26 Fascinating Photos of Our Fascinating World

Peter Rapine Published 05/01/2024 in ftw

See the world like you've never seen it before.

It's easy to be a hater, we get it, life is tough, but if you give the world a chance, you'll be presently surprised to find that there are wonderful things hiding all around you.

In this collection, we have pictures from famous movie sets, images of moons, and some historical artifacts to keep you sharp. This dump also features some random pics just for fun. So pull your head out of the sand and see the world for how wonderful it truly is.

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1. The Boeing 747 Airborne Aircraft Carrier, was a parasite fighter concept proposed by the U.S. Air Force in the early 1970s
2. Original mockup of the Mount Rushmore statue "before funding ran out"
3. Chinese man, Li Hua, more commonly know as the “folded man”, finally stands up straight after 28 years of suffering from ankylosing spondylitis. All thanks to a life-changing surgery
4. The world’s largest rubber band ball named “Megaton” was created by Florida man, Joel Waul. It weighs 9,032 lbs (4,097 kgs), is 6’7” high, and is composed of 700,000 rubber bands of all sizes
5. Richard Norris, the man who received the world’s first full face transplant
6. Night side of Earth and aurora borealis as seen from ISS by Thomas Pesquet
7. The fastest spreading computer virus in history, Mydoom, caused an estimated $38 billion in damages. In 2004, it infected nearly a quarter-million computers in a single day via email.
8. Marilyn Monroe photographed posing next to a 1951 Riley Coupe outside of Fox studios, in 1953.
9. Actual Walrus Suit worn by actor Justin Long in the film Tusk
10. The Cecropia Moth, the largest moth in North America, has a wingspan between 5-7 inches
11. Godzilla made out of tires
12. Meet Aldrich Ames; who is an American former CIA counterintelligence officer who was convicted of espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union and Russia in 1994. He is serving a life sentence, without the possibility of parole.
13. Dendrocalamus giganteus-a Bamboo species resident to Indian subcontinent, South China and South East Asia
14. After The Simpsons episode "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" that aired in May of 1995, The Mirage casino displayed odds on who was the shooter
15. A burning church in the Philippines looks like a portal
16. Jupiter's Volcanic moon, Io, is seen in this image taken by the spacecraft Juno on 30 Dec 2023
17. Stanley Kubrick on the set of “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968)
18. The jet stream (condensed water) of a Boeing 747 splits the Sunlight into its spectrum.
19. Steve Jobs typed letter to a fan who had requested a autograph from him, the letter ended up selling at auction for $400k
20. The world’s skinniest house is Keret House located in Warsaw, Poland. Squeezed between two existing structures, it narrows to a mere 72 centimeters (28 inches) at its thinnest point, and widens to 122 centimeters (48 inches) at its widest
21. 13th–14th century Icelandic writings (and a stone discovered in 2002) attest to a mineral, the “sunstone”, used by Vikings as a sun compass. The theory states the sunstone has polarizing qualities allowing for the positioning of the sun in overcast skies,
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23. Back in 1992, Burger King tried to get fancy with table service and a special dinner menu, which included stuff like fried shrimp and a steak sandwich.
24. The insides of a movie theater screen.
25. The Aseel/Asil chicken that looks like their extinct relative!
26. Visited a medical museum. One of the specimens is the trachea of someone who choked on a piece of steak.

1. The Boeing 747 Airborne Aircraft Carrier, was a parasite fighter concept proposed by the U.S. Air Force in the early 1970s
2. Original mockup of the Mount Rushmore statue "before funding ran out"
3. Chinese man, Li Hua, more commonly know as the “folded man”, finally stands up straight after 28 years of suffering from ankylosing spondylitis. All thanks to a life-changing surgery
4. The world’s largest rubber band ball named “Megaton” was created by Florida man, Joel Waul. It weighs 9,032 lbs (4,097 kgs), is 6’7” high, and is composed of 700,000 rubber bands of all sizes
5. Richard Norris, the man who received the world’s first full face transplant
6. Night side of Earth and aurora borealis as seen from ISS by Thomas Pesquet
7. The fastest spreading computer virus in history, Mydoom, caused an estimated $38 billion in damages. In 2004, it infected nearly a quarter-million computers in a single day via email.
8. Marilyn Monroe photographed posing next to a 1951 Riley Coupe outside of Fox studios, in 1953.
9. Actual Walrus Suit worn by actor Justin Long in the film Tusk
10. The Cecropia Moth, the largest moth in North America, has a wingspan between 5-7 inches
11. Godzilla made out of tires
12. Meet Aldrich Ames; who is an American former CIA counterintelligence officer who was convicted of espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union and Russia in 1994. He is serving a life sentence, without the possibility of parole.
13. Dendrocalamus giganteus-a Bamboo species resident to Indian subcontinent, South China and South East Asia
14. After The Simpsons episode "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" that aired in May of 1995, The Mirage casino displayed odds on who was the shooter
15. A burning church in the Philippines looks like a portal
16. Jupiter's Volcanic moon, Io, is seen in this image taken by the spacecraft Juno on 30 Dec 2023
17. Stanley Kubrick on the set of “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968)
18. The jet stream (condensed water) of a Boeing 747 splits the Sunlight into its spectrum.
19. Steve Jobs typed letter to a fan who had requested a autograph from him, the letter ended up selling at auction for $400k
20. The world’s skinniest house is Keret House located in Warsaw, Poland. Squeezed between two existing structures, it narrows to a mere 72 centimeters (28 inches) at its thinnest point, and widens to 122 centimeters (48 inches) at its widest
21. 13th–14th century Icelandic writings (and a stone discovered in 2002) attest to a mineral, the “sunstone”, used by Vikings as a sun compass. The theory states the sunstone has polarizing qualities allowing for the positioning of the sun in overcast skies,
22.
23. Back in 1992, Burger King tried to get fancy with table service and a special dinner menu, which included stuff like fried shrimp and a steak sandwich.
24. The insides of a movie theater screen.
25. The Aseel/Asil chicken that looks like their extinct relative!
26. Visited a medical museum. One of the specimens is the trachea of someone who choked on a piece of steak.

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1. The Boeing 747 Airborne Aircraft Carrier, was a parasite fighter concept proposed by the U.S. Air Force in the early 1970s

2. Original mockup of the Mount Rushmore statue "before funding ran out"

3. Chinese man, Li Hua, more commonly know as the “folded man”, finally stands up straight after 28 years of suffering from ankylosing spondylitis. All thanks to a life-changing surgery

4. The world’s largest rubber band ball named “Megaton” was created by Florida man, Joel Waul. It weighs 9,032 lbs (4,097 kgs), is 6’7” high, and is composed of 700,000 rubber bands of all sizes

5. Richard Norris, the man who received the world’s first full face transplant

6. Night side of Earth and aurora borealis as seen from ISS by Thomas Pesquet

7. The fastest spreading computer virus in history, Mydoom, caused an estimated $38 billion in damages. In 2004, it infected nearly a quarter-million computers in a single day via email.

8. Marilyn Monroe photographed posing next to a 1951 Riley Coupe outside of Fox studios, in 1953.

9. Actual Walrus Suit worn by actor Justin Long in the film Tusk

10. The Cecropia Moth, the largest moth in North America, has a wingspan between 5-7 inches

11. Godzilla made out of tires

12. Meet Aldrich Ames; who is an American former CIA counterintelligence officer who was convicted of espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union and Russia in 1994. He is serving a life sentence, without the possibility of parole.

13. Dendrocalamus giganteus-a Bamboo species resident to Indian subcontinent, South China and South East Asia

14. After The Simpsons episode "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" that aired in May of 1995, The Mirage casino displayed odds on who was the shooter

15. A burning church in the Philippines looks like a portal

16. Jupiter's Volcanic moon, Io, is seen in this image taken by the spacecraft Juno on 30 Dec 2023

17. Stanley Kubrick on the set of “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968)

18. The jet stream (condensed water) of a Boeing 747 splits the Sunlight into its spectrum.

19. Steve Jobs typed letter to a fan who had requested a autograph from him, the letter ended up selling at auction for $400k

20. The world’s skinniest house is Keret House located in Warsaw, Poland. Squeezed between two existing structures, it narrows to a mere 72 centimeters (28 inches) at its thinnest point, and widens to 122 centimeters (48 inches) at its widest

21. 13th–14th century Icelandic writings (and a stone discovered in 2002) attest to a mineral, the “sunstone”, used by Vikings as a sun compass. The theory states the sunstone has polarizing qualities allowing for the positioning of the sun in overcast skies,

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23. Back in 1992, Burger King tried to get fancy with table service and a special dinner menu, which included stuff like fried shrimp and a steak sandwich.

24. The insides of a movie theater screen.

25. The Aseel/Asil chicken that looks like their extinct relative!

26. Visited a medical museum. One of the specimens is the trachea of someone who choked on a piece of steak.