All of these are truly phenomenal , I tell ya .

1.This is what a stairwell that doesn’t loop around and only goes in one direction looks like:

2.This is what economy class on a commercial plane looked like in the 1960s:

3.Car seats for children were incredibly dangerous in the 1940s:

4.This house, located in Alexandria, Virginia, is the thinnest house in the United States:

5.This is what $700 worth of platinum looks like:

6.This is a rafflesia, the biggest flower in the world:

7.This is how an offshore oil platform is transported to the location where it will be installed:

8.This is what the inside of a Coca-Cola Freestyle machine looks like:

9.The last McDonald’s in Iceland closed in 2009. Feast your eyes on the final cheeseburger sold in the country, which has been preserved and lying in state for the past decade:

10.Panda caretakers in China wear disguises to avoid spooking the cubs and to help acclimate them to their new lives outside of captivity:

11.Here’s another picture of that, for good measure:

12.And ooooooone more:

13.This is what olive oil looks like when it’s freshly squeezed:

14.In 1969, Niagara Falls was"drained"in order to remove a large number of boulders that had accumulated at the foot of the falls:

15.Speaking of which, this is what a canal in Venice looks like fully drained:

16.This is what the first-class bathroom aboard Emirates airline looks like:

17.Cheez Whiz becomes a demonic entity after being expired for 10 years:

18.This postcard was sent to households across the country in order to introduce them to the zip code system, implemented in 1963:

19.This 12-foot-tall behemoth is an octobass, the largest string instrument in existence:

20.This is what EPCOT in Disney World looked like while it was under construction:

21.This is an elephant beetle, a species of beetle found in Central and South America that can grow up to 5 incheslong:

22.The very first iteration of Ronald McDonald was created by Willard Scott in 1963:

23.And, finally, a whooooole lot of people needed to do their thing for you to exist:

A steep, seemingly endless series of steps leading upward

A very wide plane interior with two aisles and rows of four comfy-looking seats in the center and two or three seats on the side

A child sitting forward in a car with thin wires and straps attaching them in a seat

A very narrow, two-story blue house with one window on the second floor and abutting two buildings

A hand holding a very thin, small rectangle of platinum

A person kneeling next to a very, very big, five-leaf flower above the ground

An oil platform on its side with tugboats surrounding it in the water

A machine with lots of slots showing brands of various beverages

A burger and fries behind glass, with sign saying "The last McDonald's cheeseburger sold in Iceland in 2009"

Caretakers in panda costumes sitting around a real panda cub

Close-up of panda being held by people in panda costumes

A person in a panda costume

Light green oil in a container and some in a sink

The falls with minimal water falling

A drained canal in Venice between two buildings with an irregular surface

A small shower area, toilet, and marble sink with marble floor and small mirrors

A Cheese Whiz jar showing an expiration day of May 8, 3013 and red contents

Card from cartoon mail carrier "Mr Zip" with "Zip code is here!" headline and explanation of what it is, "a new nation-wide zone system to improve your mail delivery" and a sample envelope showing where it should appear

A man standing on a step alongside a huge, cello-like instrument and playing it, and it's still taller than he is

Construction workers standing on a spherical outdoor edifice

A huge beetle with claws on a handheld piece of wood

Man in a clown costume waving and smiling with a McDonald's cup and fries in front of him

A list of what "you needed" in order to be born, going from 2 parents all the way to 2,048 ninth great-grandparents: "for you to be born today from 12 previous generations, you needed a total of 4,094 ancestors over the last 400 years"