My Dumb Little Peanut Brain Just Got Completely Blown After I Saw These 23 Absolutely Fascinating Pictures For The First Time Last Week
1.This is a wax sculpture of Thomas Wedders, the man whose 7.5-inch nose was apparently the largest nose in history:
No jokes, please. None.
2.This is what the surface of an ASTEROID looks like:
Specifically the asteroid Ryugu. It was taken by Japan's space agency after they landed a rover on the ol' chunk of rock.
3.These are what some of the Titanic's lifeboats looked like after they were docked in New York after the ship sunk:
Imagine being on one of those in the pitch black night in the middle of the ocean. No, thanks!
4.This is the tree that will be used as the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree for the 2023 holiday season:
It's from a suburb of Binghamton, New York. For some reason I thought these trees came from, like, a majestic forest and not your aunt's front yard.
5.This is what an Arizona Iced Tea can in Europe looks like compared to one in the good ol' USA:
Can you tell which is which? Of course you can.
6.This is what an anaconda looks like in the wild:
I'd only ever seen one in that documentary with J.Lo and Jon Voight. They can be upwards of 30 feet long.
7.Despite making up the vast majority of the country, only 2% of the Australian population lives inside the yellow highlight on this map:
This is due to, among other things, many, many animals that do not want to see you thrive.
8.And here's a sign you might see before entering the yellow portion of that map of Australia:
I think I'll turn around.
9.This totally safe device was known as a baby cage, a wire cage suspended out of an apartment window meant to give babies born in cities extra light and air:
And probably a lifelong hatred of pigeons.
10.This is Sorvagsvatn, a lake in the Faroe Islands known as "the lake that hangs over the ocean":
Ain't that neat.
11.Those orange pylons in football end zones have so much technology in them that they require fans to operate:
I can't even make a joke about NFL officiating. The Giants have killed my spirit.
12.Cats, my friend...cats can get really, really big:
This is a Maine coon cat. It can be 40 inches in length.
13.And mushrooms? Well, mushrooms can be blue:
This is either Entoloma mengsongense or Entoloma hochstetteri. Don't eat it.
14.Bootleg Lego heads are terrifying:
NO, THANKS! Let's leave this to the experts.
15.Veneers don't glow under a blacklight:
Sorry to break the news to you.
16.The last McDonald's in Iceland closed in 2009. Feast your eyes on the final cheeseburger sold in the country, which has been preserved and lying in state for the past decade:
Honestly, throw a little Tapatio on that there burger and we might be in business.
17.This is what happens when there's a fire in an aircraft hanger:
The world's most dangerous foam party.
18.For some reason, someone once invented a device with which you could smoke an entire pack of cigarettes:
Let's bring this back for the ultimate TikTok challenge.
19.If you leave an apple alone for long enough, it'll turn black:
Snow White in shambles.
20.This is astronaut Dr. Joseph P. Allen IV doing maintenance on a satellite in the middle of the cold, dark void of space:
Again, no thanks!
21.Dirt doesn't stick to scars or burns:
Because there aren't any sweat glands.
22.There are little vaccine packets being dropped into wooded areas to help stop the spread of rabies:
Like a chaotic good silica gel packet.
23.And, finally, whoopee cushions will straight up crumble into dust over time:
Look on my Toots, ye Mighty, and despair!
