1.In 2018, NASA captured an unreal-looking rectangular iceberg:
2.This is the last photograph ever taken of the Titanic:
It sunk three days later.
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3.This is what a report card from 1926 looks like:
Knock off all that whispering!
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4.This camouflage, known as “dazzle camouflage,” was extremely popular during World War I:
It wasn’t used to blend in, but because its “patterns would make it more difficult to figure out the ship’s size, speed, distance and direction.” Neat!
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5.Dirt doesn’t stick to scars:
So, that’s one way to stay clean.
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6.This is what a lighthouse lens from the 1700s looks like:
I want to put one in my kitchen.
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7.You’re probably familiar with the front of King Tut’s iconic death mask:
8.Well, this is what the back looks like:
9.Blue lobsters exist:
They say it’s a “one in two million” chance to catch one of these gorgeous young ‘sters.
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10.And grasshoppers? Well, some grasshoppers can be pink:
11.But back to lobsters: This is what a whole bunch of three week old lobsters look like:
12.Somewhere out in the world there’s a Red Cross van donated by Britney Spears:
She donated the van after devastating floods hit Louisiana in 2016.
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13.This is how big a baby kangaroo is when it’s born:
It’s about the size of a quarter. It then spends the next four months or so in its mother’s pouch.
14.For some reason unbeknownst to me, in 1920 a policeman did this off a building in New York:
Me, personally? I like doing the crossword to have fun. But go off.
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15.This is 455 pound Piet van der Zwaard AKA the “fattest man in Europe” in 1955:
Folks, do we stan Piet van der Zwaard?
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16.This is what brain fluid looks like:
Should you ever have it drained. I think I’ll pass on a cup of brain juice, personally.
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17.This is why a bee dies after it stings you:
RIP, bee. We hardly knew thee.
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18.This is one of the earliest designs for roller skates. They didn’t catch on for some reason:
Probably because everyone who rode them was bustin’ their dang head open like a dang coconut. Dang!
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19.You never know what you might find underneath the floorboards:
This is the finest archeological discovery since Nefertari’s tomb, IMO.
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20.This is what a traffic light looked like in New York City in 1929:
Even traffic lights were art back in the day, back in the day being 1929, of course.
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21.In the early 1900s, one way to transport tons of materials and train parts was to suspend it hundreds of feet in the air and tow it across a canyon:
I’m just happy that train is having fun.
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22.And, finally, some people have abnormally huge veins:
Apparently, it’s totally fine. Shout out to all my huge-vein-havers out there. This one’s for you.
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