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There is something fascinating about viewing the first photograph of a particular subject. These milestone images capture that historic moment in time.

The oldest tree in the world is estimated to be 5,067 years old. It is located in the Bristlecone Pine Forest in California’s White Mountains.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but not these images. Here are some seemingly normal photos with terrifying backstories.

To make death masks sculptors take a mold of post mortem face and fill the mold with plaster or metal to capture a three-dimensional model.

Jennifer Groesbeck was dead, yet rescuers heard a voice calling out for help. Her baby was saved that day. Watch rescuers recount the event in this video.

Gillian and Jennifer Pollock are twins who are often held up as proof of reincarnation. The Pollock Twins could recall the memories of their dead sisters.

Easter celebration today is not rooted in Christianity but is a pagan Easter derived from polytheistic beliefs of gods and nature.

Joyce Vincent’s skeleton was found 3 years later in her flat next to a shopping bag and presents she had wrapped. The strange circumstances are baffling.

The disturbing case of June and Jennifer Gibbons. The twins refused to speak to others and were inseparable. One of them had to die for it to end.

During the Victorian era, post-mortem photography was a normal part of the American and European cultures.

Born on May 23, 1950, Richard Chase earned the nickname, “Vampire of Sacramento,” from drinking the blood of his victims.

Her campaign never won a single vote, but Victoria Woodhull still claims her place as the first female presidential nominee in US history.

North Sentinel Island is home to a vulnerable and mysterious pre-Neolithic tribe. They are one of the oldest isolated cultures in the world.

Baba Yaga eats people. She’s wicked but all-knowing. If you’re noble, she may let you live. The famous Slavic witch has many contradictions.

The Plague Doctor treated sufferers of the Black Plague, counted the dead, and performed autopsies. Today it is a Carnival of Venice mask.