21 Seldom-Seen-Sides Of Famous Things

You’ve got a distorted idea of how literally every famous thing looks.
21 Seldom-Seen-Sides Of Famous Things

With TV and the internet, it's gotten so we don't ever actually have to go anywhere to see everything. Just whip out your device, swipe a couple of times, and you've literally seen the world. Everything is explorable within the palm of your hand. Is anything worth seeking out and exploring on your own anymore? Should we just succumb to the algorithms and what they show us? No. No, we shouldn't.

The thing is, your devices are giving you a completely false idea of what famous stuff actually looks like. We only see things from a certain angle if we rely totally on photographs that focus purely on the photogenic side of a famous landmark, building, or statue. The purpose of such tourist photography is the hope that we become tourists ourselves, to see it for ourselves.

Fortunately, we at Cracked gathered up some little seen pics of things that are seen everyday online, but with different angles and context.

Christ the Redeemer might seem LARGER THAN LIFE.. It's actually smaller than the PEDESTAL of the Statue of Liberty. F!F CRACKED COM
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Ever dreamed of roaming the deserted city walls of King's Landing, a.k.a. Dubrovnik? Forget about it. You'd be lucky to get in. The city is so overcro
THE BRANDENBURG GATE. ARAISIURTETAfi THE RARELY-PHOTOGRAPHED SIDE. CRACKEDCON
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The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali isn't as big as you think. It's actually smaller than two sheets of printer paper put together.
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The Pyramids

The Great Pyramid of Giza is much taller than it looks in photos. It's about 131 ft taller than the EliZabeth Tower, which itself stands 320 ft high.
Michelangelo's David has heart-shaped eyes. He also has a kind of strabismus (both of his eyes gaze in a different direction). The position of his lef
When The Thinker statue is brought up in conversations, you imagine a huge, lonesome statue of a thinking man. However, the original statue is a very
The spot in the Louvre where they keep the Mona Lisa is extremely crowded most of the time.
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