1. This is Jeanne Calment, the longest-lived person ever verified. Here she is at the tender age of 120 years and 239 days: She apparently ate two pounds of chocolate a week and smoked until age 119, passing away at age 122.
Of course, like any story of a super old person, there's some controversy. Read more here . 2.
In Finland's Riisitunturi National Park, the extreme cold transforms trees into stunning, snow-covered sculptures, creating a surreal winter landscape: Looks like something from another planet. 3. These are apparently the requirements for being a flight attendant for one airline in 1954: That's gonna get a yikes from me.
4. You're probably familiar with the most terrifying looking fish in the ocean, the anglerfish..
. 5. Well, this is how big the males of the species actually are: Finding Nemo lied to us! Or, actually, it told the truth.
6. This is how big the anchor chains of a ship are: Specifically those of the RMS Mauretania 7. Recently, a Russian drone attacked a gigantic radiation confinement tower at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, inflicting damage that required some repairs: 8.
Here's a closer look at the people fixing the damage, to give you a better scale of the whole thing: It's HUGE! 9. Speaking Chernobyl, this is the famous Azure Swimming Pool before the nuclear disaster..
. 10. And the same swimming pool today: 11.
If you shine a black light on an Illinois driver's license, Abe Lincoln will be wearing a hat: If you shine a light on an Ohio licens.
