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This Online Twitter Museum Posts Ridiculously Interesting Finds, Here Are 50 Of The Best Ones
Interview
There are three things that we believe without a shadow of a doubt. First of all, Planet Earth is ruled by a shadowy cabal of Feline Overlords—The Illumeownati who spread their influence through cat pics. Secondly, pineapple definitely belongs on pizza, and there’s nothing you can say that’ll change our minds. And finally: fact really is stranger than fiction.
The past is a far stranger land than many of us assume. We’re surrounded by weirdness every day on the internet, on the subway, and in our very own minds. But after taking a good long peek through the fuzzy black-and-white static into the decades and centuries that came before us, we can safely say that we’ve always been living in an extended special of The Twilight Zone.
From weird vintage contraptions, knick-knacks, and clothes to bamboozling products, ads, and inventions, some of the strangest things that human history and creativity has to offer end up being shared on ‘The Museum of Curiosities’ Twitter page, run by the Monsieur Pompier’s Travelling Freakshow musical group.
Cue the creepy carnival music and grab a bag of popcorn, Pandas, we’re about to travel back in time for a heavy dose of Weirdness with a capital ‘W.’ Don’t forget your fave pics, and be sure to let us know what you think in the comments. Just… don’t feed the clowns. Intrigued by the pics? Check out Monsieur Pompier’s socials and album, too. Their music has a pretty cool vibe.
Bored Panda got in touch with Paul, aka Monsieur Pompier himself, and he was kind enough to tell us about the 'The Museum of Curiosities.' An incredibly cool thing is that he's actually planning on turning it into a real-life museum! This is the very first time he's revealed this publicly. "The big news is that I am turning the museum into a reality! Next year I am hoping to open my own real-life physical Museum of Curiosities here in my hometown of Dublin, Ireland. I can't say much more about it for now, but if anyone would like to help make this dream a reality they can donate here." Check out our full interview below, Pandas!
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Jan Puckett 4 years ago
how could this exist, and I not know about it? I now have proof that I was officially deprived as a child
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2WheelTravlr 4 years ago
I love how some of these make me dig deeper for more context and I land on great articles like this one talking about how this was actually part of a series of similar expectation/reality comics first printed in 1919. https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-43783521
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Marley Nachi 4 years ago
this is the early version of keeping all the tabs open at once on your browser
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Amanda Rose 4 years ago
Humorous historical photos are some of my favorite things. I have a photo of an ancestor riding a pig while wearing a three piece suit.
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Kitty Purry 4 years ago
Hers is an amazing story. Pretty effed up her own cousin Queen Elizabeth I imprisoned her for several years before beheading her. She was the mother of King James, as in King James of the Bible translation.
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I'm Kid A 4 years ago
It come with a whack-a-mole mallet and tiny spyglass?? Who's gonna be like "Hark, I see-eth a vampire not but twenty metres yonder!" "Only twenty metres?! surely you jest, Hezekiah, let me take out my pirate-telescope and search for such beasts!... Ah yes, 'tis true! No matter, we shall pound the stake into the fiend's heart with our trusty mallet!"
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Torben Møller-Nielsen 4 years ago
The Dane Lorenz Peter Elfred Freuchen was a larger than life explorer, journalist, actor, resistance fighter and much more. His life would make an excellent story for a great Hollywood picture.
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RedMarbles 4 years ago
Looks like an adult was riding the boar judging from that stirrup length. Maybe that's what the boy is mad about.
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Jordi Sharpe 4 years ago
Grace Jones was f*****g amazing. Mayday was a really interesting character. And don't get me started on Tim Curry as the Lord of Darkness. Just mesmerizing. Absolutely perfect casting and incredible make up.
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Amanda Rose 4 years ago
Reminds me of how my great aunt Dagmar sketched a chicken treble clef in a recipe book she put together. Apparently chickens make for inspirational sketches.
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Collin Lyle 4 years ago
My cat already thinks she's an opera singer. Can't let her see this photo ever. She'll insist on having a costume made for her.
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erinmophila_gibsonii 4 years ago
It looks like one of those swallow nests built of spit and mud 🤷♀️
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OneHappyPuppy 4 years ago
Aand the moment I saw this pic, Nickelodeon my son is currently watching starts playing "44 cats"
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Marley Nachi 4 years ago
the bullet trains now are actually magnet pulled, so it's not completely wrong...
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Huddo's sister 4 years ago
I love old agricultural photos. I have a heap from my grandparents' family, rural Victoria, Australia 1920s onwards. Mostly grape picking and horses.
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The Redhead 4 years ago
This goes to everyone who thought they had it rough carrying a regular box tv
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Jan Puckett 4 years ago
now when I come home drunk, does this make it easier or twice as difficult?
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Huddo's sister 4 years ago
Before they started doing skin grafts by stitching your arm to your face until the skin was viable...
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RedBadgerCan'tSwim 4 years ago
Rented from a zoo specifically for the photo shoot. https://arthive.com/publications/4104~Famous_artists_and_their_pets
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