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This isn’t a big ol’ grape. It’s the world’s largest single-celled organism:
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This is what Mount Saint Helens looked like before and after its 1980 eruption:
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These bad boys are the oldest pair of pants ever discovered, dating back to over 3,000 years ago:
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This is the first aerial photo ever taken, captured by James Wallace Black from a hot-air balloon high above Boston:
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This is what an authentic, mint condition Woodstock 1969 ticket looks like:
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This is artist Dario Campanile next to the painting he made for Paramount’s 75th anniversary. The painting would go on to be the source of the company’s subsequent logos:
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This is what a credit card from the 1950s looked like:
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This is what a hippo’s skull looks like compared to a human skull:
I’m sure you’re aware that every St. Patrick’s Day, Chicago transforms its river into a vibrant shade of green…
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Well, did you know the dye is actually ORANGE?
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After World War I, sculptor Anna Coleman Ladd led a team that crafted realistic masks to restore the faces of injured soldiers:
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This is Louisa Ann Swain, the first American woman to ever vote in a general election:
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This is what a cyclist’s legs look like after competing in the Tour De France:
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This is what New York City looked like from space on 9/11/2001:
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Cacti are a great way to measure progress:
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This is the difference between modern-day corn and its pre-domesticated form:
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Here’s daredevil Kenneth Hunter performing mid-flight repairs on his plane in the 1920s, his head just inches from the spinning propeller:
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Here’s what a beluga whale looks like from below:
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There’s a bridge in Amsterdam that’s completely 3D printed:
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Deep sea wolf eels are absolutely terrifying:
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This is apparently an eighth-grade test from 1912. Are you passing it?
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Finally, let’s end by looking at the TRUE color of every planet in our solar system. This is what color Mercury really is:
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And this is what Venus looks like to the naked eye:
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Here’s where you are, Earth, in true color:
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This is what Mars looks like in real color:
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And this is what Jupiter looks like without any filters:
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Here’s Saturn in all its true-color glory:
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And this is Uranus in real color:
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Here’s Neptune in true color:
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And, finally, here’s our little dwarf planet warrior, Pluto, in real color:
