32 Fascinating Photos That Show You Something New

Nathan Johnson Published 01/23/2024 in ftw

Before the age of the internet, you'd have to visit a museum if you wanted an up-close look at a cool artifact, and some unique photographs just weren't visible if you never came in contact with them. But now you have an endless database of cool and fascinating photos at your disposal, ready to show you something interesting that you've never seen before. Here are 32 of those photos.

Have you ever wondered what an offshore oil rig looks like before it's built? Well thanks to one photo here, you can see a support base being dragged out to sea by some tug boats. It makes sense that a leg designed to latch onto the bottom of the ocean would be quite long, but that hunk of metal even gives cruise ships a run for their money on size!

Speaking of size, do you know what the heaviest building in the world is? Not biggest, but heaviest? The answer is the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, Romania, and it only takes one look at that hulking stone mansion to understand why. Rock is heavy, and that house has a lot of it.

Check out those photos, and 30 other cool pics that are sure to show you something new.

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This is how an offshore oil platform is transported to the location where it will be installed.
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Ultima Thule or 486958 Arrokoth, is an asteroid, and the farthest thing from Earth humanity has ever "explored up close." It's beyond Pluto in our solar system.
3.
Vincent van Gogh's painting palette.
4.
A fingerprint from a person born without fingerprints.
5.
The "American Selection" in an Irish grocery store.
6.
The Statue of Liberty's head on display at the 1878 Paris World's Fair.
7.
The Statue of Liberty being packed up to be shipped to the United States.
8.
Before he died, Abraham Lincoln had a "life mask" made of his face.
9.
Traffic lights are big up close.
10.
The personal water closet of the last German emperor, Kaiser Wilhelm II.
11.
This is what a string cheese looks like when it goes bad.
12.
Store-bought egg compared to an egg from a farmers market.
13.
The top hat Abraham Lincoln wore the night he was assassinated.
14.
The small island in the middle of this picture is where Princess Diana is buried.
15.
The heaviest building in the world; the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, Romania.
16.
Plague mask from the 1500s.
17.
Old social security card.
18.
A husky next to a wolf.
19.
This is what a pistachio looks like before it's harvested.
20.
Hospitals have machines that allow doctors and nurses to see exactly where your veins are.
21.
Cooling towers have an open bottom.
22.
The Mars Curiosity rover is drilling a ton of holes on Mars. Here's 36 of them.
23.
A cell in Sweden's biggest prison.
24.
A cross-section of wood from the 1950s, compared with a cross-section of wood from today.
25.
The set of I Love Lucy in full color.
26.
The oldest olive tree on Earth, 3,500-plus years old.
27.
The back of the "Mona Lisa."
28.
The inside of the Wienermobile.
29.
The other side a movie screen.
30.
This is what the city of Seattle used to be like before a major regrading project changed it, flattening hills and reshaping the landscape to "open up the city to more commerce."
31.
A credit card from the 1950s.
32.
Rjukan, Norway, only gets sun for less than half the year because it's wedged between tall mountains.

1.
This is how an offshore oil platform is transported to the location where it will be installed.
2.
Ultima Thule or 486958 Arrokoth, is an asteroid, and the farthest thing from Earth humanity has ever "explored up close." It's beyond Pluto in our solar system.
3.
Vincent van Gogh's painting palette.
4.
A fingerprint from a person born without fingerprints.
5.
The "American Selection" in an Irish grocery store.
6.
The Statue of Liberty's head on display at the 1878 Paris World's Fair.
7.
The Statue of Liberty being packed up to be shipped to the United States.
8.
Before he died, Abraham Lincoln had a "life mask" made of his face.
9.
Traffic lights are big up close.
10.
The personal water closet of the last German emperor, Kaiser Wilhelm II.
11.
This is what a string cheese looks like when it goes bad.
12.
Store-bought egg compared to an egg from a farmers market.
13.
The top hat Abraham Lincoln wore the night he was assassinated.
14.
The small island in the middle of this picture is where Princess Diana is buried.
15.
The heaviest building in the world; the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, Romania.
16.
Plague mask from the 1500s.
17.
Old social security card.
18.
A husky next to a wolf.
19.
This is what a pistachio looks like before it's harvested.
20.
Hospitals have machines that allow doctors and nurses to see exactly where your veins are.
21.
Cooling towers have an open bottom.
22.
The Mars Curiosity rover is drilling a ton of holes on Mars. Here's 36 of them.
23.
A cell in Sweden's biggest prison.
24.
A cross-section of wood from the 1950s, compared with a cross-section of wood from today.
25.
The set of I Love Lucy in full color.
26.
The oldest olive tree on Earth, 3,500-plus years old.
27.
The back of the "Mona Lisa."
28.
The inside of the Wienermobile.
29.
The other side a movie screen.
30.
This is what the city of Seattle used to be like before a major regrading project changed it, flattening hills and reshaping the landscape to "open up the city to more commerce."
31.
A credit card from the 1950s.
32.
Rjukan, Norway, only gets sun for less than half the year because it's wedged between tall mountains.