Kuntzkamera Museum: Freaky People & Torture Instruments Posted: 1 year ago by ogri2003
“Kuntzkamera” is a museum in St. Petersburg founded by Russian Tsar Peter the First. He collected different weird stuff from all over Russia such as freaky people, animals preserved in alcohol, torture instruments, strange paintings and much more. Here are photos:
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Modern Museum To Have Pizza Box As An Artifact Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
In an attempt to collect artifacts that represent life from modern times, the Finnish National Museum and the Helsinki City Museum are keeping a box for a frozen pizza as one of their several new collectibles.
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Torture justified, say US soldiers Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
WELL over a third of US combat troops deployed in Iraq condone torture to obtain information from insurgents and nearly one in 10 acknowledge mistreating civilians, a survey has found.
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The Icelandic Phallological Museum Posted: 1 year ago by misswinkle
The Icelandic Phallological Museum is probably the only museum in the world to contain a collection of phallic specimens belonging to all the various types of mammal found in a single country. *NSFW*
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Famous People Punching Steve Posted: 6 months ago by pocksucket
Steve Harwood likes to talk to famous people. Famous people are less keen and so retaliate. Luckily on each and every occasion a photographer has been there to capture the exact moment of pugnacity.
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Museum of Aviation Posted: 1 year ago by Turtle
Visitors to Warner Robins will discover the "Crown Jewel" of Middle Georgia -- the Museum of Aviation, now the second largest museum in the United States Air Force. Displaying 93 aircraft and hundreds of exhibits on a beautiful 51 acre site, the museum has grown into a significant exhibit, education and cultural center drawing more than 500,000 visitors a year. Great intro.
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Bush Will Veto Ban On Torture Posted: 10 months ago by dollyllama
Although President Bush has stated that the United States has not and will not torture people, it has been learned that Mr. Bush himself has authorized the use of waterboarding on detainees (a practice previously prosecuted by the United States as a war crime), and has claimed the authority to do so again in certain circumstances.
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Strange Round Ice in Russian Lake Posted: 2 weeks ago by AutumnLotus
Recently a lot of strange round-ice formations have been seen in Russia. People don’t know what causes ice to form big ice circles first and then smaller ones appear around the mother-formation.
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Amsterdam's hash museum Posted: 1 year ago by kissmenow
Amsterdam's Hash museum - or Museum of Hash, Marijuana and Hemp, to give it its full title, is to be found on one of the canals running through the city's red light district. Tourists of all ages and nationalities are drawn to the area by its reputation as a haven of easily accessible sex and drugs.
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Stuff White People Like Posted: 9 months ago by 2manyusernames
"Knowing what’s best for poor people" and "Standing still at concerts" are just 2 of the things that White People Like.
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Russian museum selling Cold War fears Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
A new museum in Moscow is attempting to draw in tourists by offering them a taste of the Cold War fears that once gripped most of the world.
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First steel-bodied school bus donated to Henry Ford museum Posted: 9 months ago by topofall
An unique slice of American automotive history has been acquired by the The Henry Ford museum.
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New Wing Luke Museum opens after a decade of planning Posted: 6 months ago by bingo
For decades, it was just another empty building in Chinatown. But first thing Saturday morning, the lines began to form. The long-neglected East Kong Yick Building had been transformed into the new Wing Luke Asian Museum
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Toronto's Bata Shoe Museum Posted: 9 months ago by suebe
Want to see Elton John's, Elvis' and Marilyn Monroe's shoes? Fashion history?
This is a real girly experience. I visited not long after the museum first opened.
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Picasso Painting Stolen in Brazil Museum Heist Posted: 12 months ago by KateHadson
Paintings by Paolo Picasso and Candido Portinari, the most valuable pieces in the Sao Paolo Museum of Art collection, were thieved. These paintings had not gone to auction therefore it was difficult to estimate their value.
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Get Some Culture For Free Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
On September 30, 2006, for one day only, museums across the country will join the Smithsonian Institution in its long-standing tradition of offering free admission to visitors. For the first time, Museum Day is open to the general public as well as Smithsonian magazine’s subscribers. Please go to the "What is Museum Day page" and click on the link to print your Museum Day card. This card is good for two people at any of the hundreds of participating museums!
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New museum says dinosaurs were on Noah's Ark Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
The Christian creators of the sprawling museum, unveiled on Saturday, hope to draw as many as half a million people each year to their state-of-the-art project, which depicts the Bible's first book, Genesis, as literal truth.
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Canada to apologize to native students Posted: 6 months ago by 2manyusernames
Canada once had a policy that permitted Native Canadians to be plucked from their homes and families to wipe out their language and culture. This effort to "Christianize and civilize" Canada's native people went on for over a century. Now Canada is apologizing for the tragic deed and has $1.9 Billion compensation fund to help make amends.
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People in Order Posted: 11 months ago by wildminou
Short film where 100 different people who are arranged according to their age, hit a drum
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The Sex Machines Museum Posted: 10 months ago by kamaloo
Some images from The Sex Machines Museum in Prague. Lots of kinky stuff that only show how sick and perverted the human mind has always been. NSFW Warning
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Lusting after that museum exhibit banner? Posted: 1 month ago by suebe
You know, the ones that are hanging all over advertising their latest exhibit. Even Elizabeth Taylor has these recycled artworks in her living room.
The nice thing is that a portion of the sale goes back to the museum. Cool pieces. Wish I could afford one.
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