My Dumb Little Peanut Brain Just Got Blown After Seeing These 23 Absolutely Incredible Pictures For The First Time Last Week
1.This is what the New York City skyline looked like in 1931:
2.And here's what it looks like today:
There are at LEAST two new buildings there.
3.This is what a gold medal from the 1896 Olympics in Athens looked like:
4.And this is what the Paris 2024 Olympic golds look like:
I love all Olympic gold medals, but which do you prefer?
5. Speaking of height differences, this is how much taller Shaq is than Simone Biles:
hey shaq 👋🏾 pic.twitter.com/YCrSufiyk7
— Simone Biles (@Simone_Biles) February 5, 2017
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:
It's so... beautiful.
7.This is how little of a train actually touches the tracks:
It's a smidge. A SMIDGE!
8.This is what the entire United States looks like compared to just a small part of the planet Saturn's north pole:
Saturn is big, folks.
9.A school bus looks like a tiny little baby next to a haul truck:
PUNY.
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:
I mean, there's some forced perspective there, but wow.
11.Speaking of the Olympics, this is what a ticket to the 1924 Paris games looked like:
I need Kamala Harris to promise to bring back wine ads on tickets.
12.This is what a candle flame looks like in zero gravity:
Looks like a wee little jellyfish.
13.This is one of the last pictures taken of President Harry S. Truman, shortly before his death in 1972:
I would've told you Truman died in 1959 if you asked me.
14.This is what one of the Titanic's lifeboats looked like filled with survivors from the sinking ship:
They look so small in that big ol' ocean.
15.Speed limits can sometimes be wacky numbers:
I mean, what number is more wacky than 23? And don't you DARE say 37.
16.Selfies aren't a new invention. Here's a woman taking a selfie from the year 1900:
We see you, 1900s lady.
17.This is what Charlie Chaplin looked like as a young man:
Chuck was out there looking like the most annoying guy in your Intro to Philosophy class.
18.For reference, here's how you're probably used to remembering Charlie Chaplin:
19.And just for good measure, here's what an eightysomething Charlie Chaplin looked like:
And that's Sofia Loren in the corner.
20.Lemons, my boy... lemons can be gigantic:
Big fellah.
21.Back again with another cool Olympics things, here's what a relay torch from the 1984 LA games looks like:
Neat!
22.If all your gummy bears melt together it forms a gelatinous horror beyond mankind's greatest nightmares:
The horror... the horror...
23.And, finally, service dogs have their own bathroom inside some airports and they look exactly like you'd expect:
I mean, I guess a human could use it too if those airport beers hit a little harder than normal.
