Simply fascinating stuff.
1.In the hours after he died, a death mask was made of Napoleon Bonaparte’s face:
2.This is how close Russia is to Alaska:
3.The Liberty Bell is a puny little bell:
4.Da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” is pretty dang big:
5.Oranges can have green skin in certain climates.
Yet, for some reason, they are not called “greens”:
6.This is the Terex 33-19 Titan, an absolute behemoth of a truck that was the largest in the world formultipledecades:
7.This is what the private movie theater inside the White House looks like:
8.This is Henry Ford cruising around in the first car he designed, the Quadricycle:
9.If you boil 5 gallons of ocean water, this is roughly how much salt you’ll be left with:
10.Should you ever get the urge to polish a coconut, this is what it will look like:
11.This is the “American Super Bowl” section of a German grocery store:
12.Speaking of which, this is how enormous the mustard section in a German grocery store is:
13.Not only is there a place that claims the longest hallway in America, but there’s also a plaque commemorating it:
14.This is what a 30-year-old horse’s tooth looks like:
15.Last month, this 500-pound tuna was sold for nearly $800,000 at an auction in Tokyo:
16.Pine cones, my friend…pine cones can be really, really big:
17.If you’re flying in a plane above Bahrain, you’re able to see the entire country:
18.This is what the inside of an air mattress looks like:
19.When the sun is directly overhead, everyday objects won’t cast a shadow:
20.Windmill blades are absolutely gigantic:
21.In 1936, you could give birth and stay in the hospital for 11 days and pay less than $62:
22.And, finally, feast your eyes upon this Roman sculpture of a dog licking itself, perhaps the most magnificent work of art ever commissioned:
