20 Oddly Disturbing Pictures from History

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A man dressed as a mythical figure of the Senufo people in Burkina Faso in 1952.

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Francesco "Frank" A. Lentini posing for a picture in Italy in 1920. He was with a parasitic twin he absorbed in the womb. He had three legs, four feet and two sets of genitals, and all worked to some extent. He even married in 1907 and had 4 children.

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A circus dwarf riding a zebra in Yorkshire, England in 1935.

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A 2 year old lighting a cigarette in Los Angeles, CA, US in 1927.

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An actor wears his costume and mask in Siam (Thailand) in 1900.

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A Chinese soldier prepares a suicide bomber with an explosive vest made out hand grenades for an attack on Japanese tanks at the Battle of Taierzhuang in China in 1938.

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4 Women pose for a picture in Maryland, US in 1950. They were showing off the weapons they used to round up 4 men who had been terrorizing the neighborhood for 3 weeks. They shot at the men, chased them down, forced them to surrender, and then waited for the police to arrive.

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A man in his clown costume for a play in Moscow, Russia in 1908.

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A promotional picture of the Swan Lake ballet in Moscow, Russia in 1895.

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Kids playing with fake guns in Shanghai, China in 1995.

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A giraffe licks a man at the London Zoo in London, England in 1931.

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A man transports a mannequin in Osaka, Japan in 1958.

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A model shows off an excersize device in the US in 1937.

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La poupée (the puppet) in France in 1935. This art piece was modified some and placed in woods and areas as a display. No surprise, it scared the hell out of people.

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Ceremonial dancer in Côte d'Ivoire in 1954.

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A man being strapped to an electric chair at Sing Sing prison in New York, US in 1926.

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A statue of a large alien in London, England in 1954.

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Adolf Hitler with one of Joseph Goebbels children in Germany in 1942.

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Locals pull out the mummies of the cathedral of Venzone in Italy for a photo shoot with Life Magazine in 1962. The mummies go back to the 1600s and are still on display today.

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A young boy shines the shoes of another boy in NYC, US in 1955.