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Mar 10

Odd this day

10 March 1914

Damage to the Rokeby Venus from The Illustrated London News of 14 March 1914 — b/w photo showing the painting of a naked woman lying on her side while a cherub holds up a mirror for her. The figure has slash marks on her upper and lower back

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Mar 1

Odd this day

1 March 1826

Destruction of the Furious Elephant at Exeter Change, by George Cruikshank — a contemporary print showing a row of soldiers and others firing rifles at a bloodied elephant which is breaking some of the bars of a stout wooden cage, but is still very much contained. A man standing closer carries a rifle with a bloodied bayonet, apparently from stabbing the animal

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Feb 28

Odd this day

Er… today

a small, curled up golden creature with its paws raised

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Feb 24

Odd this day

24 February 1536

A painting of Clement in his papal robes, with the words “Ooh, I could murder a cappuccino, me” superimposed

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Feb 21

Odd this day

21 February 1949

Gloria Swanson sits on a sun lounger in front of three arches in the façade of the house used for exterior shots in Sunset Boulevard. Her butler, played by Erich von Stroheim, hovers in the background

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Feb 14

Odd this day

14 February every damn year

Odd this day

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Feb 10

Odd this day

10 February 1890

A row of five mummified cats in the British Museum. Each one is standing on a small square plinth, and essentially resembles a long tube wrapped in strips of (presumably) papyrus, in a variety of patterns, and with a carved (wooden?) cat’s head at the top

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Feb 6

Odd this day

6 February 1916

Odd this day

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Feb 2

Odd this day

2 February (every year)

A groundhog in a square hole of some kind, pressing itself into one corner as if fearful

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Jan 23

Odd this day

23 January 1806

William Pitt the Younger: a man dressed largely in black, against a dark background, with swept-back white/grey hair, looks off to the left of the image as if thinking significant thoughts about the state of the country

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