Interesting Photos And Finds From Around The World (24 pics)

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And this is how huge the jumbotron at AT&T Stadium is:

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This is what a peeled coconut looks like:

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Babies used to travel up with the luggage on planes:

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Before he was James Bond, Sean Connery competed in the Mr. Universe pageant in 1953:

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There are globes that also show elevation:

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That little black dot is Mercury passing in front of the sun:

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This is allegedly the death mask of William Shakespeare:

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The mask itself was made in 1616, the same year Shakespeare died, and was discovered in 1849. There's a whole lot of controversy whether it's Bill or not.

While we're on the subject, this is the death mask of Ludwig van Beethoven:

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White cucumbers exist:

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Both seals and sea lions have nails:

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Someone had to hand-carve all of the presidents' eyes on Mount Rushmore:

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This is what a hairless raccoon looks like:

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This is the View Phone, a video phone developed by Toshiba in 1964 that allowed for real-time proto-FaceTiming:

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This is what happens if you wear a ring that's too tight for too long of a time:

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This is what's on an "American" pizza in the Czech Republic:

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This is what the Taco Bell menu looked like in the early 1980s:

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This is what Albert Einstein's desk looked like the day he died:

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This is the safety net that was installed under the Golden Gate Bridge during its construction in the 1930s. The net saved 19 people through the duration of the work:

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This isn't Photoshop — that giant thing in the distance is the Sendai Daikannon, the fifth-tallest statue in the world:

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This was the menu served to the first-class passengers aboard the Titanic on the day the ship sank:

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These are the astronauts NASA is sending to the moon in 2024, the first time anyone will have been to the moon in over 50 years: