Table of Contents 1.In 1972, astronaut Charles Duke left behind a picture of his family on the moon’s surface. It’s been there ever since: 2.This is what salt looks like under an electron microscope: 3.This is what Chile looks like compared to Europe: 4.This is what Netflix’s homepage looked like in 1999, one year after launch: 5.This is how big a moose is compared to a van: 6.This is what a gym looked like two centuries ago in 1831: 7.Mars is home to the tallest mountain in the solar system, the 72,000 foot tall Olympus Mons: 8.Here’s a computer illustration of what Olympus Mons looks like from space: 9.This is the iconic log cabin where Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809: 10.Easter bunnies were absolutely horrifying in the 1950s: 11.Fingers with nerve damage won’t prune: 12.This is the Antonov An-225 Mriya, the largest plane in the world: 13.Last week I shared some new photos NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope took of Uranus. Here’s another new picture, this time of Neptune: 14.This is what a medieval toilet looked like on the inside of a castle… 15…. and this is what it looked like on the outside: 16.This is a picture of a lifeboat filled with Titanic survivors being rescued and brought aboard the Carpathia following the sinking of the ship: 17.This is what a kidney stone looks like under an electron microscope: 18.In the ’60s you could buy a mail-order squirrel monkey for $18.95: 19.This is all the excess glass dust that gets created at a factory that makes glass windshields for cars: 20.This is what a slice of meteorite looks like: 21.This is what a soda bottle looks like before it’s inflated and filled with liquid: 22.And, finally, this is Jack the baboon, a South African baboon who worked as a signalman at a railway station in the 1800s. During his almost decade of railway work, Jack never made a singlemistake: Truly astonish stuff .
1.In 1972, astronaut Charles Duke left behind a picture of his family on the moon’s surface. It’s been there ever since:# 2.This is what salt looks like under an electron microscope:# 3.This is what Chile looks like compared to Europe:# 4.This is what Netflix’s homepage looked like in 1999, one year after launch:# 5.This is how big a moose is compared to a van:# 6.This is what a gym looked like two centuries ago in 1831:# 8.Here’s a computer illustration of what Olympus Mons looks like from space:# 9.This is the iconic log cabin where Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809:# 10.Easter bunnies were absolutely horrifying in the 1950s:# 11.Fingers with nerve damage won’t prune:# 12.This is the Antonov An-225 Mriya, the largest plane in the world:# 13.Last week I shared some new photos NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope took of Uranus. Here’s another new picture, this time of Neptune:# 14.This is what a medieval toilet looked like on the inside of a castle…# 15…. and this is what it looked like on the outside:# 16.This is a picture of a lifeboat filled with Titanic survivors being rescued and brought aboard the Carpathia following the sinking of the ship:# 17.This is what a kidney stone looks like under an electron microscope:# 18.In the ’60s you could buy a mail-order squirrel monkey for $18.95:# 19.This is all the excess glass dust that gets created at a factory that makes glass windshields for cars:# 20.This is what a slice of meteorite looks like:# 21.This is what a soda bottle looks like before it’s inflated and filled with liquid:# 22.And, finally, this is Jack the baboon, a South African baboon who worked as a signalman at a railway station in the 1800s. During his almost decade of railway work, Jack never made a singlemistake:#