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Teeny tiny pig porn

27 January 2022 by Chelsea Nichols

Gold pig charms that hide a tiny erotic photo viewed by peering into the pig’s butt hole

Categories: Curiosities, Strange Photographs, Unsettling Things • Tags: animals in art, curiosities, erotic, humor, jewelry, photography, victorian era

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Creepy mortuary automaton

25 January 2022 by Chelsea Nichols

The ‘St Dennistoun Mortuary’ is a macabre coin-operated automaton made around 1900. When a coin is inserted, the doors open to reveal morticians working on several dead bodies laid out on embalming tables.

Categories: Curiosities, Historical Art • Tags: automaton, curiosities, death, memento mori

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Exploding rats

23 January 2022 by Chelsea Nichols

An exploding rat from World War Two

Categories: Curiosities, history • Tags: animal, curiosities, explosive, rat, spy, WWII

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Screaming baby dolls

21 January 2022 by Chelsea Nichols

Screaming baby dolls made by German dollmaker Kestner around 1920

Categories: Curiosities • Tags: doll, humor, scream, unsettling

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Oskar Kokoschka’s creepy doll girlfriend

19 January 2022 by Chelsea Nichols

The creepy doll girlfriend made for artist Oskar Kokoschka in 1919

Categories: Curiosities, Historical Art, Unsettling Things • Tags: art, artist, creepy, doll, erotic

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Witch whistle made from a rat’s paw

17 January 2022 by Chelsea Nichols

A witch whistle made from carved bone and a rat’s paw in 19th century Belgium.

Categories: Curiosities, Museums • Tags: instrument, museum, rat, witch

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Terrifying turnips

15 January 2022 by Chelsea Nichols

A terrifying example of a traditional Irish jack-o’-lantern carved from a turnip around 1850

Categories: Curiosities, Museums, Unsettling Things • Tags: carving, creepy, face, folklore, halloween, vegetable

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The pelvises of Christine Borland

13 January 2022 by Chelsea Nichols

Christine Borland’s ‘Set Conversation Pieces’ (1998) combine obstetric pelvises with 18th century English china.

Categories: Contemporary Art, Curiosities • Tags: body, medicine, porcelain, sculpture

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Miss Sukey feeds a swaddled cat

11 January 2022 by Chelsea Nichols

A very weird 18th century print of a woman feeding a swaddled cat

Categories: Historical Art • Tags: cat, satire, weird

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