This is what an owl looks like without feathers:
This is the unfinished portrait of George Washington that was used as a basis for the design of the $1 bill:
This is what baby hedgehogs look like:
This 440-pound gold bar, located in Japan, is the largest gold ingot in the world:
This is what an albino raccoon looks like:
This is what Alex Trebek's Jeopardy podium looked like during a typical show:
UPS drivers have special UPS socks as part of their uniform:
In case you didn't know, Brussels sprouts grow like this:
Bobsled tracks go almost completely vertical:
This is what's inside a bag of microwavable popcorn:
You are, of course, familiar with Grant Wood's painting "American Gothic"...
...well, this is what it looks like from inside the actual house in the painting:
This is what the back of the Rosetta stone looks like:
This is what color Venus is in real life:
There's a trap door on the Sphinx:
There's actually a bunch of holes in the Sphinx (do not discuss this sentence in the comments) that mostly lead to nowhere.
There was a lake in Australia named Lake Disappointment:
It was called that because the person who "discovered" it was disappointed at how small it was. It's now known as Kumpupintil Lake, which is much nicer.
This adorable little thing is a hummingbird's feather:
These are the real-life outfits doctors would wear to treat plague patients in the 1600s:
There's a bird that looks like a strawberry that's called, well, the strawberry finch:
Gorilla hands are much, much bigger than human hands:
This is a pair of one of the earliest discovered pairs of socks, made in Egypt in the 5th century:
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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 !!!