knife.

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    Krizzy Wilde
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    1 year ago

    Never seen Chaplin without his moustache, stick and hat before!

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    Ian Cryar
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    1 year ago

    It was a land deal also a rather entertaining movie

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    Jane No Dough
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    1 year ago

    Clearly dentistry hasn't advanced much in 2,000 years...

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    This reminds me my nan grew up in Scotland and one very snowy day she walked up what she thought was a hill, but when she got to the top she realised it was a bus covered in snow.

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    Tiger
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    1 year ago

    Would be a $2,000/month apartment these days. “Natural textures! Skylight!”

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    Glix Drap
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    British Museum could fit it in their hand luggage.

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    Littlemiss
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    Nope nope nope

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    Glix Drap
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    There are still cows wandering around some of the green spaces in Cambridge, UK.

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    Michael Largey
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    I've ridden next to people where such gear would have been awfully handy.

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    A girl
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    1 year ago

    Oh YEAH

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    Tiger
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    1 year ago

    Handsome!

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    Stephen Holleman
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    1 year ago

    Wawawawa

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    Ian Cryar
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    1 year ago (edited)

    I gave up everything that I had to light up. I don’t cigarettes but I do miss weed

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    John O'Donnell
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    He suffered from hand tremors, and his doctor prescribed consuming alcohol to alleviate the symptoms.

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    Tiger
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    1 year ago

    I’ve been here!! It’s creepy as heck, and a lot smaller than you’d think from looking at photos. The amusement park opened a day before the Chernobyl reactor accident (iirc) so very few people ever got a chance to ride on the Ferris wheel or other little rides (I think there’s only 3 or 4 of them)

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    She doesn't look particularly happy about it.

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    TotallyNOTAFox
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    1 year ago

    How we can clearly see on this photo

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    digitalin
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    1 year ago

    And human teeth too https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/health/washingtons-teeth/teeth

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