24 fascinating photos to consider

Nathan Johnson Published 05/08/2017 in wow

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Blue Whale, 75 ft boat for scale
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Last photo taken by combat photographer Spc. Hilda Clayton seconds before her death. “A mortar tube accidentally explodes during an Afghan National Army live-fire training exercise in Laghman province, Afghanistan, July 2, 2013. This photo was taken by U.S. Army Spc. Hilda Clayton, who died in the blast. (US Army)”
3.
This is why you don’t mess with fentanyl. Fatal doses of both
4.
A lethal dose of fentanyl next to a penny
5.
A villager from Transylvania
6.
The actual sword of William Wallace
7.
Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Discussing Why The Civil War Happened, Carved in the Lincoln Memorial Right Next to the Statue
8.
Protesters with self-made shields face National Guard in Venezuela
9.
Picture taken the exact moment when a Venezuela protester was burning alive
10.
Venezuela’s president dances on tv while people riot on streets
11.
A child’s car seat from the 1940’s
12.
Cool dog prosthetic for both front legs
13.
The French Senate, Paris, France
14.
Life in a 60 square foot apartment flat in Hong Kong
15.
When you have to sell shampoo, where you cannot show hair
16.
Jeep piss tube modification
17.
Studio notes to Spielberg over Back to the Future. “Sid Sheinberg will deny this story because he doesn’t remember it, but it’s a true story,” Gale recounted. “Sid Sheinberg didn’t like the title Back to the Future. Every other executive at Universal thought it was a great title, as did Steven, as did we. And Sheinberg would not get off [the idea] that Back to the Future was a bad title. He said, ‘It’s not hip, like Ghostbusters was hip.’ So he sent us a memo, and he said, ‘My suggestion for the new title of this movie is Spaceman From Pluto. Here are some notes I have regarding the script and how we can make reference to this in the movie.’ “There’s a scene in the movie when the DeLorean is in the barn and the kid has a comic book, and it’s called Space Zombies From Pluto. Sheinberg said, ‘Change that to Spaceman From Pluto and have the kid say, “Look, it’s a spaceman from Pluto!” And in the scene when Marty intimidates George McFly by saying, “My name is Darth Vader–I’m an extraterrestrial from the Planet Vulcan,” have him say that he’s a spaceman from Pluto.’ We were saying, ‘He’s serious about this, Steven. What do we do? We don’t want to change the title of this movie.’ Steven said, ‘Okay, I know what to do.’ So Steven dictated a memo back to Sid, and the memo said something like this: ‘Dear Sid, Thank you for your most humorous memo of such-and-such a date. We all got a big laugh out of it. Keep ’em coming.’ Steven said, ‘Sheinberg will be so embarrassed to tell us that he was serious about this that we’ll never hear from him about it again.’ And he was right.”
18.
Astronomer Carl Sagan once said that “everyone and everything you have ever known exists on that little speck.” The speck here is what Earth would look like from beyond Neptune, which is four billion miles away.
19.
Top of Everest
20.
A few amazing things Buster Keaton did in movies. Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928)
21.
The General (1926)
22.
Three Ages (1923)
23.
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
24.
Cops (1922)

1.
Blue Whale, 75 ft boat for scale
2.
Last photo taken by combat photographer Spc. Hilda Clayton seconds before her death. “A mortar tube accidentally explodes during an Afghan National Army live-fire training exercise in Laghman province, Afghanistan, July 2, 2013. This photo was taken by U.S. Army Spc. Hilda Clayton, who died in the blast. (US Army)”
3.
This is why you don’t mess with fentanyl. Fatal doses of both
4.
A lethal dose of fentanyl next to a penny
5.
A villager from Transylvania
6.
The actual sword of William Wallace
7.
Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Discussing Why The Civil War Happened, Carved in the Lincoln Memorial Right Next to the Statue
8.
Protesters with self-made shields face National Guard in Venezuela
9.
Picture taken the exact moment when a Venezuela protester was burning alive
10.
Venezuela’s president dances on tv while people riot on streets
11.
A child’s car seat from the 1940’s
12.
Cool dog prosthetic for both front legs
13.
The French Senate, Paris, France
14.
Life in a 60 square foot apartment flat in Hong Kong
15.
When you have to sell shampoo, where you cannot show hair
16.
Jeep piss tube modification
17.
Studio notes to Spielberg over Back to the Future. “Sid Sheinberg will deny this story because he doesn’t remember it, but it’s a true story,” Gale recounted. “Sid Sheinberg didn’t like the title Back to the Future. Every other executive at Universal thought it was a great title, as did Steven, as did we. And Sheinberg would not get off [the idea] that Back to the Future was a bad title. He said, ‘It’s not hip, like Ghostbusters was hip.’ So he sent us a memo, and he said, ‘My suggestion for the new title of this movie is Spaceman From Pluto. Here are some notes I have regarding the script and how we can make reference to this in the movie.’ “There’s a scene in the movie when the DeLorean is in the barn and the kid has a comic book, and it’s called Space Zombies From Pluto. Sheinberg said, ‘Change that to Spaceman From Pluto and have the kid say, “Look, it’s a spaceman from Pluto!” And in the scene when Marty intimidates George McFly by saying, “My name is Darth Vader–I’m an extraterrestrial from the Planet Vulcan,” have him say that he’s a spaceman from Pluto.’ We were saying, ‘He’s serious about this, Steven. What do we do? We don’t want to change the title of this movie.’ Steven said, ‘Okay, I know what to do.’ So Steven dictated a memo back to Sid, and the memo said something like this: ‘Dear Sid, Thank you for your most humorous memo of such-and-such a date. We all got a big laugh out of it. Keep ’em coming.’ Steven said, ‘Sheinberg will be so embarrassed to tell us that he was serious about this that we’ll never hear from him about it again.’ And he was right.”
18.
Astronomer Carl Sagan once said that “everyone and everything you have ever known exists on that little speck.” The speck here is what Earth would look like from beyond Neptune, which is four billion miles away.
19.
Top of Everest
20.
A few amazing things Buster Keaton did in movies. Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928)
21.
The General (1926)
22.
Three Ages (1923)
23.
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
24.
Cops (1922)