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Students at the Leningrad Academy of Arts preparing for May Day in 1934.

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The surface of the earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean. On this shore we’ve learned most of what we know. Recently we’ve waded a little way out, maybe ankle-deep, and the water seems inviting.

Carl Sagan, Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, 1990 (via humanoidhistory)

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The laughing cavalier is straight off the Roc

Laughing Cavalier (1624), Frans Hals / Dirt Off Your Shoulder, Jay Z

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Jane Fonda in a publicity still for Barbarella (1968)

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Rare, factory engraved, gold inlaid Colt Government Model, circa 1917.

Estimated Value: $55,000 - $85,000

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Wish You Were Here

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A rare cased Nock seven barrel flintlock volley gun with accessories. Produced by Henry Nock of London, early 19th century.

Sold at Auction: £50,190

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Teddy Roosevelt’s diary the day both his wife and mother died. His mother died of typhoid and his wife had just given birth and died of kidney failure. 

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Here’s How Much You Have To Earn To Be In The 1 Percent In Each US State.

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how’d your knees get all bruised up, little thang? 

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Philippines postcard

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Countries with a smaller population than Tokyo.

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Ahh… nothing like a smoke to ease your cold. Sold in the 1940s, Marshall’s Med. Cigarettes were marketed for minor bronchial and throat irritations due to colds.

“In the early to mid-20th century, cigarettes would be produced with medicine in them and given to people with asthma and respiratory issues as a way to get the medicine into their lungs,” says Katherine Ott, curator in the Division of Medicine and Science at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History

One of the active ingredients was cubebs, an herb said to help loosen mucus along the respiratory tract.

Read about other historic cold and flu medicines that we can all be glad are no longer prescribed on Smithsonian Science

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"Are those treats vegan?" (photo via juicyjuan)