My Dumb Little Brain Is Completely Blown After Seeing These 22 Absolutely Fascinating Pictures For The First Time

Never thought I'd come face-to-face with a photo of 3-year-old Albert Einstein, yet here we are.

1. Earth will be home to 8 billion people by the middle of November:

According to UN projections, we should hit 8 billion humans on November 15th of this year. from Damnthatsinteresting

2. The top of a UPS truck isn't the same color as the rest of a truck:

The tops of UPS trucks aren't brown from mildlyinteresting

This is to reflect heat.

3. The difference in $5,000 in gold versus silver is very, very noticeable:

$5k in gold vs $5k in silver from interestingasfuck

4. The French get to eat GIANT BABYBEL:

In France, Babybel cheese comes in a much bigger package from mildlyinteresting

5. This is what Albert Einstein's desk looked like the day he died:

New York Daily News Archive / NY Daily News via Getty Images

6. And this is what a 3-year-old Albert Einstein looked like:

Apic / Getty Images

7. Pay phones still exist...and they take cards:

Haven't seen a payphone in YEARS.... and this one was updated with a card reader even! $0.50 per call from mildlyinteresting

8. This is what a dollar bill looked like in 1917:

I found an old dollar in my grandma’s stuff from mildlyinteresting

9. This right here is Vincent Van Gogh's painting palette:

Photo Josse / Corbis via Getty Images

Fascinating!

10. Los Angeles County is big. Really big:

States with smaller population than Los Angeles County from coolguides

11. This is what a clear shot of the planet Mercury looks like:

NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington

Although, to be clear, the colors shown here "are not what Mercury would look like to the human eye, but rather the colors enhance the chemical, mineralogical, and physical differences between the rocks that make up Mercury's surface."

12. The NBA is now issuing warnings to fans if they don't like their behavior:

SCHEME @DJSCHEME_

Some new guy gave me my first official NBA warning 😂😂😂 GOOFY He said I said the F word 😂

01:27 AM - 05 Oct 2022

Twitter: @DJSCHEME_

13. Telephone linemen go to a special training school that looks like this:

I drove by a training school for telephone linemen. from mildlyinteresting

14. Your foot really does a number on a shoe:

The difference in shoe wear between a normal and prosthetic leg after one year from Damnthatsinteresting

15. This is what ONE MILLION dead mosquitoes looks like:

1 million mosquitos. from interestingasfuck

It's the result of a trapping project in Florida.

16. This is what's in your toothpaste:

My toothpaste says where the ingredients comes from and what they do from mildlyinteresting

17. If you're ever in a place with heated floors, it probably looks like this underneath:

A friend of mine is having heated floors installed throughout her home. from Damnthatsinteresting

18. Asphalt gets way, way hotter than you'd think:

Keep those paws safe this summer! from coolguides

Remember that!

19. Some of those wild and crazy Brits have door knobs in the middle of their doors:

some doors in London have knobs in the center from mildlyinteresting

20. People leave cymbals and drumsticks at the grave of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham:

Tributes left at the grave of John Bonham. (Led Zeppelin drummer) from mildlyinteresting

21. This is what that little ball you hear in a spray-paint can looks like:

This is what the ball inside of a paint can looks like from interestingasfuck

22. And you know what the Germans call a Quarter Pounder with Cheese? A Royal Käse:

Quarter Pounder in Germany is called a Royal Käse, meaning Royal Cheese from mildlyinteresting

Looks like a tasty burger.