1.This is Eugene Cernan, who is, as of 2023, the last man to ever walk on the moon:
You might recognize Eugene from this iconic picture of his moon walk:
2.This is a picture of one of the last Tasmanian tigers, an animal that went extinct in 1936:
3.This is what a real executioner's mask looked like:
4.This is Albert Woolson, the last surviving Civil War veteran:
5.This is what a real-deal, true-to-life muffin man looked like in 1930s London:
6.One dollar in 1913 is worth $30.22 today:
7.This is what a tiger's tongue looks like:
8.This is the Willamette meteorite, the largest meteorite that's ever been found in the United States:
9.And this is what a small chunk of a random meteorite looks like:
10.L-shaped pool tables exist:
11.This is what the FBI's fingerprint files looked like in 1942:
12.The world's oldest diving suit is absolutely terrifying:
13.This is what the throne of King Charlemagne looked like:
14.On Sept. 3, 1967, Sweden made a shift from driving on the left side of the road to driving on the right. This is a picture from the first day after the big change:
15.McDonald's restaurants in Italy sell mini calzones:
16.Some libraries let you know exactly how much you're saving by using them:
17.This is a model of what ancient Egyptian dental work may have looked like:
18.This is the Pamir, one of the last commercial sailing ships in the world:
19.The names for Worcestershire sauce and soy sauce in some countries are "salsa inglesa" and "salsa China," literally "English sauce" and "Chinese sauce":
20.And, finally, this is the "Feejee mermaid," a creature that was supposedly caught in the ocean near, well, Fiji. It was most famously displayed by P.T. Barnum in his circus sideshow:
