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    My Dumb Little Peanut Brain Just Got Blown After Seeing These 23 Absolutely Incredible Pictures For The First Time Last Week

    By Dave Stopera,

    12 hours ago

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=06Qm8q_0uSxuqNs00

    1. This is how football helmets were tested in the early 1900s:

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1xgdls_0uSxuqNs00

    I'd love to mash my head into a wall eight hours a day, five days a week.

    / Alamy Stock Photo

    2. It was so hot in Arizona last week that WINDOW BLINDS were melting:

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=22BxRC_0uSxuqNs00

    The whole state of Arizona could use a frosty glass of lemonade.

    u/deliciousking99 / Via reddit.com

    3. This is what the face of a sawfish looks like:

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=47tcUP_0uSxuqNs00

    She's beautiful.

    Solarworksart / Getty Images/iStockphoto

    4. This is what the inside of an air mattress looks like:

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0NWit4_0uSxuqNs00

    I don't like it!!!

    u/imkindaessential / Via reddit.com

    5. This is what first class looked like on a plane in the 1950s:

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2Kksxo_0uSxuqNs00

    Specifically a Super G Constellation on TWA. Looks okay, but it's no pretzels and gingerale.

    Mondadori Portfolio / Mondadori via Getty Images

    6. This is Lemuel Cook, maybe the oldest living veteran of the American Revolutionary War, photographed in the mid-1800s:

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3q51eD_0uSxuqNs00

    This guy literally saw the British coming. Respect.

    Alamy Stock Photo

    7. The 2024 Paris Olympics are about to start very, very soon, so TV networks will probably show this exact view about a hundred times a day:

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4ScCcY_0uSxuqNs00
    Oleg Nikishin / Getty Images

    8. This is what those Olympic rings look like from behind:

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=41OMVR_0uSxuqNs00
    u/thaddeusboyleaddams / Via reddit.com

    9. And this is how big they are compared to a person:

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=18bqW6_0uSxuqNs00

    Folks, I haven't seen a ring that big since Elizabeth Taylor got married! I'm serious!

    Joel Saget / AFP via Getty Images

    10. This poster from the late 1800s advertises a fight between "the world's thinnest man" and "the world's fattest man":

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4PCbpb_0uSxuqNs00

    Let me know in the comments who you got.

    / Alamy Stock Photo

    11. Medical grade cocaine is used in hospitals for sinus surgeries and the like:

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2ee1wz_0uSxuqNs00

    Need me a medical grade Miller Lite.

    u/energypizza301 / Via reddit.com

    12. This is what the wheel of the Mars Curiosity Rover looks like after over a decade on the Red Planet:

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3DMMCY_0uSxuqNs00

    Nothing a little martian duct tape can't fix.

    NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

    13. This is what a hedgehog getting some medical work done looks like:

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=20A5g4_0uSxuqNs00

    Incredible. What a time to be alive. Wish Lemuel Cook could've seen this.

    Twitter: @drlongissimus

    14. You can buy a signed Babe Ruth baseball from Costco:

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3O0ya6_0uSxuqNs00

    Call me when I can buy 35 signed Babe Ruth balls in bulk.

    costco.com

    15. Some funeral homes sell cardboard box coffins:

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2zoZ7o_0uSxuqNs00

    Just my style. They're used for cremations.

    u/kilo2ton / Via reddit.com

    16. This is what an MRI of a kiwi, a peach, and an avocado looks like:

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2Obs8K_0uSxuqNs00

    I think Lemuel Cook would die instantly if he saw this.

    u/SingForTheLaughte / Via reddit.com

    17. This is what a size 74 belt looks like:

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0KxfSG_0uSxuqNs00

    It's a big belt, folks.

    u/eightdollarbeer / Via reddit.com

    18. This is one of the few known photos of Vincent van Gogh, shown here at age 20:

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0fMxYB_0uSxuqNs00

    You think his boys called him Vinny?

    Alamy Stock Photo

    19. This is what a modern-day "bulb" inside a lighthouse looks like:

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2U2nmQ_0uSxuqNs00

    I think this also the lightbulb the dentist uses when they're cleaning your teeth.

    u/wonkey_monkey / Via reddit.com

    20. This is a picture of the ice mountains of Pluto as seen from the New Horizons space probe:

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3mrs0h_0uSxuqNs00

    The photo is 230 miles across, to put things into perspective.

    Science History Images / Alamy Stock Photo

    21. Some movie theaters let you know straight from the jump if you need to sit through the credits:

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=36TgNl_0uSxuqNs00

    Me, personally? I love seeing who rocked the key grip. I think Lemuel Cook would've made a fine cinematographer.

    u/crafted20 / Via reddit.com

    22. Oranges float and limes sink:

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1oSXLo_0uSxuqNs00

    Please do with this information whatever you please.

    reddit.com

    23. And, finally, your finger creases can go away:

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4RRQkL_0uSxuqNs00

    So use them wisely.

    u/chrischalms / Via reddit.com
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