Never-Before-Seen Photos of the Most Chilling Moments in History

Fish out of Water

Before children were allowed to swim, they had to practice their strokes outside the water. This photo from 1923 captured their dry run… literally.

Before alarm clocks became the norm, there were people called knocker-uppers who would literally knock on people’s window to wake them up in time for work.
Women in the 18th century used lead as makeup.
There was a pig that was hanged during the French Revolution because it bit someone.
In the thirteenth century, Pope Gregory IX basically declared war on the cats of the world.