19 Intriguing Photos of Our Fascinating World

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A pink katydid is a result of a rare genetic mutation.

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Who said that the world couldn’t rest on a turtle’s back?

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This is how Brussels sprouts grow.

4.

So unicorns actually exist — but they aren’t quite as they appear in fairy tales.

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No filters or photoshop — the sky in Australia turned red because of wildfires.

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This is what happens when a commercial pool heater doesn’t have enough water flow. It collapses the pipe due to the vacuum and heat.

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A vivid demonstration of how germanium is transparent in infrared

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If you haven’t seen it, this is what a baby corgi’s paw looks like.

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In Greece, women of easy virtue wore shoes with inscriptions on the soles which left a sharp “advertising” imprint on the ground, saying, “Follow me.”

10.

If you’ve ever thought about how to weigh an owl, here you go!

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How focal length affects a picture

12.

This is a reading chair from the eighteenth century before there were audiobooks and electricity in general.

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Japanese scientists in 1973 decided to find out how the distance between the trees affects their growth. After almost 50 years, they got the results.

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2,000 years ago, there was no sea in this area in Naples, but rather, a Roman palace.

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Uranium in this hyalite opal causes it to glow green when exposed to UV light.

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The life cycle of a blackberry

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The Leshan Giant Buddha in China is the biggest, tallest stone statue of Buddha in the world (at 232 feet).

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On the beach in South East England, you can see dinosaur footprints and even understand how they walked. Many of the smaller rock pools are actually their foot imprints.

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This is just an old Japanese keyboard.