Alright, Literally Every Single One Of These Things I Just Found Out Completely And Totally Blew My Mind Last Week
1.This is the Hoba meteorite, the largest meteorite on Earth:
That we know of, that is. It's located in Namibia.
2. This is what a $100 bill from about 90 years ago looks like compared to one today:
3. Some stores have winter simulators so you can really see how warm a jacket is:
4. Every United States president combined together looks like the world's worst vacuum salesman:
5. There are pants that shine INCREDIBLY bright when hit with light:
6.Michelangelo's "David" statue is really, really big in person:
7. This is what the other side of some potholes look like:
8. Pictures of Jupiter have come a long, long way:
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Jupiter ERS Team and image processing by Judy Schmidt.
9. There is a McDonald's in Arizona that has a blue arch instead of a yellow one:
There is a single McDonald's in the world where the arches are blue instead of yellow. It's in Arizona, and it has been made this way to avoid contrast with the red cliffs in the background from interestingasfuck
It's because people who live in Sedona "were concerned the giant golden M would clash with the tones of the surrounding landscape."
10.This is what the surface of Saturn's moon Titan looks like:
This picture was taken about 886 million miles from the Sun.
11. Baby teeth can last decades:
12.This is what Queen Elizabeth II looked like when she was 18:
13. Chips, my friend, well, chips can be huge:
Found this behemoth of a chip in my bag of Takis Waves (first time trying it…) from mildlyinteresting
14. Social security cards used to not be made out of the most flimsy material available:
15.This is a tarantula hawk, a wasp whose sting is known as one of the most painful on planet Earth:
The sting has been likened to feeling like "a running hair dryer has just been dropped into your bubble bath."
16. It can get so hot that your candles will just give up:
17. Dollar bills can be misprinted in a very frustrating way:
18. There are bars that have little patches of ice to keep your beverage nice and frosty:
19. Some THC edibles have edible warnings on them:
The cookies we bought come with an edible sticker warning that it contains THC from mildlyinteresting
20. The inside of a plane's wheel bay looks incredibly complex:
21. And, finally, Aaron Paul was once on The Price Is Right:
Neat.
