Alright, Literally Every Single One Of These 20 Things I Just Found Out Completely And Totally Blew My Mind Last Week

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1. There's a bird that looks JUST like Danny DeVito:

This bird that looks like Danny DeVito from mildlyinteresting

It's called a royal tern.

2.This is what the Oval Office looks like without any furniture in it:

Nothing on the walls, in the bookcases, or on the floor

This Zillow-esque picture is from a 2001 renovation of the space.

Tina Hager / AFP via Getty Images

3. Yellow watermelons exist:

Cut into a watermelon my husband picked up the other day at a farm stand and we learned that yellow watermelons are a thing! from mildlyinteresting

They apparently have more of a "honey" taste.

4. Back in the '50s, some airlines would give you a pack of cigarettes on the side with your dinner:

1950’s cigarettes with your inflight meal. from mildlyinteresting

5. Not all bacon grease is alike:

I cooked two brands of bacon and the grease separated when congealing from mildlyinteresting

6. Social Security cards used to not be a flimsy little piece of paper:

My Great-Grandfather's social security card was made out of metal, not paper from mildlyinteresting

7. A Model A car cost $1,585 in 1915:

I found a 101 year old receipt for a 1915 Model A car. from mildlyinteresting

That's about $43,753 in 2022 dollars, according to a random site I found on Google. As u/totally_italian joked in the comments, "I love how a car in 1915 had a shorter receipt than a pack of gum [today]."

8. Carrots, my boy, well, they can be very, very long:

This long carrot from mildlyinteresting

9. Sometimes the people who make the pennies make mistakes:

Off-center pennies from mildlyinteresting

It happens.

10. This is what escalator steps look like out of their escalating context:

Escalator steps that have been removed from the escalator from mildlyinteresting

11. Canadian Froot Loops look completely different:

There aren't blue Froot Loops in the Canadian version from mildlyinteresting

This is because they don't use artificial coloring in their cereal in Canada.

12. When two bodies of water meet, it can look really, really cool:

A spot where glacier water and water from a spring meet from mildlyinteresting

13. This is what a McDonald's cup looked like in 1988:

This McDonald’s cup found in a wall during a kitchen renovation from mildlyinteresting

Wowee!

14. Pupils can be off-center:

My pupil is off-center in my eye from mildlyinteresting

This is known as corectopia.

15. This is what a plane with no logos or anything looks like:

The plane that I flew on did not have any livery (colors, logos, or branding). from mildlyinteresting

16. Some libraries tell you just how much using them has saved you. Spoiler alert, my friend — it's a lot:

My library receipt shows how much money I've saved. from mildlyinteresting

17. Some ambulances have little stickers that let you know how many babies were born on them:

This Ambulance has stork decals, one for each of the babies born in the back from mildlyinteresting

18. Storage has come a long, long way:

1TB external hard drive from 2009 vs one from 2022 from mildlyinteresting

19. Taco Bell in Japan once upon a time had star-shaped cheese:

My Taco Bell in Japan has star shaped cheese from mildlyinteresting

Neat!

20. And I've said it before and I'll say it again — few things are more satisfying than well-worn clogs:

my old next to my new clogs from mildlyinteresting

Neat!

H/T: r/mildlyinteresting.