This is how tiny a hummingbird's feather is compared to a penny:
This is what a chimpanzee's hand looks like up close:
NASA gave some spiders a bunch of different drugs and recorded how it changed the way they made webs:
This is how big a size 18 shoe is compared with a can of soda:
This is what Antarctica would look like if all its ice melted:
Baby owls sleep facedown, on their stomachs:
These are some of several disguises that US Intelligence thought Adolph Hitler would use if he managed to go into hiding after World War II:
You're definitely familiar with King Tutankhamun's gold funerary mask, but did you know that the masks of other pharaohs have been found? This is the mask of the pharaoh Amenemope, circa 1000 BC:
NASA recently captured one of the clearest pictures of Jupiter yet:
This painting, "First Communion," was made by Pablo Picasso when he was only 15 years old:
When Mount Vesuvius erupted in Ancient Rome, the explosion carbonized several loaves of ancient Roman bread:
This is what Times Square looked like in 1921:
This is a camera that's swallowed to provide a closer look at the digestive system of a person:
Some parking garages have lights to let you know which spots are available and which are occupied:
This is the last picture ever taken of President Ulysses S. Grant, snapped days before his death at his home:
Sometimes tadpoles can either not mature into adult frogs or get very, very huge:
This is Emma Lilian Todd, the first woman to design an airplane:
This is a Chinese Water Deer, a deer that evolved to have tusks instead of antlers:
Horseshoe crabs have blue blood that's harvested for medical testing:
This is what Mount Everest looks like from the window of a plane:
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