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We often forget what a wondrous world we live in. While getting caught up in our hectic schedules makes us oblivious to things around us, today we're gonna zoom in on the unseen and unnoticed side of things.

So welcome to Bored Panda’s amusing collection of the most fascinating and rarely seen objects, beings, places, occurrences, and everything that will bring out that inner curious child we have inside.

From a macro shot revealing the density of penguin feathers to rainbow cloud spotting, this is something you only see in a video game. Or if you open your eyes and pay attention. Psst! More incredible photos of rarely seen things can be found in our previous posts here, here and here.

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When It’s Cold Enough To See The Melody

When It’s Cold Enough To See The Melody

Kathrin Swoboda Photography , Kathrin Swoboda Photography Report

#2

Spotted A Rainbow Cloud From My Balcony. Not As Beautiful As Aurora But Pretty Rare To See Such Phenomena In India

Spotted A Rainbow Cloud From My Balcony. Not As Beautiful As Aurora But Pretty Rare To See Such Phenomena In India

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This Is What Sunset Looks Like From Space

This Is What Sunset Looks Like From Space

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Even in times of scientific and technological advancements, our beautiful planet remains full of mysteries. From the incredible bismuth crystal that looks like it came from some sort of sci-fi film to the enchanting glowing forest in Japan with its luminescent mushrooms scattered along the forest floor, there are so many exquisite finds on Earth. They make us question how much about the place we inhabit we don’t really know.

Some of the most standout mysteries that have been captivating the imagination of many throughout the years include Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England. The structure consists of a ring of standing stones, with each stone standing approximately thirteen feet high, seven feet wide and weighing 25 tons. It’s believed to have been built about 5000 years ago, but scholars still do not agree on what its purpose could have been.

Another mysterious object is the stone spheres found in Costa Rica, located on the Diquis Delta and on Isla del Cano. There are over three hundred petro spheres scattered throughout the country that are still considered a great, unsolved archaeological mystery. The heaviest of them weighs many tons, and they’re believed to be made of granodiorite.

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Here Are My Removed & Genetically Modified White Blood Cells, About To Be Put Back In To Hopefully Cure My Cancer

Here Are My Removed & Genetically Modified White Blood Cells, About To Be Put Back In To Hopefully Cure My Cancer

This Is T-Cell Immunotherapy

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#5

Not A Painting - Just An Iceberg Flipped Upside Down

Not A Painting - Just An Iceberg Flipped Upside Down

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Helen Haley
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My berg became flipped turned upside down, I'd like to take a minute just float right here. Big ol iceberg floating with its butt in the air.

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Finally Got My Prosthetics In

Finally Got My Prosthetics In

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Dingo Person
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can only imagine how fun that would be if you could pretend to be wolverine

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Yvette Desmarais
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Would be really cool if they had interchangeable tips. Pen. Screwdriver. Laxer pointer. Computer mouse.

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John C
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was going to make a comment along the lines of Star Wars / Vader / Luke (cause Lucas seems to have a fascination with ppl losing their limbs) but then I realized that up until now, without the prosthetics, dude has been flashing the "hang loose" sign (with thumb and pinkie) by default!

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Otter
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If I lived in the Star Wars universe during the Republic era, I'd definitely go into the prosthetic limb business! Of course, I'd go lose everything after Order 66, when people stopped fighting with light sabers.

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Manuela Martins
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The male Seven of Nine, Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix Zero One.

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Noelle
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My daughter would love these! She misses the index- and middle finger of het right hand.

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Randy Verburg
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wish that You !!!! Could Show Us How They Work Your FINGERS,, can you hold,, A Ink Pen or Pencil ?? Maybe your, Not Left Handed ??

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Lea Schmidt
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm missing one finger but i don't think i'll get a prosthetic maybe though i'll see! Cool pic

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KieLeaHar
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That’s awesome 😎 my father has been trying to get me to get one since I became a triple amputee but I just can’t.

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Jenifer Shadrick
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I WOULD LOVE TO BE THE LUCKY TECH TO BLESS THE BEAUTIFUL OBJECT OF THIS PHOTO WITH A SPECIALIZED NAIL SET! Congratulations!!!

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Debra Newell
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't you just live what technology can do these days? And just think, it's only going to gwt better with time.

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Ericka Hokkanen
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is awesome! Science is amazing - thank you for sharing. LOL how long did it take to learn to flip off people?

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Pheline
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yay! Lucky you! Your hand is opposite to mine. I'm missing my small finger- when it happened people rushed to tell me it “ wasn't noticeable”, but it is, every single day of my life. smh I hope you've adjusted well. I think designs had more coverage awhile ago so in 10 years or less you'll probably have something more magnificent! Is that about how long they last? or less? Hands get a lot of wear and tear so they probably need a lot of repair, no? I’ve had a hard time getting hand specialists to call me back. Maybe "only" one finger isn't important to them. 😡 I've tried 3 or 4 times during the last 10 years - no prosthetic. Call backs reveal somewhat confused office managers with empty promises to find out what happened. 🙄

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Teresa Ezzell
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It looks cool and I hope they work as well as you need them to. This is a miracle even today.

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Dawn Turner
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow ! Wonderful breakthroughs ! You got to love the brains it took to Engineer this !

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Angel Rae Duryea
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That looks so super cool. Wonderful to be able to do anything you want.

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Carolyn Risling
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's pretty damn cool . . . . .a friend of mine had his foot removed, up past the ankle, due to diabetes. He now has a prosthetic and is getting along very well . . . . . .

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Leyna Dale
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thats is really frickn' cool. My husband lost all his toes and ball of his foot, he pretty much after all the surgeries had about half of his foot with his heel. He tried many different prosthetics but they were all crap.

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Rachel Ballard
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is so freaking cool I grew up with a father that had 1leg and when he finally got his light weight titanium prosthetic leg it was awesome an emotional moment

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Johanne Trudeau
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Congrats!! It sure looks different from the old models. Much more versatile I would expect...

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Linda Houghtby
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OMG, That is the COOLEST set of fingers I've ever laid my eyes on. Thank You for sharing this. You go guy!

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Dragonfly
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can I ask where u got, I need something similar. shame a lot who find this 'cool' go thru life having no idea, yet give US funny looks! 😢

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Lori Everard
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's awesome! Wish this was a video. I'd like to see this baby in action!

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Richard Claessens
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Do they work... Do the fingers curl? That's very clever who ever thot it up

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LaToya Mack
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow he doesn’t have to do any sacrifices he’s of cheering for the illuminati. Permanent devil horns rock on sir

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Diane Johnson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't imagine the excitement you must have felt when you got it! Congratulations.

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Jenifer Shadrick
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO DO A SET OF NAILS FOR THE BEAUTIFUL OBJEST OF THIS PHOTO! Congratulations!

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Sharon Hyatt
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They will be so helpfull to you..... hope they actually work ! ! !

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JustRoz
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is so awesome... so wonderful that you have this.

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katboxjanitor
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Fantastic! It looks so much more useful than those I saw as I grew up!

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d bradley
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

you look way better than wolverine. you are as real as it gets! don't listen to the next comment

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Marco Conti
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd want a screwdriver attachment and a couple of blades. Giving a new meaning to "Screw you" and flipping the bird.

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Doggo Kiddo
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

b-b-but whyyyy you can do an everlasting shukka bro. WHYYYYY

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#9

Ice Eggs - This Rare Phenomenon Occurs When Ice Is Rolled Over By Wind And Water (Northern Finland)

Ice Eggs - This Rare Phenomenon Occurs When Ice Is Rolled Over By Wind And Water (Northern Finland)

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Nappies In Sweden Have A Father On The Packaging

Nappies In Sweden Have A Father On The Packaging

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Miss Cris
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is it rare because it's a man and not a woman? Where is it like this? In Spain there aren't women (mothers, aunts, granies) represented in this products, only babies.

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This Huge Tree In Cairo

This Huge Tree In Cairo

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Highway To Heaven. 30-Second Long Exposure Of Airliner Departing From Runway

Highway To Heaven. 30-Second Long Exposure Of Airliner Departing From Runway

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#15

Truck Door Handle On A Frosty Morning

Truck Door Handle On A Frosty Morning

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#16

My Dad Got A Periodic Table With The Actual Elements In It

My Dad Got A Periodic Table With The Actual Elements In It

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Steve Barnett
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Goes without saying that not all the elements are actually there. Hence the Ionizing radiation hazard symbols.

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A Pistachio Plant

A Pistachio Plant

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Like a beautiful bunch of roses or tulips . I couldn’t cut them down , they’d stay 😁

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The Sun Hit This Freshly-Paved Tarmac Just Right And Made A Real-Life Rainbow Road Through Polarized Lenses

The Sun Hit This Freshly-Paved Tarmac Just Right And Made A Real-Life Rainbow Road Through Polarized Lenses

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Miss Cris
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now I'd like to wear polarized glasses wherever just to find hidden rainbows.

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#20

Amazing Jimbacrinus Crinoid Fossils

Amazing Jimbacrinus Crinoid Fossils

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What A Piece Of 10,000-Year-Old Glacial Ice Looks Like

What A Piece Of 10,000-Year-Old Glacial Ice Looks Like

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#22

This Close Up Shot Of A Dragonfly I Took With My Phone The Other Day

This Close Up Shot Of A Dragonfly I Took With My Phone The Other Day

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#23

Just When You Thought You’d Seen Everything - Here’s Snowball, An Extremely Rare Leucistic Alligator

Just When You Thought You’d Seen Everything - Here’s Snowball, An Extremely Rare Leucistic Alligator

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#24

My Hair Is Half Blonde Half Brunette. Including Eyebrows

My Hair Is Half Blonde Half Brunette. Including Eyebrows

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Horses On A Plane

Horses On A Plane

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Certain Fish Skin Can Be Grafted Onto Burns And Diabetic Wounds. The Material Recruits The Body's Own Cells And Is Converted Eventually Into Living Tissue

Certain Fish Skin Can Be Grafted Onto Burns And Diabetic Wounds. The Material Recruits The Body's Own Cells And Is Converted Eventually Into Living Tissue

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's tilapia skin. The very common, quite cheap white fish that you can find in the supermarket freezer (at least in Europe)

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This Pencil Store In Tehran, Iran

This Pencil Store In Tehran, Iran

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#28

The Density Of Penguin Feathers

The Density Of Penguin Feathers

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#29

Astronaut Bruce McCandless Floating Away From The Safety Of The Space Shuttle

Astronaut Bruce McCandless Floating Away From The Safety Of The Space Shuttle

He had nothing but his manned maneuvering unit keeping him from drifting into the unknown. First person in history to do something like this.

nasa.gov Report

#30

Sendai Daikannon, One Of The Tallest Statues In The World

Sendai Daikannon, One Of The Tallest Statues In The World

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am fascinated by the optical effect of the design. The statue is not at full body length, it's around 3/4, missing the bottom 1/4. This makes the brain believe that the statue goes lower (like if the legs of the statue extended down), therefore it's perceived longer than it actually is. How cool!

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The Color Of My Kitten's Foot Is Split Down The Middle

The Color Of My Kitten's Foot Is Split Down The Middle

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#32

This Red Only Rainbow I Saw At Midnight In Finland

This Red Only Rainbow I Saw At Midnight In Finland

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#34

My Cactus Has Grown A Strange-Looking Flower

My Cactus Has Grown A Strange-Looking Flower

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

ahh, a dead rubbish bin plant. my mother used to grow one of these in the bathroom when I was a child. the flower smelt like a unwashed rubbish bin that had been left in sun for a week...

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#35

In Case You Haven't Seen Spider Feet Up Close

In Case You Haven't Seen Spider Feet Up Close

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#36

We Got These Giant Screws In At Work Today For Mounting Solar Panels

We Got These Giant Screws In At Work Today For Mounting Solar Panels

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#37

The UK Is Full Of Charming Crinkle Crankle Garden Walls

The UK Is Full Of Charming Crinkle Crankle Garden Walls

In England you sometimes see these "wavy" brick fences. And curious as it may seem, this shape uses fewer bricks than a straight wall. A straight wall needs at least two layers of bricks to make it sturdy, but the wavy wall is fine thanks to the arch support provided by the waves.

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#38

The Back Of Da Vinci's Mona Lisa

The Back Of Da Vinci's Mona Lisa

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#40

In Case You Have Not Seen What A Clump Of Dna Looks Like

In Case You Have Not Seen What A Clump Of Dna Looks Like

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#41

Giant Puffball Mushroom My Sister Found In The Woods

Giant Puffball Mushroom My Sister Found In The Woods

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#42

Mosaics Of A Roman Villa Were Found Under A Vineyard In Negrar, Italy

Mosaics Of A Roman Villa Were Found Under A Vineyard In Negrar, Italy

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#43

This Device Is Used To Measure Lengths On Maps. Simply Roll It Along Streets You Want To Use And It Tells You The Distance

This Device Is Used To Measure Lengths On Maps. Simply Roll It Along Streets You Want To Use And It Tells You The Distance

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My grandad worked for British Ordnance Survey in the 1950s and 60s, he went out, measured the landscape and then hand drew maps. When he died, we cleared out his home studio and I found at least 6 of these in various draws, boxes etc. I remember sitting with him as a child running them over maps to see where we were in relation to landmarks etc. I still love looking at maps 30 years after his death as it reminds me of the gentle, kind soul he was.

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#44

Ants Gutted My Almond To Make Their Own Almond Flour

Ants Gutted My Almond To Make Their Own Almond Flour

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#45

When My Cat Got Spayed, The Shaved Area Grew Back Chocolate Coloured

When My Cat Got Spayed, The Shaved Area Grew Back Chocolate Coloured

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#46

A Hand Of A Koala

A Hand Of A Koala

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Koalas have human-like fingerprints. They are almost identical, and even under a microscope, it is hard to distinguish the difference between theirs and those of humans.

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This Apple's Flesh Is The Same Colour As It’s Skin

This Apple's Flesh Is The Same Colour As It’s Skin

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Karl Baxter
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I made cider from apples like this. It came out bright pink and checked in at a hefty 8.5% abv. We named it “Prider”, put it in a rainbow box and served it up during Pride Week about 6 years ago. 60 pints sold out in about an hour! 🙂

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414-Pound Gorilla On The Exam Table

414-Pound Gorilla On The Exam Table

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#49

$12,000 Worth Of Cancer Pills

$12,000 Worth Of Cancer Pills

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's disgusting. Charging so much for life saving medication is sick and twisted.

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