My Dumb Little Brain Just Got Completely Blown After I Saw These 50 Absolutely Fascinating Pictures For The First Time Last Month
1.This is what an owl looks like without feathers:
Gremlin mode.
2.Michelangelo's "David" is really, really big:
No comments about any other part of David's body.
3.There's a museum where you can touch a piece of the Titanic's hull:
Well, an exhibition currently located in Melbourne, Australia. Be honest: are you sniffing that finger right after it just touched the Titanic? Just me? Okay.
4.This is what the economy class meal on a Japanese airline looks like:
Specifically ANA Airlines. And here I am thinking a nuts 'n' oats bar is the pinnacle of class.
5.This 440-pound gold bar, located in Japan, is the largest gold ingot in the world:
William Jennings Bryan is SICK right now.
6.This is how big a nuclear cooling tower is compared to a person:
7.This is how big the Eremotherium Laurillardi, also known as the giant ground sloth, was compared to a modern day human:
It lived in the modern day Americas and went extinct about 12,000 years ago. Would love to play some hoops with this bad boy.
8.This is what an albino raccoon looks like:
Like a big ol' rat.
9.This is the unfinished portrait of George Washington that was used as a basis for the design of the $1 bill:
The portrait was done by Gilbert Stuart, who apparently had something better to do than finish up ol' George's portrait?
10.This is what Alex Trebek's Jeopardy podium looked like during a typical show:
He would use a black crayon to cross off clues because it didn't make any noise.
11.Jonathan the tortoise, the oldest living animal on land, just turned 191 years young this past year:
Folks, do we stan our boy Jonathan the giant tortoise?
12.If you look at a car seat's heating system with a thermal camera, it looks like this:
It's got little car intestines! Ain't that sweet.
13.See those little specks there? Those are baby octopuses:
We love our eight-armed friends, don't we folks?
14.This pointy thing is what a nuclear bomb actually looks like:
Read more about it here.
15.Andrew Jackson was one of the first United States presidents to be photographed. Here he is in 1844:
Not a big Andy Jackson guy, but I am, however, a big old daguerreotype guy.
16.These are the boots Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, wore on the 1972 Apollo 17 mission:
17.This is what baby hedgehogs look like:
Look at those little guys.
18.This is how big a giant squid is compared with a human being:
It's, uh, giant.
19.UPS drivers have special UPS socks as part of their uniform:
Need this to be 2024's hottest fashion.
20.In case you didn't know, Brussels sprouts grow like this:
Imagine eating a stalk of Brussels like a corn on the cob. What a beautiful world that would be.
21.Bobsled tracks go almost completely vertical:
No, thanks! I'm all set.
22.This is what's inside a bag of microwavable popcorn:
Life is magical.
23.You are, of course, familiar with Grant Wood's painting "American Gothic"...
24....well, this is what it looks like from inside the actual house in the painting:
The window is down. Took me a second, too.
25.This is what the back of the Rosetta stone looks like:
It's...a stone.
26.This is what color Venus is in real life:
It's not a big ol' orangey planet from the outside.
27.There's a trap door on the Sphinx:
There's actually a bunch of holes in the Sphinx (do not discuss this sentence in the comments) that mostly lead to nowhere.
28.There was a lake in Australia named Lake Disappointment:
It was called that because the person who "discovered" it was disappointed at how small it was. It's now known as Kumpupintil Lake, which is much nicer.
29.This adorable little thing is a hummingbird's feather:
So small.
30.The geographic center of the United States is here in South Dakota:
31.These are the real-life outfits doctors would wear to treat plague patients in the 1600s:
Terrifying!
32.There's a bird that looks like a strawberry that's called, well, the strawberry finch:
Buddy, call me when there's a Miller Lite finch.
33.Gorilla hands are much, much bigger than human hands:
That being said, I'd love to have a secret gorilla handshake.
34.This is a pair of one of the earliest discovered pairs of socks, made in Egypt in the 5th century:
They were worn with sandals and, presumably, by our alien overlords.
35.Before the invention of radar, this is one way people used to listen to and detect enemy planes:
I've been trying to tell you: Looney Tunes is REAL.
36.Termite hills can be absolutely gigantic:
No, thanks!!!!!!!! I'm all set.
37.Screws...screws can be really, really big:
They can apparently be used to mount solar panels. Also, presumably, for some really good dad jokes.
38.While we're talking about larger than normal things, check out this giant keyboard:
Never thought you'd see a keyboard that big, huh? Did ya?
39.Space and time is absolutely nuts:
40.Speaking of the moon, here's how big the African continent is compared to the Moon:
41.This is what a 420-pound dumbbell looks like:
It's DUMB big.
42.This is what a big ol' hunk of fresh wasabi looks like:
$150 a pound! DM me if you want to invest in wasabi futures.
43.There is a very real chance that Pablo Picasso listened to the song "Sweet Caroline":
This changes everything.
44.A pickle under ultraviolet light looks like something from a fantasy novel:
What kind of powers does eating the ultra-pickle grant you, you think?
45.Lemons...lemons can be huge:
These are known as Capri lemons, and they taste a bit different than your run of the mill lemon.
46.This is how huge the entrance to the Roman Temple of Bacchus is:
It's located in Lebanon. See that little speck down there? That's a person. The Romans pulled out all the stops for the god of wine.
47.This is what a car cut in half looks like:
I just think it's neat!
48.This is a tarantula hawk, a wasp whose sting is known to be one of the most painful on planet Earth:
The sting has been likened to feeling as if "a running hair dryer has just been dropped into your bubble bath."
49.This is what Shaq looks like holding a piece of paper:
Wow. The world is a beautiful place.
50.And, finally, as of 2017 there were precisely six McDonald's on the island of Guam:
Just in case you're ever in Guam and need to grab a McChicken.
