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1. This is what Netflix's homepage looked like in 1999, one year after it launched: What do you say we get the popcorn going, pour a little wine, and wait 3-5 business days for Patch Adams to arrive. 2.
This isn't a big ol' grape. It's the world's largest single-celled organism: It's called Valonia ventricosa , and it's a type of algae. 3.
This is what Mount Saint Helens looked like before and after its 1980 eruption: A bit different. 4. 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: Neat! 5. This is what a cyclist's legs look like after competing in the Tour De France: Or what my legs look like after walking up three flights of stairs. 6.
This is what New York City looked like from space on 9/11/2001: Captured from the ISS. 7. Plastic surgery has been around for a long time—here are some examples from the 1920s: Great Cyrano de Bergerac reference there, 1920s plastic surgeon.
8. Here's another example of a facelift from the 1920s: 9. This is what the Korean penisula — North Korea on top, South Korea on bottom – looks like from space: That arrow is pointing to Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea.
10. This is a rubber beauty mask designed to eliminate wrinkles, massage the face, and promote skin health from the 1920s: It's definitely not a parasitic, terrifying alien life form. 11.
Some chickens lay eggs with white yolks: It just doesn't seem right. 12. There is a set of intact, neatly stacked plates inside the wreckage of the Titanic: This is after sinking over 12,000 feet to the bottom of the ocean.
13. This monument marks the location of the first ever nuclear bomb explosion: No, you will not get superpowers from touching the stone. 14.
These bad boys are the oldest pair of pants ever discovered, dating back to over 3,000 years ago: They were found in western China , and you know what? They look pretty cool to me. 15. Prescription cocaine is still used today in hospitals as a local anesthetic : Just feels weird to see.
16. This is what Florida looks like from space: To paraphrase Carl Sagan: Every Floridian you love, every Floridian who has robbed a gas station, every Floridian who has unwisely kept an exotic animal as a pet, every Floridian who has ever been seriously hurt flying off a jump in a backyard go-kart accident, has lived out their lives on that peninsula. 17.
These are the prices from a 107 years ago from a restaurant in Alabama: Lemme get the uh...
pigs feet and orange juice. 18. Before he was James Bond, Sean Connery competed in the Mr.
Universe pageant in 1953: Looks like Morrissey. 19. Most of the palm trees you see out and about are trimmed.
Here's what a bunch of un-trimmed ones look like: And if you've ever lived in a place with palm trees, you know that there's probably a whole slew of critters in them there unshorn trees. 20. This is what a young Joseph Stalin looked like: His friends called him Joe.
Not actually sure of that. Probably not true. 21.
Elephant seals are absolutely gigantic: And I love them. 22. This is what a kidney stone looks like under an electron microscope: (Cartoon cat getting its finger stuck in a mousetrap voice) YEEEEEEEOOOOOWWWWCH! 23.
This is what the United Kingdom looked like from space during the winter of 2010: Likes like one of those Games of Thrones. 24. Speaking of big giant animals, here's Hiram (center), the world's largest horse as of 1907: Folks, do we stan Hiram, aka the largest horse in the world? 25.
Some Australian beaches have "emergency vinegar" to treat jellyfish stings: You get some emergency olive oil and we got ourselves an Italian feast. 26. This is a picture of the spectators, including alleged mobsters, covering their faces with hats to avoid recognition during Al Capone's trial in October 1931: Poor form by the guy in the front row to the right.
You hate to see it. 27. Smoking does a doozy to your walls: Not great.
.. unless you're a big fan of beige.
28. Sugargliders have tiny little sugarglider fingerprints: Just in case a sugarglider tries to frame you for something. 29.
This is the exact gun John Wilkes Booth used to kill Abraham Lincoln: RIP Abe. 30. This is what happens to your knee replacement if you're cremated: A comforting thought.
Have a nice day! 31. This is the first aerial photo ever taken, captured by James Wallace Black from a hot-air balloon high above Boston: This picture, from 1860, is called "Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It." 32.
This is what an authentic, mint condition Woodstock 1969 ticket looks like: Gem Mint 10, folks. Would you rather have this or a 2011 Mike Trout Topps Update card? 33. I'm sure you're aware that every St.
Patrick's Day, Chicago transforms its river into a vibrant shade of green...
34. Well, did you know the dye is actually ORANGE? This is what a super concentrated amount of the dye looks like. Science, man.
35. After World War I, sculptor Anna Coleman Ladd led a team that crafted realistic masks to restore the faces of injured soldiers: 36. This is Louisa Ann Swain, the first American woman to ever vote in a general election: The vote happened in 1870, five decades before the 19th Amendment granted voting rights to all American women.
37. Cacti are a great way to measure progress: Just in case you were wondering. 38.
Here's what a beluga whale looks like from below: Like it has knees! KNEES ! It doesn't, though. 39. This is apparently an eighth-grade test from 1912.
Are you passing it? Feel free to describe the heart in the comments. 40. This is Stephen Taylor, the man with the world's longest tongue: Apparently, he's since been dethroned by Nick Stoeberl .
I don't really want to get too deep into the deep world of the world's longest tongue. 41. This is what the foundation of a skyscraper looks like: Looks VAST.
42. Some finger prosthetics have fingerprints: Just when you thought you could get away with every crime ever. 43.
This is what the Pacific Ocean looks like from space: There are at least ten fish pictured here. 44. Here's a picture of a very safe, normal setup for parents and a baby to enjoy ice skating from the late 1930s: No problems here.
45. Speaking of babies, they used to travel up with the luggage on planes: 46. Looks totally fine to me: Yup, nothin' to see here.
Out of sight, out of mind. 47. This is how big a moose's tooth is: Imagine being a moose dentist.
It'd be incredible. 48. Some places use really, really, really, really long brooms to dust the ceiling: Would love to see Mando Duplantis handle that thing.
49. This is what a credit card from the 1950s looked like: Next to a pay stub from the 1950s! Two for one! 50. This is what a hippo's skull looks like compared to a human skull: They really had to hammer it home with that terrifying staging.
51. Deep sea wolf eels are absolutely terrifying: No thanks, again! 52. You can not only EAT pinecones but you can also make jam from them: 53.
Here's a topographic map of Africa, showing off the many mountains within the continent: 54. Both seals and sea lions have nails: They use them for grooming and, yes, they need to be cut if they get too long. 55.
This is what a hairless raccoon looks like: I still love it. Come here, my friend. 56.
This is what's on an "American" pizza in the Czech Republic: Corn on pizza is one of the most harrowing things I've ever seen. 57. Finally, let's end by looking at the TRUE color of every planet in our solar system.
This is what color Mercury really is: 58. And this is what Venus looks like to the naked eye: 59. Here's where you are, Earth, in true color: No surprise here.
60. This is what Mars looks like in real color: 61. And this is what Jupiter looks like without any filters: 62.
Here's Saturn in all its true-color glory: 63. And this is Uranus in real color: 64. Here's Neptune in true color: 65.
And, finally, here's our little dwarf planet warrior, Pluto, in real color:.
