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This is what the bottom of the deepest trench on Earth, the Mariana Trench, looks like:
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This is “Boy Samson,” the 14-year-old “strongest boy in the world” holding up a grown man on a motorcycle circa 1932:
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In the mid-80s, the Statue of Liberty was completely covered in scafolding while being renovated:
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This is how much it cost to buy a whole bunch of groceries in 1988, almost 40 years ago:
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This is what the first class menu looked like on the Titanic the day the ship sunk:
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And this is what the Second Class menu looked like that same day:
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And, for good measure, this is what the third class menu looked like that day so many of them tragically died:
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Last week, I shared a graphical comparison showing just how incredible the new Grand Theft Auto game looks. Here’s another one showing two games, 24 years apart:
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This is what the World Trade Center looked like at the very beginning of its construction:
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This is what a fusion reactor looks like compared to a person:
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This is Igor Sikorsky, inventor of the world’s first “practical” helicopter, getting ready to take off in his contraption:
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And here he is in the air:
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Some playgrounds have special “wheelchair only” swings:
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This is Norwegian speed skater Oscar Mathisen pictured with his many, many, many, many awards and honors throughout the early 1900s:
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This is what a pair of maraschino cherries put through a dishwasher looks like:
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Here’s a scientist testing out a hands-free shaving machine that used robotic arms:
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Strawberries, my boy… strawberries can be very, very big:
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And dogs? Dogs can be gigantic:
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This is a group of World War I soldiers creating a “Human Liberty Bell” at Camp Dix in 1918:
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This is 17-year-old Bryn Owen and his, frankly, ludicrous amount of mirrors on his Vespa:
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Here’s a scene from the 1924 Olympics gold medal hockey game between the USA and Canada:
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This is what Meryal Waterpark, home of the world’s tallest waterslide, looking like while it was under construction in Qatar:
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This is what Earth looks like from 3.7 billion miles away:
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This is what the grave of HR Giger, creator of the design of the alien from Alien, looks like:
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Finally, there’s a copperhead snake in this picture. Can you find it?