After seeing Night at the Museum and watching Bones for several years, I have to say that it didn’t surprise me to learn that there are some pretty cool things stored in the Smithsonian Museum. That said, I didn’t realize how epic some of them actually were until now.

#15. Unknown political prisoner.

I can’t stop staring.

#14. This filing cabinet…

Where Phyllis Diller kept her jokes.

#13. This waste collection system…

Used onboard NASA’s space shuttles.

#12. A wooden clock.

Yes, the sheet is carved from wood, too.

#11. The skeleton of anthropologist Grover Krantz.

And his dog, Clyde.

#10. Giant, glowing mushrooms.

They expand and contract when you step on their pads.

#9. A missile system…

Guided by pigeons.

#8. The original C-3PO and R2-D2 droids.

From 1983’s Return of the Jedi.

#7. The Woolworth’s lunch counter where a sit-in protest happened.

It was to challenge racial inequality in the South.

#6. The very first Macintosh computer.

Before they were Apple.

#5. The preamble to the Constitution…

Spelled out in license plates.

#4. The Remington Self-Check Kit

A home pregnancy test created in the 1970s.

#3. A box of glass eyes.

From before WWII.

#2. A dead parrot collection.

Why? Who knows.

#1. The world’s first frozen margarita machine.

This is important stuff!

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