Interesting and Weird Pictures and Photos

Interesting and Weird Pictures and Photos
Colin Farrell wanted 'The Penguin' to be over: "I never want to put that ****ing suit and that ****ing head on again.”

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Howie, Detroit, Michigan
George Moore and Fred Howe, 1890s
Collodion silver print
Robert E. Jackson Collection

Known as the living skeleton and the fat man, George Moore and Fred Howe performed across the country as a comical circus sideshow. They created their routine in response to doctors’ recommendations that they each increase their exercise—one to gain weight and the other to lose it—but they perfected it as a means to both travel and make money.
 
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'Raahe Wanha Herra' or 'The old gentleman of Raahe' is believed to be the oldest surviving diving suit in existence, dating back to the 1700s, from Finland. It was made from stitched calfskin. The diving suit was made waterproof by sealing it with a mixture of pork fat, tar and pitch. The hood-shaped head is reinforced from the inside with a wooden framework. In the upper part of the hood is an opening for a wooden air pipe.
 
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