35 Extremely Random Things I Just Found Out That Completely And Totally Blow My Mind This Month

Now that's interesting.

1. A Norwegian prison cell is nicer than my freshman year college dorm room:

This is a prison cell in Norway. The Scandinavian prison system focuses on rehabilitation rather than punishment of its prisoners. from Damnthatsinteresting

2. Goth ice cream is a thing that exists that you can eat:

today i had black ice cream and it was delicious from mildlyinteresting

3. The Liberty Bell is a puny little bell:

The Liberty Bell is way smaller than you might expect from mildlyinteresting

4. 3D yearbooks for the blind and visually impaired exist:

3D Yearbook. Names written and in braille. Georgia Academy for the Blind from mildlyinteresting

5. Cauliflower can be purple and orange:

Purple and orange cauliflower bought from the local farmer's market. from mildlyinteresting

6. In 1936, you could give birth and stay in the hospital for 11 days and only pay $61:

Hospital bill from 1936 for birth of baby (my grandmother) from mildlyinteresting

7. The difference between 7'6" and 5'5" is shocking:

7'6" (229 cm), 5'5" (165 cm), 7'2" (218 cm) from interestingasfuck

8. Technology has advanced so far that we now have brownie pans that give you all edge pieces:

My mom has a brownie pan that only makes edges from mildlyinteresting

9. You might want to sit down for this one — square ketchup exists:

This square ketchup packet. from mildlyinteresting

10. Sometimes you can find a lil' ol' seashell in your salt grinder.

There is a small shell in my sea salt grinder. from mildlyinteresting

11. Da Vinci's "The Last Supper" is pretty dang big:

Leonardo’s The Last Supper is way bigger than I thought it would be. from HumanForScale

12. Horsewalks are a thing:

This crosswalk with a higher button for people on horses from mildlyinteresting

13. Eagle nests are (Billy Fuccillo voice) HUUUUUUUUGE:

Eagles nest (Ranger for scale) from interestingasfuck

Read more about them here.

And this is how big some eagle's claws can be:

The true size of an Eagle’s claw from HumanForScale

Read more about them here.

14. Oranges can have green skin in certain climates. Yet, for some reason, they are not called "greens":

Oranges in tropical regions have green skin instead of orange from interestingasfuck

15. A movie on July 18, 1993 cost $3.50:

Found my original Jurassic Park ticket today from mildlyinteresting

16. The Pacific Ocean, well, it's big:

A view of the earth with the Pacific Ocean as the center point. from Damnthatsinteresting

17. There is no greater technological achievement than this:

Size difference in this 2gb flash drive I’ve had for nearly a decade, and this new 128gb flash drive from mildlyinteresting

18. A CVS looks really strange with nothing in it:

This is what an empty CVS looks like. from Damnthatsinteresting

19. Crocs can give ya a mean ol' tan:

My Crocs tan from mildlyinteresting

20. Duck ramps are a very real, very exciting thing that exists:

duck ramp at washington D.C. from mildlyinteresting

21. This is what a hole drilled on Mars looks like. I just think it's neat:

A hole drilled on Mars from interestingasfuck

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Univ. of Arizona.

22. This isn't a big ol' grape. It's the world's largest single-celled organism:

Valonia Ventricosa, The Largest Single-Celled Organism On Earth. Yep, This Is A Single Living Cell from interestingasfuck

23. LA County is DENSE:

States with smaller population than Los Angeles County from interestingasfuck

24. Homer is old as hell:

Homer Simpson is 66 today from interestingasfuck

25. There are libraries that tell you just how much money you saved:

My library lets you know the cost of the books you rented. from mildlyinteresting

26. This is what a shell-less egg looks like:

we found a wind-egg at work today (a wind-egg is a shell les egg) from mildlyinteresting

27. And MRI scans of the unborn are absolutely terrifying:

This is what a fetus looks like in a fetal MRI scan from interestingasfuck

Sleep tight!

28. When the sun is directly overhead, everyday objects won't cast a shadow:

Zero shadow day from mildlyinteresting

You can read more about the phenomenon here.

29. You don't have to spend 2 hours threading a needle:

You can purchase sewing needles that are already threaded. from mildlyinteresting

30. Windmill blades are absolutely gigantic:

The absolute scale of a windmill blade compared to a person from mildlyinteresting

31. The name for Worcestershire sauce in some countries is "salsa inglesa" or "english sauce":

This Worcestershire Sauce is "English Salsa" at this Latin/Asian Grocery Store from mildlyinteresting

32. Rolls of toilet paper can be absolutely, astoundingly gigantic:

This 30 plus year old gigantic toilet paper roll from mildlyinteresting

33. Gavel pencils exist, and I need one in my life:

This gavel shaped pencil from the Bar Association. from mildlyinteresting

34. Eco-urinals allow you to waste no waste:

A urinal that flushes by washing your hands from mildlyinteresting

35. And, finally, some Dutch airlines have nice little clog salt shakers:

Business class plane food from the Netherlands - the salt and pepper shakers are a small pair of clogs from mildlyinteresting

Ain't that sweet.