We've worked long and hard here at Cracked to make it clear that the past was badass. All you have to do is sift through old-timey photos, and you quickly realize that people back then possessed neither sanity nor a sense of self-preservation. Trust us, the explanation behind these seemingly inexplicable photos tends to make them even more baffling.

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So ... what can that be other than two Nazi scientists doing repairs on a robot super-soldier?

Actually, this 1964 pic from Popular Science depicts the wizards/Nazi scientists at Walt Disney Studios building an automated caveman for the 1964 New York World's Fair. See? That's not horrifying at all.

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Walt Disney was quick to calm the world's fears about his horrifying creations, reminding everyone that only he knew "the killing code."