Okay, My Dumb Little Brain Is Totally Blown After Seeing These 23 Absolutely Incredible Pictures For The First Time Last Week
1.Just last week the world population surpassed 8 billion humans. 8 BILLION!
2.This, wicker chairs and all, is what the interior of a plane looked like in 1925:
Actually, fun fact: This is apparently the first time an in-flight film was shown on a flight.
3.This absolute unit is the largest bird to have ever existed, Argentavis magnificens:
It had a 22-foot wingspan and weighed over 150 pounds.
4.And, just for good measure, this is the world's smallest bird, the bee hummingbird:
They are "comparable in size to a bumblebee."
5.This is the Queensland Stinger, one of the world's most dangerous plants:
Apparently, touching it feels like you're simultaneously "being burned by hot acid and electrocuted at the same time."
Here's a closer look:
If you see one of these, run.
6.This is Margaret Gorman, the woman who won the very first Miss America competition in 1921:
7.They sell red solo cups as "American party cups" in New Zealand:
8.UPS drivers have special UPS socks as part of their uniform:
9.This is the world's oldest surviving photograph, taken by Nicéphore Niépce in 1827:
It's called "View from the Window at Le Gras." It's, well, a view from a window.
10.Here's what the original, un-enhanced world's oldest picture looks like today:
11.Every single letter in the alphabet appears in a least one US state...except for the letter Q:
No state names have a Q in them!
12.This is Maud Wagner, who is widely believed to be the first female professional tattoo artist in the US:
13.Baby zebras are born with brown stripes before they eventually turn black:
14.This boat know as "Boomin' Beaver" is apparently the smallest ship in the US Navy:
It's apparently used to "tow small ships and deploy underwater fences."
15.This is a screenshot of the Silk Road, the infamous black market on the dark web, before it was taken down:
16.This is what the Eiffel Tower looked like as it was being built:
It was built in time for the 1889 World's Fair.
17.This is a picture from Abraham Lincoln's second inauguration in 1865. Can you spot him?
18.Speaking of Lincoln, this man, Valentine Tapley, vowed in 1860 to never cut his beard again if Abraham Lincoln was elected president. Here's him in 1896:
He won 5th place at a World's Longest Beard competition that year.
19.And, again, just for good measure, here's Hans N. Langseth, winner of the world's longest beard competition in 1922:
Looks...interesting.
20.This is what your sinuses look like:
Yep, these are the things that have caused you so much misery.
21.These are the real-life outfits doctors would wear to treat plague patients in the 1600s:
Terrifying!
22.Sometimes, a door is so clear you need to put a sticker on it so people don't bump their little noggin on it:
23.And, lastly, uh, apparently, some people can do this:
Ahhhhhhh!!! Okay!
