In this gallery, we have a collection of modern wonders of our world. Including but not limited to; the living descendant of Abraham Lincoln, the tallest statue in the world, a traffic light, and some sleeping whales.
You're probably old enough to remember when some backyard astronomers thought they found a "face on Mars." Well, after some further inspection, it turned out to be a hill (disappointing). And by now you're probably aware that traffic lights are big, like the size of a man big.
So sit back and get ready to scroll through a batch of fascinating photos from our fascinating world.
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Traffic lights are absolutely gigantic:
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This is what the toilet on a submarine looks like:
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This is the world's most isolated lighthouse, Thridrangar Lighthouse, located in Iceland:
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Speaking of isolated things, this is a house also located in Iceland that some have called the most isolated house in the world
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In this picture, you can see both Europe and Africa:
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Sperm whales sleep vertically:
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This is Ralph Lincoln, the 11th-generation cousin of Abraham Lincoln:
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You're probably familiar with the "Face on Mars," an image of a formation on Mars from the 1970s that launched a million conspiracy theories...
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...well, this is what a much less blurry, much more recent photograph of that same "face" looks like:
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Speaking of Mars, this is what a sunset looks like on that there planet:
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This is the world's tallest statue, the Statue of Unity:
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This is what a polar bear's paw print looks like compared with a human hand:
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This is what the US-Canada border looks like in Idaho:
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This is what a peeled lime looks like:
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This is Simone Origone — the man who set the world record for fastest speed traveled on skis — traveling, well, fast:This is Simone Origone — the man who set the world record for fastest speed traveled on skis — traveling, well, fast:
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This very, very, very tiny rectangle is $57 in gold:
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Lots of US presidents have spoken multiple languages — here's a list of every multilingual president:
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Some grocery carts have special little holders for your phone:
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Some people have extra lines on their pinkies:
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These are the fill-in-the-blank predictions on the special year 2000 edition of Cheerios called "Millenios":
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Reese's orange is a trademarked color:
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This is what one of the world's oldest pairs of Levi's jeans looks like:
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just for fun, check out the optical illusion these laptop keys make:
