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This is what one gram of gold looks like. As of today, this little thing is worth over $109:
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Michelangelo’s David is VERY, VERY big:
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This awe-inspiring sight is a potato storage facility. That’s a five-foot shovel, for reference:
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This is Robert Wadlow, the tallest man who ever lived, towering above everyone else at 8’11”:
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This assortment of nails, buttons, safety pins, and more is the stomach content of a patient with pica, a disorder that causes a strong urge to eat nonfood items:
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This is Dr. James Naismith, the man who invented basketball at the age of 32:
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And here’s what is apparently the first EVER basketball team:
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And this picture, from the early 1900s, shows an early basketball game, kneepads and all:
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This, in all its glory, is a meeting of the US Board of Tea Experts. They’re, well, testing teas for sale in the USA:
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This is a detailed map showing just how far the Mars Opportunity Rover traveled in its 15 years on the planet:
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While we’re on the subject, this is the first picture Opportunity took on the surface of Mars…
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And this is the last:
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This is how some scientists tested the effectiveness football helmets in the 1950s — by banging themselves in the head with a heavy object:
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This is what an elephant’s tail looks like up-close:
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This is Diane Stopky, winner of International Posture Queen in 1957, posing with her award-winning spine:
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Some ladybugs are born without spots:
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In 1918, over 30,000 soldiers came together to make a giant human-shield:
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Before exposure times were significantly reduced, people sitting for photographs sometimes used a small device to support their head and ease neck strain:
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This is what happens if you put a highlighter in the microwave:
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This is what a frozen egg looks like without its shell:
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Some grasshoppers are pink! This is due to erythrism, a condition where an animal’s coloring is especially red due to excess red pigmentation:
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This is what 1000 shirts stacked on top of each other looks like:
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This is the eight-year-old bodybuilder Patricia O’Keefe, carrying a 200-pound man on her back:
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High voltage lines are, well, really high voltage. They can even melt concrete if they hit the ground:
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And I’d be remiss if I didn’t add a picture of a very, very tiny frog to one of these lists. Look how tiny this little guy is:
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