A Virtual Tour of the World: 47 Fascinating Photos To Ponder

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“This rock with an almost perfect star-shaped crystal in it.”

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You're probably familiar with the gold funerary mask of King Tut — but did you know that another pharaoh's gold death mask was found a few years later? This is the mask of the pharaoh Psusennes I:His completely intact tomb was found in 1940. However, because of its swampy location in Egypt's Nile delta, a lot of what was stored in the tomb was destroyed over the years.

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This is what a real-deal, true-to-life muffin man looked like in 1930s London:So now when someone asks you if you know the muffin man, well, you have your answer.

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One dollar in 1913 is worth $30.22 today:

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This is the Willamette meteorite, the largest meteorite that's ever been found in the United States:It is the sixth largest in the world and weighs 15.5 tons.

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“My old Dell laptop has a drain hole on the bottom.”

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On Sept. 3, 1967, Sweden made a shift from driving on the left side of the road to driving on the right. This is a picture from the first day after the big change:

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Some libraries let you know exactly how much you're saving by using them:

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“Gravestone that looks like a maze”

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This photo, taken by Louis Botan in 1899, is one of the first photos ever taken underwater:The very first picture taken underwater was done some years earlier, but that was done by attaching a camera to a pole and lowering it into the water. This is the first taken by a diver also submerged.

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This is one of only two remaining pirate Jolly Roger flags in existence:It was captured in 1790. According to the BBC, the flag's red color "signified the pirates intended to spare no life if a battle broke out during a ship's capture."

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This is one of two remaining Northern white rhinoceros left on Earth:The two rhinos, both female, live in Kenya and are guarded 24/7.

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There's a road in Japan that connects the Toyama and Nagano prefectures that are surrounded by giant snow walls that reach up to 65 feet high:

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This 17th-century painting by Giovanni Stanchi shows what the inside of a watermelon looked like in the 1600s, before selective breeding:

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"UK supermarket has a tag you can add for carts with wonky wheels"

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When Hurricane Floyd hit Florida in 1999, flamingos from the Miami-Metro zoo took refuge in a bathroom to protect themselves from the storm:

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This is Louise Joy Brown, the first baby ever born after IVF, or in vitro fertilisation:Born in 1978, she was known at the time as the world's first "test-tube baby."

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Here's what Louise looks like today:

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“My groceries came out to exactly $100.00 after tax”

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This is what the world's largest gold nugget, named the Welcome Stranger nugget, looked like. It was found in Australia in 1869:This is actually a model of the nugget. It weighed almost 160 pounds and was sold pretty much immediately for £9,534, which is about £970,000 today.

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The head of an ant is absolutely terrifying up close:

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"My 9 year old nephew has found over 1500 "lucky" four leaf clovers and keeps them in a big binder."

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"Hit the mother lode of animal crackers."

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"Raspberry Oranges, a variation of blood oranges that are extremely dark"

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"This packaging uses an optical illusion to make the vegetables look more green"

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"I received a piece of burning wood as a drink garnish"

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"Opposite Eggs"

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"Craziest split end found in my hair"

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"This vent with built-in fans to heat or cool the room quicker."

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"My local grocery store sells mushroom growing logs…"

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"This rainbow appeared and intersected with the mural rainbow just as I was walking by."

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"Graffiti by prisoners in 1800s. Canterbury England"

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"The side of this building is a map of Chicago, showing where you are."

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"There was a wrestling championship belt on the counter at my bank"

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"This old coin I found underneath the floor boards in my grandma’s house"

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"This miniature pallet of sticky notes"

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"My tires have the weather conditions that they’re rated for stamped into the tread"

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"Someone paid with a 10$ from 1934 tonight"

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"A home for bats built into this building"

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This is Eugene Cernan, who is, as of 2023, the last man to ever walk on the moon:He did it way back in 1972. It's been that long, folks!

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You might recognize Eugene from this iconic picture of his moon walk:

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And this is what a small chunk of a random meteorite looks like:

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This is a picture of one of the last Tasmanian tigers, an animal that went extinct in 1936:

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This is what a real executioner's mask looked like:

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This is Albert Woolson, the last surviving Civil War veteran:Albert fought for the Union army and died in 1956 at the age of 106.

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This is what a tiger's tongue looks like:It is apparently so rough, it can "lick paint off a building."

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This is what the FBI's fingerprint files looked like in 1942:

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The world's oldest diving suit is absolutely terrifying:

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This is what the throne of King Charlemagne looked like:Over the course of almost 600 years, more than 30 leaders of the Holy Roman Empire were officially coronated on this throne.

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McDonald's restaurants in Italy sell mini calzones:It's apparently filled with tomatoes and mozzarella.

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There's a city in Russia located next to an absolutely gigantic diamond mine:The mine is apparently "the world's second-largest excavated hole."

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This is a model of what ancient Egyptian dental work may have looked like:It was actually crafted by Dr. Vincenzo Guerini during the early 1900s.

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This is the Pamir, one of the last commercial sailing ships in the world:It sank in 1957.

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The names for Worcestershire sauce and soy sauce in some countries are "salsa inglesa" and "salsa China," literally "English sauce" and "Chinese sauce":

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This is the world's longest limo, the American Dream limo:It was equipped with both a hot tub and a helicopter landing pad. Just the essentials.

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This is what the inside of Big Ben looks like behind one of its clock faces:

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This is what a .22 caliber bullet looks like next to a .50 caliber bullet:

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This is what the inside of a 1970s spacesuit looked like:

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Square fire extinguishers exist:

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And, finally, if you win a car on The Price Is Right you get a special little license plate cover: