Humans are wierd

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Oh. This is very unfortunate. And very scary.

Alice E. Doherty was born in 1887 with a rare genetic mutation called “hypertrichosis”, or “werewolf syndrome”, which causes excessive body hair. She was billed as “The Minnesota Woolly Baby”. At birth, she was covered all over in two-inch long, silky blonde hair. She began exhibiting as a sideshow “freak” at the age of two, and remained in the business until 1915.

Humour

Guinness World Records

worlds longest ear hair

Worlds Longest Ear Hair...lol

an old photo of two people standing next to each other

Frederick Kempster - the 'English Giant'?

He was known as the English Giant, but could also have been called the Friendly Giant. He was Frederick John Kempster, and he joined Astley and Company's American Circus at Chigwell in Essex as a professional giant in June 1911 - not as a "freak" but because he loved people. "It is said he was a happy, well-adjusted chap who liked to talk to the public," said his great-nephew Jim Kempster.

a man standing in a living room holding a cane

Weird Laugh

Weird Buildings

Guiness Book Of World Records

Today’s Ten: Top Ten Unusual People

Bao Xishun, 57, at 7 feet, 9 inches regained his title as world's tallest man after Ukrainian Leonid Stadnyk refused to be measured under the new guidelines as set forth by the Guinness Book of World Records. Xishun, a herdsman from China, can barely stand up straight in most buildings.

black and white pictures of people with hats on their heads, one man holding a bottle

Jumbo Knotless Box Braids

Africa Afrika

French Equatorial Africa | Vintage postcards and photographic prints of women from the Plateau region wearing double labrets/lip plates.

an old photo of a woman posing with flowers in her hand and wearing high heels

10 manusia teraneh di dunia

Myrtle Corbin "Myrtle was able to control the limbs of her sister but was unable to use them for walking and she herself had a difficult time getting around as she was born with a clubbed foot. Technically, the ‘Four-Legged Woman’ only had one good, usable leg. Myrtle was a popular attraction with P.T. Barnum, and later with Ringling Bros. and Coney Island. Her popularity was likely linked to her showmanship – she would often dress the extra limbs with socks and shoes ma...