44 Fascinating Photos of Interesting Things
An awesome assortment of fascinating photos and things you don't see every day. So take a break from the mundane and indulge yourself in some fascinating pics from around the world and web.
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“I’ve been off walking again. This time I found this massive Victorian hunting lodge. It’s based on a huge estate in Staffordshire, UK... It’s also empty!”
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“The sand in Okinawa, Japan contains thousands of tiny "stars". These "grains of sand" are actually exoskeletons of marine protozoa, which lived on the ocean floor 550 million years ago.”
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“There is a tribe in India that has learned to make living bridges out of ficus tree roots. The bridges take 15-30 years to complete. Mature bridges stretch 15 to 250 feet over deep rivers and gorges, and can bear impressive loads—upwards of 35 people at a time.”
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“My great grandfather's British Army issue pocket watch along with the German bullet that it stopped in France 1914.”
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“The African Renaissance Monument in Senegal is the tallest statue in Africa and tallest statue in the world outside Eurasia.”
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“A crowd in London gathered to observe the first two minute silence for those killed in World War 1. November 11, 1919.”
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“Cistercian monks made this numeral system in the 13th century. A single symbol could represent numbers up to 9999. They were used for years, divisions of texts, the numbering of notes and other lists, indexes and concordances, arguments in Easter tables, and even for musical notation.”
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“A six-foot-tall statue dating from 1450 to 1521 that a Mexican farmer unearthed on New Years Day.”
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“I captured the Fishhead Nebula with 24 hours of exposure time. It's 6,000 light years from Earth.”
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“People of New Orleans are decorating their houses as floats since the Mardi Gras parades have been canceled.”
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““Ice eggs” from Finnish shore - tiny frozen particles polished by the back-and-forth movement of the water.”
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