Unusual And Interesting Discoveries (18 pics)

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This is what New York City's Central Park looked like during the Great Depression:

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This picture, captured in 1933, showcases a range of "Hoovervilles," makeshift settlements created by the unemployed and named after President Herbert Hoover.

This is what's underneath a fire hydrant:

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Emu eggs look like something out of Game of Thrones:

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In 1918, a suffragette offered the following advice “to young ladies” on marriage:

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This is a picture of the first-ever international tennis match at Wimbledon in 1883:

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A pair of giant panda twins were born last week in South Korea:

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Here's a closer look at them:

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The words added to the dictionary in 1900 are an absolute doozy:

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"Aeroplane," "taxi," and "loganberry." Some big ones in there.

The world's oldest diving suit is absolutely terrifying:

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This is what the world's first domestic vacuum cleaner looked like in 1906:

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This is Venus the bulldog, the official mascot of the HMS Vansittart, a World War II destroyer in the Royal Navy:

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This is what the inside of a bungee cord looks like:

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This is Joseph C. Gayetty, the man who invented commercial toilet paper:

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It's worth noting that toilet paper from that era looked very, very uncomfortable:

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This is what cinnamon looks like fresh off the tree:

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This is what years and years of layers of graffiti looks like:

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There are avocados out there that just might be the most beautiful thing I've ever seen: