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    Alright, Literally Every Single One Of These Things I Just Found Out Completely And Totally Blew My Mind Last Week

    By Dave Stopera,

    24 days ago

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    1. This is the world's tallest statue, the Statue of Unity:

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    It's located in India and is 600 feet high.

    Kiran Kumar Khurana / Alamy Stock Photo

    2. And here's how big the TOES of the statue are:

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    Somebody get me Mr. Tarantino.

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    3. Before it became that iconic sign all us sign-heads know and love, the Hollywood sign read "Hollywoodland":

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    Bring back the "LAND" 2024.

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    4. This is what a pair of George Washington's dentures looked like:

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    They contained cow, human, and horse teeth . Stunt on 'em, George.

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    5. This is Pauline Musters, the shortest woman ever to live:

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    She was 24 inches tall when she died at the age of 19.

    Sean Sexton / Getty Images

    6. This is how large the statue of David's, uh, rear-end is:

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    My goodness.

    Tiziana Fabi / AFP via Getty Images

    7. This is how big everyone's favorite telescope, the Hubble Telescope, is:

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    KRGEAC The Hubble Space Telescope at the Lockheed assembly plant 8913987

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    8. This is how big the largest shark that ever lived, the Megalodon, was compared to a human:

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    I probably would win that fight, but I'm built different.

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    9. And here's how big the jaws of the Megalodon were compared to a human:

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    Again, I could take it.

    Smith Collection / Getty Images

    10. One of the biggest fads of the 1950s was "phonebooth stuffing," where-in a bunch of people would, well, stuff themselves into a phonebooth:

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    The world record at the time was 25 people stuffed into a phone booth. Truly an example of the triumph of the human spirit.

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    11. This is what the inside of a gas stove looks like:

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    Fire!

    u/sankalpana / Via reddit.com

    12. Emu eggs look like something straight out of Game of Thrones :

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    Finish Winds , George... and go Giants.

    u/Mingey_FringeBiscuit / Via reddit.com

    13. Lots of US presidents have spoken multiple languages — here's a list of every purportedly multilingual president:

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    Shoutout to the Little Magician and his Dutch prowess.

    en.wikipedia.org

    14. Hotels used to have to put up signs explaining that electricity is safe and not to be feared:

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    "The use of electricity for lightning is in no way harmful to health, nor does it affect the soundness of sleep."

    u/udayramp / Via reddit.com

    15. In 1933, A.L. Kahn caught a 5,000-pound manta ray off the coast of Florida:

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    And then he brought it to New Jersey, naturally.

    Alamy Stock Photo

    16. Those orange pylons in football end zones have so much technology in them that they require fans to operate:

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    I can't even make a joke about NFL officiating. The Giants have killed my spirit.

    u/jaaberg81 / Via reddit.com

    17. This is what an anaconda looks like in the wild:

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    I'd only ever seen one in that documentary with J.Lo and Jon Voight. They can be upward of 30 feet long .

    u/Two_Inches_Of_Fun / Via reddit.com

    18. If you get a perfect score on the ACT, you receive this letter:

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    And if you get everything wrong, they throw you in a dumpster.

    u/according-command31 / Via reddit.com

    19. Gallstones can get really, really big:

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    I don't enjoy the way this picture makes me feel so I thought I'd share.

    u/tachyonman / Via reddit.com

    20. This little old thing of unimaginable horrors is a tapeworm under a microscope:

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    I think I'd call him Kevin.

    Juan Gartner / Getty Images/Science Photo Library RF

    21. This is what a toucan's skeleton looks like:

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    Not sure what I was expecting.

    u/paulschal / Via reddit.com

    22. And, finally, if you wear your Crocs out in the sun for too long you'll get a wonderful little Croc tan:

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    Nature is amazing.

    u/rarestprogamerr / Via reddit.com
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