Phallus paintings in Bhutan are esoteric symbols,which have their origins in the Chimi Lhakhang monastery, built in honour of Lama Drukpa Kunley (1455β1529) who was popularly known as the "Mad Saint" for his unorthodox ways of teaching.
A large elephant herd.
In the year 1500, there were over 25 million elephants in Africa.
By 1900 this had fallen to 10 million, and by 1979 down to 1.3 million. By the mid-1990s they were below 300,000.
This is a photo from 1976.
According to Central Mexico's Huichol ancient traditions, both men and women experience the pain of childbirth together.
The father would position himself on the rafters with rope tied around his scrotum, which would be pulled by the mother during delivery.
An x-ray of a patient with hyperdontia (the condition of having more teeth than average).
In a rare and extraordinary dental case from Brazil, an 11-year-old girl was found to have 81 teeth.
Today in 1972, the iconic video game company, Atari, was founded by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney.
Their first video game, Pong, was the first commercially successful video game and led to the start of the video game industry.
