Okay, These 25 Absolutely Mind-Blowing Pictures Just Completely Dismantled My Grasp On How The World Works

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20-05-2025

This is what the bottom of the deepest trench on Earth, the Mariana Trench, looks like:
Imagine being the guy responsible for the trash at the literal deepest part of the ocean.
This is "Boy Samson," the 14-year-old "strongest boy in the world" holding up a grown man on a motorcycle circa 1932:
Today, that very same boy might have a Podcast. The mind reels.
In the mid-80s, the Statue of Liberty was completely covered in scafolding while being renovated:
A pigeon's dream come true.
This is how much it cost to buy a whole bunch of groceries in 1988, almost 40 years ago:
Today that'll get you about two and half bell peppers.
This is what the first class menu looked like on the Titanic the day the ship sunk:
No chicken tenders? No thanks.
And this is what the Second Class menu looked like that same day:
Some similarities to the first class menu, but overall very, very different.
And, for good measure, this is what the third class menu looked like that day so many of them tragically died:
Literally getting served "GRUEL."
Last week, I shared a graphical comparison showing just how incredible the new Grand Theft Auto game looks. Here's another one showing two games, 24 years apart:
Neat!
This is what the World Trade Center looked like at the very beginning of its construction:
Construction began in 1966 and was finished in 1971.
This is what a fusion reactor looks like compared to a person:
This particular reactor is located in China and set a record "160 million degrees celsius for 20 seconds."
This is Igor Sikorsky, inventor of the world's first "practical" helicopter, getting ready to take off in his contraption:
This was in 1939.
And here he is in the air:
My guy Igor CHILLIN' up there.
Some playgrounds have special "wheelchair only" swings:
Love it!
This is Norwegian speed skater Oscar Mathisen pictured with his many, many, many, many awards and honors throughout the early 1900s:
He set numerous world records, some even apparently lasting until the 21st century.
This is what a pair of maraschino cherries put through a dishwasher looks like:
Now you have officially seen everything.
Here's a scientist testing out a hands-free shaving machine that used robotic arms:
Okay, it was actually meant to be used with radioactive material, but shaving is a cool second use-case.
Strawberries, my boy... strawberries can be very, very big:
Nature is beautiful.
And dogs? Dogs can be gigantic:
Who's a good... man?
This is a group of World War I soldiers creating a "Human Liberty Bell" at Camp Dix in 1918:
This is what people did before iPhones.
This is 17-year-old Bryn Owen and his, frankly, ludicrous amount of mirrors on his Vespa:
Every single source I've seen containing this picture points out that he used his own "pocket money." Now you know.
Here's a scene from the 1924 Olympics gold medal hockey game between the USA and Canada:
Canada won 6-1.
This is what Meryal Waterpark, home of the world's tallest waterslide, looking like while it was under construction in Qatar:
I can feel the wedgies just looking at this picture.
This is what Earth looks like from 3.7 billion miles away:
To paraphrase the big man Carl Sagan, everyone and everything you have ever known exists on that little speck.
This is what the grave of HR Giger, creator of the design of the alien from Alien, looks like:
Commitment to the very end.
Finally, there's a copperhead snake in this picture. Can you find it?
Well, can you?