Photos from The Wild West That Were Preserved Forever

Secret Identities

The women of the Wild West usually went by monikers in order to protect their families and friends just in case something went wrong. Many women went by names like "soiled doves," "ladies of the line," "sporting women," "Doves of the roast," "fallen frails," "nymphs du prairie," and "fallen angels." They were only referred to as the names above and usually never their real names unless they were well-respected.

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The More You Know

  • Dentures used to be made from the teeth of dead soldiers.
  • Charles Darwin invented his own office armchair with wheels.
  • Adolf Hitler was the first to initiate the ban on human zoos.
  • Before alarm clocks were invented, knocker-uppers was a profession where he had to go and wake up by knocking on the doors of the townsman’s houses.
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