124 Of The Most Interesting Comparison Images (New Pics)

We’re about to blow your minds. Time… it changes everything! And different things are, well, they’re different! [Gasp.] “No way!” you’re probably thinking sarcastically while rolling your eyes and snorting with laughter. Here’s the thing, though—we’re not fully aware of how much time changes people, things, and technology while we’re stuck in our daily routines. And even though we theoretically know that some things are far bigger than others, it’s not the same as seeing it with your own two eyes. It takes a great comparison photo to highlight the immense differences.

If you’ve ever wondered, “Gee whiz, I wonder how Abraham Lincoln looked before and after the American Civil War” or, “I wonder how big a wombat really is,” then this is the list for you, our dear Pandas. If, however, you’ve never entertained thoughts like that, well, this list is perfect for you, too, because you’re about to see some amazing stuff!

Bored Panda has collected some of the most interesting comparisons to show you, so scroll on down, enjoy, and upvote your fave pics. From before-and-after pics of how time changes things to incredibly cool side-by-side comparisons of small and huge things, you’re gonna wanna share ‘em with your friends. Meanwhile, you’ll find our other recent interesting comparison posts here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part4.

#1 Abraham Lincoln Before And After The Civil War

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#2 What Changes In 122 Years? Found A Photo Of My Great Great Grandmother. Thought She Looked Familiar

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#3 My Mom Has Two Vacuums From The Same Company With Nearly A 100 Year Age Difference

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Bored Panda spoke about aging and what has the biggest impact on how people’s looks change over time with redditor Zbf, founder and moderator of the ‘13 or 30’ Reddit community. Zbf has become a real expert on aging and looking young because of the content the subreddit focuses on.

Zbf explained to us all about how our lifestyle impacts how young or old we look. “Drugs, alcohol, and smoking have the largest impact on making someone look older than they are. Getting enough sleep is beneficial in keeping a youthful appearance,” the subreddit founder pointed out that it’s not just what we avoid but also what we do that helps contribute to looking like the years have barely touched us.

#4 Size Of A Blue Whale's Heart Compared To A Human Height

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#5 Mom Compares What Food She Can Buy For £30 vs. What The “£30-Worth” Government Food Package Looks Like

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#6 Femur Of A Patagotitan, One Of The Largest Sauropods To Ever Exist, Compared To A Human

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However, looking young doesn’t just depend on our actions. Genetics plays an important role, too. “Some people are born with features that make them look older or younger than they are when they get to a certain age. We’ve all heard the term ‘babyface.’ At the end of the day, it’s all a matter of perspective,” Zbf said.

In other words, some people are bound to look young no matter how much time passes. Meanwhile, others have more mature features or they appear to age more rapidly. The same genes, passed down along generations, can make someone look just like their great-great-grandmother, for instance.

#7 A Baby Snake Compared To An Adult Snake Of The Same Species

Oracle, a 17-year-old Southern-Thai king cobra, next to Queek, almost 3-week-old baby Southern-Thai king cobra.

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#8 My Dad Sent Over The Blueberry Cycle

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#9 One Day Difference In Fort Collins Colorado

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According to Zbf, having a so-called ‘babyface’ can have some unintentionally hilarious and embarrassing consequences. They recounted a story about a guy and his girlfriend who were both in their 20s. The woman looked extremely young and kept getting embarrassed at restaurants because she’d always get the kids’ menus.

Be sure to drop us a comment or two to let us know which photos you loved the most and why. And if you’ve got any interesting comparison pics of your own, post them in the comment section waaay down at the very bottom of this post.

#10 Beginning vs. End Of 2020

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#11 This Is What Really Got To Me. 5 Lbs Of Fat Compared To 5 Lbs Of Muscle

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#12 The First (1896) And Last (1972) Self-Portraits Of Pablo Picasso

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#13 Same Cat's Eyes: Day vs. Night

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#14 This Wombat, Human For Scale

Patrick the Wombat! This 29-year-old wombat is the world's oldest living wombat. Given that Patrick has never had children or any partners in general, probably makes him the oldest living wombat virgin as well. Congrats mate.

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#15 Pakistan's Billion Tree Tsunami Making A Difference In Just 6 Years

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#16 My Absolute Unit Of A Baby Brother. For Reference, My Sister Holding Him Was Four. He Was 4 And A Half Months In This Photo

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#17 Mindhunter (2017) The Real Killers vs. Actors Who Play Them

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#18 Capital Of The Philippines Before And After The Quarantine

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#19 Standing In The Same Spot 76 Years Later

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#20 Watched A Crimson Rose Caterpillar Metamorphosize To A Butterfly

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#21 The Same Wooden Cover On The Building, But One Part Is Under The Balcony. 10 Years Of Weather

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#22 Look How Large This Tree Frog I Found Is. Hand For Comparison

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#23 Just Realized I Took Nearly The Same Photo On My Honeymoon Today That My Mom Took 43 Years Ago On Hers

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#24 Strawberry Cycle That My Dad (A Berry Farmer) Sent Me

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#25 The Dog I'm Dogsitting Looks Exactly Like Her Food

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#26 My Niece And I Had A Photo Shoot. 3-Months-Old vs. 29-Years-Old

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#27 My Prosthetics. All Designed For Different Purposes And Fit The Same Sockets

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#28 My Back Yard Chicken's Egg (Orange) Versus A Store Bought Egg

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#29 My Husband’s MRI Scan Shows His Blind Left Eye As Fully Black

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#30 My Dad Is A Veteran! 18-Years-Old vs. 77-Years-Old

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#31 World's Largest Dragline Bucket. Moved 650,000 Lbs Per Scoop. Dog For Scale

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#32 Two Different Doctors Once Told Me I Wouldn’t Live To See My 40th. I Was 500 Pounds At The Time. Today Is My 40th. During That Time I Lost 350lbs

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#33 In 2006 My Boyfriend Asked Me For An Epic Painting For His Birthday. I've Tried Again Over The Years. 2006, 2016 And 2020

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#34 Before And After I Wear My Fake Eye

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#35 Wooden Chair, Before And After

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#36 We've Grown Up Together. Though I've Stopped, He Has Not. 1996 To 2013

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#37 Two Paintings Based On The Same Photo, But With 2 Years Of Practice In Between

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#38 One, Five And Seven Months Together

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#39 Same Brand, Same Style. Left Was Purchased Pre-Pandemic, Right Is Present Day

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#40 2019 vs. 2020 Costume

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#41 My Lockdown Backyard Project. Before And After Comparison

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#42 Caught The Smoke As It Was Spreading Over Our Suburb In Australia

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#43 My Great-Aunt Uses Her Old Television As A Stand For Her New One. Works As A Comparison Between Them Two

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#44 The Ring Mirror In My Hotel Bathroom Reflects Differently Off My Glasses Since Each Eye Has Its Own Prescription

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#45 My Shirt Appears To Be Two Vastly Different Colors In Different Lighting

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#46 Ladies, Hear Me Out

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#47 Early LA Compared To 2001 LA

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#48 I’ve Gone From A Craniotomy To Ninja Warrior In The Span Of A Year

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#49 My University Sent Me A Wallet-Sized Diploma. Hand For Scale

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#50 My Oil Painting Of A Jar Of Honey Next To A Jar Of Honey Itself

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#51 Due To The Difference In Prescription/Lens Thickness, My Left Glasses Lens (-3) Defogs More Quickly Than My Right Lens (-5)

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#52 Original Thermostat Was Never Removed, Put My New Thermostat Next To It (House Built 1957)

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#53 I Got My Huge Pet Snail A Small Pet Snail

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#54 My Daughter Showed Me That She's Been Writing Every Number When She Gets Bored. So I Dug Up My Very Old Notebook

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#55 Restored Leather. Yes, This Is The Same Exact Leather

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#56 My Painting Progress In Over 4 Months

I am definitely using the Bob Ross method. I am by no means an artist. I can't even draw a good stick figure. I started watching him a few months ago and figured I'll give it a shot. I didn't do too well in the beginning so I just kept practicing.

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#57 2015 vs. 2020. Pencil Sketch Journey Progress

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#58 Before And After "Adoption" - 5 Days After I Found It In The Trash This Beauty Is Thriving

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#59 My Big Toe, Compared To My Wife's Big Toe

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#60 For Anyone Wondering What The Actual Size Of A Kiwi Is, Here It Is Compared To A Human Size

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#61 Look At The Size Of These Cables Compared To A Human Hand

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#62 Wolf Paw vs. Human Foot

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#63 My Husband’s Fully Reflective Iridescent Rain Set

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#64 The Ridiculous Length Of My Shadow, Hand For Scale

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#65 My Wife Just Gave Birth To Our Firstborn, And Me And My Son Both Have The Same Weird Genetic Abnormality Where We Have An Extra Large Space Between Our First And Second Toes

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#66 I Ordered 12 Items From The Same Listing On Amazon. This Is How They Arrived Compared To How They Are Being Stored

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#67 My Passport Versus My Wife's New Post Brexit Passport

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#68 Giant Redwood - Avenue Of The Giants. My Family For Scale

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#69 This Carrot Compared To An Arm

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#70 Meet My 9-Days Old Nephew! I'm Too Excited! His Hand Is So Tiny Compared To A Grown Up's Hand

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#71 My Brother Likes To Create Miniature Firearms Out Of Matches. This Is A Barret M82 .50 Cal Anti Material Rifle. LEGO Brick For Scale

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#72 Just Realized I Have A Vintage Meat Thermometer And A Modern One, Both From The Same Company

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#73 Tiny Human For Scale (Lemon)

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#74 The Incredible Size Of A Horses Lungs (Fully Inflated)

#75 Four Generations In Comparison Next To Each Other

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#76 June (2-Months-Old) To February (10-Months-Old)

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#77 Before And After Of My Very Own Living Room

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#78 I Took A Month-Long Class Called "Drawing Is A Learnable Skill". Here's My Self-Portrait, Before And After

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#79 Strawberry Rhubarb Pie, Before And After Baking

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#80 Hail From The Weekend Here In Queensland, Australia Compared To A Tennis Ball

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#81 Winter vs. Summer Manhattan

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#82 These Two Identical Houses. One In A Great Shape One In A Terrible Shape

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#83 How Much My Ear Has Grown Over The Last 35 Years

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#84 Before And After Hip Replacement Surgery

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#85 The Cord On My Straightener Is Straight And The Cord On My Curling Iron Is Curly

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#86 On The Left It Is My Grandfather When He Was Young, And On The Right It's Me When I Was 18 Years Old. No One Can Say He Isn't My Grandfather

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#87 My First Cat Drawing vs. Recent One. If You Are Not Happy With Your Results Right Now, Just Keep Going. Eventually You Will Improve

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#88 Moonstone Babies Progress In Almost A Year

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#89 Restored My Dad's 50 Year Old Hammer As A Christmas Present. Old vs. Restored

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#90 Shaq's Size 22 Shoes (Basketball For Scale)

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#91 The Thorns On The Acacia Erioloba Look Like A Whole New Level Of Pain. Their Size Compared To A Human Hand

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#92 My Dad Eats One Full Carrot In His Veggie Smoothie Everyday. His Skin Compared To Ours

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#93 The Size Of The Hail Stones In Alberta Today Compared To A Human Hand

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#94 World’s Largest Wine Barrel, Human For Scale

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#95 This Big Lettuce Compared To A Human

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#96 Argentinosaurus vs. A Man

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#97 This Is The Largest Mural I’ve Ever Painted. Me For Scale

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#98 My Boyfriend Made His Dog Out Of His Husky's Fur After Brushing Him

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#99 We Adopted Nova 12 Weeks Ago Today And I Wanted To Share With You All How Much He Has Changed Since He Arrived

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#100 Size Difference Between My Hand And The Wife's

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#101 Today I Went To The Park And Found A Giant Leaf! And I Compared It To A Banana, And To Myself

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#102 My Right Boot Shows The Effect Of A Long Term Limp Due To A Bad Left Knee

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#103 Color Difference In Oxygenated And Deoxygenated Blood

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#104 This 250cm (8'2" Ft) Icicle At My House In Spain (Compared To A Human Height)

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#105 These Tiny Decks Of Cards (Compared To A Finger)

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#106 Giant Leaf Compared To A Human

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#107 Before-And-After Cleaning Of A 300-Year-Old Silver-Inlaid Sword Pommel

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#108 Found The Perfect Tortilla Chip And Made The Tiniest Taco (Banana For Scale)

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#109 Paintings In The Louvre, My 6’4 Husband For Scale

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#110 The Scale Of This Beautiful Place Is Much Smaller When You Compare It To A Man

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#111 How Small ₹10 Lays Have Gotten, Hand For Scale

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#112 Playstation 1 To Playstation 5 Comparison

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#113 DC Condos Really Pretend That This Is Ok. 5'7" Man For Scale

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#114 Size Of This Alaskan Malamute Compared To A Girl

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#115 It's Called A Ponderosa Lemon. Compared To Human, It's Almost As Big As The Head

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#116 This Is A Protective Chain Against Sharp Fragments Of Debris Compared To A Worker

#117 I Rescued The Cat Off The Street. Photos Before And After. One Year Difference

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#118 Kitten Before And After A Bath

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#119 Before And After Processing Of The Andromeda Galaxy From My Backyard

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#120 Before And After Of My Marathon Of A Backyard Project

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#121 First Pic 21 February, Second Pic 23 October

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#122 In Northwest China, The Mu-Us Desert, An Area Of ​​42,200 Square Kilometers, Has Disappeared

93.24% of its territory has been turned into an oasis as a result of years of efforts to combat desertification.

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#123 Before And After Of This Wall

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#124 Before And After Drying Wet Boots On A Radiator. From Size 42 To This

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