1. It genuinely did not occur to me that lizards shed, but this is not how I would have expected it to look if it had. It’s kind of…terrifying but cute at the same time?
2. I also didn’t know cats could deal with Myostatin-related muscle hypertrophy, so this picture of an absolutely BUILT cat kind of blew my mind.
3. Did you know there are alarm clocks specifically for Deaf people? This one goes on your wrist and vibrates to wake you up.
4. Ever wondered what a volcano eruption outside your door looks like? The answer is “extremely awesome.”
5. If you’re like me, you’ve never been inside a sperm collection room. I’m kind of creeped out by it, TBH.
6. I…wish I had never seen what an owl without feathers looks like.
7. I also wish I had never seen what newborn horse hooves look like.
8. I wish I had never seen this!!!!
9. I never considered that eye tests using letters would be useless for children who can’t yet read, so it’s super cool to see this test chart that uses shapes instead.
10. I had also never wondered what a pregnant guinea pig looks like, but now I am so, so glad I know. I want to roll it across soft grass.
11. This person found a literal hippopotamus tooth, and I would not have expected it to look like that.
12. Bodies often have to be transported across states or even countries. And guess what? They basically just go in with the bags.
13. Speaking of airports — this is how bags are moved around.
14. I’m willing to bet you’ve never gotten close enough to a reindeer to see their eye color, which means you probably don’t know that they turn bright blue in winter. This helps them see better in the dark by capturing more light.
15. For some reason, this is NOT how I imagined power line towers being installed.
16. Great, I’m even more terrified of snakes after seeing what a cross-section of a rattlesnake’s tail looks like.
17. I’m also newly terrified of eagles after seeing how big their talons are.
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18. For anyone wondering, this is what the inside of an air mattress looks like.
19. And this is what microwave popcorn looks like inside the bag.
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20. I’ve never seen a shaved cat, and I find it kind of shocking that cats’ fur patterns occur on their skin, as well.
21. Ever wondered how they keep corpses’ mouths and eyes closed at viewings? They use these babies!
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22. Here’s how small lobsters are when they’re three weeks old.
23. This is what 5-day-old hedgehogs look like, and I’m gonna need 20 immediately.
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24. This is what a lucky rabbit foot looks like without the fur…it doesn’t look so lucky anymore, tbh.
25. For years, the mystery of what goes on behind the back wall of the bowling alley has haunted and plagued me. How are the pins replaced? What mechanism brings the balls back to you? Now, I no longer have to wonder.
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26. It never occurred to me to wonder how music was typed back in the day, and I actually think it’s so cool now that I know.
27. Huh. So that’s what the inside of a credit card looks like.
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28. And this is what the chip looks like individually.
29. This cross-section of a sub looks wildly steampunk.
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30. This is how thick the cables are on the Golden Gate Bridge.
31. I bet you’ve never seen an airplane without seats! Here’s what one looks like.
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32. No one was gonna tell me telephone cables have THIS MANY individual cables inside?
33. I am…kind of disturbed to see what a bear looks like without fur (don’t worry, this poor girl recovered).
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34. Have you ever wondered how koalas are weighed? The answer is wildly cute.
35. This is how big gasoline containers are underneath gas pumps.
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36. And here’s what the inside of a gas pump looks like.
37. Let’s pull back the curtain on a classic child’s toy — here’s what an etch-a-sketch looks like under the screen.
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38. This escalator with the belt removed is giving dystopian mall. (The Last of Us, anyone?)
39. Now ya know how park benches are anchored to the ground!
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40. Have you ever wondered how drinks are loaded into soda machines? Now, ya know!
41. And here’s how Redbox DVDs are loaded!
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42. This is how massive an IMAX screen looks when it’s delivered to a movie theater.
43. This is not where I expected sesame seeds to come from.
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44. As a spinach artichoke dip lover, I’m shocked I’ve never seen what a bloomed artichoke actually looks like.
45. This fossilized dinosaur skin looks pretty similar to how I would’ve imagined it, but it’s still cool to see.
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46. I never wondered how bonsai roots grew, yet I’m still shocked by the answer.
47. A peeled lime just looks wrong to me, but I’m glad I now know what it looks like.
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48. I never thought about the workers who paint lines on airport tarmacs, which makes it even more interesting to see the fake road on which they practice their painting.
49. There are also USPS training areas with fake mailboxes – here’s what they look like.
