I Have A Brain The Size Of A Peanut, So My Mind Was Totally Blown After Seeing These 21 Absolutely Fascinating Pictures For The Very First Time Last Week
1.This is a REAL picture of the moon crossing in front of the Earth:
The image was taken by the DSCOVR spacecraft about a million miles away from Earth.
2.This is what the rabies vaccine looks like. It's purple!
Gotta be the most beautiful vaccine out there, right? Let me know in the comments what you think the most aesthetically pleasing vaccine is.
3.This is Rumeysa Gelgi, the tallest woman in the world:
This picture was taken when she was 17 years old.
4.She stands just over 7' tall and has to travel like this when flying on an airplane:
5.This is what one of her hands looks like compared to a much smaller person's hand:
Shout out to Rumeysa.
6.This is what the Eiffel Tower looked like while it was under construction:
Less of a tower and more of a stump.
7.On May 14, 1999, crowds gathered in New York's Times Square to watch the final episode of Seinfeld:
All of human history led to this magical moment.
8.This picture, taken in 1946, is one of the first images of Earth ever taken from space:
It was captured from a 35-millimeter camera attached to a V-2 rocket.
9.This is what a counterfeit $10 looks like compared to a real one:
Can you tell which is which?
10.You're, of course, familiar with Mahatma Gandhi...
11.But have you ever seen a picture of him as a young man? Here's Gandhi some time in the late 1800s:
Looking sharp, Mahatma.
12.Black tomatoes exist:
It's a strain called "black beauty" and is apparently "rich, smooth, and savory with earthy tones." Neat!
13.In 1925, Hugo Gernsback invented "The Isolator," a helmet designed to completely block out any and all distractions:
As you can see, it also provided oxygen to the wearer. I wonder why this didn't take off?
14.This is how much meat one single cow produces:
Lots and lots of ground beef.
15.Do not adjust your mobile phone. Avocados can actually be this huge:
This type of avo is a Yucatan butter avocado. Apparently, it tastes "weirdly watery and green." Not great, folks.
16.This is the Dynasphere, a giant wheel vehicle invented by Dr. J. H. Purves that could go as a fast as 30 MPH:
Bring back the Dynasphere, I say. I wanna ride the wheel.
17.Cough medicine in the late 1800s was absolutely wild:
Gotta get some of this going at my next Super Bowl Party.
18.This is what a rip current looks like:
Terrifying stuff.
19.This is how big a Ford F-650 truck is compared to a typical sized person:
I don't say this lightly, but that, my friends... that's a big truck.
20.Emu eggs are absolutely beautiful:
Like something Brendan Fraser would need to protect from thieves in 1998.
21.And this is a pamphlet of marriage advice given to young couples from 1891:
What's your favorite piece of advice? I feel like more people need to be told not to marry a clown.
