These 21 fascinating photos from the past and the present have been curated to show you some cool stuff you hopefully haven't seen before.
The world is full of amazing things, and through the internet, we can now see more of it than ever before. But be careful of snooping onlookers behind your shoulder. These awesome images are for your eyes only!
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Blood absorbs near infrared light and shows as dark veins.
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Charlotte Cooper was the first British woman to win an Olympic gold medal in 1900 in the women’s tennis final, which she won 6-1, 6-4. It was also the first Olympic Games in which women were allowed to compete.
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Artificial cornea implanted in a patient’s eye.
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In 2012, French Beekeepers could not solve the mystery of the blue and green colored honey in their beehives until they discovered that the bees were visiting a local M&M factory.
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Retired NFL QB Alex Smith shares a photo of his legs. Alex suffered a compound fracture of his right tibia and fibula, as well as sepsis. Surgeons transferred muscle from his left quadriceps to avoid amputation.
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Fireflies light up the night in the forest at Santa Clara Sanctuary in Nanacamilpa, Mexico.
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Namba Park, Osaka, Japan.
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Every year, dozens of local boat owners in Wisconsin band together to move a giant floating island on lake Chippewa.
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Britain's two aircraft carriers are the third largest class of aircraft carrier in service in the world.
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A train going through a pink salt lake in Altai Krai, Western Siberia.
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Evolution of the SpaceX Raptor rocket engine.
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A human brain on the left, a dolphin brain on the right.
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A photo of 61-year-old Xia Lian Ni competing in table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
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Lightning makes a stick figure in the sky over Phoenix.
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The "Caspian Sea Monster," a Soviet era ekranoplan ground effect vehicle.
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The president's lunar display in the oval office. The 0.7-pound lunar sample 76015,143 collected by the Apollo 17 crew in 1972.
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Spanish sculpture artist, Isaac Cordal's "Follow the leaders" installation in Berlin, popularly called "Politicians discussing Climate Change," 2016.
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A married couple with their 11 children, 1954.
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Walt Disney shows the first sketch of Disneyland in 1954.
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The surface of Comet 67P.
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English roads throughout the ages.
