My Jaw Is Actually Still Completely On The Floor After Seeing All These Fascinating Pictures For The Very First Time Last Week
1.These are the contestants for the 1924 Miss America pageant:
2.This is the 1:24 scale model of Hogwarts that was used in every Harry Potter film:
3.This is how big a hummingbird feather is compared to a quarter:
4.Before their destruction by the Taliban in 2001, Afghanistan was home to two enormous Buddha statues, one towering at an impressive 175 feet:
5.Here's what that same area looks like today:
6.This is allegedly what Frank Sintra requested in his dressing room before a show:
7.The original Mr. Potato Head used an ACTUAL potato:
8.This is how big the Moon is compared to Australia:
9.The Air Force Academy has stealth bomber shaped tortilla chips for their nachos:
10.Some medieval helmets had mustaches:
11.This is a lava skylight, a hole above flowing lava that let's you gaze in and see all that red, flowy goodness:
12.This is what the Hindenburg looked like while it was under construction:
13.And this is what the dining hall looked like on board the finished zeppelin:
14.This is the Alaskan Way Viaduct in Seattle. It was torn down around 2019 and replaced by...
15.A wonderful new waterfront area:
16.This is what a used hypodermic needle looks like under an electron microscope:
17.Grapes... grapes can be huge:
18.Penguins... HAVE KNEES!
19.This is what a 40 pound rubber band ball looks like:
20.This is an Ancient Roman pipe leading to a hot springs. It's still functional today:
21.This beautiful little fella is the Sphaerocoris annulus, also known as the "Picasso bug:"
22.Here’s a group of service dogs being “tested” on their ability to sit through an entire musical:
23.This is what a stingray's tail looks like after an attack:
24.Over 80,000 people attended the 1921 heavyweight championship boxing match between Georges Carpentier and Jack Dempsey:
25.And, finally, here are a whole bunch of knock-off Egyptian candies: