My Brain Is The Size Of A Literal Peanut, So My Mind Was Totally Blown After Seeing These 20 Absolutely Fascinating Pictures For The Very First Time Last Week
1.This is what Antarctica looks like from the window of a plane:
Neato.
2.This is how large the biggest seed on the planet, the double coconut seed, is compared with a person:
That, my friends, is a big ol' seed.
3.This is what a minimum security prison in Norway looks like:
Looks comfier than my apartment.
4.This is what the fossilized skin imprint of a dinosaur looks like:
This imprint in particular is from a duck-billed dinosaur and is over 70 million years old. Looks like a basketball.
5.This is what the Oval Office looks like completely empty:
This was in 2001 while it was being renovated.
6.And here's what it looks like with all that stuff back in it:
Personally, I'll vote for any politician who promises to let me roller-skate around the empty Oval Office.
7.Baby owls sleep facedown, on their stomachs:
This is because their heads are too heavy to hold up otherwise. Been there, brother.
8.This is the death mask of Sir Isaac Newton:
It was created after he died. He looks uncomfortable.
9.This is what a sunset looks like from space:
Hmmm. Is this more or less impressive than the sunset your mom has as the background on her iPhone lock screen? Weigh in on this in the comments, please.
10.This is roughly how many passenger trains there are in the USA compared with Europe:
Spot the difference!
11.Sour Skittles in Europe don't have the iconic sour dust on them:
America stays winning.
12.This is a tiny, pill-size camera that you swallow so that doctors can get a...well, a very intimate look at your digestive system:
We are living in the future.
13.This is how big a size 18 shoe is compared with a can of soda:
Size 18 feet are gigantic...who knew?
14.This is what a cabinet full of uranium glass looks like under UV light:
In case you were wondering, uranium glass can consist of up to 2% uranium.
15.This is what the "hand" of a manatee looks like:
Look at those little nails.
16.This park has its benches on rails so you can always find shade:
That's a big dub. Big bench dub.
17.These are the "Stairs of Death," an extremely steep staircase located in Peru's Huayna Picchu:
To be honest with you, I just think "Stairs of Death" is cool as hell.
18.This is what a $100 bill looked like in 1977, 2003, and 2017:
Folks, do we stan the 2003 $100 bill?
19.This is what the inside of a 3 million–gallon water tank looks like:
I'm thirsty.
20.And finally, this is a map of where you can find Venus flytraps in the wild:
I'm not sure where I expected them to be native to, but this was not it.
