History is vast because it contains, well, everything that ever happened.

We all learned about the big moments in school, and most of that is pretty boring. But the things they probably didn’t show you in school can get pretty strange, fascinating, and funny.

Old ads that seem to encourage hitting women, a band of people wearing only tires, and Soviet children standing around a lightbulb like possessed demons are just a few of the weirdest snapshots from history that we’ve found.