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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

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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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#7

Finally Got My Prosthetics In

Finally Got My Prosthetics In

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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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#10

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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#12

This Huge Tree In Cairo

This Huge Tree In Cairo

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#13

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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Samantha PandaNotBored
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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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A B C
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If anybody's interested, this happens due to thin-film interference in oils that fresh tarmac "sweats out".

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

and then suddenly a spiny shell hits you and next thing you know you fall into the void just to be pullen up again by a Lakuti

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

Gay kids to their homophobic family " I'm on the highwayyy to hell.."

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

𝚃𝚘𝚘 𝚋𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚍𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚢.

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

Can't get Mario kart rainbow road theme song outta my head now!!

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Tallulah Wolff Pell
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 cute

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

we all need some, polarized shades if this is the outcome. for real, beautiful and amazing.

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

Don't fall of the edge of that road though because it takes FOREVER for the flying tooth guy to put you back on.

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Horse With No Name
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is not a tarmac, it's just a rural road that passes by a neighborhood's entrance. A tarmac is where airplanes park on and take off from.

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Horse With No Name
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is not a tarmac, it's just a country road, and the car is pulling out of a neighborhood. I hate it when people makes crap up!

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DJ_Legend404
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

is there an invincability star anyway? gotta pull a mario and go WA HOO!

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

Where are the rainbow blocks? The race of rainbow road is about to begin watch out for mario

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

wait... ARE YOU ABOUT TO DRIVE ON THAT FRESHLY-PAVED TARMAC!?!

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

I guess it means just road will never flood with water per the promise

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

A few months ago I got new sunglasses but chose polarized lenses for the first time. I was amazed at the beautiful rainbow colors I could see.

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

This is A Real Life Mario kart Map. I Would Drift, across all of that

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

Why has no one mentioned that superman is flying through the middle of the photo????

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

That was because the window was closed. It's not the road it's the glass refracting the light that makes it look like that. Open the window and it goes away.

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

That's not haw rainbows are made... but still pretty cool

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

Read this somewhere I take no credit: I think that Mario Kart's Rainbow Road is just training kids for drunk driving later in life

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

https://vic.bg/jokes/i-think-that-mario-kart-s-rainbow-road-is-just-training-kids-for-drunk-driving-later-in-life

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

And I’m thinking of all that oil running off into the field (where it maybe someone is growing vegetables) and down into the water table...

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

Now that would be a vacation draw - never mind lets keep it to ourselves

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

Polarized sunglasses make riding a motorcycle...interesting. Not in a good way.

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

thats amazing :-) all roads should be rainbow roads. i bet it would cut road rage in half because you just cant help but smile at a rainbow

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

This happens to me all the time when I look out through my tinted car windows- it's the polarizing aspect of the window tinting.

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

Maybe I'm just old. I can't figure out how they got a properly exposed photo through a polarized lens.

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#20

Amazing Jimbacrinus Crinoid Fossils

Amazing Jimbacrinus Crinoid Fossils

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#21

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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#25

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.

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#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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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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Karl Leaning
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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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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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Maiun
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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

WITCHFlNDER-GENERAL Report

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Foxxy (The Original)
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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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