If you need just a tiny boost to make it through the rest of Friday, you can have a click through these fascinating photos.
They're enough to help you forget everything that's been driving you up the wall this week, even if it's just for a little while, and you might learn a thing or two in the process.
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Jose Meiffret, a cyclist who set a world motor-paced speed record of 127.243 mi/h on this bike behind a Mercedes-Benz 300SL on the German Autobahn on July 19, 1962.
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A man whose wife was lost in Japan's 2011 tsunami still goes diving every week in hope of finding her body, 11 years later.
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Meteor passing through Aurora.
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Letter from a trapped coal miner says goodbye to his wife, 1902.
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Glurpo, the world's only underwater clown, Performed at Aquarena Springs in San Marcos, Texas. 1960.
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A person caught the same fish a month and a half later.
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Ancient Egyptians developed a pregnancy test with a 70-80% accuracy rate over 3,000 years ago. Like modern tests which detect the HCG hormone in urine, Egyptians used barley or wheat seeds which sprout faster in the presence of HCG, indicating a pregnancy.
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The rat-sized Giant Wood Moth has a wingspan of up to 10 inches, and can weigh as much as 30 grams, making them the heaviest moths in the world.
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At the 1982 World Cup, before a last group stage match between Austria and West Germany, both teams knew that a German win by one goal would see both advance to the next round. Germany scored in the first 10 minutes and the match came to a standstill. The match is now known as the Disgrace of Gijón.
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“Arctic Dragon” by Carina Letelier Baeza is on the Astronomy Photographer of the Year shortlist.
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In Japan, they use these for safety.
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Japanese school teachers train in the use of the sasumata; a capturing tool descended from samurai weaponry.
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Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan on the set of Freakier Friday.
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The first self propelled Taxis in London, Walter Bersey’s 1897 cab.
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Marie Curie, the first person to win a Nobel Prize twice.
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A woman wearing a special mask for fighting unhappiness, Budapest, 1937.
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An actual photo of the very moment lightning hits the water.
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Marilyn Monroe at President John F. Kennedy's birthday party, 1962.
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Jane Goodall and a Chimpanzee.
