The world is full of endless curiosities.
Around every corner, something fascinating is waiting to be discovered. Thunderstorms are happening in volcanos, scuba divers bridging continents, wooly horses, ancient druid temples, and much more.
Check out some of our world's most intriguing oddities and appreciate the planet we live on just a bit more.
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Volcanic lightning
A rare phenomena in which lightning is generated from volcanic ash particles colliding with each other within the volcanic plume, instead of in a thunderstorm.
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A lightning storm near Tower Bridge in London.
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Grotta Palazzese
Dinner in a cave restaurant at Grotta Palazzese, Polignano a Mare, Italy.
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A tree growing around a ruined brick column
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A mushroom rock in the Arizona desert
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Chemical-Attack Immune Stroller during WWII
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A giant sunflower full of seeds
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A giraffe sculpture in the Bolivian Altiplano
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A Tree Found 2,000 Feet into an Abandoned Tunnel
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A 16th Century German ring that unfolds into an astronomical sphere
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Druid’s Temple in Ripon, England
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Touching North America and Europe at the same time
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Shell Grotto in Margate England.
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Last Photo of the Barbary Lion
The last photograph of the Barbary Lion, which went extinct in 1925.
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A rare curly-haired Argentine Criollo horse from Patagonia
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An astronaut's helmet was found in a farmer's field in Texas after the Columbia Space Shuttle disaster that took place on February 1, 2003.
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The oldest pair of shoes ever found are the Esparto sandals discovered in Spain dating to c. 5500 BC
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Marina Park Aquaronde in Lemmer, Netherlands
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The border between the Brazilian city of Manaus and the Amazon rainforest.
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A volcano erupting blue sulfur fire