We are visual learners these days, and if you want to see something you haven't seen before then there are few better options than a nice collection of cool photos. This gallery features everything from NBA fan behavior warnings to cool perspectives from space.
Nothing shows you quite how insignificant we are than a nice International Space Station photo. One snap here shows a massive typhoon from above, demonstrating its sheer size and power. Another computer-generated image imagines Jupiter in the moon's place, dominating both night and daytime skies. Were Jupiter to actually replace the moon, however, things could get catastrophic quickly. Effectively, Earth would become Jupiter's moon, and Jupiter's immense gravitational pull would wreak havoc on our tides and tectonic activity. Without enough velocity, Earth would quickly find itself in a decaying orbit, eventually crashing into the gas giant. Not to worry, however, all life on Earth would be long gone before then; cooked by Jupiter's toxic radiation.
On a cooler note, a photo showing weathered rocks on Mars suggests the presence of water on the red planet at some point, and possibly microbes as well. Check out those, and other cool snaps in this gallery of fascinating photos.
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A float from the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in the 1930s.
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This is what Ireland looks like from space:
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This is how big a wolf is in comparison to a human:
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This is how big Canada and the USA are compared to Europe.
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This is what a baby camel looks like:
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And, folks, this is what a baby flamingo looks like:
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This is what a horse ambulance looks like:
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In-flight entertainment in the 1960s.
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This is what the inside of a wasp's nest looks like:
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This adorable little thing is a hummingbird's feather:
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This is what Jupiter would look like if it was as close as the Moon.
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Have you ever looked closely at the backs of a cat's legs? There are whiskers there called carpal whiskers:
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This is what a 30-year-old cat looks like:
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A typhoon as seen from space.
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See that little hole there? This is what Mount Vesuvius looks like from space:
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This is what a peeled lime looks like:
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This right here is a vaquita, one of the most endangered animals in the world:
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Fire extinguishers don't always have to be round:
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In 1984, a giant dinosaur replica was moved via a helicopter to the Boston Museum of Science.
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There are trains in the Czech Republic that let you crack open a cold one:
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Peeled pumpkin looks straight out of a PS1 game:
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Pay phones still exist...and they take cards:
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If you're ever in a place with heated floors, it probably looks like this underneath:
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And you know what the Germans call a Quarter Pounder with Cheese? A Royal Käse:
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This is what first coat of paint on a painting looks like compared to the final coat.
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The NBA issues warnings to fans if they don't like their behavior.
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You can buy specific colors of M&Ms in bulk.
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Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
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Atlas Moths have wings that are designed to mimic snakes to scare off predators.
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One semester at Harvard cost in $170.42 in 1869.
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A wasp that was trapped in amber 125 million years ago.
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A close-up of some well-worn pebbles on the surface of Mars.
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The end of the Great Wall of China, after 13,000 miles.
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Pilots get special cups on airplanes.
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A completely empty CVS.
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This is a record of everyone who died and how they died in London during one week in 1665.
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A fire alarm is just a switch.
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Lemons float, limes sink.
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A polar bear's paw-print next to a human hand.
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The barcode was invented in North Carolina.
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A bottles of soda before it gets blown up.
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A dollar bill from 1917.
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Vincent Van Gogh's painting palette.
