06-05-2025
These 25 Absolutely Mind-Blowing Photos Just Completely And Totally Shattered My Entire View Of The World
1. This, my friends, is what a pregnant horse looks like:
2. This is what Niagara falls looks like from way, way above:
3. The, my friends, is the one-time record holder for world's heaviest hamburger:
4. This is what a lizard getting a CT scan looks like:
Stay strong, l'il fellah.
5. This is what a human skeleton looks like next to a gorilla's skeleton:
6. In 2001, there was a huge dust storm on Mars that obscured the whole planet from the outside:
Imagine leaving your windows open on Mars that day.
7. Deep scars don't sweat, so dirt doesn't stick to them:
8. Speaking of which, eyelashes won't grow if you have a scar on your eye:
9. Quarters... quarters can be very, very tiny:
They were made by the Franklin Mint in the 1980s.
10. This is what a World War II combat helmet looks like compared to a World War I combat helmet:
11. Here's the other side of the helmets:
I'm taking the World War II helmet for anything combat-related and the World War I helmet for anything heaping-bowl-of-soup-related.
12. This is what the first iPhone's camera looks like compared to a recent iPhone's camera:
13. This is Fernand Meyssonnier, France's last executioner, standing next to one of the guillotines he used on the job:
Someone was executed by guillotine as recently as 1977 in France. The death penalty has since been abolished.
14. And here's a mask an executioner would typically wear:
Not creepy at all.
15. This is what a nuclear warhead looks like:
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16. In 1924, a game of Human Chess was played in the Soviet Union:
You know, if you weren't able to watch Babe Ruth hit 46 homeruns back then, you had to find some other way to entertain yourself.
17. This is what a four person see-saw looks like:
18. Some libraries let you know just how much money you save by going to them:
Let's hear it for 'braries, folks.
19. This is what a golf course green that's been struck by lightning looks like:
Or when my approach shot from 65 yards at hits the screen and bounces directly into the woods behind it.
20. This is what a Coke bottle from 48 years ago looked like:
21. This is the lowest point of the Netherlands, almost 22 feet below sea level:
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The Dutch know no land too far underwater for them to build on.
22. The original Pledge of Allegiance didn't include "under God":
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This was changed by Dwight Eisenhower during the Cold War, for, of course, Cold War reasons.
23. The year 2025 is the first year that's a square number since 1936:
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And you will almost certainly be long dead before the next one. Have a nice day!
24. This is what the USS Midway looks like compared to a person in a kayak:
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This makes me feel very relaxed. Just kidding.
25. And, finally, this is what happens if you put a pizza in the oven at 500 degrees for 8 hours:
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Now you officially know everything.