20 Fascinating Photos of Our Fascinating World

Did you know that dolphins can go to sleep with half of their brain at a time?

Published 3 months ago in Wow

Did you know that dolphins can go to sleep with half of their brain at a time? This means they can let other dolphins guide them through the water, while they're still resting up.

Check out a photo of sleeping dolphins, and other fascinating flicks right here.

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The amount of steel in a wind turbine footing.

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Dolphins can stay awake for 15 days by sleeping with only half of their brain at a time. This is an awake dolphin guiding two sleeping members of its pod.

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Tree roots following the pattern of concrete footpaths.
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Archaeologists "accidentally" uncover a massive hidden Mayan city in Campeche. This site features over 6,000 ancient structures, including a pyramid city named 'Valeriana,’ potentially housing 30,000 to 50,000 people.

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Huge craters scar the Nevada desert from nuclear tests in the 1950’s and later years.
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This is a “frost flower,” caused when water is pushed up and out through a cracked plant’s stem and freezes on contact with the air, creating these delicate and beautiful ice sculptures.
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19th century funeral family portrait.

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The last piece of Irish land 1.5 million Irish people ever stood on, before leaving forever. Known as Heartbreak Pier, located in Cobh.
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A spider's web delicately entwined around an impala's horns and face, resembling a dream catcher.
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Houses built along the Love Canal; a canal used to dispose of 21,000 tons of toxic waste in the 1940s and 50s. It took until the late 70s for the severity of the situation to be fully recognised.

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Starlink satellites being loaded into Falcon 9 fairing.
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Viktor Korchnoi, a chess grandmaster who defected from the USSR, wore mirrored glasses during his world championship match against Soviet Anatoly Karpov to protect himself from "hypnotic attacks." He was convinced that the Soviets would try to cheat and then kill him.
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X-ray of a mule showing drug packages hidden in the digestive system.

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A carbon fiber spinning rod after a lightning strike.
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This McDonald’s in Beijing, China has exercise bike tables so you can work off the calories while you consume them.
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Suit of armor that once belonged to Australian folk hero and gangster Ned Kelly. Made from iron plates, his armor protected him from bullets, but he was finally defeated by the local police force after he tried to derail a train.