My jaw is actually still completely through the floor after seeing these stunning photos for the first time last week
1.Here are the contestants in the 1924 Miss America pageant:
It looked like they attacked the backstage area of my high school drama club.
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2.This is a 1:24 scale model of Hogwarts that was used in all the movies. harry potter Movie:
It’s tempting to go into Godzilla mode.
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3.This is the size of a hummingbird feather compared to a quarter of a feather:
4.Before being destroyed by the Taliban in 2001, Afghanistan was home to two giant Buddha statues, one of which stood an impressive 175 feet tall:
They were built over 1500 years ago.
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5.Here’s what the same area looks like today:
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6.This is what Frank Sintra allegedly demanded in the dressing room before the show:
7.The original Mr. Potato Head used real potatoes:
If you look closely, you’ll see that it also has DLC in the form of oranges, beets, apples, and peppers.
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8.This is how big the moon is compared to Australia:
Where would you rather move: the moon or Australia?
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9.The Air Force Academy makes stealth bomber-shaped nachos for their nachos:
10.Some medieval helmets had beards:
History is incredible, isn’t it?
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11.This is a lava skylight, a hole above flowing lava that allows you to gaze and see all that red, flowing goodness:
Oh my gosh, it looks like a gateway to Herc.
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12.This is what the Hindenburg looked like when it was built:
This is absolutely huge.
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13.Here’s what the restaurant on the finished Zeppelin will look like:
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14.This is the Alaskan Way Viaduct in Seattle. It was demolished around 2019 and replaced with…
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15.A wonderful new waterfront area:
16.This is what a used hypodermic needle looks like under an electron microscope:
Note the single red blood cell.
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17.Grapes… Grapes can be huge:
Imagine biting that sucker. This will be amazing.
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18.Penguins…have knees!
19.This is what a 40 pound rubber band ball looks like:
Think of that slam dunk thing.
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20.This is an ancient Roman pipe leading to the hot springs. It still works today:
And filled with delicious PB.
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twenty one.This beautiful little guy is Sphaerocoris annulus, also known as the “Picasso bug”:
It is found in several parts of Africa. Folks, can we stop this beautiful beetle?
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twenty two.Here’s a group of service dogs being “tested” on their ability to listen to the entire musical:
twenty three.This is what a stingray’s tail looks like after being attacked:
twenty four.More than 80,000 people watched the 1921 heavyweight championship match between Georges Carpentier and Jack Dempsey:
It was held at a place called Boyle’s Thirty Acres in Jersey City, New Jersey. Dempsey won.
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25.Finally, here are a bunch of fake Egyptian sweets: