September 14, 2012

  • Can You Make It Through This Post Without Having Your Mind Blown?

    Are you sitting down? You better be sitting down.

    1. Let's start small:

    Can You Make It Through This Post Without Having Your Mind Blown?
    Via: ign.com

    2. Here's something that you never realized:

    Here's something that you never realized:

    3. While we're at it, here's some more famous voice actors:

    While we're at it, here's some more famous voice actors:

    4. Here's the right way to eat a cupcake:

    Here's the right way to eat a cupcake:
    Via: thehungryandfoolish.com

    5. And cheetos:

    And cheetos:

    6. Now get ready to have your childhood mind blown:

    Now get ready to have your childhood mind blown:

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    Moving on...

    Can You Make It Through This Post Without Having Your Mind Blown?

    9. DID YOU KNOW? The "YKK" on your zipper stands for "Yoshida Kogyo Kabushikigaisha:"

    DID YOU KNOW? The "YKK" on your zipper stands for "Yoshida Kogyo Kabushikigaisha:"
    Via: en.wikipedia.org

    10. DID YOU KNOW? 3.14 is PIE backwards:

    DID YOU KNOW? 3.14 is PIE backwards:
    Via: nikoguy1

    11. DID YOU KNOW? The dot over over an "i" is called a "tittle:"

    DID YOU KNOW? The dot over over an "i" is called a "tittle:"

    12. DID YOU KNOW? Cashews grow like this:

    DID YOU KNOW? Cashews grow like this:
    Via: carlygoogles.blogspot.com

    13. And pineapples like this:

    And pineapples like this:
    Via: upload.wikimedia.org

    14. Here's the ending to "Inception:"

    Here's the ending to "Inception:"

    15. Now let's shrink things down. Here's what velcro looks like close up:

    Now let's shrink things down. Here's what velcro looks like close up:
    Via: artsyscience

    16. Here's what chalk looks like under a microscope:

    Here's what chalk looks like under a microscope:
    Via: npr.org

    17. And here's what sand looks like under a microscope:

    And here's what sand looks like under a microscope:
    Via: dailymail.co.uk

    18. Speaking of sand, there are more stars in space than there are grains of sand on every beach on Earth:

    Speaking of sand, there are more stars in space than there are grains of sand on every beach on Earth:

    Thanks to Carl Sagan for this knowledge.

    Via: science.nationalgeographic.com

    Let's go deeper:

    Can You Make It Through This Post Without Having Your Mind Blown?
    Source: rosspaffett.com  /  via: animatedpizzagifs.com

    19. If you shrunk the Sun down to the size of a white blood cell and shrunk the Milky Way Galaxy down using the same scale, it would be the size of the continental United States:

    If you shrunk the Sun down to the size of a white blood cell and shrunk the Milky Way Galaxy down using the same scale, it would be the size of the continental United States:
    Via: beta.threadless.com

    20. Speaking of things that are huge, a Blue Whale's heart is so big, a small child can swim through the veins:

    Speaking of things that are huge, a Blue Whale's heart is so big, a small child can swim through the veins:

    21. There's enough water in Lake Superior to cover all of North and South America in one foot of water:

    There's enough water in Lake Superior to cover all of North and South America in one foot of water:
    Via: en.wikipedia.org

    22. Here's the true size of Africa:

    Here's the true size of Africa:
    Via: flowingdata.com

    23. And the Pacific Ocean:

    And the Pacific Ocean:

    24. Let's think bigger: If you dug a hole to the center of the Earth and dropped a book down, it would take 45 minutes to reach the bottom:

    Let's think bigger: If you dug a hole to the center of the Earth and dropped a book down, it would take 45 minutes to reach the bottom:
    Source: deadlyfacts.blogspot.com  /  via: eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov

    25. Here's what Jupiter would look like if it were the same distance to Earth as the Moon:

    Here's what Jupiter would look like if it were the same distance to Earth as the Moon:
    Via: geekfill.com

    26. And here's what a sunset on Mars looks like:

    And here's what a sunset on Mars looks like:
    Via: photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov

    Too much? Just breathe:

    Can You Make It Through This Post Without Having Your Mind Blown?

    27. DID YOU KNOW? There are more bacteria cells in your body than actual body cells:

    DID YOU KNOW? There are more bacteria cells in your body than actual body cells:

    Anywhere from 2 to 9 pounds of them. We're more bacteria than we are human!

    Via: scientificamerican.com

    28. DID YOU KNOW? John Tyler, the 10th President of the United States, has a grandson that's alive today:

    DID YOU KNOW? John Tyler, the 10th President of the United States, has a grandson that's alive today:

    John Tyler had a son, Lyon, when he was 63. Lyon had a son, Harrison Tyler, at 75.

    Via: geneamusings.com

    29. DID YOU KNOW? A compressed spring weighs more than a relaxed one:

    DID YOU KNOW? A compressed spring weighs more than a relaxed one:
    Via: debunkeymonkey.blogspot.com

    30. JUST THINK: We know more about the surface of the moon than the bottom of the ocean:

    JUST THINK: We know more about the surface of the moon than the bottom of the ocean:
    Via: oceanexplorer.noaa.gov

    31. Speaking of the ocean, there are more atoms in a glass of water than glasses of water in all the oceans on Earth:

    Speaking of the ocean, there are more atoms in a glass of water than glasses of water in all the oceans on Earth:
    Via: news.bbc.co.uk

    Now let's talk about time:

    Now let's talk about time:
    Via: time.com
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    36. Speaking of time: The Ottoman Empire still existed the last time the Chicago Cubs won a World Series:

    Speaking of time: The Ottoman Empire still existed the last time the Chicago Cubs won a World Series:
    Via: billtammeus.typepad.com

    37. Keep this in mind, too:

    Keep this in mind, too:
    Via: reddit.com

    Mind not blown yet? Things are about to get REAL:

    Can You Make It Through This Post Without Having Your Mind Blown?

    38. The Great Pyramid was built circa 2560 BC...

    The Great Pyramid was built circa 2560 BC...
    Via: egyptraveluxe.blogspot.com

    ... and Cleopatra lived 69 BC – 30 BC...

    ... and Cleopatra lived 69 BC – 30 BC...
    Via: fanpop.com

    ... and the first Moon landing was in 1969, AD...

    ... and the first Moon landing was in 1969, AD...

    ... which means Cleopatra lived closer to the Moon landing than she did to the building of the Great Pyramid.

    Via: le.ac.uk

    39. Speaking of the pyramids, they were as old to the Romans as the Romans are to us:

    Speaking of the pyramids, they were as old to the Romans as the Romans are to us:
    Via: 12ptcourier.com

    40. Should we keep going? The difference in time between when Tyrannosaurus Rex and Stegosaurus lived is greater than the difference in time between Tyrannosaurus Rex and now:

    Should we keep going? The difference in time between when Tyrannosaurus Rex and Stegosaurus lived is greater than the difference in time between Tyrannosaurus Rex and now:
    Via: huffingtonpost.com

    41. Here's one more: In 1903 the Wright Brothers flew for the first time...

    Here's one more: In 1903 the Wright Brothers flew for the first time...
    Via: memory.loc.gov

    ...38 years later, in 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor...

    ...38 years later, in 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor...
    Via: sflistteamhouse.com

    ... and 28 years later, in 1969, man landed on the Moon.

    ... and 28 years later, in 1969, man landed on the Moon.

    That's 66 years.

    Via: kitmcc.edu.glogster.com

    PHEW! That was intense. Here's a picture of a puppy burrito (puprito) to chill you out:

    PHEW! That was intense. Here's a picture of a puppy burrito (puprito) to chill you out:
    Post credit to: Buzzfeed.

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