26 freaky historical facts from the series " Nichosi!»

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There is a misconception that life used to be safer and calmer. Of course, this is just a misconception. Each historical period boasts a whole set of strange social habits, traditions, and beliefs. Some of them are really useful by the standards of the time, but for us they can still seem absolutely wild.

In our collection of 26 of the most freaky photos about the oddities of the past.

26 freaky historical facts from the series " Nichosi!»
26 freaky historical facts from the series " Nichosi!»

Patricia O'Keefe, a young bodybuilder weighing 30 kilograms, carries a 90-kilogram man on her back. 1940.

26 freaky historical facts from the series " Nichosi!»

In 1973, motor driving was banned in Amsterdam due to the fuel crisis. But a solution was found.

26 freaky historical facts from the series " Nichosi!»

In 1939, mills in the United States began to supply flour in colorful bags. This was done so that the poor could then make their own clothes out of baggy cloth.

26 freaky historical facts from the series " Nichosi!»

The photo shows a two-hundred-kilogram perch and fisherman Edward Llewellen, who alone was able to catch this monster. By the way, his record is not broken to this day.

26 freaky historical facts from the series " Nichosi!»

In 1938, a schoolteacher, Helen Hulick, was sentenced to 5 days in prison for appearing at a trial in trousers. Such a view was considered a contempt of court.

26 freaky historical facts from the series " Nichosi!»

German soldiers photograph a dog in 1940.

26 freaky historical facts from the series " Nichosi!»

1969, Niagara Falls temporarily halted for "restoration work".

26 freaky historical facts from the series " Nichosi!»

In the period from 1939 to 1945, British sappers often found such "mini-tanks". They were used by German soldiers to blow up full-size military vehicles from below.

26 freaky historical facts from the series " Nichosi!»

President of the United States Lyndon Johnson liked to impress his guests and drive them in an amphibious car on the lake.

26 freaky historical facts from the series " Nichosi!»

Nothing unusual. Members of the Ku Klux Klan ride a Ferris wheel. 1925.

26 freaky historical facts from the series " Nichosi!»

An elephant helps load food onto an American plane in 1945.

26 freaky historical facts from the series " Nichosi!»

During the filming of the film "Dr. Know", Sean Connery signed an autograph on a coconut for a little fan from Jamaica. 1962.

26 freaky historical facts from the series " Nichosi!»

This is what the system of 5,000 telephone lines in Stockholm looked like in 1890.

26 freaky historical facts from the series " Nichosi!»

Do you want to learn how to swim, but it's too far to the water? The solution was invented in 1920.

26 freaky historical facts from the series " Nichosi!»

Stupid photos with animals began to be taken in 1875.

26 freaky historical facts from the series " Nichosi!»

Field, Friday, 1910 (joke — just 1910).

26 freaky historical facts from the series " Nichosi!»

The period from 1941 to 1945.

26 freaky historical facts from the series " Nichosi!»

In the 1930s, ponies were for girls and weaklings. And all the real men rode exclusively on wild boars.

26 freaky historical facts from the series " Nichosi!»

The Macy's store often hired detectives to prevent thefts. In 1948, the front employees took a group photo, but did not disclose their identity.

26 freaky historical facts from the series " Nichosi!»

Chariots are cool. Motorcycles are also cool. South Wales Police decided to combine all this coolness in one vehicle.

26 freaky historical facts from the series " Nichosi!»

The most beautiful legs in 1930 were chosen this way.

26 freaky historical facts from the series " Nichosi!»

1950, a Russian tanker feeds polar bears.

26 freaky historical facts from the series " Nichosi!»

Ann Hodges and her doctor Moody Jacobs show the press the bruise on Ann's body left by a fragment of a meteorite that fell in 1945.

26 freaky historical facts from the series " Nichosi!»

The horrors of war. Soldiers use gas masks to peel onions.

26 freaky historical facts from the series " Nichosi!»

And here are the winners of the Miss Perfect Posture contest at the chiropractor convention in 1956.

26 freaky historical facts from the series " Nichosi!»

Testing a football helmet in 1912.

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