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This is what an owl looks like without feathers:
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This is the unfinished portrait of George Washington that was used as a basis for the design of the $1 bill:
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This is what baby hedgehogs look like:
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Michelangelo's "David" is really, really big:
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This 440-pound gold bar, located in Japan, is the largest gold ingot in the world:
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This is what an albino raccoon looks like:
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This is what Alex Trebek's Jeopardy podium looked like during a typical show:
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This is how big a giant squid is compared with a human being:
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UPS drivers have special UPS socks as part of their uniform:
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In case you didn't know, Brussels sprouts grow like this:
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Bobsled tracks go almost completely vertical:
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This is what's inside a bag of microwavable popcorn:
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You are, of course, familiar with Grant Wood's painting "American Gothic"...
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...well, this is what it looks like from inside the actual house in the painting:
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This is what the back of the Rosetta stone looks like:
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This is what color Venus is in real life:
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There's a trap door on the Sphinx:
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There was a lake in Australia named Lake Disappointment:
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This adorable little thing is a hummingbird's feather:
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These are the real-life outfits doctors would wear to treat plague patients in the 1600s:
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And, finally, there's a bird that looks like a strawberry that's called, well, the strawberry finch:
