Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 09, 2024 -
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Category: Human Marvels, Marriage, 1940s, Circuses, Carnivals, and Other Traveling Shows
This young man is literally "on pins and needles" but it doesn't seem to worry him in the least. He is Walter Easler, of Lorain, Ohio, and he is able to pierce his skin with impunity because of sensory anesthesia with which nature has endowed him. The pins and needles which penetrate his lips and cheeks do not cause him the slightest pain, and he recalls with amusement his father's perplexity when he was a lad as to how he could be punished since spankings could not be felt.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 23, 2024 -
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Category: Body Modifications, Human Marvels, Twentieth Century, Pain, Self-inflicted and Otherwise
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jun 08, 2024 -
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Category: Human Marvels, 1930s
"Miss California Tip Topper of '52": Sonia Smevik, 18, 6'1 3/4" crowned by Actor John Hubbard. L to R background: Peggy Mcconnell; Pat Hostetter; Marlize Schrad; Toby Guthrie; Joan Wark; Pat Hart; Phyllis Foresberg".
Posted By: Paul - Mon Dec 04, 2023 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Human Marvels, Twentieth Century, Twenty-first Century
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 09, 2023 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Human Marvels, Twentieth Century
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 19, 2023 -
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Category: Agriculture, Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Human Marvels
Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 07, 2023 -
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Category: Human Marvels, 1930s, Women, Europe
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 09, 2023 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Human Marvels, Music, Television, Twentieth Century
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 29, 2023 -
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Category: Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Human Marvels, Music
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 14, 2023 -
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Category: Cryptozoology, Human Marvels, Hygiene, Advertising, 1950s, 1960s
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