Martin Joe Laurello, originally Martin Emmerling, was born in Germany around 1886. He was a sideshow performer who could turn his head a full 180 degrees. He performed with groups such as Ripley's Believe it or Not, Ringling Brothers, and Barnum & Bailey. He moved to America in 1921. He also trained dogs to do things such as acrobatics.
Children play football in front of an abandoned train compartment next to a railway track in Dhaka, in this May 29, 2014 file photo. (Photo by Andrew Biraj/Reuters)
Mike De Paola, founding director of TW Fine Art, is seen near an art installation at “Feltz Bagels”, a bagel bakery made entirely from felt, at TW Fine Art in Montauk, New York, U.S. August 11, 2023. (Photo by Roselle Chen/Reuters)
Local resident Rita holds a cat while her neighbour Raisa saws firewood next to their residential building heavily damaged by permanent Russian military strikes in the front line town of Avdiivka, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine on November 8, 2023. (Photo by Serhii Nuzhnenko/Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty via Reuters)
Vegas Golden Knights center Mattias Janmark (26) punches Nashville Predators center Nick Cousins (21) in a fight during the third period at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 24, 2022. (Photo by Stephen R. Sylvanie/USA TODAY Sports)
Camille Kovalev and Pavel Kovalev of France compete in the Pairs Short Program during the ISU World Figure Skating Championships at Saitama Super Arena on March 22, 2023 in Saitama, Japan. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)