31 Truly Fascinating Photos For Your Consideration
Our world is truly a magnificent place full of all kinds of amazing and curious sights. From the vast array of wildlife and landscapes to the impressive man-made structures and inventions, there is no shortage of incredible things to discover.
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This, to scale, is how far apart the Milky Way galaxy and the Andromeda galaxy are:FYI, the Milky Way is about 100,000 light-years across.
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In 1909, pigs finally flew. Icarus the pig (right) went on a short flight with John Moore-Brabazon and finally did the impossible:
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope just took some brand new pictures of Uranus. Here's what one of the new photos looks like:
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This is the world's first skyscraper, the 10-story Home Insurance Building located in Chicago:The absolutely gargantuan skyscraper was built in 1885 and torn down in 1931.
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This is a gold watch that belonged to a passenger on the Titanic. It stopped as the ship sank:
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And, finally, this is Buzz Aldrin taking humanity's first "space selfie" while on an EVA spacewalk in 1966:
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“I saw this strange car today, also known as ‘ETV’ or ‘Extra-Terrestrial Vehicle’ (yes, seriously).”
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"On November 12, 1833, there was a meteor shower so intense that it was possible to see up to 100,000 meteors crossing the sky every hour. At the time, many thought it was the end of the world, so much so that it inspired this woodcut by Adolf Vollmy"
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"The tomb of Qasr Al-Farid in a remote part of the Saudi Arabian desert dates from the 1st Century AD and was built by the Nabataean Kingdom, who also built Petra in Jordan. It remains largely unvisited"
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"In India there is a tribe who learned to make living bridges out of ficus tree roots. They take 15-30 years to make, some are over 500 years old and 15-250 feet over rivers and gorges. Unlike normal bridges they grow stronger over time"
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"Saturn's moon, Mimas, looks identical to the Death Star. This is pure coincidence as Star Wars released in 1977, while the first high quality image of Mimas was taken in 1980."
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