My Literal Pea-Sized Brain Is Completely Blown After Seeing These 22 Incredibly Fascinating Pictures For The Very First Time This Week
1.This is what a cell in Sweden's biggest prison looks like:
Specifically a cell in Kumla Prison. Would love to commit a crime in Sweden.
2.This is what a cross-section of wood from the 1950s looks like compared with a cross-section of wood from today:
The modern wood is on top, the 1950s wood on bottom.
3.This is what the set of Seinfeld looked like:
Specifically, this is what it looked like during the filming of the Seinfeld reunion episode during Season 7 of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
4.And this is what the set of I Love Lucy looks like in full color:
It feels so...wrong.
5.During World War II, the statue of "David" by Michelangelo was completely encased in bricks to prevent damage from bombs:
And no, it does not look like something else. Stop that.
6.This is what the late 7-foot-7-inch NBA legend Manute Bol looked like while swimming in a typical swimming pool:
Now we need to see Muggsy Bogues swimming in the pool for comparison.
7.This is what the American section in a German sporting goods store looks like:
Looks about right.
8.This is (probably) the oldest olive tree on Earth, clocking in at a whopping 3,500-plus years old:
This tree...this tree has seen some things.
9.This is what the back of the "Mona Lisa" looks like:
Beautiful.
10.Now, you're obviously familiar with the front side of a peacock. It's majestic. Glorious, even! But have you ever seen a peacock's back side? Now you have:
Not so special now, are ya???
11.This, in all its glory, is what the inside of the Wienermobile looks like:
Wow. What a sight.
12.This is what's behind a movie screen:
A whole bunch of speakers just blastin' sound at your maw.
13.You can tell the difference between cheap pasta and expensive pasta by looking at them:
On the left is the cheaper pasta, on the right the expensive pasta.
14.This is what the city of Seattle used to be like before a major regrading project changed it, flattening hills and reshaping the landscape to "open up the city to more commerce":
Looks like a different planet, not the home of our beloved Seattle Mariners.
15.This is what a credit card from the 1950s looked like:
Next to a pay stub from the 1950s! Two for one!
16.This is artist Dario Campanile next to the painting he made for Paramount's 75th anniversary. The painting would go on to be the source of the company's subsequent logos:
Neat!
17.Screwdrivers...well, screwdrivers can be really, really big:
My goodness.
18.The is what a map of the world's oceans and only the world's oceans looks like:
They're connected! Duh!
19.There's a place in Norway named Rjukan that, because it's wedged between a bunch of tall mountains, only gets sun for less than half a year:
20.In order to get the residents some of that sweet, sweet vitamin D, a series of giant mirrors were built to reflect sunlight into the town. You can see them at work here:
Totally not a death ray at all.
21.Some elevators have buttons you can press with your FEET:
Lord knows I need this everywhere.
22.And finally, this is the letter President Jimmy Carter wrote and put aboard the Voyager 1 spacecraft, intended for any aliens the probe might encounter:
It reads:
"This Voyager spacecraft was constructed by the United States of America. We are a community of 240 million human beings among the more than 4 billion who inhabit the planet Earth. We human beings are still divided into nation states, but these states are rapidly becoming a single global civilization.
"We cast this message into the cosmos. It is likely to survive a billion years into our future, when our civilization is profoundly altered and the surface of the Earth may be vastly changed. Of the 200 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy, some — perhaps many — may have inhabited planets and spacefaring civilizations. If one such civilization intercepts Voyager and can understand these recorded contents, here is our message:
"This is a present from a small distant world, a token of our sounds, our science, our images, our music, our thoughts, and our feelings. We are attempting to survive our time so we may live into yours. We hope someday, having solved the problems we face, to join a community of galactic civilizations. This record represents our hope and our determination, and our good will in a vast and awesome universe."
