Scary pictures taken from the last century

1. This is just a picture of a Japanese dancer performing on stage.
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2. This horror-movie-like scene was, in fact, a cure for mental illness in 19th century Germany.
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3. Dancers of a theater in London in 1940.
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4. In 1945, a chicken named Mike after being beheaded still lived for 18 months, Mike’s owner used a syringe to put food into its throat.
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5. In 1989, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a large number of people in East Germany entered West Berlin, causing a serious traffic jam around the Brandenburg Gate.
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6. In 1979, the New York mall was built, this is a photo of the workers working there in a precarious state in mid-air.
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7. Children gather in front of a gum machine in Germany in 1955.
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8. Children’s Halloween costumes in the 90s.
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9. In 1973, a senior Motorola executive was showing off his cell phone in front of people who had to use public phone booths.
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10. A child wearing a Hitler mask in London, 1938.
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11. Painter Pablo Picasso dressed up as Popeye the sailor cartoon character in 1957.
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12. This scary image is actually just the statues in Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum in 1930.
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13. In 1932, a wheelbarrow (turtle cart) looked like something out of a sci-fi movie.
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14. In 1986, a scientist was searching the ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. The Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Pripyat, Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union) exploded. This is considered the worst nuclear accident in the history of nuclear energy.
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15. Colored children in the state of Alabama (USA) stand looking at the private amusement park for white people in 1956.
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16. A B-17 fighter jet lost a wing during the war in France in 1944.
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17. Portrait of a girl in England taken in 1892. At that time, some people would take portraits of deceased family members. However, looking at this photo, it is difficult to tell if the character is a living or dead person.
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18. An old woman with a tough body in the US in 1977.
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19. The headquarters of the Italian Fascist Army in 1934.
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20. Photo taken in 1923 in Kolkata (India). The rope-strewn area is a resting place for European women.
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21. In a 1909 play in Moscow (Russia), an actress is kissing a large human-played animal.
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22. In 1937, before the invention of the vaccine against spondylitis, people had to use the method shown in the picture to treat children with the disease.
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