51 Absolutely Fascinating Photos I Can Almost Guarantee You've Never Seen Before

    North Korean airports are kinda freaky.

    1. Here's an invite to Michael Jackson's Neverland ranch.

    typed up invitation to the event

    2. This old math textbook has the original Pledge of Allegiance in it, without "under God"...which I didn't even know was a thing.

    the pledge typed up in a book

    3. Here's what the Statue of Liberty actually originally looked like, before time turned it green.

    the statue with a golden hue

    4. And here's what the pyramids would've actually looked like, as they were covered in limestone and gold.

    pristine pyramids

    5. Here's what the Terracotta warriors looked like with color.

    the soldiers with color to them

    6. Ever wondered how the original Star Wars intros were made? Now ya know!

    camera scrolling though the large text from the opening

    7. And here's what it looked like to film the Ghostbusters climax.

    large pillsbury man on a manmade street with fake cars

    8. This is what the inside of a North Korean airport looks like.

    very bare airport

    9. This is what the top of Mount Everest looks like.

    person taking a selfie at the top and it looks like he's at the top of the world

    10. You know how people always run their hands over people's eyelids in movies after they die to keep their eyes closed? Well, turns out they don't stay closed, so people in morgues use these bad boys to keep them closed.

    clear lenses to close eyes

    11. This is what the original Ronald McDonald looked like.

    12. Here's a super old local newspaper about Taylor Swift as a young teenager.

    headline says, HHS student moves to town to advance her music career

    13. Here's a braille Playboy magazine.

    closeup of the magainze

    14. Here's an MRI of what it looks like when you rub your eyes.

    15. Here's what the inside of a credit card looks like.

    inside of the card with the chip inside

    16. Here are the rules to writing Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner shorts, straight from creator, Chuck Jones.

    list of 9 rules for the cartoon

    17. TIL they used to sell atomic energy kits for kids back in 1951.

    inside of the kit with illustrations of a kid working with it

    18. This is how giraffes sleep.

    its neck is twisted to rest on its butt

    19. This is what snake venom does to your blood.

    20. Here's what a Woodstock ticket looked like.

    ticket in a case showing the price at $6

    21. This is what it looks like to have the condition hypertrichosis, where you grow hair all over your face.

    closeup of a person with a hairy face

    22. Here's what a clump of DNA actually looks like.

    looks like a crystalized thing floating in a tube

    23. Here are photos of a hairless cat that had to have their eyes removed — resulting in visible eye sockets and an awesome-looking cat that would fit right in on the set of a Tim Burton film.

    closeup of a cat with no eyes

    24. This is what the goat cashmere is made from looks like.

    a luxurious looking goat with long hair

    25. Here's what a sheep whose wool hasn't been shorn in five years looks like.

    sheep overloaded with heavy knotted hair

    26. Here's what a nuclear bomb actually looks like up close.

    it's got a slim triangular top

    27. Here's the first-ever Pride flag (and also the sewing machine that it was made on).

    the long flag behind the sewing machine

    28. You've probably seen examples of heterochromia, where people have two different colored eyes, before, but I doubt you've seen an example of sectoral heterochromia: where there are two colors within one eye.

    closeup of a brown and blue eye

    29. And you've DEFINITELY never seen a photo of someone with three pupils in one eye.

    closeup of 3 pupils

    30. Here's what 7-Up cans used to look like.

    a tin can

    31. Here's the plant sesame seeds come from.

    a plant opened up to show the seeds

    32. Ever wondor what the inside of a bowling ball looks like?

    a huge weight inside the ball

    33. Here's what the original toys for Pooh and his friends looked like.

    the stuffed animals before they got their characteristic attire and colors

    34. And here's the very first version of Kermit the frog, which creator Jim Henson made out of one of his mom's coats.

    35. Here are the original drafts for the game Pac-Man.

    person holding up the plans for the game

    36. Here's what a newborn parrot looks like.

    a mostly naked bird with a fuzzy back

    37. And this is what newborn alpacas look like.

    alpaca looks skeletal

    38. And here's what hedgehogs look like when they're born — they have no spikes! But they start to grow them in the first few hours after being born.

    newborn, naked hedgehog

    39. I'm sure you've seen "for best results" washing instructions on clothing, but have you ever seen "for worst results"?

    tag with the worst results written

    40. I bet you've never seen a black apple.

    black apples on a tree

    41. Or an all-black squirrel.

    squirrel on the street

    42. Here are old drug identification kits that used to be used to train customs workers.

    opened kit with various testing capsules

    43. Have you ever seen a newspaper of the day JFK was assassinated?

    large headline announcing JFKs death

    44. Here's what an escalator looks like without its stairs.

    metal rods going across the escalator

    45. This is what fire hydrants actually look like when they're not in the ground.

    fire hydrants are longer and have a large tube that goes underground

    46. Here's the tiny hole in your eyes that drains tears to your nose, causing a runny nose when you cry.

    arrow pointing to the hole

    47. These air hostess requirements from the 1940s are super weird to see — like, why can they not be 5'1" or 135 pounds???

    the different qualifications including age, height, weight, education

    48. Have you ever seen a $500 bill?

    creased $500 bill

    49. Here's what Confederate currency looked like.

    confederate states of america money

    50. I didn't even know there was such a thing as a silver fox.

    silver fox on someone's porch

    51. And finally, this one isn't a photo, but I still think it's fascinating: here's footage of voice actors recording "dialogue" for the Sims 1.

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