Okay, These 27 Absolutely Mind-Blowing Photos Just Completely, Totally, And Utterly Shattered My Dumb Little Brain Last Week

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Here’s a group of people casually enjoying a swim while, in the distance, an atomic bomb detonates:

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Speaking of which, people were so caught up in atomic-mania at they crowned a “Miss Atomic Bomb” in 1957. Here’s what she looked like:

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This is a spiral-style answer sheet specifically designed to make cheating way harder:

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This is what an albino alligator looks like:

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Darth Vader’s lightsaber recently sold at auction for $3.6 MILLION dollars:

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This is what the interior of a commercial aircraft looked like in 1920:

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This is what it looked like after a golf hole was struck by lightning:

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This is a prototype for a baby stroller made to withstand gas attacks during World War II:

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Here’s a picture of a car stunt from the 1920s featuring a man jumping a fallen bridge and probably permanently bruising his rear-end:

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Often called the “first meme”, this still-accurate cartoon appeared in a magazine in the 1920s:

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This is how big an ostritch egg is compared to a human hand:

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This is how big the propellers on the Titanic were compared to a person:

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This is what Albert Einstein’s desk looked like the day he died in April 1955:

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This is what a pair of thumbs that cannot bend look like:

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This is what a TV set looked like in the 1930s:

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This is how big the largest shark that ever lived, the Megalodon, was compared to a human:

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And here’s how big the jaws of the Megalodon were compared to a human:

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There’s a town in Italy named Centuripe that resembles a big giant person made out of houses:

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Hummingbird nests are tiny. Really, really tiny:

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Some pool balls have, well, other pool balls in them:

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This is what a wind turbine looks like after being hit by a tornado:

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This is a picture of a drive-in movie from 2001. Just kidding, it’s from the 1930s, too:

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This is what $100 in brand new five dollar bills looks like:

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Lots of US presidents have spoken multiple languages — here’s a list of every purportedly multilingual president:

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When Mount Vesuvius erupted in Ancient Rome, the explosion carbonized several loaves of ancient Roman bread:

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This is what the skull of a typical dog looks like compared to a pug’s skull:

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And, finally, this is how large the statue of David’s, uh, rear-end is: