32 Fascinating Pics From Around the Web

Nathan Johnson Published 03/19/2024 in ftw

Stuff you just don't see every day.

The world is full of wonder, you just need to know where to find it. This is where we come in handy, your local chronically online friends at eBW, because we've just about seen it all.

So kick back and dive into a fascinating collection of cool pics and things you've never seen before collected from the internet. You won't regret it.

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This is the Hoba meteorite, the largest meteorite on Earth:
2.
the world's tallest man, Sultan Kosen, met the world's smallest woman, Jyoti Amge: Sultan is 8'2" tall and Jyoti is 24 inches tall.
3.
Here's another picture of their meeting:
4.
There are escalators that have tiny little plateaus halfway down:
5.
Dandelions can be really, really big:
6.
And safety pins can be huge:
7.
Maple leaves? MAPLE LEAVES? Oh yeah, they can be very, very tiny:
8.
While we're talking about big things, here's a fisherman with a giant tuna he caught off the coast of Nova Scotia:
9.
This is what it looks like when molten steel hits the floor:
10.
Somewhere out there are people with only one line on their hand:
11.
There's a bunch of trash left by humans on the moon. In fact, if you really want to know, there are 96 bags of human waste on that big pie in the sky:
12.
This is what a modern-day banana looks like next to a wild, predomesticated banana that used to be much more prevalent:
13.
In the '70s, Casio made a calculator that also had a lighter in it...a CALCULIGHTER:
14.
This is what it looks like if you excavate and cook all the cookie dough in your ice cream:
15.
In addition to the original (Nic Cage voice) Declaration of Independence, a bunch of copies were made and sent to other places. Here's what one of those copies looks like:
16.
The longest word in the English language is a doozy:
17.
Quadruple A batteries exist:
18.
Some places have stop lights that let you know how much time is left before they turn green:
19.
This is what a pack of 110-year-old crayons looks like:
20.
There's a bird that looks JUST like Danny DeVito:
21.
The world's verified oldest woman just had a birthday last week:
22.
This bad boy is Zach T. Wilcox, owner of the world's longest beard in 1922:
23.
This is Ruth Malcolmson, the woman who won the 1924 Miss America pageant:
24.
This is what a piece of the moon and a piece of Mars looks like:
25.
This painting by Leonardo da Vinci is the most expensive painting ever sold: The painting, "Salvator Mundi," sold for $450 million in 2017.
26.
This boat, known as Boomin' Beaver, is apparently the smallest ship in the US Navy:
27.
This is what a Twix that hasn't been dipped in chocolate looks like:
28.
This is what a stairwell that doesn't loop around and only goes in one direction looks like:
29.
This right here is a baby platypus, known as a "puggle":
30.
This is what the inside of a wind turbine blade looks like:
31.
Some children's doctor's offices put doorknobs up super high on doors so children can't "escape":
32.
This is what a license plate from Antarctica looks like:

1.
This is the Hoba meteorite, the largest meteorite on Earth:
2.
the world's tallest man, Sultan Kosen, met the world's smallest woman, Jyoti Amge: Sultan is 8'2" tall and Jyoti is 24 inches tall.
3.
Here's another picture of their meeting:
4.
There are escalators that have tiny little plateaus halfway down:
5.
Dandelions can be really, really big:
6.
And safety pins can be huge:
7.
Maple leaves? MAPLE LEAVES? Oh yeah, they can be very, very tiny:
8.
While we're talking about big things, here's a fisherman with a giant tuna he caught off the coast of Nova Scotia:
9.
This is what it looks like when molten steel hits the floor:
10.
Somewhere out there are people with only one line on their hand:
11.
There's a bunch of trash left by humans on the moon. In fact, if you really want to know, there are 96 bags of human waste on that big pie in the sky:
12.
This is what a modern-day banana looks like next to a wild, predomesticated banana that used to be much more prevalent:
13.
In the '70s, Casio made a calculator that also had a lighter in it...a CALCULIGHTER:
14.
This is what it looks like if you excavate and cook all the cookie dough in your ice cream:
15.
In addition to the original (Nic Cage voice) Declaration of Independence, a bunch of copies were made and sent to other places. Here's what one of those copies looks like:
16.
The longest word in the English language is a doozy:
17.
Quadruple A batteries exist:
18.
Some places have stop lights that let you know how much time is left before they turn green:
19.
This is what a pack of 110-year-old crayons looks like:
20.
There's a bird that looks JUST like Danny DeVito:
21.
The world's verified oldest woman just had a birthday last week:
22.
This bad boy is Zach T. Wilcox, owner of the world's longest beard in 1922:
23.
This is Ruth Malcolmson, the woman who won the 1924 Miss America pageant:
24.
This is what a piece of the moon and a piece of Mars looks like:
25.
This painting by Leonardo da Vinci is the most expensive painting ever sold: The painting, "Salvator Mundi," sold for $450 million in 2017.
26.
This boat, known as Boomin' Beaver, is apparently the smallest ship in the US Navy:
27.
This is what a Twix that hasn't been dipped in chocolate looks like:
28.
This is what a stairwell that doesn't loop around and only goes in one direction looks like:
29.
This right here is a baby platypus, known as a "puggle":
30.
This is what the inside of a wind turbine blade looks like:
31.
Some children's doctor's offices put doorknobs up super high on doors so children can't "escape":
32.
This is what a license plate from Antarctica looks like: