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  • On the left, a woman uses a pink cat brush held in her mouth to groom a cat. On the right, a person wears a contraption resembling a red robot tomato, which feeds a tomato to their mouth.
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    19 Eccentric Inventions People Actually Tried to Sell

    Innovation does not always lead to world-changing breakthroughs. Sometimes it wanders into strange territory where ideas are so odd that you cannot help but wonder what inspired them in the first place. Yet behind every questionable gadget was someone truly…

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    20 Colorized Photos That Make 100 Years Ago Feel Like Yesterday

    Colorization is the art of adding color to black and white photos from the past. With a single stroke of color, moments that one felt distant suddenly seem vivid and immediate. The people in these images begin to look less…

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    20 Throwback Class Photos from the Electric 1980s

    Big hair, bold sweaters, and the bravest patterns in a single school hallway: certainly, the class photos in the 1980s had a look all their own. The backgrounds were neon, the smiles were earnest, and the hairspray did some heavy…

  • A busy parking lot filled with vintage cars in front of a shopping center featuring Sears, Zales, and F.W. Woolworth Co. stores. The image appears to be from the mid-20th century.
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    20 Eeriest Abandoned Malls Frozen in the ’80s

    Once pulsing with neon lights, food-court jingles, and arcade buzz, many American malls now sit deserted, time capsules sealed in the last echoes of the 1980s. Their empty atriums, pastel storefronts, and retro signage feel like someone pressed “pause” on…

  • Two road signs: the left displays "YOU’LL NEVER GET TO WORK ON TIME HAHA!!" on an electronic board above traffic cones; the right, a white sandwich board, reads "IT COULD BE WORSE" on a sidewalk next to a street.
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    20 Street Signs That Were Clearly Designed on Monday Morning

    Ever have one of those mornings where nothing seems to go right? Now imagine trying to design street signs for the public on a morning like that. From confusing instructions to hilarious typos, these signs prove that sometimes even the…

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    19 Open-Mic Night Photos of Singers Before They Had Hits

    Before the playlists and press runs, there were those weeknights with a sign-up sheet and a room full of strangers. Singers brought one guitar, probably one friend, and two songs. The host learned their names, and the regulars clapped for…