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I hope the girls giggling at the back were not executed, Sun Tzu style.

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When kids could be kids: Teaching children to swim in pre-war Britain:

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The ornament was quite popular before the Germans ruined it for everyone. (Click the photo to enlarge.)

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It looks like a dogfight is taking place above them. (Click the photo to enlarge.)

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An example of the wire cage which East Poplar borough council in London proposed to fix to the outside of their tenement windows, so that babies could benefit from fresh air and sunshine. January 27, 1934.

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Those days are never coming back.

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Even 100 years ago, some powerful people in Washington liked electric cars. They didn’t force them on anyone else, though.

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Photo by Jimmy Sime from here.

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Team Wehrmacht.

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I had no idea there was a man inside R2D2.

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