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Victorian photographers used iron stands to pose dead people for family portraits.
The practice of post-mortem photography was common in the Victorian era, often being the only photograph families would have of deceased loved ones. Special stands and props were developed to pose the deceased naturally, and photographers would sometimes paint eyes onto the photographs to make them appear alive.
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The first recorded game of cricket was played in 1550 as a court case.
The earliest documented evidence of cricket comes from a court case in Surrey, England, where a man testified...
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Napoleon was once attacked by thousands of rabbits.
In 1807, Napoleon arranged a rabbit hunt to entertain his guests. His chief of staff collected thousands of...
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The Great Pyramid of Giza had a modern-day equivalent price tag of $1.2 billion.
Ancient records show that building the Great Pyramid required approximately 4 million stone blocks and took 20 years....