30 Historical Images That You Might Not Have Seen, As Shared By This Instagram Account

When we explore history through photos, it seems more relatable, doesn’t it? After all, most of us love watching rare pictures from the past.

#1 In 1983, Freddy Heineken Was Kidnapped, Held To Ransom (€16 M) And Later Said “They Tortured Me For 3 Days, They Made Me Drink Carlsberg.”

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#2 The Miami Zoo Put 30 Flamingos In The Bathroom To Protect Them From Hurricane Andrew In 1992

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#3 Some Nerds Caption: Crown Prince Wilhelm Of Germany Striking A Pose While Inspecting The Troops, Ca. 1915. My Caption: “..mein Milkshake Brings All Zhe Boys To Zhe Yard”

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#4 Pov: It’s 1970 And You’re Outside Nathan’s, Eagerly Waiting For Your Buddy To Finish His Hot Dog So That You Can Get Back Up On Your Chopper Bike (Which Has A Banana Seat) And Go Smoke Bubblegum Cigars In A Dubiously Constructed Tree House

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#5 Thought Your Life Was Boring? Well, You Were Probably Right. Working As A Waitress In 1921, Lillian Boyer Was Invited By Customers To Go Flying

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She climbed onto the wing her very first flight, and later performed in 352 shows until 1929 – when airplane safety regulations forced barnstormers into retirement and ruined all the fun.

#6 John Daly Sharing An Intimate Moment With His Wife After Winning The 1995 British Open

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#7 Taking A Knee Before It Was Popular. West German Chancellor Willy Brandt In Front Of The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Memorial In 1970

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#8 Life Advice: Be A Lot More Like Roger Moore On The Set Of The 1973 Bond Movie ’live & Let Die’ And Ignore All Your Emails Until Monday Morning

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#9 His 1983 Letter Sold For $479,939 At An Auction Last Month

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#10 Behind Every Successful Woman Stands A Man Who… Well.. In Most Cases He Just Stands There For, You Know, Safety Reasons. Anyway, Here’s Brigitte Nielsen With Some Dude In 1986

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#11 Spice Girls In 1997

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#12 Even Rockstars Were Young Once

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#13 In 1955, Playboy Ran A Story That Depicted A Future Where Homosexuality Was The Norm, Heterosexuality Was Outlawed And Anti-Straight Mobs Marched The Streets

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Outraged Letters Poured In. Hefner Responded “If It Was Wrong To Persecute Heterosexuals In A Homosexual Society, Then The Reverse Was Wrong, Too.”

#14 After The Breakup Of The Ussr, The Lithuanian Basketball Team Couldn’t Afford To Participate In The 1992 Olympics

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That’s when the not-at-all random but completely natural savior stepped in: the iconic rock band @gratefuldead. They funded the boys trip – and provided them a license to sell special Grateful Dead-Olympics merchandise, which proved massively popular with fans at the Olympics.

#15 In 1960, David Latimer Planted A Garden Inside Of A Giant Glass Bottle And Sealed It Shut. Latimer Only Opened The Bottle Once In 1972 To Add A Bit Of Water. The Self Contained Ecosystem Has Flourished For 60 Years

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#16 Actress Tippi Hedren Would Later Confess It Was “Stupid Beyond Belief” To Treat A 400lb Beast Like A Domestic Pet At Their La Home During The 70s

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#17 Czech It Out! Prague!

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#18 Kharkiv Evacuation, 2022 (Uncolorized)

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#19 Salvador Dalí And His Anteater Having A Stroll Out Of The Paris Metro, 1969

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#20 Russia Just Dropped A Bomb On A Building Of A Drama Theatre, Where About A Thousand People (Children Included) Were Sheltering

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The number of casualties is unknown, but one thing we know for sure: Russia is willing to do a lot of weird s**t in their mission to ”save” the ”freedom” of Ukrainian lives

#21 Your Periodic Reminder That All Of This Started Because One Tiny Bureaucrat Felt He Wasn’t Getting Enough Respect 30 Years Ago. Be Kind To Your Tiny Bureaucrats, Folks

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#22 Jimmy Walker, Who Was The 97th Mayor Of NYC (Which You Obviously Knew Already), Seen Chilling With Members Of The Blackfeet Nation Tribe In ’27

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Contrary to popular belief, this photograph did *not* get him cancelled.

#23 Tsar Nicholas II. Looks Like A Selfie Stick But He Was Probably Just Checking The Camera When It Went Off

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#24 Pov: You’re A Ballsy Journalist In 1931 Taking Photos Of Mobsters At The Al Capone Trial

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#25 Have You Ever Liked Your Car So Much You Stuck It On The Wall? Joakim Bonnier Did. He Drove This Brm V12 Powered Mclaren M5a To Sixth Place In The 1968 Italian Grand Prix

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#26 Not Only Were The Tallest And Shortest Players In History Active In The Nba At The Same Time

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During the 1987-88 season, Manute Bol and Muggsy Bogues even played on the same team: The Washington Bullets. And thus, this fantastic picture – which I’ve placed right next to my high school junior photo at mom’s place – was born.

#27 This Is How Marlene Dietrich Showed Up In Paris In 1933 After Being Told Not To Wear Pants Upon Arrival. Can’t Have A Woman Dressing Like A Man. What’s Next? Equal Rights? Lol

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#28 Iran In The Good Ole’ Days

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#29 An Iconic Chicago Image Of Some Southside Boys, Taken In 1941. They’d Be In Their Late 80’s Or Early 90’s Today

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#30 The Door To The Dining Area Of The Alcobaca Monastery In Portugal Was Made Narrow So That Monks Who Got Too Fat Were Forced To Go Into Fasting

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