The Protective Garment Corporation of New York really had a lot of faith in not just their bulletproof vest, but also in the abilities of this man firing the gun.

A live demonstration was held for their state-of-the-art lightweight police vest in 1923. They actually shot at the salesman wearing one. No one knows if they made a pair of bulletproof pants as well, but the assistant surely needed a new pair after every demonstration.

The tombs of ancient Egyptian pharaohs are filled with wonders that intrigue scientists to this day. It is almost unreal how ancient civilizations built them, as well as mummify the pharaohs with limited technology.

One of the most famous tombs is of Tutankhamen, which was reopened on February 17, 1923. Scientists estimate that the tomb remained intact for 3,245 years before the seal on the door was broken, allowing archeologists to enter the gravesite of the famous pharaoh.

You will see the strangest things in war. People fight for their bare lives, so no wonder this 106-year-old Armenian grandmother was holding an assault rifle.

Not exactly what she was hoping to do at her age. Your typical grandma would be watching TV or cooking your favorite food. It’s hard to believe that she’s capable of using it, but we’ll believe it.

Albert Einstein is one of the greatest scientists ever, but he had a funny side, too. Arthur Sasse captured this photo of the Nobel prize winner at his birthday party in 1951.

It shows Einstein’s response after he was asked to smile for a photo. Though he might have had one too many beers since it was his birthday, after all.

The legend of Icarus, and possibly even before that, had man dreaming of flying. It finally happened in 1903, with the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, flying their wooden plane called the Wright Flyer, in North Carolina.

It was the first ever sustained flight of a heavier-than-air object on its power. The brothers engineered and built the plane themselves, so that makes the feat way more admirable.

The prohibition had moonshiners smuggling liquor. To avoid the authorities, they used many tricks they came up with. One of the most famous ones was how they used to hide from the cops wearing “cow shoes”.

The moonshiners made metal strips with carved wooden blocks to resemble cow hooves, attaching them under their shoes to cover up their footprints.

Not long after the first flight in 1903, the US got its first subway in New York 1904. George McClellan, the City’s mayor, opened and drove the first passengers on a track which was 9.1 miles long and had 28 stations.

At the time, people saw it more as a circus act than an actual means of transportation. How times have changed.

If you are one of the most famous outlaws, you will do anything to stay hidden. That’s why there are only a few of photos of the legendary Henry McCarthy, also known as William H. Bonney, who we all know as Billy the Kid.

He was only 21 when Sheriff Pat Garret shot him in 1881, so it makes sense why Billy the Kid didn’t have that many photos. Who would’ve thought that this outlaw liked to play croquet?

Dean was the Rebel Without a Cause, and one of the first Hollywood hunks that became a cultural icon. James Dean played only in 3 movies, but he left a huge legacy.

This is his last photo before the drive that ended his life at the young age of 24.His smile shows that he had a lust for life, especially fast cars, like his beloved “Little Bastard,” a Porsche 550 Spyder.

It is unlikely that there is still someone who’s watched a movie and is not familiar with the famous roaring lion in the MGM’s opening credits. Many lions took part in the years used for the MGM logo.

The one in this photo is Jackie, pictured during his sound recording, while the sound stage was built around it. Not really sure how those two guys felt like being in a cage with a wild Nubian lion.

This blurry image is a photo, considered to be the oldest surviving photograph in existence, and it was made by famous French photography pioneer Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in 1826.

It might not be what we’d call a photograph today, since this is what happens when you remove the areas of a non-hardened asphalt from a pewter plate exposed to sunlight for eight hours. So it’s not a wonder that he did not take selfies.

John Lennon signed an autograph for Mark David Chapman and on the same day, Chapman shot him in front of his New York residence. It was captured by amateur photographer Paul Goresh.

Chapman had planned to murder Lennon for a long time. He finally did it on December 8, 1980. He was angry with Lennon for saying that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus, as well as for the words to the songs “God” and “Imagine”. Chapman is still serving his 20 years to a life sentence.

It’s been widely thought that this is the photo of a football helmet testing, but it is actually a safety demonstration by British inventor W.T. Warren of a Protective Flight Helmet he invented.

Head injuries were the leading cause of pilot deaths in-flight accidents. Warren patented a leather-covered, spring-equipped pilot safety helmet, padded well with horsehair to spread the shock over a large area.

This photo of Pablo Picasso as Popeye was taken by famous photographer André Villers. He did portraits of many great artists, spending almost a decade following Picasso, recording his work, but still had moments of fooling around.

Most ingenious artists were eccentric and Picasso was not an exception. His look may be random, but is quite elaborate since he’s wearing a beard, a fake nose, a hat, and holding a very interesting-looking pipe.

The world knows him as a dictator, but in this photo, El Comandante shows his softer side. All the kids are wearing fake beards to resemble him and he’s really enjoying it.

What’s weird is that those are American kids. Hard to imagine but this happened in 1959 during Castro’s visit to New York, just after he took charge of Cuba and before the US sanctions.

This is a photo from the early 1900s showing lumberjacks cutting down huge redwoods in the coastal area of northern California. They used only saws and axes so it’s impressive how they bring down those giant trees.

It’s even more impressive how they transport them using just horses and oxen. This was the peak time for logging after all.

Alfred Eisenstaedt captured this photo of Joseph Goebbels, the Third Reich’s propaganda minister, during the League of Nations conference in 1933. The look and posture of this high-ranking Nazi are because of the fact that the photographer was Jewish.

The hatred in Goebbels’ stare is palpable. Nazis were on the rise in Germany, including the antisemitism they proclaimed, so Eisenstaedt emigrated to the US, spending the rest of his life as a successful photographer for Life magazine.

In September 1967, Sweden switched from driving on the left-hand side of the road to the right-hand side. It did not go smoothly, as you can see in this photo.

It became known as the right-hand traffic diversion day, with quite a few people reporting late to work that day. It seemed simple enough, but habits are hard to change.

We wish the price of a burger was ¢15 like it was when the first McDonald’s store opened in San Bernardino, California. Widely successful companies start small, and so did McDonald’s.

They’ve come a long way with many restaurants, drive-throughs, and birthday parties worldwide. Their first restaurant is now a McDonald’s museum.

Just another eccentric Spanish artist being his usual eccentric self. He’s walking his pet anteater and as always, Dali, all dressed up with a cane in one hand was a sight to be seen in Paris in 1969.

It’s either a Spanish thing or an eccentric artist thing, but he could always cause a stir, attracting much attention with his lifestyle as with his surrealistic artwork.

In the 19th century, photography became popular so people wanted one, especially of their children. But, it really was easier said than done.

Babies don’t like standing still, if they can even sit on their own at all, so photographers came up with a solution. What you see in this photo is a baby wearing a long frock. What you don’t see is the mother hiding underneath it, holding it still.

This photo looks more like a mug shot than one with students of Princeton University. Believe it or not, they were, only this was after an annual freshman-sophomore snowball fight of 1893.

People would expect more from the students of one of the more prestigious universities in the US, but certain traditions do have to be honored. Why this photo was taken is still debated, though.

War is a terrible thing, and it’s better to observe it from photos than partake. If you’ve ever wondered what Normandy was like on D-Day, here is a view from a landing craft. The photos of what happened after, you do not want to see.

Everyone is familiar with Disney cartoons and the genius of Walt Disney. Nowadays, Disney studios produces many feature films, and not just cartoons like the old days.

They have come a long way, but this photo you see was taken on the day the first Disney studio opened. Who knew then that it would grow into such a huge empire?

This one was taken in London 1900. It is what was probably the smallest store in the world at the time. It was like a storefront without the store behind it.

Times did require ingenuity and this man did not lack any of it. He opened a shoe shop in the window of a beverage store for people who needed a refreshing lemonade or soda after trying on shoes.

Napoleon’s conquest of Egypt saw many Egyptian historic artifacts made available to the European market. Mummies could be bought from street vendors with the European elite often throwing “The Mummy Unwrapping Parties”.

If that wasn’t horrifying enough, the well-preserved remains of the ancient Egyptians were ground into powder only to be consumed as a medicinal remedy. Demand was so high that it began the counterfeit trade in which the flesh of beggars were passed off as Egyptian mummies.

Apart from the damage war does, the aftermath is just as bad. It takes a long time for countries to recover so people have to manage to survive.

The woman here could not feed her 4 children. The fifth one was on the way so she put her kids for sale. If sources are accurate, she sold them for two years, including her newborn.

The flight attendant is a dream job for many women as they’ll often look glamorous in those uniforms. But, in the early days of commercial jet airliners, certain outfits were made in a manner that would not exactly be acceptable by today’s standards.

In 1959, SAS Airlines began implementing really short uniforms, as can be seen in this photo.

This question might seem strange, but until 1972, women were not allowed to take part in Boston Marathon. It all began in 1967 when Kathrine Switzer enrolled for the marathon.

The race official, the notorious Jock Semple, tried to take her number away during the race.

Her boyfriend, who was in the race too, stopped him and Switzer managed to finish the marathon. It took another 5 years to allow women to race officially.

Hitler was planning to occupy Great Britain, but since it was an island, he needed many things to happen in order to start the attack. His problems were Britain’s anti-aircraft defense and naval fleet.

Britain did not sit and wait, as they were preparing for the attack themselves. Even a prestigious college like Eton did regular military drills, and the British being British, were perfect gentlemen even when carrying rifles.

When you find a horse weighing more than 15 times the average human it’s likely he’s going to have a lot of fans. This Belgian Stallion stood six and a half feet tall and weigth 3197 pounds.

His owners Ralph M. Fogleman and Charles Grant Good showed the horse around the United States and charged 10 cents for a viewing.