The world is full of wonder, you just have to know where to look. Luckily for you, the internet is capable of taking you places you'd never dream of going or showing you things you'd never consider searching for.
So take a chance and scroll through this fascinating collection of pics from around the world, because you never know what you'll stumble across.
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This is what the late 7-foot-7-inch NBA legend Manute Bol looked like while swimming in a typical swimming pool: Now we need to see Muggsy Bogues swimming in the pool for comparison.
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“The light coming through this small window at a restaurant”
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This is (probably) the oldest olive tree on Earth, clocking in at a whopping 3,500-plus years old:
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“Found a minke whale skull while camping.”
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"Sign at an elementary school in Texas"
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And this is what the set of I Love Lucy looks like in full color:
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This is what the set of Seinfeld looked like: Specifically, this is what it looked like during the filming of the Seinfeld reunion episode during Season 7 of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
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During World War II, the statue of "David" by Michelangelo was completely encased in bricks to prevent damage from bombs:
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This is what the back of the "Mona Lisa" looks like:
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This is what the American section in a German sporting goods store looks like:
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Now, you're obviously familiar with the front side of a peacock. It's majestic. Glorious, even! But have you ever seen a peacock's back side? Now you have:
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This is what's behind a movie screen: A whole bunch of speakers just blastin' sound at your maw.
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This is what a cross-section of wood from the 1950s looks like compared with a cross-section of wood from today: The modern wood is on top, the 1950s wood on bottom.
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You can tell the difference between cheap pasta and expensive pasta by looking at them: On the left is the cheaper pasta, on the right the expensive pasta.
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This is what the city of Seattle used to be like before a major regrading project changed it, flattening hills and reshaping the landscape to "open up the city to more commerce": Looks like a different planet, not the home of our beloved Seattle Mariners.
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This is what a credit card from the 1950s looked like:
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This is artist Dario Campanile next to the painting he made for Paramount's 75th anniversary. The painting would go on to be the source of the company's subsequent logos:
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Screwdrivers...well, screwdrivers can be really, really big:
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The is what a map of the world's oceans and only the world's oceans looks like:
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There's a place in Norway named Rjukan that, because it's wedged between a bunch of tall mountains, only gets sun for less than half a year:
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In order to get the residents some of that sweet, sweet vitamin D, a series of giant mirrors were built to reflect sunlight into the town. You can see them at work here:
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Some elevators have buttons you can press with your FEET:
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This is the letter President Jimmy Carter wrote and put aboard the Voyager 1 spacecraft, intended for any aliens the probe might encounter:
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"This is what a cell in Sweden's biggest prison looks like:"
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“Banana flower looking like a villain from Alice in Wonderland”
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Can you find the second elephant in the water?
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“An interesting piece of ice I found in the shape of a heart”
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“Fish with human-like teeth”
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“This tree appeared to grow a child.”
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“This budding magnolia tree fruit that looks like an evil genius cartoon insect”
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“A tree healing a stump that looks like a monster skull”
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“A cloud, that resembles a polar bear, from my walk earlier today”
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“The naturally crisscrossed stem of this plant”
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“Saw some cool shelf fungus growing on one of my trees, all I see is a velociraptor head.”
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“Tree pruning à la Build-A-Bear Workshop”
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“Aliens hiding in my red cabbage”
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“This rock I found in a clump of seaweed kind of looks like a human heart.”
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“Carrot that looks just like my toe-thumb”
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This, in all its glory, is what the inside of the Wienermobile looks like:
