Our world is truly a fascinating place and to anyone who thinks otherwise, you're wrong.
The beauty of the internet is that in between shopping for groceries or clothes, you can dive into a rabbit hole you never knew existed. Like facts about the Bass Pro Shops pyramid. You also can get lost in history pics.
Well, today we have a little change-up, some fascinating pics that will make you think about how far we've come and how far we still have to go. Take flying for example. Airplane seats have come a long way in 100 years.
So sit back and enjoy a batch of fascinating photos sure to expand your horizons.
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This is what a solar eclipse looks like from space:
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This is what the cabin of a passenger plane looked like in the 1930s:
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This is what the tank underneath the pumps at a gas station looks like:
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Strawberries, my friend, strawberries can be very, very big:
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And sunflowers? Sunflowers can be very, very big:
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This is what a volcano erupting looks like from space:
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This is what the skeleton of the tallest man who ever lived, 8'1" Robert Wadlow, looked like:
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This is how long it took to travel to different parts of the United States in 1800:
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There's a pink lake named Lake Hillier in Australia:
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Here's what it looks like from space:
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This is what the editing timeline for the movie Dune 2 looks like:
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This is a champagne inspector wearing a champagne-inspecting mask in case of any champagne-related explosions:
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Some beer cans have brail warnings on them, notifying people that there's alcohol in the can:
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This is a picture of the construction workers who built the Chase Manhattan Bank posing with their work:
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Traffic lights are almost the size of a full grown human:
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This is what the grave site of President James Monroe looks like:
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This is how much it cost to go to Disneyland in 1997:
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Duck eggs can be black:
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1934-5, the United States issued a $100,000 bill with Woodrow Wilson's big ol' mug on it:
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This cliff that appears to be part of the exact cliff edge from the CLIF bar wrapper:
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The lines in the bottom of this mug that show how often you may use the exact stirring motion:
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This mind-boggling contraceptive failure rate chart that compares efficacy for "perfect" vs. "typical" use:
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And this head of hair that automatically made the number "25" with curls:
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This guy who shaved his head but then discovered he had ~grooves~ in his skull:
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This fancy Las Vegas hotel bathroom that had a chunk of the Berlin wall behind the urinals:
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This chunk of Teddy Grahams that got packaged up:
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This thrift store that is the go-to for anyone wanting to get rid of a Scene It? game:
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This moment in the sky that looked like the clouds were forming a square portal:
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This random horse in suburban back yard:
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This beautiful plant that resembles a spider web:
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These boats are not on dry land at all, the water is just covered with sedges:
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This corroding faucet that actually looks like a map of the US:
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And this kitty who had its own full-size pillow of itself to cuddle:
