Category: Weird

Step into the bizarre side of history with strange and fascinating vintage photos. From odd inventions to surreal scenes — explore the unexpected.
These images prove that the past was often weirder, funnier, and more creative than we imagine.

#45 Armed with riot shields, police huddle together for protection as violence again flared near Lambeth Town Hall in Acre Lane, Brixton, south London, where between 200 and 400 black youths were on the rampage. Rioters smashed shop windows in the Brixton Road and began looting. Police squads moved in on foot and by van, 1981.

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#8 The head is full of air. It’s, like, so real.

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#24 America invented sex. Over and over and over and over…

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#5 Bizarre and Useless Fitness Products from the 1970s that Will Make You Laugh #5 Weird

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#3 A police officer uses his nightstick on a youth in Memphis, Tennessee, 1968.

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#19 Mourners waiting to view the body of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. line up outside the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, 1968.

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#35 James Earl Ray, who is serving a 99 year sentence for the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., walks from the court room at Wartburg, Tennessee, 1977.

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#7 When Pose Magazine Gave 1959 Pin-Ups a Voice (and Witty Speech Bubbles) of Their Own #7 Weird

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#1 So far 107 bodies, including 100 children, have been recovered from the wreckage of the crushed village school, 1966.

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#17 Mud and devastation caused by mining spoil from the hillside engulfing the Pantglas Junior School, 1966.

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