My Dumb Little Brain Is Completely And Totally Blown After Seeing All These Absolutely Fascinating Pictures For The First Time Last Week
1.This is what an owl looks like without feathers:
Gremlin mode.
2.This is the unfinished portrait of George Washington that was used as a basis for the design of the $1 bill:
The portrait was done by Gilbert Stuart, who apparently had something better to do than finish up ol' George's portrait?
3.This is what baby hedgehogs look like:
Look at those little guys.
4.Michelangelo's "David" is really, really big:
No comments about any other part of David's body.
5.This 440-pound gold bar, located in Japan, is the largest gold ingot in the world:
William Jennings Bryan is SICK right now.
6.This is what an albino raccoon looks like:
Like a big ol' rat.
7.This is what Alex Trebek's Jeopardy podium looked like during a typical show:
He would use a black crayon to cross off clues because it didn't make any noise.
8.This is how big a giant squid is compared with a human being:
It's, uh, giant.
9.UPS drivers have special UPS socks as part of their uniform:
Need this to be 2024's hottest fashion.
10.In case you didn't know, Brussels sprouts grow like this:
Imagine eating a stalk of Brussels like a corn on the cob. What a beautiful world that would be.
11.Bobsled tracks go almost completely vertical:
No thanks! I'm all set.
12.This is what's inside a bag of microwavable popcorn:
Life is magical.
13.You are, of course, familiar with Grant Wood's painting "American Gothic"...
14....well, this is what it looks like from inside the actual house in the painting:
The window is down. Took me a second too.
15.This is what the back of the Rosetta stone looks like:
It's...a stone.
16.This is what color Venus is in real life:
It's not a big ol' orangey planet from the outside.
17.There's a trap door on the Sphinx:
There's actually a bunch of holes in the Sphinx (do not discuss this sentence in the comments) that mostly lead to nowhere.
18.There was a lake in Australia named Lake Disappointment:
It was called that because the person who "discovered" it was disappointed at how small it was. It's now known as Kumpupintil Lake, which is much nicer.
19.This adorable little thing is a hummingbird's feather:
So small.
20.These are the real-life outfits doctors would wear to treat plague patients in the 1600s:
Terrifying!
21.And, finally, there's a bird that looks like a strawberry that's called, well, the strawberry finch:
Call me when there's a Miller Lite finch.
