Mongooses are resistant to snake venom. They have evolved a specific mutation in their nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, which makes them less sensitive to the neurotoxic effects of snake venom.

The last photo of the Javanese tiger, a completely extinct species, 1938.

Monument to the Towser cat in Scotland. The combat veteran killed nearly 30,000 mice during her 24 years of service at the distillery.

Santa fires a 105mm howitzer in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, Christmas 1969.

The last Empress of China Wanrong. Beijing, 1923.

The Mummy Merchant. Εgypt, 1875.

A blue whale lies on the flensing platform at the Grytviken whaling station on the British island of South Georgia near Antarctica, 1917

The first picture of a cat

This image is called the first cat picture in the world (1880-1890), and its author, Harry Poynter, an animal lover and, at the same time, a new art form - the technique of light painting or simply photography.

Handwritten teleprompter for General Eisenhower during his presidential campaign, USA, 1952.

Jaw of a Megalodon, 1909.

The legendary hippie motto, "Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity." United States, 1970s.

Al Capone playing the banjo, 1930s.

WASP (Women's Air Force Pilot Service) pilot Shirley Slade, 1943.

A cartoonist at work, mid-20th century.

Laurence Olivier, Marilyn Monroe and Terence Rattigan through the lens of Milton Greene, 1956.

A civil defense worker and a woman with her children on Southend he Mercy Street in London during an air raid. United Kingdom, 1940.

Adolf Hitler visits the Dresden exhibition of "degenerate art," 1935.

Laurence Olivier, Marilyn Monroe and Terence Rattigan through the lens of Milton Greene, 1956.

Demobilized U.S. Army nurses sunbathing on the deck of a coastal defense transport bound for the United States, Solomon Islands area, 1945.

First book of the "Fellowship of the Rings" trilogy in supercover, first edition. London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1954-1955.

A cartoonist at work, mid-20th century.