I’ve Searched High And Far For The Most Fascinating Pictures On The Internet, And These Are The 22 Best I Found Last Week
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1.This is Wendy Thomas, the daughter of Wendy's founder Dave Thomas and the namesake of the restaurant:
Look familiar?
2.This is what the passenger cabin on a Pan Am flight in the 1940s looked like:
Honestly, it looks way, way better than what we have today.
3.Some of the Titanic's deck chairs were salvaged from the wreck. Here's what one of them looks like:
Honestly, shoutout to chair-makers in 1912. Looks great.
4.In 1908, huge crowds gathered in Boston to watch Harry Houdini jump off a bridge while tied up in chains:
A little underdressed there, Harry.
5.This is John Smith, a Chippewa man who was reported to be 137 years old at the time of his death:
There's controversy about whether that's actually true, of course, but I choose to believe in my man John.
6.Koalas have fingerprints that are extremely similar to human fingerprints:
Koalas are the only animal besides primates that have fingerprints.
7.Playgrounds were extremely dangerous in the early 1900s:
And EXTREMELY fun! You know, once you get over your fear of heights.
8.This is what the Taco Bell menu looked like in 1973:
Coffee and an Enchirito, anyone?
9.This silicon sphere is the roundest object in the world:
10.This is the scene inside a Chicago bar on Dec. 5, 1933, the day Prohibition was repealed:
Shoutout to beer.
11.This is what the McDonald's menu looked like in the 1960s:
Gonna be a refreshing cold milk and a tempting cheeseburger for me.
12.This is what a college dorm room looked like in the 1890s:
Like something out of Harold Potter.
13.And here are two roommates palling around in a dorm room circa 1910:
The booooooys.
14.This is how big a human hand is compared with a polar bear's footprint:
Personally, I'm going to try to avoid polar bears from here on out.
15.This is what the Panama Canal looked like while it was under construction:
Absolutely enormous.
16.This is what a mobile home looked like in the 1930s:
Well, one mobile home. Looks like the opposite of comfy.
17.Pocketknifes can be really, really, really, really, really tiny:
Normally, I'd do the Zoolander quote thing and say it's a pocketknife for ants. But I've been doing that too much, so I'll just say this: What is this? A pocketknife for brown marmorated stink bugs?
18.This is how many barrels of wine the French army supplied for its troops for the Battle of Gallipoli during World War I:
And they would need it.
19.This right here, ladies and gentlemen, is the world's oldest cat door:
It's located in Exeter Cathedral and dates back to the late 16th century.
20.This is what a turtle's skeleton looks like:
So, yeah, they can't just leave their shell, dummy.
21.There are libraries that tell you exactly how much you're saving by checking books out:
It's A LOT!
22.And, finally, one of Queen Elizabeth's childhood corgis was named Jane, and the other was named...Dookie:
Dookie pictured on the ground here. Folks, do we stan a dog named Dookie?
