My Minuscule Little Pea Brain Is Totally Blown After Seeing These 22 Absolutely Incredible Pictures For The Very First Time Last Week
1.This is what a stairwell that doesn’t loop around and only goes in one direction looks like:
This is like something you’d see in a dream.
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2.This is what economy class on a commercial plane looked like in the 1960s:
Hmmm. I don’t know about you, but I much prefer today’s system of being shoved into the tiniest seat imaginable and having the most miserable four hours of your life.
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3.Car seats for children were incredibly dangerous in the 1940s:
No restraints, no extra safety components, just vibes.
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4.This house, located in Alexandria, Virginia, is the thinnest house in the United States:
John Hollensbury had the 7-foot-wide house built in 1830 because he was fed up with horse-drawn carriages banging into the walls of his house next door.
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5.This is what $700 worth of platinum looks like:
According to MoneyMetals.com, platinum is currently $34.79 per gram.
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6.This is a rafflesia, the biggest flower in the world:
It’s found in Indonesia and can weigh up to 15 pounds. It also stinks something fierce.
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7.This is how an offshore oil platform is transported to the location where it will be installed:
Add this to the list of things I had never thought about in my life.
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8.This is what the inside of a Coca-Cola Freestyle machine looks like:
This is what the pinnacle of human innovation looks like.
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9.The last McDonald’s in Iceland closed in 2009. Feast your eyes on the final cheeseburger sold in the country, which has been preserved and lying in state for the past decade:
10.Panda caretakers in China wear disguises to avoid spooking the cubs and to help acclimate them to their new lives outside of captivity:
11.Here’s another picture of that, for good measure:
12.And ooooooone more:
Or is that a real panda bear? Truly impossible to tell the difference.
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13.This is what olive oil looks like when it’s freshly squeezed:
Shrek water.
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14.In 1969, Niagara Falls was “drained” in order to remove a large number of boulders that had accumulated at the foot of the falls:
Apparently, two bodies were found at the bottom of the drained waterfall.
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15.Speaking of which, this is what a canal in Venice looks like fully drained:
This is done to clean the canal and search for any mysterious clues to unsolved mysteries. Okay, maybe just the first part.
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16.This is what the first-class bathroom aboard Emirates airline looks like:
Imagine showering on a plane and the pilot turns on the “Fasten seatbelt” sign.
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17.Cheez Whiz becomes a demonic entity after being expired for 10 years:
Dark-sided stuff.
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18.This postcard was sent to households across the country in order to introduce them to the zip code system, implemented in 1963:
Would love to get a beer with Mr. Zip some day.
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19.This 12-foot-tall behemoth is an octobass, the largest string instrument in existence:
Hear that bad boy in action here.
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20.This is what EPCOT in Disney World looked like while it was under construction:
21.This is an elephant beetle, a species of beetle found in Central and South America that can grow up to 5 inches long:
Big fella.
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22.The very first iteration of Ronald McDonald was created by Willard Scott in 1963:
And it was so, so terrifying.
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23.And, finally, a whooooole lot of people needed to do their thing for you to exist:
It boggles the mind and most likely some other body parts.
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