A high-kicking Parisian can-can dancer. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). 1895

Edward, Prince of Wales (1840–1910), later King Edward VII, stands over the carcass of a wild Chillingham bull, shot by himself during a visit to Chillingham Castle, Northumberland, circa 1879. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965), British Statesman and Prime Minister inspecting the boys from a training ship. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). 1912

Chinese special policemen rank in a line of battle during an anti-terror drill at a training base of Chengdu Armed Police Headquarters on September 28, 2005 in Chengdu of Sichuan Province, China. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

A new type of tandem at Alexandra Palace, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). June 1936

Linda Rooks from Yeovil in Somerset, a hostess at Whipsnade Zoo, wears “Tanga” a 7fy long python as a hat and scarf. (Photo by William Vanderson/Getty Images). 1965

A US Marine feeds an orphan kitten found after a heavy mortar barrage near “Bunker Hill” during the Korean War. (Photo by Sgt Martin Riley/Getty Images). 1953

A mahout splashes water on his elephant in the river Sabarmati on a hot summer day in Ahmedabad, India, May 20, 2015. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)