My Dumb Little Brain Just Got Blown After Seeing These 19 Absolutely Incredible Pictures For The First Time Last Week

My Dumb Little Brain Just Got Blown After Seeing These 19 Absolutely Incredible Pictures For The First Time Last Week
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1.This is what the cabin of a passenger plane looked like in the 1930s:

Interior of an old train carriage with rows of wooden seats and overhead luggage racks

Can we PLEASE bring back candalbras in planes? That's all I'm asking.

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2.This is what a solar eclipse looks like from space:

View from the International Space Station showing Earth's horizon and solar panels

Anyone else experience totality? That was cool.

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3.This is what the tank underneath the pumps at a gas station looks like:

Two large, cylindrical tanks installed underground with visible pipes and protective covering

4.Strawberries, my friend, strawberries can be very, very big:

A hand holds a very large strawberry with prominent seeds and a green leafy top

5.And sunflowers? Sunflowers can be very, very big:

Person standing next to a tall sunflower that reaches above a two-story house's roofline

Post Malone shaking in his boots.

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6.This is what a volcano erupting looks like from space:

Aerial view of a coastline and a smoke plume from a fire, seen through an airplane window

7.This is what the skeleton of the tallest man who ever lived, 8'1" Robert Wadlow, looked like:

Tall skeleton exhibit above a photo of a tall man with two others

8.This is how long it took to travel to different parts of the United States in 1800:

Map showing 1800 travel times from New York with isochronic lines for weeks to destinations

9.There's a pink lake named Lake Hillier in Australia:

Aerial view of Lake Hillier, notable for its distinct pink color, surrounded by greenery and blue waters

Here's what it looks like from space:

Satellite view of landmass with a uniquely heart-shaped lake in the center
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10.Clouds can be square:

View from airplane window showing the horizon and blanket of clouds below

Clouds: what can't they do?

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11.This is what the editing timeline for the movie Dune 2 looks like:

Corrupted image with horizontal lines and glitched visual data, content not discernible

You gotta think it must have taken at least three... maybe four hours to get that done.

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12.This is a champagne inspector wearing a champagne-inspecting mask in case of any champagne-related explosions:

Person in patterned attire holding champagne bottles, wearing a face net. Vintage setting

I need a champagne-inspecting mask NOW.

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13.Some beer cans have brail warnings on them, notifying people that there's alcohol in the can:

Sealed beverage can with text and graphics, condensation visible on surface

Ain't that neat!

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14.This is a picture of the construction workers who built the Chase Manhattan Bank posing with their work:

Workers line the decks of a multi-level shipyard during construction

Me, personally? I'm getting in the second row for the big "stand on the edge of a building" picture.

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15.Traffic lights are almost the size of a full grown human:

Two workers in safety vests operating a cherry picker near a "City of Tucson" truck

16.This is what the grave site of President James Monroe looks like:

Gothic-style outdoor memorial structure with an American flag and wreath at its base

A little dramatic, James... but I'm not here to harsh any good feelings.

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17.This is how much it cost to go to Disneyland in 1997:

Three vintage Disneyland passports displayed on a surface, dated August 27, 1989

18.Duck eggs can be black:

A hand holding an oval-shaped stone near a window with a view of a brick surface outside

19.And, finally, for two brief years, 1934-5, the United States issued a $100,000 bill with Woodrow Wilson's big ol' mug on it:

Certificate for $100,000 in gold with a portrait of Woodrow Wilson, flanked by ornate designs

It never circulated publicly but if it did I would use it to buy 100,000 Arizona iced teas.

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