A Helmet and Chin Strap of Honey-Bees, Ohio, 1929

Some strains of honey-bees are mild, sweet-tempered, and gentle; others are nervous, excitable, and cross. Most of them seem instinctively to know who is afraid of them and who is not, and to react to the confidence or fear of those who approach their hives. The Ohio bee-keeper here shown fashioned his dramatic headgear through a gentle and fearless handling of his swarm.

(Photograph by Wide World Photos/ National Geographic Magazine, 1929)

These Awkward Christian Music Album Covers Will Make You Think That You’ve Died and Gone to Hell!

Christian music grew very much in popularity in the late 1960s and early ’70s, when Christian music bands started appearing out of nowhere. Sure, their message of love and peace could be considered somehow useful, but the creepy way they implemented it made you want to run as far away from Christian gatherings as possible.

From ‘The Reverend in Rhythm’, to ‘Hot Line To Heaven’, any song or album names were possible. The creepiest, the better. Depending on how dorky the people on the music cover looked like, you could easily sense that some of these people were going through some serious stuff at the time.

Some of these Christian music covers are so shocking, you’ll be scarred for life and what was once seen, can’t never be unseen. Just imagine a music album cover with a picture of a little boy and the words ‘He Touched Me’ written next to him… Weird right?

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32 Wonderful Snapshots That Document Youth's Life at Dam Square, Amsterdam in the Early 1970s

Dam Square or Dam is a town square in Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. Its notable buildings and frequent events make it one of the most well-known and important locations in the city and the country.

These wonderful snapshots from Children of God will bring you back the early 1970s to see what the youth's life here looked like.

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27 Glamorous Photos That Show Hollywood Beauties in Wedding Dresses in the 1930s

The 1930s was the golden age for women’s fashion as we saw Hollywood starlets in glamorous gowns on screen and walking down the red carpet. It was also a time where women’s fashion was shifting to focus more on the natural waistline as a way to move away from the shapeless look of the 1920s.

Wedding dresses in this era were also glamorous. Sleek silky satin gowns, long beaded dresses, backless bias cut gowns in white, ivory, jewel tones or pastels... all those had their own charms.

Take a look at these vintage photos and see Hollywood beauties in wedding dresses in the 1930s.

Maria Felix

Anita Page

Barbara Stanwyck

Bette Davis

Carole Lombard

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Rare Photos of Martin Laurello, the Man Who Could Turn His Head Around Backwards

Martin Joe Laurello (1885-1955), aka "The Man with the Revolving Head," "The Human Owl," or "Bobby, The Boy with the Revolving Head," was born in May 1885 in Nuremburg, Germany. He was born with a twisted spine that allowed his head to turn a complete 180°. When he had his head turned, his spine was in the shape of a question mark. He was married to Amelia Emmerling, and was a Nazi sympathizer.

He moved to America from Germany in 1921 and began performing with sideshows such as Ripley's Believe it or Not, Ringling Brothers, and Barnum & Bailey. Aside from turning his head around, Martin Laurello (formally Martin Emmerling) trained dogs to do acrobatics and was a ventriloquist.

When Laurello would turn his head around, he could not breathe, however he was able to drink. Laurello was at Robert Ripley's first ever Odditorium at the 1933-34 Chicago World's Fair and had performed at many Ripley's odditoriums in the 1930s.

His last recorded appearance was on the show "You Asked For It" on March 24, 1952. He died of a heart attack and was cremated in 1955, at age 70. The video below was taken from the movie "The Incredible Life and Times of Robert Ripley: Believe it or Not!."

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Fascinating Then and Now Photos That Show How Norway’s Gorgeous Landscapes Have Changed Over the Past Century

Here's a collection of 12 fascinating then and now photos that show how Norway’s gorgeous landscapes have changed over the past century. Decades-old photos are faithfully re-captured by figuring out exactly where the original photographer stood.

Herdalssetra (1905, 2014), Norwegian peasant commune in Møre og Romsdal, coastal province north of Bergen. (Image: Peder Krohn and Oskar Puschmann)

Setesdal Rysstad (1888-2013), another peasant commune, this time located in Aust-Agder province south of the country. As shown, Norway infrastructures were very poor in the nineteenth century. The country is very mountainous, was divided in small nuclei isolated from each population generally. (Image: Axel Lindahl and Oskar Puschmann)

Norway has not been spared such universal phenomena as I riotous urbanism. Flekkerøy, suburb of Kristiansand, Vest-Adger, a small archipelago was once home to local fishermen and sailors. Its geographical location and the beauty of its landscape, and in the XXI century, caused many Norwegians began to build houses for tourism. The area was filled with buildings clinging to the coast, and today it is forbidden to build within 100 meters of the sea. (Image: Anders Beer and Oskar Wilse Puschmann)

In many ways, Norway remains a country very much like it was decades ago. This pier near Hellesund in Vest-Adger, also south of the country, test: has barely changed between 1923 and 2005. (Image: Anders Beer and Oskar Wilse Puschmann)

Lærdalsøyri, again in the county of Sogn og Fjordane. In the image above, we see how the population was in 1884. At the bottom, how it is today. Norway it has been gaining ground in the valleys, the only habitable areas of the country. It shows how well more houses, more trees, as in the rest of Europe, the decline of agriculture has allowed the resurgence of forests. (Image: Axel Lindahl and Oskar Puschmann)

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A Book From the 1970s Offers Some Tips for How to Make Love to a Single Man

How to meet him, understand him, and love him...

Evidently, it is a LOT of work to get men interested in sex. These skills and tricks you can use to get a man interested in you. Advice includes how to seduce a man, one night stands, where to meet men, dressing sexy, and super detailed sex advice.

Written by Maggie Rajouane, How To Make Love To A Single Man is one of the first sex manuals written by a woman, for women who wanted to know how to pick up dudes. It puts a lot of work into sounding sexy, but like a lot of books in this genre, it comes off as totally weird.

1. “Sometimes he moves with the smoothness and assurance of a cat. That’s sexy.”

Wait ’til you see how well he can lick himself.

2. “He asked you to come and help him pick out a sports jacket. You tell him as long as he doesn’t wear it to bed.”

Wait ’til at least the fifth date before you ask him to try Porky Piggin’ it.

3. “He tells you he’s going to be the next Bergman. You tell him you’re going to be the next Liv Ullmann.”

Subtext: Sometimes if you wanna seduce a guy, you’ll have to endure his pretentious short film.

4. “He’ll just never understand how a nice Bryn Mawr graduate like you learned how to do an outrageous striptease.”

Careful: if you look into that man’s eyes for more than five seconds, you will get pregnant.

5. “He wants to know if he should play an album you can dance to. Yes, you say, put on something slow.”

Like an Alvin ‘n’ the Chipmunks record that’s slowed down so the chipmunks’ voices sound normal?

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