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This Online Group Shares Whatever’s Interesting; Here Are 50 Of Their Coolest Posts
Did you know that Australia is wider than the moon? Ok, that might not be everyone's idea of an interesting fact, but, fortunately, there are other options out there. Indeed, there are whole communities on the internet devoted to gathering cool stuff they’ve seen, heard or read and presenting them to their fellow humans.
So, we’ve gathered some cool examples of folks seeing something interesting and deciding to take a picture to share it online. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to add your own thoughts and stories to the comments section down below.
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#1
What A Woman
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#2
This Is Beautiful
#3
A Nurse Found Out That Her New Coworker Was The Same Premature Baby She Took Care Of Over 30 Years Ago. (1990)
Every day, tens of millions of people scroll through specialized web communities, forums, subreddits, Facebook groups, even Discord servers, linked by a shared interest in something that, to others, seems oddly specialized. From the community for discovering architectural "liminal spaces," identifying obscure insects, sharing stories about trivial revenge, collecting cursed thrift store finds, or trading skills for keeping fountain pens, these internet spaces are prospering.
Why do they do so well? Because it's something so out in the open, so human: our compulsion to gather around curiosity, to be seen in our strangeness, and to be part of something, even if that something is richly, intensely specific.
#4
When It's Cold Enough To See The Melody
Mel in Georgia 4 months ago
Birdsong is a mind-blowing result of tiny lungs and a complicated muscular system that can combine widely different tones at once at an incredible speed.
#5
Tom Brown Was An Engineer Who Saved 1,200 Types Of Apples From Extinction Over 25 Years
StrangeOne 4 months ago
It's interesting how many variety of apples there are. I once bought each type of apple we could find at the grocery store for a taste test. We put them in order from sweetest to tartest, going by charts we found online, and taste one every day. We found as they were ripening the apples tasted the best a week after we bought them. Unfortunately we didn't document anything and cannot remember which apples we liked the best. I think we hated the envy and red delicious ones the most and we liked the Ambrosia, Empire and Fuji apples the best. I would do that again.
#6
When Nice Countries Have An Argument
What other people want varies wildly, and that's what makes the internet such fertile ground. One person might be interested in medieval cooking recipes; another person might like watching people restore old tools; someone else might have a very keen interest in learning about the editing of reality TV shows.
#7
Sabrina Chebichi Kenyan Athlete Who Won A Marathon In 1973 Barefoot And Wearing A Dress
#8
Baby Raccoon Waits On Doorstep All Alone For Someone To Notice Him
Lady Eowyn 4 months ago
I recall this story, he - or she - got caught out in a storm, he was rescued, rehabbed, and returned to the wild.
Tammy Luth 3 months ago
Thanks so much for the update. The picture was making my heart hurt.
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Kerry Ericksson 3 months ago
Give him some dry dog food,cookies or cheerios, and hopefully his mother will find him.
Untamed Snark 4 months ago
I'd have an indoor racoon so fast, there's something about their little faces and grabby paws that I adore.
Mook The Mediocre 4 months ago
OK. Here's what you do. . Preheat your oven to 375°F (190°C). Rub the raccoon with olive oil, minced garlic, chopped rosemary, salt, and pepper. Place the raccoon in a roasting pan and roast for about 1 to 1.5 hours, basting occasionally, until the internal temperature reaches 160°F (70°C). . Delicious.
#9
In 1955, A 15-Year-Old Black Girl Named Claudette Colvin Refused To Give Up Her Seat On A Segregated Bus, Nine Months Before Rosa Parks
She was handcuffed and arrested, and her story was largely left out of most history books.
Ellinor she/they/elle 4 months ago (edited)
Claudette was pregnant (r@ped) and unmarried, so Black activists thought that this would bear prejudice to their cause because religious black people and religious white people wouldn't feel sympathy for her. So they let her down. Justice for Claudette. (source : wikipedia)
Before, it might have felt isolating, something one has to do alone, or something that perhaps others won't understand. On the internet, though, people find groups where their strange little pastime is not only not rebuffed but welcomed. There's pleasure in belonging to a community where nobody bats an eyelid when you share a macro-image of a moth from your garage or go off on a ten-paragraph rant about the significance of a cutscene in a video game.
#10
9 Year Old Maryland Girl Finds 15 Million Year Old Megalodon Tooth In The Chesapeake Bay
#11
Jaden Smith Opens A Food Truck To Feed The Homeless
#12
In Iraq's Book Markets, Books Are Left On The Street Overnight Because, As Iraqis Say, "The Reader Does Not Steal And The Thief Does Not Read"
These communities succeed because they provide something beyond content, they provide context, feedback, and acknowledgement. Posting in a community of shared interest is not broadcasting into the void of your average social media stream, where people may scan past or silently critique. There, you're talking to people who *get it*. They know what it is you're talking about when you say a kitchen "feels haunted but not in a bad way."
#13
Looks Like A Complete Another Planet.
#14
The Dragon Head Mountain In South Sinai, Egypt. The Red Glow In The ‘Eye’ Is A Camp Fire In The Cave
#15
My Wife And I Sent A Wedding Invite To Pope Francis For Fun When We Were Engaged And This Was The Vatican’s Response
They'll upvote your exhaustive spreadsheet of diverse types of apple. They'll ridicule your ghost cake selfie or bawl with you over a sentimental recollection shared in an oldies thread. It's like entering a room where everybody speaks your dialect, however arcane that dialect happens to be.
#16
The Wildlife Photographer Who Took This Photo Wishes That It Didn't Exist
#17
The Evolution Of This Building Can Be Seen In It's Masonry
#18
Safety Pin Hasn't Changed In 175 Years
There is the implicit guarantee in the shape such communities take. Most of them have some guidelines, no spam, on topic, and be civil. This provides a sense of security and structure in contrast with chaos of the broader internet. There is a rhythm to popping by: viewing what's new, responding to others, contributing your own words.
#19
Getting Promoted As A Garbage Man Enough Times In New York City Gets You A Dress Like A Military General
#20
On March 11, 2002, 15 Young Girls Died In A Fire At Their Mecca School
They could’ve escaped, but the Saudi Religious Police prevented Civil Defence Officers from entering because they weren’t wearing proper ‘Islamic’ clothes.
#21
Abandoned Church That Was Turned Into A Skate Park
Over time, these behaviors build more than a hobby space, they build relationships. Members get to know each other's nicknames, there are jokes that develop from inside knowledge, and members build a sense of group identification. Even if you’re just lurking, there’s a feeling of belonging.
#22
A Moth Caterpillar
Mel in Georgia 4 months ago
I have been going down a rabbit hole trying to find the species of moth this caterpillar belongs to and am getting nowhere. I think it's fake.
#23
Blanche Monnier Was Found In 1901 After Being Locked In A Dark Room By Her Mother For 25 Year, Because She Fell In Love With The Wrong Man
Ellinor she/they/elle 4 months ago
*Because a monstrous woman couldn't accept that her daughter was growing up.*
#24
Ivana Bacik Speaks While Holding Up Meme Of Us Vp Jd Vance In Irish Parliament
Another layer of appeal comes from the combination of low stakes and h**h engagement. In daily life, talking about your interest in taxidermy or antique vending machines might feel awkward or indulgent. But online, where everyone opted in, the barrier is gone. You’re free to dive deep. These pages also become channels for creativity: someone can make genealogy memes, write a fanfic with extinct animals, or do lovely sketches of plant diseases. The sheer creativity that exists in these communities is unbelievable, and seeing other individuals genuinely care about something is infectious, even if you didn't initially have an interest.
#25
2,400 Year-Old Skeleton Mosaic Discovered In Turkey With The Caption: “Be Cheerful, Enjoy Your Life”
#26
Tobacco Company Ceos Declare, Under Oath, That Nicotine Is Not Addictive (1994)
StrangeOne 4 months ago
They knew then, and know now, exactly how dangerous their products are.
#27
This Church In Belgium Was Converted Into A Rock Climbing Gym
Mel in Georgia 4 months ago
Since your body is a temple, you might as well use a temple to improve it!
It's something more than entertainment. These communities meet emotional needs: the need to connect, to be curious, to wonder at the strange and beautiful edges of the world. They remind us that fascination doesn't have to be useful in order to be valid. You don't have to be an expert. You don't have to have a reason to care. The loveliness of online communities is that they revel in *that*, untainted, simple joy about finding something great and sharing it with others who will twinkle along with you.
#28
Tokyo Hospital Sued By Truck Driver Who Discovered He Was Switched With A Poor Single Mother's Baby In 1953
Mel in Georgia 4 months ago
So ending up rich has little to do with your genes? Color me surprised!
#29
The World’s Oldest Customer Complaint Was Written On A Clay Tablet 3,700 Years Ago
Where a man named Nanni angrily called out a copper trader, Ea-nāṣir, for selling him low-quality goods. Tablet on display in the British Museum:
#30
'Fight Club' Booed At 1999 Venice Film Fest
Miriam Insidecor 4 months ago
Cannes likes mediocre and safe films. It really is an overrated festival.
So whether it's a community for Victorian mourning jewelry, time-lapse weather maps, or cats resembling celebrities, these spaces are important. They demonstrate that no subject is too niche, too weird, or too obnoxious to generate community. In a loud, polarized online world, these soft spots of mutual curiosity are a testament that connection doesn't always require debate or drama, it often starts with a basic post and someone else being like, "Wow, me too."
#31
This Ct Scan Belongs To A 73 Year Old Woman In Whom Doctors Discovered A 30 Year Old Calcified Fetus
ƒιѕн 4 months ago (edited)
Lithopedion or "stone baby," it is a rare condition where a fetus dies during an ectopic pregnancy and, if it is too large to be reabsorbed, it becomes encased in a calcified shell as a protective mechanism by the mother's body. This calcification is a result of a foreign body reaction, preventing infection from the dead tissue. Thanks Google.
#32
Rubin Observatory In Chile Has Discovered Over 4000 New Asteroids Since Coming Online A Week Ago
#33
What Prison Cells Look Like In Different Countries
#34
19-Year-Old American Pilot Detained In Antarctica After Unauthorized Landing During Solo Flight Across All Seven Continents
#35
In 2002, Two Planes Collided Mid-Air In Germany After Conflicting Air Traffic Control Instructions, K*****g All On Board
Two Years Later, In 2004, A Man Who Lost His Family In The Crash Tracked Down The Controller And Fatally Stabbed Him At Home.
#36
Bootleggers In 1920s Seattle Invented “Heifer-Heels” - Shoes That Made Their Footprints Look Like Cow Tracks So Cops Couldn’t Follow Them During Prohibition
Sally Moen 4 months ago
Can I get a pair of these shoes? They look like they would keep your feet dry during a rainstorm, and I'll bet they make a clip-clop sound on pavement
#37
The Cave Of The Swimmers Features 8,000-Year-Old Depictions Of Human Figures Seemingly Floating Or Swimming In The Middle Of The Sahara Desert
marianne eliza 4 months ago
The Sahara was a fertile savannah back then. Rivers and lakes. Large herds of animals.
#38
The Top Of The Great Pyramid Of Giza
#39
Three Nigerian Men Were Arrested At An Airport In Algeria After Attempting To Board A Flight To Dubai Disguised As Arab Women
#40
The Gate Tower Building Is A 16-Floor Office Building In Fukushima-Ku, Osaka, Japan. It Is Notable For The Highway That Passes Through The Building
#41
At Age 15, Jeanna Giese Became The First Known Person To Survive Rabies Without Prior Vaccination
Nils Skirnir 4 months ago
The method 1st used on her, the Milwaukee Protocol, involves putting the patients in a coma for a couple of weeks. Upon awakening they have to relearn almost everything. If they survive the coma. Far better to get the vaccine after close contact with bats, raccoons, feral cats, or any wild animals that act strange
#42
Jim Morrison’s Stolen Grave Bust Found After 37 Years - Recovered By Pure Chance In Paris!
Mel in Georgia 4 months ago
A few more details: "On May 16, the Paris Public Prosecutor's Office announced the recovery of the long-missing sculpture. The police's Financial and Anti-Corruption Brigade discovered the bust while executing a search order from an examining magistrate at the Paris Court."
#43
Asteroid Psyche 16 Has Been Found To Contain Gold Reserves Worth $700 Quintillion. That's Enough To Make Everyone On Earth Billionaires
#44
A Man Walked 450km To Calm Down After Fight With Wife
#45
Elvis Presley, As Drawn By 15-Year-Old Jimi Hendrix
#46
A Man In South Dakota Proposed To His Fiancé While A Tornado Swirled Right Behind Them
Jason Naughton 4 months ago
the story is real. In South Dakota, on June 28, 2025, storm chaser Bryce Shelton proposed to his girlfriend Paige Berdomas, while a tornado swirled behind them, according to news reports. The couple, both storm chasers, had met through the weather community and had been chasing storms together since 2024. The proposal happened during an EF-3 tornado near Clear Lake, South Dakota. Berdomas was unaware of Shelton's plan and was surprised and thrilled, according to a storm chaser's social media post.
#47
Mcdonald’s Discontinued Their Coffee Stirring Spoons In 1979 Because People Were Using Them To Measure And Snort C*****e Instead
#48
A Traffic Camera In The Netherlands Mistakenly Identified An Ice Pack For A Mobile Phone. She Was Fined €439 ($515)
#49
25 Years Ago. Lars Ulrich Of Metallica Snitches On And Turns In Over 300,000 Napster Users When He Testifies In Front Of The Senate Judiciary Committee. July 11th, 2000
#50
This Louis Vuitton Store In NYC
Vivian McBride 4 months ago (edited)
I really don't care about designer brands. If a product is good, I will but it, but I'm sick of designers' names all over things. Louis Vuitton was probably one of the first to do this. No sale to me.
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