This is how big the Eremotherium Laurillardi, also known as the giant ground sloth, was compared to a modern day human:
It lived in the modern day Americas and went extinct about 12,000 years ago. Would love to play some hoops with this bad boy.
Andrew Jackson was one of the first United States presidents to be photographed. Here he is in 1844:
This is how big a nuclear cooling tower is compared to a person:
Before the invention of radar, this is one way people used to listen to and detect enemy planes:
Termite hills can be absolutely gigantic:
See those little specks there? Those are baby octopuses:
If you look at a car seat's heating system with a thermal camera, it looks like this:
This pointy thing is what a nuclear bomb actually looks like:
Screws...screws can be really, really big:
While we're talking about larger than normal things, check out this giant keyboard:
Speaking of the moon, here's how big the African continent is compared to the Moon:
This is what a 420-pound dumbbell looks like:
There is a very real chance that Pablo Picasso listened to the song "Sweet Caroline":
A pickle under ultraviolet light looks like something from a fantasy novel:
Lemons...lemons can be huge:
These are known as Capri lemons, and they taste a bit different than your run of the mill lemon.
This is how huge the entrance to the Roman Temple of Bacchus is:
It's located in Lebanon. See that little speck down there? That's a person. The Romans pulled out all the stops for the god of wine.
This is what a car cut in half looks like:
This is a tarantula hawk, a wasp whose sting is known to be one of the most painful on planet Earth:
And, finally, this is what Shaq looks like holding a piece of paper:
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An organ stop is a component of an air-powered organ that admits pressurized air to a set of tuned pipes. Stops are the pull-handles controlling the air valves inside the instrument, and if you "pull out all the stops" it means you're going full-force.
Hey, that was a good explanation. I've learned something. Thank you.
those Hells Angles are so Obtuse.
also duh, the working conditions of UPS and FedEx are terrible. They can't find enough help, so they contracted with felons. It's why they don't care about delivering properly.
SOOOO, my Nerd friend who wears socks with his Sandals is ahead of the fashion curve,
Way to Willey !!!