31 Fascinating Photos to Pique Your Interest

solidsnake4545 Published 02/24/2023 in ftw

Our world is full of amazing, unique, and bizarre things. From exotic animals to ancient structures, there are new things being discovered all the time. So get ready to take a virtual field trip from the comfort of your chair and enjoy this batch of cool stuff from around the world.

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An NYC police officer comes face-to-face with Ming, a 350 lb tiger secretly living in an apartment
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“Of the 69 things they tested me for, I’m allergic to 60 of them.”
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The controller of US Army’s M-SHORAD
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“This grocery store in Estonia has a giant rock inside.”
5.
The Vatican archives have 53 miles of shelving. 35 thousand volumes of catalogue. 12 centuries worth of documents. The archives’ indexes are not public and are only accessible to scholars once they are 75 years old. By 2018, the archives had 180 terabytes (TB) of digital storage capacity.
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Passenger photo while plane flew near East Palestine, Ohio … chemical fire after train derailed
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“A McDonald’s burger that’s been preserved in resin since the late ’70s”
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“My friend can bend his wrist completely.”
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Aftermath of the controlled burn off of the chemicals from a 50 car derailment in Palestine Ohio
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A statue of Jesus in India mysteriously began dripping water from its toes. Worshippers started collecting it and drinking it believing it was holy. The source of the water was later found to be a clogged toilet near the statue.
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In 1925 Percy Fawcett vanished in the amazon jungle, in his 3rd attempt to find “Z”, a lost ancient city deep in the jungle, commonly believed to be a myth. Recent technological advances have made it possible to digitally deforest part of the amazon, revealing an extensive urban settlement
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The ancient city of Nimrud stood for 3,000 years (in what is present day Iraq) until 2015 when it was reduced to dust in a single day by Isis militants.
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Princess Diana’s Grave is isolated on the island in the middle of an ornamental lake, and not open to the public.
14.
Australian sea star called a Choriaster
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Tagging and blood tests for bison. Just to give you an idea of how big they are, this male weighs around 3000lbs.
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The physical transformation of professional wrestling star Jordynne Grace
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Taliban announces graduation of three new pilots
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Sign at an elementary school in Texas
19.
“Hala fruit”
20.
“An upward-growing icicle”
21.
“Thought this was some kind of fungus until I looked closer — it’s thousands of ladybugs clustered on fallen trees.”
22.
“A bird left its mark on my window.”
23.
“I found a tree with a square hole.”
24.
“A few months ago, I stabbed a bottle of hand sanitizer with a tack. Something is now growing on the tack.”
25.
“The icicles on this small table in my front yard”
26.
“Holes on an apple tree from a yellow-bellied sapsucker that have since stretched out after a new growth”
27.
“This car parked so long, a weed simply grew around it.”
28.
“A tree I saw during a hike was struck by lightning and burned out from the inside but survived.”
29.
“Organized some ants into the shape of my initials using a little sugar water.”
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“The way the ice is melting off this sign”
31.
“Roots of a palm tree”

1.
An NYC police officer comes face-to-face with Ming, a 350 lb tiger secretly living in an apartment
2.
“Of the 69 things they tested me for, I’m allergic to 60 of them.”
3.
The controller of US Army’s M-SHORAD
4.
“This grocery store in Estonia has a giant rock inside.”
5.
The Vatican archives have 53 miles of shelving. 35 thousand volumes of catalogue. 12 centuries worth of documents. The archives’ indexes are not public and are only accessible to scholars once they are 75 years old. By 2018, the archives had 180 terabytes (TB) of digital storage capacity.
6.
Passenger photo while plane flew near East Palestine, Ohio … chemical fire after train derailed
7.
“A McDonald’s burger that’s been preserved in resin since the late ’70s”
8.
“My friend can bend his wrist completely.”
9.
Aftermath of the controlled burn off of the chemicals from a 50 car derailment in Palestine Ohio
10.
A statue of Jesus in India mysteriously began dripping water from its toes. Worshippers started collecting it and drinking it believing it was holy. The source of the water was later found to be a clogged toilet near the statue.
11.
In 1925 Percy Fawcett vanished in the amazon jungle, in his 3rd attempt to find “Z”, a lost ancient city deep in the jungle, commonly believed to be a myth. Recent technological advances have made it possible to digitally deforest part of the amazon, revealing an extensive urban settlement
12.
The ancient city of Nimrud stood for 3,000 years (in what is present day Iraq) until 2015 when it was reduced to dust in a single day by Isis militants.
13.
Princess Diana’s Grave is isolated on the island in the middle of an ornamental lake, and not open to the public.
14.
Australian sea star called a Choriaster
15.
Tagging and blood tests for bison. Just to give you an idea of how big they are, this male weighs around 3000lbs.
16.
The physical transformation of professional wrestling star Jordynne Grace
17.
Taliban announces graduation of three new pilots
18.
Sign at an elementary school in Texas
19.
“Hala fruit”
20.
“An upward-growing icicle”
21.
“Thought this was some kind of fungus until I looked closer — it’s thousands of ladybugs clustered on fallen trees.”
22.
“A bird left its mark on my window.”
23.
“I found a tree with a square hole.”
24.
“A few months ago, I stabbed a bottle of hand sanitizer with a tack. Something is now growing on the tack.”
25.
“The icicles on this small table in my front yard”
26.
“Holes on an apple tree from a yellow-bellied sapsucker that have since stretched out after a new growth”
27.
“This car parked so long, a weed simply grew around it.”
28.
“A tree I saw during a hike was struck by lightning and burned out from the inside but survived.”
29.
“Organized some ants into the shape of my initials using a little sugar water.”
30.
“The way the ice is melting off this sign”
31.
“Roots of a palm tree”