Humans come in all shapes, sizes, and metabolisms. Those with fast metabolisms may eat whatever they want without gaining a pound. Those with slow metabolisms have to be extra careful about every calorie they put in their bodies.
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Although weight loss is a difficult process, it’s a process that is reachable for many people. For example, the two shirts in the picture above belong to the same person. The gray t-shirt on top was bought after this amazing person lost 400 pounds!
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Barcelona, a city of 1.6 million in northeastern Spain, is well known for its famous buildings (Gaudi’s La Sagrada Familia), a fantastic football team, and world-class nightlife. Like many bustling cities, there’s always something new to see.
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One unique take on Barcelona, however, was captured in the photo above – the left side shows Barcelona during the day, and the right side shows the city lit up at night. It’s almost as if they’re two different cities. Which do you prefer?
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A grain of rice is pretty small, right? In general, yes, but when you place that grain of rice next to the world’s tiniest computer then it looks massive. Despite its small size – roughly 0.33 mm on each side compared to an 8 mm grain of rice – that little rectangular box can accurately measure temperature.
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It does so by using electric pulses to convert temperature data into timed intervals. Scientists are currently using it to better understand how tumors compared with healthy tissues.
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Women – especially in the age of social media – are often expected to conform to impossible beauty standards set by models. These “models” can be actual humans or plastic dolls. Over the years, Barbie has caught a lot of flack for promoting an unrealistic body shape.
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The same charge can also be applied to Ken dolls. As you can see from the comparison above, the 1985 Ken doll on the left has a physique that’s a bit more attainable than the 2018 Ken on the right.
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There’s something special about seeing photos of great-grandparents and great-grandchildren. Alongside being cute and heart-warming, they’re also mysterious – the two people couldn’t be further away in age, yet they often have a natural affinity for each other.
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The photo above comes from Reddit user Thermochopps. On the left is his grandmother, who led a physically demanding life on a farm in rural Korea that caused permanent back problems. On the right is his new son, who hasn’t mastered walking yet.
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Honey, to most people, is an amber-looking liquid. Although that’s a popular kind of honey, it’s far from the only kind. In fact, the US by itself produces over 300 varieties!
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The kind of honey you get depends on the season as well. The picture above shows jars from three different harvests – one in spring, one in summer, and one in fall. If kept sealed, this honey could last a few thousand years. If opened, it’ll probably last a few days.
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The blue whale is the largest animal on earth – and perhaps the largest that has ever lived! To study it more, the Natural History Museum in London managed to get an 82-foot long skeleton of a blue whale. How?
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Well, they removed the museum’s front doors for starters. With a skull that weighs 10,000 pounds, it’s no wonder they had to do that. Luckily everything worked out, the doors went back on, and now visitors can appreciate the size of this majestic creature.
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Continuing on with our exploration of massive animals, check out the “bird” below. The Quetzalcoatlus northropi as it’s called was a flying reptile that cruised through the skies near modern-day Texas nearly 70 million years ago.
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Luckily they went extinct a long time ago. As you can see from above, they were much larger than humans – their wingspan measured up to 36 feet, and they could weigh up to 550 pounds! Imagine looking up to see that flying through the air!
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As anyone who has ever spent time in a windowless apartment knows, natural light is a big deal. Landscape artists have known this for a long time, which is why they chose to paint the same natural scenes at different times of the day and year.
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Just take a look at how the picture on the left compares to the picture on the right. It has a polar opposite feel even though they depict the same natural setting. In short, lighting matters.
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Around 9,000 years ago, people took the wild plant “teosinte” and made the domesticated plant “corn” from it. Despite corn being domesticated from teosinte, the two plants look very different.
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Corn was far more nutritious for humans, so it spread, slowly but surely, over the continent and across the oceans. By 3,200 years ago it was a well-established part of people’s diet in the southwestern US. Around a thousand years after that, it reached the east. Now, it’s everywhere.
