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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

“A homeless man died of hunger but there was food at his funeral.” - Oscar Wilde

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Diego Armando Maradona, widely regarded as one of the greatest players in football history

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

In the past 96 years of the Oscars, Only 1 Black woman has won Best Actress and Only 5 Black men have won Best Actor.

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

147 years ago today, Albert Einstein was born

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

The first Barbie doll was introduced 67 years ago today.

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

12 years ago today, Flight MH370 mysteriously disappeared.

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

A picture of the Obama's on their wedding day, 1992.

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

In the 1980s, Ken Allen, an orangutan at the San Diego Zoo, gained notoriety for escaping his enclosure on three separate occasions. He wandered the zoo calmly, observing animals and visitors, showing aggression only when he threw rocks at Otis, an orangutan he disliked.

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

North Korea's current leader Kim Jong-un with his first teacher, 1990

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

333 years ago, the Salem witch trials began.

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

A family enjoying a day at Chicken Bone Beach in Atlantic City, NJ in the 1950s.

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Louis Armstrong playing for his wife Lucille, in front of the Sphinx, Egypt, 1961.

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Group of friends enjoy the beach, circa 1940s

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Mike Ilitch, the founder of Little Caesars, quietly paid for Rosa Parks' rent after learning she had been mugged in her home at the age of 81 in 1994. He helped her move to a safer neighborhood and continued to pay her rent until she passed away in 2005.

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

New Orleans, Louisiana, February 1961 - Ernst Haas

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

A Soviet woman who lost seven sons during World War II.

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

“I am not sick, I am broken. But I am happy to be alive as long as I can paint.” - Frida Kahlo, 1950.

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

A University of Illinois college dormitory room in 1910.

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Arnold Schwarzenegger with his older brother Meinhard, 1967. Meinhard, died in a car crash on May 20, 1971. He was driving drunk and died instantly. Arnold did not attend his funeral.

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

24 year old Elvis Presley with 14 year old future wife Priscilla Beaulieu (1959)

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

A camp of Irish travelers in Ireland (1960s)

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Jean-Claude Van Damme on the set of Predator (1987), in the original Predator suit design before he was fired from the film.

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Found an old IKEA catalog from the 1970s.

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

In 1566, Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe lost a portion of his nose during a sword duel with his cousin, sparked by a drunken dispute over mathematics. For the remainder of his life, he wore a metal prosthetic nose, crafted from brass and secured with adhesive.

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

A cross-section of an elephant’s foot reveals a structure similar to a human foot, but with a large, thick fatty pad beneath the heel.

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

A “No Booze Sold Here” sign displayed in the window of a New York City restaurant during Prohibition, 1929.

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Andy Fletcher (Depeche Mode) and a lady in a pub (Dublin, 1983)

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

A 19th Century Japanese Depiction of an American

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Detail of the right foot of Hercules, from the "Hercules and Lichas" marble statue made by the italian sculptor Antonio Canova in 1795.

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

In 1992, 24-year-old Christopher McCandless was found by moose hunters inside Fairbanks Bus 142, the “Magic Bus,” on Alaska’s Stampede Trail. He had survived alone for 113 days on plants and small animals. When discovered (deceased), he weighed only 67 pounds.

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Neil Armstrong parents watch their son land on the moon, 1st of August 1969

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Mike Tyson received his iconic facial tattoo in 2003. He originally wanted a series of hearts on his face to project a softer image, but his tattoo artist recommended a tribal design instead, believing it better matched Tyson’s personality and facial features.

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Sam Elliott and Katharine Ross first met in 1978 on the set of The Legacy, and they have since been married for more than 40 years.

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Betty Wills in 1998, standing in front of the iconic sign she designed in 1959.

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

270 years ago today, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born.

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

A 4,500-year-old Egyptian bead-net dress, painstakingly reconstructed from nearly 7,000 beads discovered in an undisturbed tomb at Giza.

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

In 2009, Iceland closed its last McDonald's. The last meal is still on display and hasn't changed much even after 17 years...

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

In 1945, a young Jimmy Carter took part in stopping a nuclear reactor meltdown at a Canadian research facility. Working in short shifts, he crawled into the damaged reactor chamber to help dismantle it by hand, despite the intense radiation exposure.

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

This is what Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania looked like in 1941...

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Two unbreakable legends—Formula 1 world champion Niki Lauda and boxing icon Muhammad Ali—captured together in 1977.

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Jimmy Carter tends to his peanuts, 1970s

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Actress Jayne Mansfield with her husband Mickey Hargitay and their daughter Mariska, 1964.

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Chris Farley was a camp counselor. (1986)

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Soviet high school girls, Ryazan, 1990.

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Domino’s Pizza once paid to fill potholes with their logo, using the streets themselves as an unconventional form of advertising instead of traditional billboards.

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Jurassic Park (1993) featured cutting-edge CGI for roughly six minutes, while the majority of dinosaurs were brought to life with practical animatronics—an approach that has helped the film stand the test of time remarkably well.

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Benitho Talerand @benithologie214.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Albert Einstein and Marie Curie discussing near a lake, c. 1929

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