Photos That Captured the Most Chilling Moments in History

Ancient Cannibals

These remains were prepped for eating. Even though the bones date back to 7,000 years ago, forensic scientists were able to discern that the flesh was stripped off intentionally.

Germany, 1945

Hitler rehearses a speech in front of a mirror. This image was taken by his personal photographer Heinrich Hoffmann. Hoffmann was a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle. His photos were significant to Hitler's propaganda campaign to present himself and the Nazi party as a larger-than-life phenomenon.

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  • Spartans bathed their newborn babies in red wine instead of warm water.
  • Ancient Greeks came up with the idea of cyclops after they found a fossil of a mammoth, and had no idea what it was.
  • And while we're on the subject of tomatoes, ketchup was once actually sold as medicine.
  • Ice age Britons used skulls of the dead as cups.
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