35 Extremely Random Things I Just Found Out That Completely And Totally Blow My Mind This Month
1. A Norwegian prison cell is nicer than my freshman year college dorm room:
This is a prison cell in Norway. The Scandinavian prison system focuses on rehabilitation rather than punishment of its prisoners. from Damnthatsinteresting
2. Goth ice cream is a thing that exists that you can eat:
3. The Liberty Bell is a puny little bell:
4. 3D yearbooks for the blind and visually impaired exist:
5. Cauliflower can be purple and orange:
6. In 1936, you could give birth and stay in the hospital for 11 days and only pay $61:
7. The difference between 7'6" and 5'5" is shocking:
8. Technology has advanced so far that we now have brownie pans that give you all edge pieces:
9. You might want to sit down for this one — square ketchup exists:
10. Sometimes you can find a lil' ol' seashell in your salt grinder.
11. Da Vinci's "The Last Supper" is pretty dang big:
12. Horsewalks are a thing:
13. Eagle nests are (Billy Fuccillo voice) HUUUUUUUUGE:
Read more about them here.
And this is how big some eagle's claws can be:
Read more about them here.
14. Oranges can have green skin in certain climates. Yet, for some reason, they are not called "greens":
15. A movie on July 18, 1993 cost $3.50:
16. The Pacific Ocean, well, it's big:
17. There is no greater technological achievement than this:
Size difference in this 2gb flash drive I’ve had for nearly a decade, and this new 128gb flash drive from mildlyinteresting
18. A CVS looks really strange with nothing in it:
19. Crocs can give ya a mean ol' tan:
20. Duck ramps are a very real, very exciting thing that exists:
21. This is what a hole drilled on Mars looks like. I just think it's neat:
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Univ. of Arizona.
22. This isn't a big ol' grape. It's the world's largest single-celled organism:
Valonia Ventricosa, The Largest Single-Celled Organism On Earth. Yep, This Is A Single Living Cell from interestingasfuck
23. LA County is DENSE:
24. Homer is old as hell:
25. There are libraries that tell you just how much money you saved:
26. This is what a shell-less egg looks like:
27. And MRI scans of the unborn are absolutely terrifying:
Sleep tight!
28. When the sun is directly overhead, everyday objects won't cast a shadow:
You can read more about the phenomenon here.
29. You don't have to spend 2 hours threading a needle:
30. Windmill blades are absolutely gigantic:
31. The name for Worcestershire sauce in some countries is "salsa inglesa" or "english sauce":
This Worcestershire Sauce is "English Salsa" at this Latin/Asian Grocery Store from mildlyinteresting
32. Rolls of toilet paper can be absolutely, astoundingly gigantic:
33. Gavel pencils exist, and I need one in my life:
34. Eco-urinals allow you to waste no waste:
35. And, finally, some Dutch airlines have nice little clog salt shakers:
Business class plane food from the Netherlands - the salt and pepper shakers are a small pair of clogs from mildlyinteresting
Ain't that sweet.