A Damn Fine Collection Of Fascinating Photos
Nathan Johnson
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05/22/2017
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Perfectly preserved head of a serial killer, since 1841. Diogo Alves was born in Galicia in 1810 and traveled to Lisbon early in his life, to serve in the houses of the well-to-do of the Portuguese capital. This southwards migration was common to plenty of Galicians looking for work, but Alves soon realized a life of crime would be more profitable. (History often blames an opportunistic barmaid for this shift in morality, because what’s a story without a temptress?) From 1836 to 1839, he transferred his workplace to the Aqueduto das Águas Livres (Aqueduct of the Free Waters). Nearly one kilometer (0.62 miles) long, the Aqueduto spanned the Alcântara valley, allowing both water and suburbanites to make their way into the city, 213 feet above the rural landscape. Many of these commuters were humble farmers traveling to the city to sell their produce, a fact Alves was privy to. He would await them on their return by nightfall, divest them of their gains by whatever means possible, and unceremoniously push them to their deaths. He repeated this sequence 70 times in the three years he was active in the Aqueduto, and it’s unclear why he stopped. Police intervention was hardly a factor, as the deaths were dismissed as a wave of suicides—it’s not like anyone in power would have feared a murderer who targeted only the poor. Having retired from the Aqueduto, Alves set his sights on flightier targets, formed a gang, and started targeting private residences. Eventually, after breaking into a physician’s house and murdering the people inside, he was caught by the authorities and sentenced to hang in February 1841. -
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CAT scan of a drug mule -
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Thoughtful notice at a local vet -
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Two legendary chess players gauging each others boards. Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand -
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Keanu Reeves owns a shop building motorcycles…Arch Motorcycles -
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Turkish newspaper “Freedome of Press” special edition. Completely empty. Context: 19th may is the national day for sports and for children, which was created by Atatürk. On this particular day Erdogan tried to charge Sözcü Newspaper with cooperating with terrorists. Sözcü remains one of the last turkish newspapers, which are not in Erdogans control and therefore a risk for him. This is their special edition after the accusations. The title is: “19th may – freedome of press special edition”. This edition is completely empty and sold worldwide! -
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LED Running Track -
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Close encounter with a whale -
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Removal of Robert E Lee Statue in New Orleans -
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Daft Punk unmasked in the 90s -
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Here they are now without their helmets. -
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Aerial view of over 400,000 people at the Woodstock Music Festival, New York, 1969 -
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The stunt doubles for Guardians Of The Galaxy 2 -
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A rare death ritual in Indonesia. Family members gather to remove their relatives from their graves, change their clothes, dust them off, and let them dry in the sun -
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Behind-the-Scenes/Test footage of actor Anthony Hopkins (Hannibal Lecter) trying on bite masks for The Silence of the Lambs (1991) -
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This is the guy that just dropped $110.5 Millon on this Basquiat painting. He posted this via his Instagram: I am happy to announce that I just won this masterpiece. When I first encountered this painting, I was struck with so much excitement and gratitude for my love of art. I want to share that experience with as many people as possible. Yusaku Maezawa born 22 November 1975, is a Japanese entrepreneur and contemporary art collector. He founded the Start Today company in 1998 and online fashion retail website, Zozotown in 2004. Net worth: 3.6 billion USD -
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Saturn V – The rocket that sent us to the Moon -
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This is Big Wind, a badass T-34 tank with two MiG-21 jet engines on top used for putting out oil fires. Shoots water at over the speed of sound! -
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Perfectly preserved head of a serial killer, since 1841. Diogo Alves was born in Galicia in 1810 and traveled to Lisbon early in his life, to serve in the houses of the well-to-do of the Portuguese capital. This southwards migration was common to plenty of Galicians looking for work, but Alves soon realized a life of crime would be more profitable. (History often blames an opportunistic barmaid for this shift in morality, because what’s a story without a temptress?) From 1836 to 1839, he transferred his workplace to the Aqueduto das Águas Livres (Aqueduct of the Free Waters). Nearly one kilometer (0.62 miles) long, the Aqueduto spanned the Alcântara valley, allowing both water and suburbanites to make their way into the city, 213 feet above the rural landscape. Many of these commuters were humble farmers traveling to the city to sell their produce, a fact Alves was privy to. He would await them on their return by nightfall, divest them of their gains by whatever means possible, and unceremoniously push them to their deaths. He repeated this sequence 70 times in the three years he was active in the Aqueduto, and it’s unclear why he stopped. Police intervention was hardly a factor, as the deaths were dismissed as a wave of suicides—it’s not like anyone in power would have feared a murderer who targeted only the poor. Having retired from the Aqueduto, Alves set his sights on flightier targets, formed a gang, and started targeting private residences. Eventually, after breaking into a physician’s house and murdering the people inside, he was caught by the authorities and sentenced to hang in February 1841.
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