Godefroy & Co. marketed an "Insurance Corset, against [...] onanism", preventing the wearer from suffering a slow and miserable death.

In the 1920s the Nazis used banknotes to spread their propaganda. Remarkably, 2024 saw the return of this form of propaganda.

Jaqueline Foroni, born in Italy in 1779, had both male and female characteristics In 1802 her body was examined by a scientific committee.

Chang and Eng Bunker, famous conjoined twins from Siam, were exhibited to the public in Amsterdam in June 1836.

One of the earliest printed depictions of a fountain pen, invented by Daniel Schwenter.