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Odd this day

5 November 1946

1d ago

Two men in uniform stand either side of a woman with a remarkable flowery hat. They all seem more or less pleased to be cutting into a ceremonial cake — one which would be unremarkable and round, were it not for the enormous, fluffy atomic-style mushroom cloud emerging from its top. Wikipedia’s caption explains that this is Vice Admiral Blandy and his wife cutting the cake while Rear Admiral Frank J. Lowry looks on.

1d ago

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Odd this day

2 November, various years from 1862 onwards

4d ago

b/w photo from The Londonist (see link below): Somebody standing on a path through a wood wearing a sheet, pretending to be a ghost

4d ago

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Odd this day

28 October 1997

Oct 28

One of the less nasty photos from the urologist who claims to have removed this fish from some poor chap’s old chap — it depicts a long, thin, dead fish, lying on a bit of green fabric, presumably in an operating theatre, and is labelled “Photo by Anoar Samad” and dated 28 10 ’97.

Oct 28

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23 October 1943

Oct 23

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Oct 23

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22 October 1707

Oct 22

Contemporary pamphlet featuring a rudimentary woodcut of a naval officer in a wig with ships sinking behind him. It is titled The Life and Actions of Sir Cloudeſly Shovel, Kt.

Oct 22

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16 October 1869

Oct 16

Contemporary photo of the giant where it was found, an image now held in the Library of Congress. Shows a white stone humanoid figure lying on its back on dark ground, strewn with leaves. Next to it lies what looks like a felled tree. In the words of Smithsonian magazine, it is “posed with a branch tastefully obscuring his genitals”.

Oct 16

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14 October 1985

Oct 14

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Oct 14

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13 October 1998

Oct 13

A young Pesci with a huge moustache and a very 70s shirt with Frank Vincent (also huge moustache and shirt), plus a third man

Oct 13

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11 October 1958

Oct 11

Papal Swiss guards in costumes — and especially helmets — that could have come from the 1980 Flash Gordon film flanking the dead body of Pope Pius XII in a big, posh room in a palace in Rome

Oct 11

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10 October 1975

Oct 10

AC/DC perform at the Australian King of Pop awards, 1975

Oct 10

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