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    My Tiny Little Brain Is Completely Blown After Seeing These 23 Incredibly Interesting Pictures For The Very First Time Last Week

    By Dave Stopera,

    5 hours ago

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    1. This is what the New York City skyline looked like in 1931:

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    / Alamy Stock Photo

    2. And here's what it looks like today:

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    There are at LEAST two new buildings there.

    C. Taylor Crothers / Getty Images

    3. This is what a gold medal from the 1896 Olympics in Athens looked like:

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    South China Morning Post / South China Morning Post via Getty Images

    4. And this is what the Paris 2024 Olympic golds look like:

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=33gzw7_0uwUoAg100

    I love all Olympic gold medals, but which do you prefer?

    Bertrand Guay / AFP via Getty Images

    5. Speaking of height differences, this is how much taller Shaq is than Simone Biles:

    Twitter: @Simone_Biles Shaq getting the Wizard Kelly treatment in this cropped picture.

    6. This is what yet another "American section" in a European grocery store looks like:

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    It's so... beautiful.

    u/viper139 / Via reddit.com

    7. This is how little of a train actually touches the tracks:

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    It's a smidge. A SMIDGE!

    u/xwhv / Via reddit.com

    8. This is what the entire United States looks like compared to just a small part of the planet Saturn's north pole:

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    Saturn is big, folks.

    NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/Kevin M. Gill

    9. A school bus looks like a tiny little baby next to a haul truck:

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1imdIX_0uwUoAg100

    PUNY.

    u/FACTORthebeast / Via reddit.com

    10. This is how much taller 7'4" French basketball star Victor Wembanyama was compared to some of his opponents on the Japanese team he played during the Olympics:

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    I mean, there's some forced perspective there, but wow.

    Gregory Shamus / Getty Images

    11. Speaking of the Olympics, this is what a ticket to the 1924 Paris games looked like:

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1bfA6J_0uwUoAg100

    I need Kamala Harris to promise to bring back wine ads on tickets.

    u/mysterious-ad5836 / Via reddit.com

    12. This is what a candle flame looks like in zero gravity:

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    Looks like a wee little jellyfish.

    Space Frontiers / Getty Images

    13. This is one of the last pictures taken of President Harry S. Truman, shortly before his death in 1972:

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    I would've told you Truman died in 1959 if you asked me.

    Harry S. Truman Library

    14. This is what one of the Titanic's lifeboats looked like filled with survivors from the sinking ship:

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    They look so small in that big ol' ocean.

    Mirrorpix / Mirrorpix via Getty Images

    15. Speed limits can sometimes be wacky numbers:

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4PKvgR_0uwUoAg100

    I mean, what number is more wacky than 23? And don't you DARE say 37.

    u/beginninglychee6490 / Via reddit.com

    16. Selfies aren't a new invention. Here's a woman taking a selfie from the year 1900:

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    We see you, 1900s lady.

    Kirn Vintage Stock / Corbis via Getty Images

    17. This is what Charlie Chaplin looked like as a young man:

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    Chuck was out there looking like the most annoying guy in your Intro to Philosophy class.

    Alamy Stock Photo

    18. For reference, here's how you're probably used to remembering Charlie Chaplin:

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0EMjIo_0uwUoAg100
    Witzel / Getty Images

    19. And just for good measure, here's what an eightysomething Charlie Chaplin looked like:

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    And that's Sofia Loren in the corner.

    Central Press / Stringer

    20. Lemons, my boy... lemons can be gigantic:

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=10tGAB_0uwUoAg100

    Big fellah.

    u/edenchaosgamer / Via reddit.com

    21. Back again with another cool Olympics things, here's what a relay torch from the 1984 LA games looks like:

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    Neat!

    u/red_suspenders / Via reddit.com

    22. If all your gummy bears melt together it forms a gelatinous horror beyond mankind's greatest nightmares:

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    The horror... the horror...

    u/maxwellfish / Via reddit.com

    23. And, finally, service dogs have their own bathroom inside some airports and they look exactly like you'd expect:

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3Ouws7_0uwUoAg100

    I mean, I guess a human could use it too if those airport beers hit a little harder than normal.

    u/artnoobly / Via reddit.com
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