51 Absolutely Fascinating Photos I Can Almost Guarantee You've Never Seen Before

1.Here's an invite to Michael Jackson's Neverland ranch.

typed up invitation to the event
u/talkingcastle / Via reddit.com

2.This old math textbook has the original Pledge of Allegiance in it, without "under God"...which I didn't even know was a thing.

the pledge typed up in a book

3.Here's what the Statue of Liberty actually originally looked like, before time turned it green.

the statue with a golden hue
u/fourllll / Via reddit.com

4.And here's what the pyramids would've actually looked like, as they were covered in limestone and gold.

pristine pyramids
u/Subieking0418 / Via reddit.com

5.Here's what the Terracotta warriors looked like with color.

the soldiers with color to them
u/Dlatrex / Via reddit.com

6.Ever wondered how the original Star Wars intros were made? Now ya know!

camera scrolling though the large text from the opening
u/trance1g / Via reddit.com

7.And here's what it looked like to film the Ghostbusters climax.

large pillsbury man on a manmade street with fake cars
u/rifatishere / Via reddit.com

8.This is what the inside of a North Korean airport looks like.

very bare airport
u/Essnem- / Via reddit.com

9.This is what the top of Mount Everest looks like.

person taking a selfie at the top and it looks like he's at the top of the world
u/finemenyak / Via reddit.com

10.You know how people always run their hands over people's eyelids in movies after they die to keep their eyes closed? Well, turns out they don't stay closed, so people in morgues use these bad boys to keep them closed.

clear lenses to close eyes
u/awh_schnapp / Via reddit.com

11.This is what the original Ronald McDonald looked like.

  VintageTVCommercials / YouTube / Via youtube.com
VintageTVCommercials / YouTube / Via youtube.com

12.Here's a super old local newspaper about Taylor Swift as a young teenager.

headline says, HHS student moves to town to advance her music career
u/PianoCharged / Via reddit.com

13.Here's a braille Playboy magazine.

closeup of the magainze
u/Babe_A_Licious / Via reddit.com

14.Here's an MRI of what it looks like when you rub your eyes.

mri scan of the eyeball moving around
u/really-anonymus / Via reddit.com

15.Here's what the inside of a credit card looks like.

inside of the card with the chip inside
u/eatandreddit / Via reddit.com

16.Here are the rules to writing Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner shorts, straight from creator, Chuck Jones.

list of 9 rules for the cartoon
u/SunCloud-777 / Via reddit.com

17.TIL they used to sell atomic energy kits for kids back in 1951.

inside of the kit with illustrations of a kid working with it
u/bluepooner25 / Via reddit.com

18.This is how giraffes sleep.

its neck is twisted to rest on its butt
Richard Wilbourn / Getty Images/500px Plus

19.This is what snake venom does to your blood.

the blood becomes solidified in a ball
u/dogbytes / Via reddit.com

20.Here's what a Woodstock ticket looked like.

ticket in a case showing the price at $6
u/masterbuck10 / Via reddit.com

21.This is what it looks like to have the condition hypertrichosis, where you grow hair all over your face.

closeup of a person with a hairy face
YURI CORTEZ/AFP via Getty Images

22.Here's what a clump of DNA actually looks like.

looks like a crystalized thing floating in a tube
u/ssmunif / Via reddit.com

23.Here are photos of a hairless cat that had to have their eyes removed — resulting in visible eye sockets and an awesome-looking cat that would fit right in on the set of a Tim Burton film.

closeup of a cat with no eyes

Her name is JazzyPurrs, BTW.

u/GallowBoob / Via reddit.com

24.This is what the goat cashmere is made from looks like.

a luxurious looking goat with long hair
FREDERIC J. BROWN / AFP via Getty Images / u/roCky3131 / Via reddit.com

25.Here's what a sheep whose wool hasn't been shorn in five years looks like.

sheep overloaded with heavy knotted hair
u/WilliamDavidHarrison / Via reddit.com

26.Here's what a nuclear bomb actually looks like up close.

it's got a slim triangular top
u/MilchMensch / Via reddit.com

27.Here's the first-ever Pride flag (and also the sewing machine that it was made on).

the long flag behind the sewing machine
u/GriffinFTW / Via reddit.com

28.You've probably seen examples of heterochromia, where people have two different colored eyes, before, but I doubt you've seen an example of sectoral heterochromia: where there are two colors within one eye.

closeup of a brown and blue eye
u/prolelol / Via reddit.com

29.And you've DEFINITELY never seen a photo of someone with three pupils in one eye.

closeup of 3 pupils
u/NSG12 / Via reddit.com

30.Here's what 7-Up cans used to look like.

a tin can
u/expotarium / Via reddit.com

31.Here's the plant sesame seeds come from.

a plant opened up to show the seeds
u/TickyTerry / Via reddit.com

32.Ever wondor what the inside of a bowling ball looks like?

a huge weight inside the ball
Posted byu/DismallyScum351 / Via reddit.com

33.Here's what the original toys for Pooh and his friends looked like.

the stuffed animals before they got their characteristic attire and colors
u/LobbieForYou / Via reddit.com

34.And here's the very first version of Kermit the frog, which creator Jim Henson made out of one of his mom's coats.

  Mark Wilson / Getty Images
Mark Wilson / Getty Images

35.Here are the original drafts for the game Pac-Man.

person holding up the plans for the game
u/Jadefrom / Via reddit.com

36.Here's what a newborn parrot looks like.

a mostly naked bird with a fuzzy back
u/ledim35 / Via reddit.com

37.And this is what newborn alpacas look like.

alpaca looks skeletal
u/AtomicShart9000 / Via reddit.com

38.And here's what hedgehogs look like when they're born — they have no spikes! But they start to grow them in the first few hours after being born.

newborn, naked hedgehog
u/Feeling_Bonus6256 / Via reddit.com

39.I'm sure you've seen "for best results" washing instructions on clothing, but have you ever seen "for worst results"?

tag with the worst results written
u/BlackBey / Via reddit.com

40.I bet you've never seen a black apple.

black apples on a tree
u/Frosty-Hall / Via reddit.com

41.Or an all-black squirrel.

squirrel on the street
u/duckie768 / Via reddit.com

42.Here are old drug identification kits that used to be used to train customs workers.

opened kit with various testing capsules
u/Mr-Bloke / Via reddit.com

43.Have you ever seen a newspaper of the day JFK was assassinated?

large headline announcing JFKs death
u/Several_Flight / Via reddit.com

44.Here's what an escalator looks like without its stairs.

metal rods going across the escalator
u/-Damien- / Via reddit.com

45.This is what fire hydrants actually look like when they're not in the ground.

fire hydrants are longer and have a large tube that goes underground
u/Strongbret1 / Via reddit.com

46.Here's the tiny hole in your eyes that drains tears to your nose, causing a runny nose when you cry.

arrow pointing to the hole
u/Stotallytob3r / Via reddit.com

47.These air hostess requirements from the 1940s are super weird to see — like, why can they not be 5'1" or 135 pounds???

the different qualifications including age, height, weight, education
u/3ngine3ar / Via reddit.com

48.Have you ever seen a $500 bill?

creased $500 bill
u/supershayan / Via reddit.com

49.Here's what Confederate currency looked like.

confederate states of america money
u/Doom-DoomGuy-Slayer / Via reddit.com

50.I didn't even know there was such a thing as a silver fox.

silver fox on someone's porch
u/FlopAtop / Via reddit.com

51.And finally, this one isn't a photo, but I still think it's fascinating: here's footage of voice actors recording "dialogue" for the Sims 1.