10+ Incredible Examples Of Time Wearing Things Down (New Pics)

It's always hard to notice the gradual change that time makes, but the stark difference stands out when comparing the before and after states of things. From worn off teddies to buildings, to people's faces - nothing can fight the power that time has. In the list below you'll find some impressive examples of how time influences the looks of everything that surrounds us. To find more similar pictures, check out our first post here.

#1 How Time Just Flies By

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#2 This Whole Brick Wall Which Has Been Shaped By The Sea

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#3 In 1995, My Great-Aunt Gave Me A Stuffed Cat. It Was My Absolute Favorite, And Slept With Me Every Night Through My Childhood. When She Passed, We Found Out She Had Bought An Identical Cat And Kept It In Pristine Condition For Two Decades. The Years Of Love Certainly Left Their Mark.

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#4 Picture Of The Same Woman Before And After 48 Years

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#5 Mother Tombstone In The Old Burying Ground, Wakefield, Ma. Love How The Tree Is Now Hugging Her

#6 Centuries Of Use (La Meauffe, Manche, France)

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#7 A Boy Who Gone To War In 1914 And Never Came Back Home Left His Bicycle Chained To A Tree

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#8 My Dads Cat Has Been Scratching The Same Leg Of This Bench For The Past Decade

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#9 The Way The Floor Has Faded In Near Perfect Semi-Circles At This Barber Shop

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#10 Trinity Abbey In My Home Town, Mid-Cleaning

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#11 Six Months Of Buildup In A Pipe Used For A Mineral Pool Spa

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#12 My Best Friend From 33 Years Ago And A New Old Stock One My Pop Got For My Baby Son

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#13 WWI Trench 95 Years Later

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#14 My Grandfather's Screwdriver

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#15 Ghosts Of Union Station

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#16 Each Bottle Is The Same Whiskey Matured In The Cask For One Year More Than The Last

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#17 This Tree Holding Up Stones From A Collapsed Wall

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#18 What Happens When You Peel Off 30 Years Of Graffiti? You Get A Layered Timeline Of 30 Years, Just Like A Tree But Made Out Of Spray Can Paint. That Is The Wall (And Part) I Took It From

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#19 These Sand Bags From 40+ Years Ago Are Now Solid Rock

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#20 The Difference In Shoe Wear Between My Regular Foot And My Prosthetic Foot After A Year

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#21 A Silver Dollar That My Great Grandfather Carried In His Pocket For 20 Years Until The Day He Passed Away

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#22 This Light Post Is Outside Of A Popular Music Club In New Orleans. After 40 Years Of Having Band Flyers Stapled To It, There's No More Room

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#23 Veteran Great White

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#24 One Pillowcase Has Been Used Nearly Everyday For 40 Years. The Other Has Been In A Closet

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#25 An Old CRT TV Screen That Has Seen A Lot Of Pacman

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#26 Bronze Statue Of Iconic Ballerina, Margot Fonteyn, At The Royal Ballet School In London. Ballet Students Touch The Middle Finger For Luck Each Time They Walk Past

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#27 This Church In Detroit, Mi Hasn't Been Cleaned Since It Was Built 134 Years Ago. I Always Thought The Stone Was Black

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#28 Superstition

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#29 My Bedroom Wall Has An Outline From My Dog Sleeping In The Same Spot And Position For Years

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#30 Heard You Guys Like Old Stuffed Animal Stories. On The Left Is My First (Now Un)stuffed Animal I️ Received For Christmas 29 Years Ago. On The Right, The New Fraffy My Mom Tracked Down To Give To My 8 Month Old Son For His First Christmas. I️ Can’t Believe He Used To Have Horns!

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#31 The Men's Bathroom Door Vs The Women's At My Engineering University

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#32 Two Cars Left Somewhere In The Woods Of Japan For Years

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#33 Buddy At Work Has A Very Worn Out Id Card And It's Kinda The Scariest Thing I've Ever Seen

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#34 These Trees Are Curved Due To The Constant Airflow From Nearby Exhaust Vents

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#35 A Tale Of 2 Teddies - My Sister And I Both Got Them At The Same Time, ~18 Years Ago

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#36 Old Public Piano Has Its Pedal Worn Away From Constant Use

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#37 My Paint Mixing Stick Got Heavy After 10 Years Of Use So I Cut The End Off

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#38 This Tree Grew Through A Fence And Still Has The Markings

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#39 I Left This CD Sitting In My Car For Over A Year. The Sun Made This Crazy Design On It

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#40 Iron Chef Morimoto's Knives. Top Is A New Knife. Bottom Is After 3 Years Of Use, Sharpening, And Cleaning At His Restaurant

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#41 A Gravestone And A Tree Blended Together

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#42 After Six Rounds Of Chemotherapy, My Mother-In-Law's Nails Look Like Tree Rings

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#43 Here Are Some More Worn Steps. Great Wall Of China

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#44 Took This Pic On The Angel's Landing Hike At Zion National Park. People Hold On To The Chain As They Climb To The Top Because The Route Is On The Edge Of A Cliff. The Chain Has Worn The Rock Away

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#45 Willie Nelson's Guitar "Trigger" After About 45 Years Of Use

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#46 The Flooring At This Cafe Has Been Worn Down By The Feet Of Customers Over The Years

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#47 My Hats, Past Present And Future

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#48 Foot Holds Deeply Worn Into The Volcanic Rock Along The Trail At Tsankawi, A Popular Hiking Area

#49 Footsteps Used By Children For Years (Donnelly's Hollow, Ireland)

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#50 Pete's Feet - Inside St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Pilgrims Have Been Touching And Kissing The Statue's Feet For Centuries

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#51 10 Years In Service. Finally Retired. May The Force Be With You

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#52 This Mayan Calendar Has Slowly Dragged The Nail Down The Wall

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#53 The Textured Floor Of This Train In Paris I Was On Today Has Been Worn Completley Smooth

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#54 A Cinderblock That Washed Up On The Beach After A Bit Of Time Tumbling Around In The Ocean Currents

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#55 Road Was Closed For A Very Long Time

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#56 This Parking Lot Used To Be Some Sort Of Building. Instead Of Removing The Old Tile Floor, They Simply Paved Over It

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#57 This Exterior Corner Next To The Front Door Of The Local Bike Shop Shows Significant Wear From The Last 30 Some Years Of Customers Striking It With Their Pedals

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#58 Twelve Years Of Everyday Use Vs The Once A Year Leaf

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#59 The Marks On The Floor Of This Bathroom Are A Perfect Demonstration Of "The Bro Code."

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#60 This Touchpad Is So Worn Out That You Can See What's Beneath The Paint

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#61 Customer States He Feels Slipping While Riding

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#62 Wife Suggested I Power Wash The Fence. For Some Reason I Was Not Prepared For The Difference

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#63 The Bricks On This Wall Are A Different Style And Colour Where An Older Building Was Once Attached

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#64 My Gf Is A Transcriptionist. All The Letters On Her Keyboard Are Completely Worn Off

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#65 This (Still Working) Garage Key

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#66 Baskets Sun Bleached In Correlation With Frequency Of Use

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#67 Wall Gets Worn After Years Of Swiping Cards

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#68 Shovel My Dad Has Been Using For Snow For ~20 Years

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#69 Steps Near My House

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#70 Today My Grandmother Was Still Using This Cookbook She Received 70 Years Ago From Her Mother

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#71 Same Towel Design, 16 Years Apart

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#72 This Root Across The Trail Has Been Polished From Constant Foot Traffic

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#73 Hard Working Ballet Dancer Shoes

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#74 Same Knobs, 50 Years Apart

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#75 A Wall Disappearing Around A Dart Board In A Bar In Copenhagen

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#76 My Retired Hiking Poles After ~2000 Miles Vs My New Ones Of The Same Model

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#77 Tow Rope Marks. These Are Marks Left From When Canal Barges Were Pulled By Horses, Up To About 100 Years Ago

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#78 The D20s My Dad Bought In 1977 And My Brother Used Through Middle School In The 80's

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#79 The Seat Belt Warning On This Bus Is Worn, Now The Figure Appears To Have Luscious Locks

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#80 The Way Toes Have Appeared On My Worn Out Shoes.

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#81 A Square Fence Post Has Rotted To The Form Of It's Younger Self

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#82 The Amount Of Wear On This Disney World Hook

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#83 This Wall Is Worn Down From Years Of Customers Resting Against It

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#84 Book Shelter Bent Down From The Weight Of Old Document Binders

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#85 The Way That Everything Except The Letters Has Worn Away/disintegrated On This Notice

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#86 The Key For My Bike Vs. The Spare. The Worn One Still Works

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#87 Due To Years Of Beaver Damage, This Tree Now Looks Like It Is Melting

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#88 Locked Vs Unlocked Door Handle At My University

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#89 Years Of Pointing Has Rubbed Away The "You Are Here" Mark

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#90 Progression Of Coral Growing On Underwater Woman Sculpture

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#91 The Difference A Decade On Mars Makes

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#92 Only The Left Handle Has Scratches Because Of Wedding Rings

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#93 I Bought The Same Wallet Twice In 2006. One I Used For 10 Years, The Other One I Saved Until Today

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#94 My Faded Shirt

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#95 The Way This Bathroom Lock Has Worn The Door Over The Years

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#96 Bicycle Tire After Seven Years And 9,500 Km Versus Its Brand-New Replacement

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#97 This Step Into The Clubhouse Of My Local Golf Course

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#98 This Area Of Discoloration On The Wall From My Two Cats Rubbing Their Faces/Scent Glands Over The Years

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#99 My Socks Have Worn Down So That They Look Like Sad Faces

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#100 A Pitchfork, Used By A Left-Handed For Over 20 Years

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#101 I Found Some Well Worn Stairs In An Old Castle In Germany

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#102 This Tap Has Worn So It Looks Like It Dispenses Cola

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#103 New Welding Gloves Vs Old Ones

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#104 This Tray Only Used To Make Lasagne Is Wellworn

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#105 The Restaurant I Work At Gave Me A New Apron Today

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#106 Edc Notebook Of A Year Vs New

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#107 This Is What Nearly 20 Years Of Nuke Testing Did To A Patch Of Desert In Nevada. Only A Small Fraction Was On The Surface, And Over A Thousand Nuclear Detonations Were Carried Out Altogether

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#108 I Used This Mouse For So Long, I Wore A Thumb-Groove Into It

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#109 At Some Point In The Early 1900s, This Colorful Sozodont Advertisement Went Up On The Side Of A Stately Building. Sozodont Fell Out Of Favor In The Early 20th Century

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#110 Everyone Gets Cheap Gas

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#111 And This Is A Drill Bit Before And After It's Been Used To Drill For Oil

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#112 This Fretboard Shows The Amount Of Usage Almost Like A Graph

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#113 I've Been Studying From This Textbook For Over A Year, And My Progress Is Clearly Visible

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#114 What Eight Months Of Sharpening Do To A Butcher Knife

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#115 The Top Of This Fence Post Is Used By People To Swing Around A Corner

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#116 These Were Once Identical Balls... Over The Years, One's Been Used For "Street Soccer", The Other Sat In A Shed

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#117 I Used This Towel As A Blackout Curtain For 7 Years

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#118 This Can Has Been Sitting In That Cup Holder Exposed To Texas Elements For Over Two Years Now

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#119 This Swinging Park Gate

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#120 My Grandfather Has Been Using The Same Knife For Well Over 40 Years

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#121 Door Handles At University Of Michigan Union

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#122 So, I Compulsively Spin And Balance My Phone On My Finger. This Is My 2nd Case In 2 Years I've Worn Through

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#123 My Mom’s Apron After Years Of Leaning On The Kitchen Counter While She’s Cooking

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#124 The Path Of Bowling Balls On This Ball Return Machine

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#125 Holes Cut Into Our Drawers Over The Years Just From Quarters

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#126 People Physically Touching Their Location On A Map

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#127 The Soap From This Dispenser Has Worn Away At This Stone Counter-Top

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#128 Tiles That Have Been Worn Back To Concrete At My Local Bp

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#129 Several Decades Of My Band Teacher Tapping On His Music Stand With A Wooden Baton Has Caused The Metal To Flatten

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#130 My Mom's "Cooking Chopsticks" Worn Down Over 10 Years Of Use

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#131 The Red Ring And Red "Usa" Lettering On My Olympic Cup Have Completely Disintegrated Over Years Of Washing, But The Other Rings Look Brand New

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#132 Started Carrying 6yrs Ago My First Day Of Undergrad. Can Still Read The Logo But Can't Open Bottles Anymore

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#133 This Deck Of Cards From A Board Game Shows A Clear Difference In Usage Between The Draw Pile And The Hand-Cards

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#134 The Left Handle Is Worn On The Bottom But The Right Handle Is Worn On Top

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#135 The Edge Of My Dog's Tag Has Been Hammered Down By His Collar's Buckle

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#136 Old Vs New Demo Chisel

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#137 The 21 Steps At The Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier

#138 Brand New Microbead Pillow Vs. One Used For Over Ten Years

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#139 My Old Lunch Bag (Modelled After A Traditional Brown Paper Bag), Four Years Old And Used Every Day, Vs A Brand New One I Have Bought Replace It

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#140 My Cousin's Ipad From Playing Too Much Minecraft

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#141 The Wall Is Worn From People Putting The Pool Cues In The Rack Over The Years

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#142 Stairs Going Up The Arc De Triomphe In Paris

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#143 This Spoon Worn Down By Years Of Right Handed Eating

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#144 8 Years Of Carrying Pocket Knives Has Worn My Freeworlds Down Quite A Bit

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#145 The Doors At My Local Burger King. Guess Which One Opens Out

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#146 My Dog's Key Ring Has Worn A Notch In His Metal Name Tag Over The Past Ten Years

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#147 The Way This City Light Was Scratched By Bike Pedals Over The Years

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#148 Distressed Dress Form

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#149 Field Notes, Carried In Various Pockets Every Day For 3.5 Months

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#150 Gas Pump Button Is Worn Out By Multiple People Saying No To The Car Wash

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#151 New Watch Strap Next To A Watch Strap Worn Every Day For Four Years

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#152 Identical 15 Year Old Mugs. Right Hand Mug Shows 15 Years Of Dishwasher Wear. Left Hand Mug Has Been Kept In Storage

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#153 My Dads 20 Year Old Knife Vs. New One He Got For Me

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#154 This Road Where You Can Only Go Left

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#155 This Fingerprint Pattern On An Ipad Used Primarily For Sudoku

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#156 What 60 Years Of Light Switch Usage Does To The Wallpaper

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#157 30 + Years Of This Light Switch Swinging After Being Pulled

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#158 Carpet Turned From Blue To Grey Over A 9 Year Period

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#159 The Floor In This Forever 21 Dressing Room Is Worn Out Where Everyone Stands

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#160 My Dogs Favorite Toy. Old Vs New

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#161 Where My Skin Has And Has Not Touched The Band Of My Watch Over The Last 2 Years

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#162 I've Had This Circuitboard On My Keychain Since 1994

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#163 Time For New Skates. I’m Running Out Of Steel And This Is The 2nd Set. Heels Held Together With Duct Tape. I Don’t Even Remember When I Bought These, But I’m Sure It Was Over 15 Years Ago

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#164 This Counter Lost Its Paint Over Years Of Groceries Being Scanned

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#165 My Worn Shoe Vs My New Shoe Of The Same Model

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#166 My Steering Wheel Used To Have The Same Finish All Over

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