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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

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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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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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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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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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#18

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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#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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#26

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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#27

This Pencil Store In Tehran, Iran

This Pencil Store In Tehran, Iran

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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

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

Ok, I think full may be somewhat of an exaggeration - I have never seen a wall like this! Makes me think that it is a regional thing - common in some parts of the country and not others. Far more common round me are drystone walls - no mortar - just stones picked up off the field and carefully fitted together to make a wall.

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

They're most common in the East and South-East of England- Especially Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, etc.

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

By putting a single layer of bricks in a wave, each brick supports the next, meaning you don’t have to make your wall 3+ bricks thick. If you put a single layer of bricks in a straight line, they would topple over. Pretty ingenious bit of design.

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

…….strange, I’ve never seen one and I’ve lived in the UK for 66 years!

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

Thomas Jefferson was fond of these. There are some on the U. Of Virginia campus.

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

Not that full. I'm in uk and never seen one in my life haha

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Debby Keir
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also check out 'snake bridges' on some of the canals in the UK, which allowed the horses towing the barges to cross the towpath without snarling up the barge.

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Karin Morris
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But they take up so much more room, isn't property valuable there?

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Jeff Bunn
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That’s why they call them GARDEN walls!! Let the city mow the outside!! Grow a garden on the inside!!

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

The collage of UVA has these on compus, I find them to be quite charming =)

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

It kinda mimics the crazy lines painted along the streets in England...

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

Very similar at my alma mater, Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma Washington USA.

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

Glad to know I'm not the only Brit who hasn't seen one of these. I love them though!

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

These walls absorb more warmth from the sun too and thus allow gardeners to grow grapes and such in a colder climate. They are called snake walls in the Nls

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

Fascinating! I love finding out useful info like this ... interesting AND helpful!

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

Seriously wonder sometimes where people get these ideas. I LIVE in the UK and have never seen anything like this in my life. I travel quite a lot, too. For 'sometimes' read 'I saw this once and it was so quirky I took a photo' because yeah, anyone would!

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

Actually, Africans have been doing this for a few thousand years. A recent archaeological dig of the 3000 year old Golden City in Egypt has a spectacular example of this wall design

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

We're certainly not full of these but there's an awesome one near to me in North Yorkshire, England 😍

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

I'm in the UK and I have never seen one of these so not exactly common.

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

But does this not make it longer because of the waves so it really defeats the purpose of saving bricks

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

But surely you still end up using double the amount of bricks??

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

I live in England and I've never seen one. Where are they ...?

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

Is that why sound waves are wavy? Instead of being a straight line? Because they’re naturally stronger so sound isn’t distorted?

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

Also, you can guard your terrain easier with walls like these

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

So... The bricks you safe for the two layers... go into the wave?! Hrm... ;)

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mcborge1
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They have a lot of these in the northeast, I saw loads of them when holidaying in Hunstanton back in 2019.

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

I wonder if you might have something there: there are a number of odd things around the UK which seem to have been an attempt by crazy rich people to pay poor people for something, anything, during hard times.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williamson_Tunnels

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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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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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Giant Puffball Mushroom My Sister Found In The Woods

Giant Puffball Mushroom My Sister Found In The Woods

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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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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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Ants Gutted My Almond To Make Their Own Almond Flour

Ants Gutted My Almond To Make Their Own Almond Flour

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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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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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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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