Posted on Oct 3, 2022

Alright, Literally Every Single One Of These Things I Just Found Out Completely And Totally Blew My Mind Last Month

Every single one of these pictures is absolutely incredible.

by Dave Stopera

BuzzFeed Staff

2. Tokyo is HUGE:

This is what Tokyo, the largest city on Earth, looks like from a plane. from Damnthatsinteresting

3. CGI has come a long, long way:

CGI difference between Toy Story (1995) and Toy Story 4 (2019) from interestingasfuck

5. Baby teeth can last decades:

At 24 years old, I got my last surviving baby tooth removed. from mildlyinteresting

6. Pictures of Jupiter have come a long, long way:

The first image of Jupiter vs the James Webb photo from interestingasfuck

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Jupiter ERS Team, and image processing by Judy Schmidt.

7. The geographic center of the United States is here in South Dakota:

I found the geographic center of the United States. from mildlyinteresting

Belle Fourche, to be exact.

8. You can tell the difference between cheap pasta and expensive pasta by looking at them:

Regular pasta vs premium pasta made on Italian brass die plates from mildlyinteresting

10. There are pants that shine INCREDIBLY bright when hit with light:

I found a pair of antipaparazzi pants at the thrift store from mildlyinteresting

11. Social Security cards used to not be made out of the flimsiest material available:

My grandfather's metal Social Security Card from mildlyinteresting

Black-and-white photo of Queen Elizabeth as a young woman

14. The meal on ANA Airlines is nicer than anything I have ever eaten:

Economy class meal on Japanese Airline from mildlyinteresting

15. It's possible to be born without fingerprints. This is what that looks like:

I was born without finger or toe prints. from mildlyinteresting

Surrey NanoSystems @SurreyNanoSys

The only black hole you can actually get close to and survive ⚫️! #vantablack
08:08 AM - 03 Jun 2020
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A torn, slightly faded, and dirty pair of jeans

HAYABUSA2@JAXA @haya2e_jaxa

This image was taken just before Rover-1B hopped. Photograph snapped on September 23, 2018 at about 09:46 JST [2/6]
11:35 AM - 27 Sep 2018
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Twitter: @haya2e_jaxa

It's from a Japanese spacecraft called Hayabusa2.

19. Helmets, my boy, helmets do a whoooole lot:

This is why your wear a helmet from Damnthatsinteresting

A man on a ladder maintaining the "David" statue

21. This is what a $1,000 bill looks like:

Customer brought in a 1934 thousand dollar bill. After ten years in banking finally got to see one in person. from interestingasfuck

That's Grover Cleveland on the bill.

23. The inside of a garbage truck looks really, really complicated:

Cab of a Modern Trash Truck from mildlyinteresting

26. Dentists train on one of the most horrifying things I have ever seen in my life:

This Dentist Training Tool from mildlyinteresting

27. Veneers don't glow under black light:

I found out my veneers don’t glow in blacklight. from mildlyinteresting

28. This is what the other side of some potholes looks like:

What the underside of a highway pothole looks like. from mildlyinteresting

29. This is what the 2002 Scholastic Book Club catalog looked like:

Winter/Spring 2002 - Scholastic Book Clubs Catalog Cover from mildlyinteresting

marian @gayrauder

the first design of what voldemort was supposed to look like. thank god they didn’t chose this one... imagine the trauma. i had enough with the screaming book.

04:44 AM - 23 Feb 2020
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31. All of the US presidents' faces combined look like the world's worst vacuum salesperson:

All 46 U.S. presidents combined into one (OC) from interestingasfuck

32. Italian students eat better than I ever have:

What 2,50€ gets you in my Public Italian Scool from interestingasfuck

33. This is what it looks like when a Ferris wheel is being constructed:

Ferris wheel being built from mildlyinteresting

George Aquilla Hardy @GeorgeAquilla

Not sure how to tell people I made the photorealistic George Washington picture so I’m awkwardly roaming the internet now. But... I made it.
09:32 PM - 02 May 2021
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Twitter: @GeorgeAquilla

36. Aspirin from the 1930s looks like something out of the Harry Potter book series:

i found some 1930's aspirin inside of an abandoned home, original pills too from mildlyinteresting

37. There is a McDonald's in Arizona that has a blue arch instead of a yellow one:

There is a single McDonald's in the world where the arches are blue instead of yellow. It's in Arizona, and it has been made this way to avoid contrast with the red cliffs in the background from interestingasfuck

It's because people who live in Sedona "were concerned the giant golden M would clash with the tones of the surrounding landscape."

38. This is what a $100 bill from about 90 years ago looks like, compared with one today:

A customer at my work paid with a series 1934 $100 bill from mildlyinteresting

40. Neptune looks as if it could grant you mystical powers, should you ever visit it:

Clearest view we have of Neptune from the James Webb telescope from Damnthatsinteresting

Photo via NASA/ESA/CSA/STS.

41. The inside of a plane's wheel bay looks incredibly complex:

The inside of a Boeing 737's wheel bay. from mildlyinteresting

44. Dollar bills can be misprinted in a very frustrating way:

Costumer handed me this misprinted dollar bill as a tip today from mildlyinteresting

45. Bees in a specific part of North Carolina produce purple honey:

In the sandhills of North Carolina, bees produce purple honey. It is the only place on Earth where it is found. from interestingasfuck

It's apparently due to elderberries.

46. Chips, my friend, well, chips can be huge:

Found this behemoth of a chip in my bag of Takis Waves (first time trying it…) from mildlyinteresting

47. This is what a Coca-Cola bottle from 1975 looked like:

Coke Bottle that hasn’t been opened in near 40 years from interestingasfuck

48. This is what a bag of white blood cells looks like:

Here are my removed & genetically modified white blood cells, about to be put back in to hopefully cure my cancer! This is t-cell immunotherapy! from interestingasfuck

And in case you're wondering, OP said last month that they have been cancer-free for two years.

Jeff Barnaby @tripgore

A shark fitted with a GPS tracker drew a shark in the Atlantic.

01:34 PM - 17 Sep 2022
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Twitter: @tripgore

50. Some stores have winter simulators so you can really see how warm a jacket is:

This store has a winter simulator for testing out winter clothing from interestingasfuck

51. There are bars that have little patches of ice to keep your beverage nice and frosty:

This bar has a chilled strip to keep your drinks cold from mildlyinteresting

52. Aaron Paul was once on The Price Is Right:

Before Breaking Bad, Aaron Paul was a contestant on The Price Is Right from interestingasfuck

Neat.

54. Back in the 1970s, Big Macs looked like this:

McDonald's burger preserved in resin since the late 70s from mildlyinteresting

What a beautiful fossil.

Comment that America has existed for three adult lifetimes

Comment that Queen Elizabeth II is older than the invention of chocolate chip cookies

58. This is what an ancient Roman road looked like:

A perfectly preserved section of the Via Flaminia Roman road, discovered at a depth of 0.90m during planning of a new water pipeline in Riano. The Flaminian Way struck north from Rome, over the Apennines to the Adriatic coast. from interestingasfuck

59. Picasso just might have listened to the song "Sweet Caroline":

Picasso was alive when Sweet Caroline was released and hopefully jammed out to it at least once. from BarbaraWalters4Scale

60. And, finally, grumpkins exist:

This grape that looks like a pumpkin from mildlyinteresting

Wow.

Alright, Literally Every Single One Of These Things I Just Found Out Completely And Totally Blew My Mind Last Month

1. This is Ralph Lincoln, the 11th-generation cousin of Abraham Lincoln:

2. Tokyo is HUGE:

3. CGI has come a long, long way:

4. This is the Hoba meteorite, the largest meteorite on Earth:

5. Baby teeth can last decades:

6. Pictures of Jupiter have come a long, long way:

7. The geographic center of the United States is here in South Dakota:

8. You can tell the difference between cheap pasta and expensive pasta by looking at them:

9. This pointy thing is what a nuclear bomb actually looks like:

10. There are pants that shine INCREDIBLY bright when hit with light:

11. Social Security cards used to not be made out of the flimsiest material available:

12. This is what Queen Elizabeth II looked like when she was 18:

13. This is what the surface of Saturn's moon Titan looks like:

14. The meal on ANA Airlines is nicer than anything I have ever eaten:

15. It's possible to be born without fingerprints. This is what that looks like:

16. This isn't photoshopped — it's Vantablack, one of the darkest substances on Earth:

17. This is what one of the world's oldest pairs of Levi's jeans looks like:

18. This is what the surface of an ASTEROID looks like:

19. Helmets, my boy, helmets do a whoooole lot:

20. Michelangelo's "David" statue is really, really big in person:

21. This is what a $1,000 bill looks like:

22. This is the violin Wallace Hartley, bandleader on the Titanic, played as the ship sank:

23. The inside of a garbage truck looks really, really complicated:

24. This is a picture of a sunset...on Mars:

25. President Joe Biden was born closer to the Civil War than today:

26. Dentists train on one of the most horrifying things I have ever seen in my life:

27. Veneers don't glow under black light:

28. This is what the other side of some potholes looks like:

29. This is what the 2002 Scholastic Book Club catalog looked like:

30. Voldemort's first design was absolutely terrifying:

31. All of the US presidents' faces combined look like the world's worst vacuum salesperson:

32. Italian students eat better than I ever have:

33. This is what it looks like when a Ferris wheel is being constructed:

34. This is what the scalp of the Statue of Liberty looks like from the torch:

35. Modern-day George Washington looks like he has a lot of thoughts about saltine crackers:

36. Aspirin from the 1930s looks like something out of the Harry Potter book series:

37. There is a McDonald's in Arizona that has a blue arch instead of a yellow one:

38. This is what a $100 bill from about 90 years ago looks like, compared with one today:

39. This is the Speyer wine bottle, the oldest known bottle of wine on Earth:

40. Neptune looks as if it could grant you mystical powers, should you ever visit it:

41. The inside of a plane's wheel bay looks incredibly complex:

42. And this is what an empty Boeing 787 looks like:

43. This is a tarantula hawk, a wasp whose sting is known to be one of the most painful on planet Earth:

44. Dollar bills can be misprinted in a very frustrating way:

45. Bees in a specific part of North Carolina produce purple honey:

46. Chips, my friend, well, chips can be huge:

47. This is what a Coca-Cola bottle from 1975 looked like:

48. This is what a bag of white blood cells looks like:

49. Sharks are natural artists:

50. Some stores have winter simulators so you can really see how warm a jacket is:

51. There are bars that have little patches of ice to keep your beverage nice and frosty:

52. Aaron Paul was once on The Price Is Right:

53. Recognize these big ol' rocks? This is Mount Rushmore before the presidential heads were carved into it:

54. Back in the 1970s, Big Macs looked like this:

55. Speaking of which, America hasn't really been around for very long at all:

56. Woolly mammoth tusks — well, they were really, really big:

57. Queen Elizabeth had to endure the world before one of its greatest inventions:

58. This is what an ancient Roman road looked like:

59. Picasso just might have listened to the song "Sweet Caroline":

60. And, finally, grumpkins exist:

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