Rare Aerial Footage of World War I Shows War-torn Battlefields in 1919

Extraordinary pictures of the aftermath of World War I, which have been hidden away for nearly a century, have been discovered in a vault in Paris in 2010.

The footage was filmed from a camera strapped to a airship by a French pilot Jacques Trollie de Prevo overflying the battlefields of France in summer 1919, following the route of the Western Front and capturing the devastation in amazingly graphic detail.

Marilyn Monroe Facts: 18 Things You Might Not Know About the Hollywood Icon

She was an excellent cook who adored Goya and didn't care for diamonds; and these are 18 facts about Marilyn Monroe you might not know:

1. As a child, Norma Jeane Baker (Marilyn Monroe) lived in an orphanage and had 11 sets of foster parents, after her mother Gladys was institutionalized.

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2. She almost chose the screen name of Jean Adair before settling on Marilyn Monroe.

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Also, she didn’t legally change her name to Marilyn Monroe until Feb. 23, 1956.


3. Her agent Johnny Hyde reportedly convinced her to have two plastic surgeries: reshaping the cartilage at the tip of her nose and a chin implant.

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4. Although she was typecast as a dumb blonde (a persona she hated), she was actually extremely intelligent. She had an IQ of 168.

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5. Although she famously sang “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend,” in reality Monroe wasn’t into expensive jewelry. All the jewelry she owned was costume, expect for a diamond ring and a strand of pearls given to her by her second husband, Joe DiMaggio.

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24 Stunning Black and White Portraits of Famous People in New York City in the 1970s

“Dear so and so. I’m a young photographer shooting a series of portraits of celebrated New Yorkers. If you could spare a few minutes of your time I would very much like to photograph you.”

Michael Tighe began his career by writing and mailing letters to New York artists and entertainers in 1974. He sent out between 30 and 40 letters a week, hearing back initially from two or three people over the course of two years who, to his surprise, all said yes: Al Hirschfield (New York Times cartoonist), Frank Stella (artist), Allen Funt (Mr. Candid Camera).

Having come up through the ranks as an assistant to studio photographers throughout the city, Tighe landed his first assignment for New York magazine’s “Best Bets” section at just 19. Right after that, he had an opportunity to photograph Andy Warhol for Warhol’s Interview Magazine, a move that would subsequently lead to him photographing regularly for the publication. One of his early shoots for the publication was of Baryshnikov getting a massage. “That was the photograph that really launched my career,” Tighe said.

Allen Ginsberg, East 14th St., New York City, 1975.

Cartoonist Al Hirschfeld.

Andy Warhol in the dining room of The Factor, 1975.

Mike Wallace at his “60 Minutes” office, 1975.

Mikhail Baryshnikov, New York City, 1976.

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Pupils at Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania, c.1900

Beginning in 1869 and for the century that followed, hundreds of thousands of Native American children were placed in boarding schools. Removed from their homes and families, these children were forced to assimilate to American culture, with severe punishment for speaking their native languages or engaging in any activity or behavior reflective of their native culture.

Indian boarding schools were a tactic of colonization. Their effects can still be felt today. Their purpose was to strip children of their native culture by prohibiting native language, clothing and spiritual beliefs.

Currently, Native Americans make up a little more than 1% in Minnesota’s population but represent almost 10% of the prison population in the state of Minnesota. A long history of colonization, such as the establishment of boarding schools and racist policies, were intentionally created to assimilate and displace Native Americans. Mass incarceration and the criminal justice system are the continuation of colonial powers meant to control and remove the original people of this land.

Today in public schools, Native students do not receive the support that they need in light of this violent history and because of it are at a higher risk of being fed into the criminal justice system.

Amazing Photos of the First Electric Cars From the 1890s

Introduced more than 100 years ago, electric cars are seeing a rise in popularity today for many of the same reasons they were first popular.

The invention of the first model electric vehicle is attributed to various people. In 1828, Ányos Jedlik, a Hungarian who invented an early type of electric motor, created a small model car powered by his new motor. In 1834, Vermont blacksmith Thomas Davenport built a similar contraption which operated on a short circular electrified track. In 1835, Professor Sibrandus Stratingh of Groningen, the Netherlands and his assistant Christopher Becker created a small-scale electrical car, powered by non-rechargeable primary cells.

Men ride on an electric car designed by Siemens and Halske outside of Berlin, Germany, c.1882.

Thomas Edison poses with his first electric car, the Edison Baker, and one of its batteries, c.1895.

A Columbia electric car, c.1899.

Roger Wallace drives his electric car, c.1899.

Camille Jenatzy drives his self-designed electric car near Paris, France, c.1899. He was first person to exceed 100 kilometers per hour (62 miles per hour) in a car.

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Rare Photos of Charles Chaplin in Classic Film "Kid Auto Races at Venice" in 1914

Kid Auto Races at Venice (also known as The Pest) is a 1914 American film starring Charles Chaplin in which his "Little Tramp" character makes his first appearance in a film exhibited before the public. The film was shot during the Junior Vanderbilt Cup, an actual race with Chaplin and Henry Lehrman improvising gags in front of real-life spectators.

Unusually the camera breaks the fourth wall to show a second camera filming (as though it were the first), to better explain the joke. At this stage Chaplin only gets in the way of the visible camera on screen, not the actual filming camera. In so doing it takes on a spectator's viewpoint and becomes one of the first public films to show a film camera and cameraperson in operation.

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20 Strange and Adorable Vintage Photos of Animals From The Past

Here's a selection of 20 vintage animal photographs, some are bizarre but some are cute...

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