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@CuriousMuseum on Twitter is rapidly gaining followers by becoming a P.T. Barnum for the digital age. Scrolling through their feed is taking a walk through The Museum of Curiosities, putting on display freak show attractions, weird history, and just stuff you’d never knew existed otherwise. Give it a follow and take in the curious glory of eggs with clown faces, eyeball rings, and for some reason, a ton of naked people hanging out with skeletons.

The account serves as one big advertisement for Monsieur Pompier, an Irishman who stars in his own “Travelling Freakshow”. Since 2017, he and his curiosities have been trekking across Europe, showing off their weirdness, selling curios. and singing songs. You can buy the albums on their website, and even some objects from the Twitter feed are on sale.

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Norton's "Smile and Cry" baby face soap, 1930-39.

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“Morning” by Robert Seymour (1798-1836)

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Pouting Bear rubber face plush doll, 1959. Made by the Knickerbocker Toy Company.

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46 foot inflatable index finger being installed near Nuremberg Airport - Germany, 1971.

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Advertisement of a Turkish petrol company in 1960.

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Wonder Woman Scissors - DC Comics, 1978.

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Face Cones’ - Plastic face protection from snowstorms. Canada, Montreal, 1939.

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An 2000 year-old Thracian chariot with horse skeletons. Found in Bulgaria, Karanovo.

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To copyright their unique looks, professional clowns submit their likeness to the Clowns International group, who paint eggs to match the hair, makeup and costumes of each performer, and then files them in the Clown Egg Register.

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Throne of eyes.

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Victorian mourning ring with glass eye of the deceased ca. 1890.

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Mickey Mouse club meeting circa 1930.

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Goldie Williams, a rebellious woman who was arrested for vagrancy. She refused to unfold her arms and stop making this face for her 1898 mugshot.