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“Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words.”

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“Who invented the telephone booth?

Thomas Watson, Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant. His landlady complained about the excessive noise he was

Not that one!  This one!

Not that one!  This one!

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Nothing is worse than a missed opportunity

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“62 days on the road and for what?!”

“62 days on the road and for what?!”

During the summer of 1919, a United States Army Major was assigned to a transcontinental

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“He’s cccrrraaazzzyyyyy!”

It was said that the Roman Emperor Caligula once declared war on Neptune, the God

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No, what you are seeing is history, not fantasy.

Charles VI of France (1368-1422) was daffy. He thought he was made of glass and

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“Talk about luck!!!”

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“Talk about GREAT ‘Balls of Fire!’”

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“It must be true, I read it in the newspaper.”

As printed in the Tacoma Evening News on March 3, 1903, C. Payne, an armless

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“You’ve come a long way, Baby!”

This is a shot of New York in 1887.  What you see are electrical wires

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“Sometimes it pays to be BADDDDDD!!!”

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“An Alaska Gold Rush Armored Sled?!”

“An Alaska Gold Rush Armored Sled?!”

There is an old saying that making money is easy. What’s hard is saving it.

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In less then two years we will be remembering the day liquor was illegal in

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It’s easy to say how BAD things are right now:

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Unless you live in Alaska

Unless you live in Alaska

Unless you live in Alaska, this photograph will have no meaning at all.  To those

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“It’s not what you know, it’s how you think.”

When Elsa Einstein, Albert’s wife, was being shown around the Mount Wilson Observatory, she was

“WIPE that smile off your face!!”

“WIPE that smile off your face!!”

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“You’re outa here!”

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“What could possibly go wrong, eh?”

Nice, eh? Historic but nice. Well, these are fashions from my great grandparents’ women’s fashion

Sometimes truth is stranger – and funnier—than fiction!!

Sometimes truth is stranger – and funnier—than fiction!!

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“Who is that Inupiat?”

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“Hey! What’s in that bottle?!”

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“Are you a whippersnapper?”

“Are you a whippersnapper?”

If it takes you longer than ten seconds to read this license plate holder, you

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Portrait of Bass Reeves

This is a portrait of Bass Reeves. He was the first black Deputy United States

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“What’s so dangerous about a couple of guys hanging out?”

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