fbpx

Advertisement

16 Things That Are Way Bigger Than You Thought

Image Credit: Reddit

Our brains are strange beasts, and one of the ways they trick us is by making things like size totally relative.

Without a point of reference it can be hard to visualize how small or large an object is, and so often, we’re way, way off of the reality.

I’m betting that in these 16 circumstances, you were thinking these things were not nearly so large.

16. Gorilla hands.

View this post on Instagram

Fun day at the zoo #coldasfuck #didntfreeze #elephant #gorillahands #chillinwithgorillas

A post shared by @ magnolia4726 on

15. I had NO IDEA even after watching Armageddon. Lol. (It’s a comet compared to LA).

Comet  67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko Relative to Downtown Los Angeles

14. Moose are stupid big. Surprises me every time.

13. Australia is bigger than Pluto. Apparently.

Image Credit: Articlepapers.com

12. They look so small up there!

Traffic Light from HumanForScale

11. The United States is bigger than the moon.

Image Credit: Tumblr

10. I guess I’ve never really thought about it before…

9. One million Earths.

8. It kind of takes your breath away.

View this post on Instagram

2-tonne blocks for days… ☀️ ••• If you think the The Great Pyramid of Giza is impressive today, imagine what it looked like when it was first built! ••• The ancient Egyptians called the Great Pyramid “Ikhet“, meaning the “Glorious Light” for good reason. It’s been calculated, that the pyramid with its original limestone casing stones, acted like gigantic mirrors that reflected light so powerful that it was like a shining star, visible from the moon. ••• Today, these stones are no longer present. After an earthquake struck in the 14th century, many of the stone came loose and were reused to build mosques. ••• Which place would you love to see in its heyday? Tell me below 🤓👇 – – – #Ig_Africa #loves_Africa #foreahappymoment #exploretocreate #igtravel #earthofficial #visualsgang #justgoshoot #way2ill #eclectic_shotz #visualsoflife #earthpix #illgrammers #ourplanetdaily #landscapelovers #lifeofadventure #naturelover #neverstopexploring #passionpassport #theglobalwanderer #opentheworld #tlpicks #folkmagazine

A post shared by Michele • The Intrepid Guide✈︎ (@intrepidguide) on

7. So Hollywood really is all about the drama. Weird.

In case you wondered, here’s the (size) difference between $10,000 in 1’s, and 100’s. from pics

6. I really want to see these in person some day.

5. Why are their lungs as big as their bodies?

Fully inflated horse lungs from interestingasfuck

4. This is a wombat.

View this post on Instagram

Сегодня один австралиец рассказал мне, что у вомбата очень плотное телосложение, много мышц, поэтому, если пнуть вомбата, можно сломать ногу. При каких обстоятельствах можно пнуть вомбата?! Я уже весь мозг сломал, не могу представить. У вас есть какие-то предложения? . One australian told me, that wombat has very solid body and a lot of muscles and if you kick wombat, you can even broke your leg. I broke my brain instead of leg trying imagine circumstances and reasons, when you need to kick the wombat! Do you have any considerations? #mortalwombat #altertravel #australia #sydney #melbourne #ballaratwildlifepark #ballarat #wombat #вомбат #австралия #мельбурн #мысвомбатомзаебаты #patrickthewombat

A post shared by Vsevolod | Alter.travel (@vsevolodgavrilov) on

3. Now think about that in terms of dollars.

Image Credit: Twitter

2. I had no idea how big this statue of David is.

View this post on Instagram

The famous statue of David outside Palazzo Vecchio.🤗🤗

A post shared by Ming (@worldsightseeing8) on

1. This is just…what.

A bus, for size from interestingasfuck

I’m shocked, y’all! I mean, those horse lungs??? How is that even possible? Are they THAT much bigger than us? What in the what?!

Which one of these surprised you the most? The least? Tell us in the comments! We want to know everything in those heads of yours!