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## curiosities


* ![A 1947 magicians' convention in Chicago, Illinois.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea923fdd88a96790/698899850b72e3063e6e9f2e/160624-magicians-convention-1947-09.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 12, 2016  
## [LIFE Goes to a Magicians' Convention in 1947](https://time.com/4383773/magicians-convention/)  
by Liz Ronk and Olivia B. Waxman
* ![A floating party on the Apple River in Somerset, Wisconsin in 1941.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0bff3e681035536d/69889838ab6d77587b6aa1cc/160618-floating-party-apple-river-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 1, 2016  
## [The Man Who (Maybe) Invented River Tubing](https://time.com/4372350/life-floating-party/)  
by Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk
* ![Vintage Yoga photo from LIFE magazine.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt858a5b49f15b78f6/698896a6cd1bba7c03700ff4/160606-international-yoga-day-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 21, 2016  
## [Yoga's 20th-Century Evolution Captured in Classic Photographs](https://time.com/4359070/yoga-history-photos/)  
by Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk
* ![UCLA students Marjorie Henshaw and Johnny Hessel embracing one another, 1939.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt46bdccea304e7bc0/6988791e0b72e372736e7aa7/160113-national-hugging-day-02.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 21, 2016  
## [Celebrate National Hugging Day With History's Most Enthusiastic Huggers](https://time.com/4180625/celebrate-national-hugging-day-with-historys-most-enthusiastic-huggers/)  
by Eliza Berman
* ![National Pickle Week, 1949. With the Three Stooges.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0222242ea33dcfa3/69886ffe0a4a22f6589c6ed1/151105-pickle-day-07.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 13, 2015  
## [Celebrate Pickle Day by Floating in a Giant Vat of Pickles](https://time.com/4103468/pickle-day/)  
by Eliza Berman  
* ![Members of the London Handlebar Club, 1947.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltad49d7519f825a5c/6988654acf40a8600cc3fe1f/150924-mustache-club-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 2, 2015  
## [Vintage Tips on Mustache Maintenance from the London Handlebar Club](https://time.com/4048643/mustache-championships/)  
by Eliza Berman
* ![Ten-Foot Pizza Pie at Houston](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6011dd3019b7dcda/698860ff0a4a222ea69c5cf2/150826-10-foot-pizza-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 3, 2015  
## [How to Make a 10-Foot Pizza for National Cheese Pizza Day](https://time.com/4011829/national-cheese-pizza-day/)  
by Eliza Berman
* ![The wedding party during a rehearsal ceremony.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ab0f3b95dd14794/69885cd2e20a871b60a8c7a5/150728-underwater-wedding-06.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 3, 2015  
## [How to Plan a Successful Underwater Wedding](https://time.com/3975325/underwater-wedding/)  
by Eliza Berman
* ![Children wearing Fidel Castro beards and hats, playing in the woods in 1959.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1839106212db944c/69885ba48e0601305b461767/150720-castro-beards-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 24, 2015  
## [When American Children Donned Castro Beards for Playtime](https://time.com/3964915/castro-beards/)  
by Eliza Berman
* ![Spiked watermelon beach party in San Diego, 1948.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8c81b9092b8390a8/69885acf35ba6f34f8c0e2be/150714-alcoholic-watermelon-08.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 23, 2015  
## [How to Make Summer Watermelon Punch for a 1940s Party](https://time.com/3957314/spiked-watermelon/)  
by Eliza Berman  
* ![Vintage Sleep Story](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e666a7e5eafb5dd/69885abfcd1bba591f6fc41f/150714-sleeping-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 20, 2015  
## [These Mysterious Photos Might Just Solve Your Headache Problem](https://time.com/3957105/vintage-headache-remedies/)  
by Eliza Berman
* ![From the March 15, 1937 issue of LIFE magazine. Photos by Carola Rust.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f85d02b49646c5d/698853ea428a9e5761ccda38/150610-how-a-man-undresses-1937.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 1, 2015  
## [Here’s How a Man Should Strip, According to Advice From the 1930s](https://time.com/3916313/man-undressing/)  
by Eliza Berman
* ![He must take part in sports. Acting the athletic type which girls go for, Perry is surrounded by sports equipment. Football, baseball and basketball were the sports that most girls would like a husband to indulge in but everything from walking to water s](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt432317f33f6999c2/6987ec13a988ca44826b04ad/150421-ideal-husband-03.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 7, 2015  
## [This Is How Women Once Described the Ideal Husband](https://time.com/3829703/ideal-husband-1956/)  
by Eliza Berman
* ![00502896.JPG](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta5c4a0390a576309/6987867ae53aba5d754d864a/150402-john-wilkes-booth-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 15, 2015  
## [The Undying Conspiracy of John Wilkes Booth's Body](https://time.com/3769589/john-wilkes-booth-cadaver/)  
by Eliza Berman
* ![Seeing eye cat, 1947](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcfbf397740a0dab6/6987854de53abadcb24d842c/150325-seeing-eye-cat-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 7, 2015  
## [Meet the Award-Winning Seeing-Eye Cat](https://time.com/3758912/seeing-eye-cat/)  
by Eliza Berman

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