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    My Tiny, Tiny, Tiny Brain Just Got Blown After Seeing These 22 Absolutely Fascinating Pictures For The Very First Time Last Week

    By Dave Stopera,

    10 days ago

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    1. In 2018, NASA captured an unreal-looking rectangular iceberg:

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    Looks like PS2 graphics.

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    2. This is the last photograph ever taken of the Titanic:

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    It sunk three days later.

    Alamy Stock Photo

    3. This is what a report card from 1926 looks like:

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    Knock off all that whispering!

    u/wtfimscreaming / Via reddit.com

    4. This camouflage, known as "dazzle camouflage," was extremely popular during World War I:

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    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!

    / Alamy Stock Photo

    5. Dirt doesn't stick to scars:

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    So, that's one way to stay clean.

    u/dumbwhip / Via reddit.com

    6. This is what a lighthouse lens from the 1700s looks like:

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    I want to put one in my kitchen.

    u/nowyouknowhim / Via reddit.com

    7. You're probably familiar with the front of King Tut's iconic death mask:

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    Hannes Magerstaedt / Stringer

    8. Well, this is what the back looks like:

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    Michael Ventura / Alamy Stock Phot

    9. Blue lobsters exist:

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    They say it's a "one in two million " chance to catch one of these gorgeous young 'sters.

    Portland Press Herald / Getty Images

    10. And grasshoppers? Well, some grasshoppers can be pink:

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=052Olr_0ubim9nk00

    I see you, nature.

    u/xmintyx / Via reddit.com

    11. But back to lobsters: This is what a whole bunch of three week old lobsters look like:

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    I must protect them.

    u/minniemoose1336 / Via reddit.com

    12. Somewhere out in the world there's a Red Cross van donated by Britney Spears:

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    She donated the van after devastating floods hit Louisiana in 2016.

    u/landylindo / Via reddit.com

    13. This is how big a baby kangaroo is when it's born:

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    It's about the size of a quarter. It then spends the next four months or so in its mother's pouch .

    babbyfarms.net

    14. For some reason unbeknownst to me, in 1920 a policeman did this off a building in New York:

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1OfjFU_0ubim9nk00

    Me, personally? I like doing the crossword to have fun. But go off.

    / Alamy Stock Photo

    15. This is 455 pound Piet van der Zwaard AKA the "fattest man in Europe " in 1955:

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    Folks, do we stan Piet van der Zwaard?

    Arie Van Vliet / Getty Images

    16. This is what brain fluid looks like:

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1mZBCL_0ubim9nk00

    Should you ever have it drained. I think I'll pass on a cup of brain juice, personally.

    u/friendlybabyfrog / Via reddit.com

    17. This is why a bee dies after it stings you:

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    RIP, bee. We hardly knew thee.

    Dimas Ardian / Getty Images

    18. This is one of the earliest designs for roller skates. They didn't catch on for some reason:

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    Probably because everyone who rode them was bustin' their dang head open like a dang coconut. Dang!

    / Alamy Stock Photo

    19. You never know what you might find underneath the floorboards:

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    This is the finest archeological discovery since Nefertari's tomb, IMO.

    u/usedtohaveatail / Via reddit.com

    20. This is what a traffic light looked like in New York City in 1929:

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    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:

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    I'm just happy that train is having fun.

    / Alamy Stock Photo

    22. And, finally, some people have abnormally huge veins:

    https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2Eio6R_0ubim9nk00

    Apparently, it's totally fine. Shout out to all my huge-vein-havers out there. This one's for you.

    u/plaidjammies / Via reddit.com
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