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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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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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The Forests Of Aspen, Colorado

The Forests Of Aspen, Colorado

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

If I'm not mistaken, this is all one organism, connected under the ground.

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

Yes, you're correct. And fun fact, there is an aspen stand in the EU that is well on its way to becoming the largest living organism on earth.

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

"You can tell it's an Aspen because of the way it is" - Lenny Pepperbottom

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

Quaking aspen are actually not separate trees, but a complex organism! They are beautiful in fall when the leaves turn gold and shimmer in the breeze!

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

Aspens put out underground runners and suckers sprout from them. You can get hundreds of trees in a patch of forest that are genetically identical clones.

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

Ah, I’ve seen them! Nothing as spectacular as this, but often, entire groves of aspens are connected by roots, so they all turn color at the same time. At entire forest of yellow trees, which is so pretty

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Tracey Langley
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just about anywhere up the I-70 corridor in late September or early October you can see the changing colors of the trees. Hop off the interstate and you can walk straight into a fairytale in any national forest. Park in Georgetown, Dillion or Aspen. Find an old dirt road to transport you a million miles away from reality. Don’t forget to watch the true magic on Colorful Colorado’s sunsets over the Rocky Mountains!

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

I've been to aspen Colorado ..I never saw any forests though. I saw mountains, lots of hotels and ritzy overpriced shops, oh and a few bars. Mostly I saw ski lifts, and the view from the top and the view from the ground...and the lobby of the resort. Oh and the waffle stand halfway down the mountain where the syrup is mixed into the batter...so yummy. In fact these were definitely not the type of trees I noticed from the highway either. This forest must be somewhere outside of town. I didn't have a car with me...so I suppose I missed this beautiful sight.. But you know, i still think aspen is a lovely town...not so much down to Earth, but beautiful none the less.

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

I live near here, and it's always such an amazing sight when the leaves change color!

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

Straight out of a fantasy book, it looks inherently calming and naturelike

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

This is definitely on my bucket list of places that go and see before I die

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

The Aspen is my mother's favorite tree. She used to see them in Colorado all the time

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

This is very beautiful though it looks like a setting and silence of the lambs LOL

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

No words on how beautiful this is nature amazes me every time but it's Beauty

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

Birch bark has become so rare in some parts of the world. I am glad to see it alive and well.

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

So that's why they named Aspen, Colorado - Aspen, Colorado. Well would'a look at that?! .

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

The colors just go so well together and its so beautiful. i would buy this if someone painted it

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

From the title, some might assume that the trees in the photo are aspens; however, the trees on the photo are clearly birches, and Aspen is the name of the place in Colorado.

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

I love my state of Colorado. The weed is good too if I can only get more black men to move here who are interested in black women

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

I live in Colorado, so I get to see birch forests like this! I am blessed.

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

Do you know makes the black marks on the Aspen trees? Deer make those marks with their teeth

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

I would like to know where this was taken. I live in Colorado and never seen this.

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

I love white birch. They look so pretty against the orange leaves.

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

The powder on the outside off them can also be used as a natural sunscreen in a pinch

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

My grandparents lived in Colorado. My grandmother didn't like fall because there was always an influx of tourists coming to see the colors of the quaking aspen.

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

For a second I thought it was lava. But soooo beyootiphulll

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

Love these trees so much,gunna get a forest of them tattooed

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

Reminds me of the painting where there is a horse camouflaged in the trees.

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CindyLouWho1209
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm a Colorado native and I have two Aspens in my yard and yes, the try to multiply throughout the yard in the darndest places, not even necessarily near their "parents." So delightful! 😊❤🤗🍃🍂

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

This is where they filmed the first scene of Star Trek Beyond.

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

How is this on the list of rarely seen things? The forests of Aspen are probably the most photographed thing in Colorado...

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

Does anyone else think this is a little creepy or is it just me?

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Yeeeeeeeeeahhhh...So where's the spooks, cuz this just looks creepy AF.

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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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Truck Door Handle On A Frosty Morning

Truck Door Handle On A Frosty Morning

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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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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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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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The Density Of Penguin Feathers

The Density Of Penguin Feathers

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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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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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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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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

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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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