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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