33 "Before And After" Photos That Are Just So Interesting To Look At
2.A modern tomato next to a tomato grown from 150-year-old seeds:
3.And a building in New York before and after being power washed:
4.A box of Nerds candy from 1984 (discovered under someone's floorboard) and a box from recent years:
5.A stack of dollar bills after being in circulation vs. a stack of brand new ones:
6.And hundred dollar bills from 1977, 2003, and 2017:
7.An Ancient Greek stadium before and after it was excavated by archaeologists:
8.A historical medical journal documenting the before and after of a tumor removal in the 17th century:
9.And — much more recently — two MRIs of someone's brain before and after surgery to remove a tumor from their temporal lobe:
10.New chocolate chips vs. older ones (the change in color is called blooming and comes from being exposed to warm temperatures...they're still fine to eat!):
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11.A reservoir in Glossop, England in 2022 (during a drought) and the same reservoir in 2023 after heavy rainfall:
12.And a college student's notes before and after they started taking ADD medication:
13.A new sewing needle vs. one used for four months:
14.A 300-year-old sword before and after being restored:
15.And — wow! — a viking axe before and after being restored:
16.A new TV remote vs. one used by a smoker:
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17.A stuffed animal loved on for years vs. a brand new version of the same stuffed animal:
18.And a dog before and after getting groomed:
19.A well-worn key vs. a freshly cut one for the same vehicle:
20.An actor in Turkey before and after putting on makeup for a play version of Victor Hugo's novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame:
21.And Iskenderun, Turkey on February 5, 2023 after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake and a year later:
22.A 1988 Toyota Hilux and the 2012 version of the same truck (it really shows you how much larger trucks have gotten over the years):
23.The camera size of an original iPhone (right) vs. an iPhone 13 Pro:
24.And one terabyte of external hard drive storage in 2009 vs. in 2022:
25.A baseball cap after being worn while working outdoors for a year vs. a brand new one:
26.A week before someone's wisdom teeth extraction vs. one week after:
27.A transparent phone cover after four years of use vs. a brand new one:
28.An aged shopping cart wheel next to a brand new one:
29.And a guy's room before and after a girl said she would come over, LOL:
30.A five-year-old wok vs. a new version of the same brand:
31.A cat before and after being rescued off the street:
32.And Bubbles, a neglected Labrador Retriever with a skin condition before and after he was brought into a shelter and given some love and treatment:
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