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This, snapped the day before his death, is one of the last pictures ever taken of Pope Francis:
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And here’s what Pope Francis looked like as a young man:
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Speaking of which, the new Pope Leo went to a World Series game in 2005 and was caught on TV:
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Over 2.5 MILLION people attended Lady Gaga’s show in Brazil last week. Here’s what millions of people in one place looks like:
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This is what caffeine looks like under a microscope:
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This is Henry Behrens, at one time the world’s smallest man, doing a little tango with a cat:
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This comparison of the graphics of Grand Theft Auto V and the upcoming Grand Theft Auto VI has been making the rounds. The jump in graphical fidelity is incredible:
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This is planet J1407b, a, I quote, “Super-saturn” with “over 30 rings, each stretching over tens of millions of kilometers in diameter:”
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This is what the remains of a World War I trench looks like today:
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This is what an x-ray of a baby’s hand looks like:
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This picture, from the early 1900s, shows an early basketball game, kneepads and all:
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Here’s another photo of a vintage basketball player, standing in front of a piano and striking fear into the hearts of his opponents:
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In 1731, King Frederick I of Sweden was gifted with a lion that, after its death, he sent to be stuffed and preserved. The only issue was that the people doing the taxidermy had never actually seen a lion. This, the Lion of Gripsholm Castle, is the finished product:
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Speaking of terrible taxidermy and fossil reconstruction, this is the Magdeburg Unicorn, quite possibly the worst fossil reconstruction ever:
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This is Steven Spielberg on top of Bruce, the animatronic shark that, well, played Jaws in Jaws:
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Here’s a look at the full Jaws fake-shark rig:
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This is what Stephen Hawking’s grave looks like:
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This isn’t a fake picture of your worst “driving nightmare.” It’s the Hisashimichi Interchange, located near Tokyo, perhaps one of the most complicated roads in the world:
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The logo for 7/11 holds many, many secrets:
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This is what the nerve inside a tooth looks like:
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This is what Mexico City looks like from above:
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Frogs, my boy… frogs can be very, very tiny:
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This is what the knots on the outside of a tree look like on the inside:
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Cough medicine used to be very, very, very strong:
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And, finally, this is what a baby pigeon looks like: