The World is Amazing

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Stan Laurel ~ born June 16, 1890 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England

🎞 English actor, comedian, director and writer who was in the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. He appeared with his comedy partner Oliver Hardy in 107 short films, feature films and cameo roles. (d; February 23, 1965 in Santa Monica, California, aged 74)

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Burlesque and snake charming performer Zorita. (FTP)

1937

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Lady Godiva (1890) by Jules Joseph Lefebvre (French, 1836 – 1911), oil on canvas, 62 cm × 39 cm (24 in × 15 in), Musée de Picardie

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A Woman Sitting on the Edge of a Bed, (Detail), (19th century) by an unknown artist of the Spanish School, oil on canvas, approximately 168.5 x 125 cm (66.3 x 49.2 in), Private Collection

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A Deep Sea Idyll (c. 1902) by Herbert James Draper (1863 – 1920), signed 'Herbert Draper' (lower right), oil on canvas, 52 ½ x 30 ½ in. (135.4 x 77.5 cm.), Private Collection

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Abduction of Helena (1879) by Rudolf Friedrich von Deutsch (German, 1835 – 1900), oil on canvas, 306 x 221 cm, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

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Circe, (Detail), (1885) by John Collier (English, 1850 – 1934, oil on canvas, 133 cm × 219 cm (52 in × 86 in), Private Collection

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La vague (also known as The Water Nymph) (19th century) by Guillaume Seignac (French, 1870 – 1924), signed 'G-SEIGNAC' (lower right), oil on canvas, 9¾ x 13 in (24.8 x 33 in), Private Collection

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Mermaids on the Rocks (19th century) by Wilhelm Kray (German, 1828 – 1889)

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Venus' Baths, (Detail), in English Gardens of Caserta

By: Architect Andrea Graefer (1782) and by: sculptor Tommaso Solari (1762)

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Bal Masqué (The Masked Ball), (Detail), (1880), by Charles Hermans (Belgian, 1839 – 1924), signed ‘Hermans’ (lower right), 126 1/2 x 158 in. (321.3 x 401.3 cm), Private Collection

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There were no "stunt men". Buster Keaton did all of that himself.

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Exotic dancer Zorita walks her snake (ca. late 1930s)

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PBY-5 "Catalina" patrol boat, Aleutians, 1943. Digitally remastered image.

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Arado Ar 196A floatplane sits atop of the catapult that is mounted on triple 11 inch turret Caesar, Kriegsmarine (German navy) battleship Gneisenau, location and date unknown