50 Intriguing Images from Our Fascinating World
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An 8-mile long “canvas” filled with ice age drawings of extinct animals has been discovered in the Amazon rainforest.
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A customer brought in a 1934 thousand dollar bill. After ten years in banking finally got to see one in person.
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A statue of Yasuke, an African slave, who arrived in Japan in 1579 and became the first black Samurai.
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Found only in the swamps of Southern Missouri, Dragon scale Calcite looks like it came straight out of Middle Earth!
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In a protest against censorship, photographer A.L. Schafer staged this iconic photograph in 1934, violating as many rules as possible in one shot.
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he Maya Batman – In 2014 Warner Bros summoned 30 artists to reinterpret Batman on the occasion of its 75th anniversary. One of those who accepted the assignment was Christian Pacheco, owner of the design firm Kimbal, based in Yucatán, Mexico. This was his design.
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“A 10 year old girl named Laura Buxton released a balloon with her name and address on it, which floated 140 miles and landed in the back yard of a house where also lived a 10 year old girl named Laura Buxton.”
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“In France, Peyo, a beautiful 15-year-old stallion, often comes to comfort and soothe terminally ill patients at the Techer Hospital in Calais. The horse always chooses which patient he wants to see, kicking his hoof outside the door.”
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“There is a tiny monument on the Moon called 'Fallen Astronaut' along with a plaque listing the names of eight American astronauts and six Soviet cosmonauts who died in service.”
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“When foxes discovered fairy penguins on a small Australian island, they nearly wiped the entire colony out. So, a chicken farmer began sending some of his dogs to protect the birds. The penguin population has since increased and recovered significantly.”
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“These naturally forming spherical boulders found in New Zealand. It is likely that the Moeraki Boulders first formed from the seafloor mud over 56 million years ago in the Paleocene era.”
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“Chaser was a Border Collie with the largest tested memory of any non-human animal. Chaser could identify and retrieve 1,022 toys by name.”
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“Jeff Dabe, a competitive arm wrestler, has the biggest recorded ring size, with his finger measuring 4.78" around. His wrists and forearms are 12" and 19" respectively.”
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“Leslie Nielsen was a successful dramatic leading actor for almost 30 years before starring in "Airplane" and then switching to comedy.”
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“World's oldest intact shipwreck found 2km deep in the Black Sea, which dates back to more than 2,400 years ago of Ancient Greek origin.”
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“In Indonesia, an orangutan reached out to a man who seemed to be trapped in a river, this one was in fact hunting snakes from the waterhole to protect the monkeys from their often fatal bites.”
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“Two guide dogs, Salty and Roselle, were awarded the Dickin Medal for gallantry after leading their blind owners out of the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks.”
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“Vilnius has put up a statue that offers a “portal” to the Polish city of Lublin, allowing people to see each other in real time.”
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“A couple decided to rebuild their deserted piece of land of 600 hectares in Aimorés, Brazil. They planted more than 2 million tree saplings. As a result, the site has 293 plant species, 172 bird species and 33 animal species, some of which were on the verge of extinction. Took 18 years.”
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“This is a before and after image of a beach in Mumbai after a cleanup hosted by a lawyer named Afroz Shah allowed turtles to lay eggs there for the first time in 20 years. They are not done, but it is great progress.”
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