17 Interesting Pics to Help Pass the Time
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The ostrich, of which there are two living species (common ostrich and Somali ostrich), is the only extant bird species which has two toes on each foot. This adaptation allows ostriches, the largest and heaviest birds on the planet, to attain speeds of 40 mph over long distances
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Vegas Casinos are starting to introduce the triple 0s on their roulette wheel. House edge on triple zero roulette is a whopping 7.69% (double is 5.26% and single is 2.6%).
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It takes bald eagles about five years to obtain their white head! These pictures are of the same bird taken years apart, illustrating the difference between juvenile and subadult plumage
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A group of psychiatrists studied 400 movies and identified 126 psychopathic characters. They chose Javier Bardem’s portrayal of Anton Chigurh (No Country for Old Men) as the most clinically accurate portrayal of a psychopath.
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Statues of Walter White and Jessie Pinkman in Albuquerque, New Mexico were recently unveiled. The sculpture was commissioned by Vince Gilligan and was a gift to the city which made a lot of money during the years of the show’s filming and still sees thousands of ‘Breaking Bad’ fans as tourists each year.
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During the 90s, North Korea leader Kim Jong-Il, and his son and future leader Kim Jong-Un used fake Brazilian passports to travel to Disneyland
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This is a 393-years old Greenland Shark that was located in the Arctic Ocean. It’s been wandering the ocean since 1627. It is the oldest living vertebrate known on the planet. Photo by Julius Nielsen.
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At over 2,000 years old, Xin Zhui, also known as ‘Lady Dai’, is a mummified woman of China’s Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) who still has her own hair, is soft to the touch, and has ligaments that still bend, like a living person. She’s widely recognized as the best-preserved human mummy in history
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Kummakivi is a 500 000 kg rock in Finland that has been balancing on top of another rock for 11 000 years.
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The reconstructed face of Queen Te, wife of King:Amenhotep Ill, mother of King Akhenaten, and grandmother of King Tutankhamun.
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