25 Fascinating Photos And Interesting People
bone4tuna Published 12/08/2015
Intriguing images from all over this world of ours.
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3. Crack pipes are sold as fake flowers in a glass tube at convenience storesLove Roses on Amazon. Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought: Chore Boy, pyrex tubing, glass tubing cutter, glass pen tubes, cigarette lighters, tobacco pipe screens, cigar lighters, digital scale
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4. Salvador Dalí kisses 25-year-old Raquel Welch’s hand in front of his abstract portrait of her, 1965
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13. Gulabi Gang” is a gang of women in India who track down and beat abusive husbands with brooms
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15. The Elephant Foot. Radioactive material from the Chernobyl meltdownAccording to Nautilus, exposure to the Elephant’s Foot can cause a series of strange and horrifying ailments. For example, 30 seconds of exposure can cause dizziness and fatigue up to a week later. At two minutes of exposure, your cells start to hemorrhage, and by five minutes your lifespan shrinks to about two days, making the Elephant’s Foot one of the deadliest waste products on Earth.The Elephant’s Foot is made of a substance called corium, which is basically the melted portion of the reactor’s core. When Chernobyl melted down, its core burned through the reactor and turned into molten corium. This waste material cooled in the basement of the reactor and formed something that resembles an elephant’s foot. When it was first discovered, back in 1986, about 30 seconds of exposure was enough to kill a person.
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22. Food tray aboard the Space Shuttle. Note the use of magnets, springs, and Velcro to hold the cutlery and food in place.
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