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Elizabeth Bathory was known to bathe in her victims blood which she thought would help her stay young forever. She is considered the most prolific female serial killer in history and earned the nickname the Blood Countess. Vampires, Horror, Haunted Dollhouse, Strange, Haunting, Strange Photos, Dracula, Creatures, Eerie
The First Vampire In History-Countess Elizabeth Bathory
Elizabeth Bathory was known to bathe in her victims blood which she thought would help her stay young forever. She is considered the most prolific female serial killer in history and earned the nickname the Blood Countess.
1950s Dog Space Suit Dogs, Design, Swag, Retro, Dog Spaces, Space Dog, Wheel, Canine, Wunderkammer
1950s Dog Space Suit
The Stolen Generation. Young Australian children taken from their families because the were mixed race. They called them Half-Caste, they were placed in orphanages some never to be returned to their families. This practice went on up until 1970. Around The World Trips, Vintage, Africa, Families, Indigenous Peoples, Around The Worlds, Primary Teaching, Historical Photos, Mixed Race
The Stolen Generation. Young Australian children taken from their families because the were mixed race. They called them Half-Caste, they were placed in orphanages some never to be returned to their families. This practice went on up until 1970.
Helen Keller reading braille. She was born in Tuscumbia, AL. *Visit pinterest.com/wonderbabyorg for more inspirational pins Films, People, Vintage Photos, Old Photos, Film, Vintage Photographs, The Past
Helen Keller
Helen Keller reading braille. She was born in Tuscumbia, AL. *Visit pinterest.com/wonderbabyorg for more inspirational pins
Kids stood in line at school to get vaccinations, including medicine-laced sugar cubes against polio. Street Photography, Black And White Photographs, Black White Photos, Black And White Photography, White Photography, Vintage Photography
Жизнь в СССР: приватные моменты (103 фото)
Kids stood in line at school to get vaccinations, including medicine-laced sugar cubes against polio.
Queen Tomris reigned over the Masagetae, a pastoral- nomadic Iranian people in, approximately, 530BC. She was the reason why Cyrus the Great could not proceed any further than Hellespoint, in pursuit of world assimilation into the Persian Achaemenid Empire. Empire, Achaemenid, Country, History, Queen, Cyrus The Great, Priestess
The English Ladye
Queen Tomris reigned over the Masagetae, a pastoral- nomadic Iranian people in, approximately, 530BC. She was the reason why Cyrus the Great could not proceed any further than Hellespoint, in pursuit of world assimilation into the Persian Achaemenid Empire.
“Splifficated” and Other Obscure Slang Words from the 1920s - "Giggle Water" and "Panther Sweat" lol that last one soooo does not sound good lol Roaring Twenties, Dance, Retro Vintage, Roaring 1920s, Charleston Dance, 1940s, 1920s Dance, Vintage Dance
"Splifficated" and Other Obscure Slang Words from the 1920s
“Splifficated” and Other Obscure Slang Words from the 1920s - "Giggle Water" and "Panther Sweat" lol that last one soooo does not sound good lol
Lise Meitner (1878-1968), Austria and Sweden, physicist. Discovered nuclear fission. Being a woman and a jew, her name was erased from her publications, merit and nobel prize going to her collegue Otto Hahn. Women, Persona, Lise Meitner, Human, Donna, Famous, Amazing Women, Historia, Jewish History
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Lise Meitner (1878-1968), Austria and Sweden, physicist. Discovered nuclear fission. Being a woman and a jew, her name was erased from her publications, merit and nobel prize going to her collegue Otto Hahn.
The Dahomey Amazons were an all-female army that fought for the Kingdom of Dahomey (now Republic of Benin) for almost 200 years . Female, Badass Women, Afro, Female Soldier, African, Black History, Fotos, Black Is Beautiful
Extraordinary Women Of History You Need To Know Now
The Dahomey Amazons were an all-female army that fought for the Kingdom of Dahomey (now Republic of Benin) for almost 200 years .
HMS Royal Oak returning Queen Maud's body to Norway, 1938: this 15 in 'R' class veteran was sunk by U 47 in Scapa Flow in October the following year with over 800 of her crew being killed (photo of her sisters taken from Royal Oak nearby). Oslo, London, Merchant Marine, Fleet, Hms Ark Royal, Battleship, Royal Navy, Navy Ships, Royal Oak
Naval Architecture
HMS Royal Oak returning Queen Maud's body to Norway, 1938: this 15 in 'R' class veteran was sunk by U 47 in Scapa Flow in October the following year with over 800 of her crew being killed (photo of her sisters taken from Royal Oak nearby).
1938 cost of living. Cost Of Living, Genealogy, Do You Remember, The Good Old Days, Reminiscing, I Remember When, Jorge Luis Borges, Good Things
On life and time.
1938 cost of living.
Crown of Napoleon I Royals, Regency, Royal Crowns, Royal Jewels, Laurel Crown, Royal Jewelry, Royal Tiaras, Coronet, Celtic
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Crown of Napoleon I
Smartest man who ever lived??  IQ estimated between 250 & 300. Taught himself 8 languages as a child & was eventually conversant ~ 40, invented another & entered Harvard, age 11 (2 yrs later than he wanted). A mathematical as well as linguistic genius and went on to teach classes in geometry and trigonometry in Texas at the age of 17. Sadly he never fulfilled his potential, preferring a lifetime of isolation and privacy. He worked a succession of menial jobs until his death at the age of 46. Youtube, Mr., Picture, Madame, Age, Age Of Adaline, Pierre
Who are some well-known child prodigies, and did their genius continue into adulthood?
Smartest man who ever lived?? IQ estimated between 250 & 300. Taught himself 8 languages as a child & was eventually conversant ~ 40, invented another & entered Harvard, age 11 (2 yrs later than he wanted). A mathematical as well as linguistic genius and went on to teach classes in geometry and trigonometry in Texas at the age of 17. Sadly he never fulfilled his potential, preferring a lifetime of isolation and privacy. He worked a succession of menial jobs until his death at the age of 46.