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First, these photos are absolutely bonkers — they’re of Dubai in 1985 versus 2016 (how is that possible?):
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This home’s Halloween decorations are fun during the day, but after the sun goes down they’re absolutely epic:
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And these photos, taken in 2021 and 2025, not only show how much war has changed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, but also how much the Oval Office changed from Biden to Trump:
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These photos of the Ukranian town of Kharkov — taken before and one year after Russia’s invasion — show the profound devastation of the war:
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Ditto for these photos taken before and after the war in Borodyanka, Ukraine:
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Here’s a slightly happier one — a Hawaiian family’s home after being totally destroyed by the Lahaina Fire, and then two years later post-rebuild:
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Speaking of fires, these before and after photos show just how much the Palisades Fire destroyed Malibu, CA:
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Moving a little further east, these photos taken near downtown Los Angeles in 1939 and 2021 show how much things have changed…especially the traffic:
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And these photos — one taken today and one of the same mall in the ’80s — show how much online shopping has wrecked mall culture:
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This restoration of a painting that’d been in an office with a lot of smokers is incredible (and makes you think if the smoke did that to the painting, what is it doing to our lungs?):
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Here you see the mooring of the Global Station Papa Array (a research platform) in the Gulf of Alaska…before and after its yearly cleaning:
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These price tags before and after Trump’s tariffs show how they’re affecting inflation:
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This “Salaryman” novelty eraser from Japan ages like a real, stressed middle-aged business man, losing more hair each time you use it:
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And this person took their temperature before and after eating a bowl of ice cream:
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Wow! The top swim goggles are brand new while the ones below were worn two hours a day for six months in a pool that uses a combination of saltwater and chlorine:
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And here’s a Scrub Daddy before and after being used (rest in peace, sweet prince):
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These photos of a guy’s apartment before and after he married a plant-loving girl make me think she must be WONDERFUL in non-plant related things, because…:
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This is Ziggy the cat before and after being rescued:
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And this pie looked absolutely cursed before it was put in the oven, and, uh, slightly less cursed afterward:
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Here’s a Ken doll from 1985 next to a Ken doll from a few years ago:
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A modern tomato next to a tomato grown from 150-year-old seeds:
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And a building in New York before and after being power washed:
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Check out these boxes of Nerds candy — one from 1984 (discovered under someone’s floorboard) and one from recent years:
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Here’s a stack of dollar bills after being in circulation vs. a stack of brand new ones:
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And hundred dollar bills from 1977, 2003, and 2017:
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Here’s an Ancient Greek stadium before and after it was excavated by archaeologists:
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A historical medical journal documenting the before and after of a tumor removal in the 17th century:
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And — much more recently — two MRIs of someone’s brain before and after surgery to remove a tumor from their temporal lobe:
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What you see here are new chocolate chips vs. older ones (the change in color is called blooming and comes from being exposed to warm temperatures…they’re still fine to eat!):
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These photos show a reservoir in Glossop, England in 2022 (during a drought) and the same reservoir in 2023 after heavy rainfall:
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And here are a college student’s notes before and after they started taking ADD medication:
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This is interesting — a new sewing needle vs. one used for four months:
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Here’s a 300-year-old sword before and after being restored:
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And — wow! — a viking axe before and after being restored:
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Yikes! Here’s a new TV remote vs. one used by a smoker (reminds me of the restored painting from earlier):
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A stuffed animal loved on for years vs. a brand new version of the same stuffed animal:
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And a dog before and after getting groomed:
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Here’s a well-worn key vs. a freshly cut one for the same vehicle:
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An actor in Turkey before and after putting on makeup for a play version of Victor Hugo’s novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame:
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And Iskenderun, Turkey on February 5, 2023 after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake and a year later:
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Here’s a 1988 Toyota Hilux and the 2012 version of the same truck (it really shows you how much larger trucks have gotten over the years):
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Check out the camera size of an original iPhone (right) vs. an iPhone 13 Pro:
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And — even more impressive — see how one terabyte of external hard drive storage changed from 2009 to 2022:
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These X-rays were taken a week before someone’s wisdom teeth extraction vs. one week after:
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Here’s a baseball cap after being worn while working outdoors for a year vs. a brand new one:
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Here’s a transparent phone cover after four years of use vs. a brand new one:
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And here’s an aged shopping cart wheel next to a brand new one:
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These photos are of a guy’s room before and after a girl said she would come over, LOL:
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Here’s a five-year-old wok vs. a new version of the same brand:
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And lastly, here’s Bubbles, a neglected Labrador Retriever with a skin condition before and after he was brought into a shelter and given some love and treatment: