35 Fascinating Photos of Our Fascinating World

Nathan Johnson Published 05/13/2024 in wow

Wonderful pictures from our weird and wild world.

Pics or it didn't happen is usually meant to challenge outlandish stories or wild claims, but in this case, we actually have the photo evidence to go along with stories that almost sound too good to be true.

Now, some of these pics are the product of being in the right place at the right time, and others, well, you just have to seem them for yourself.

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86 year old grandma. Finishes her hand stitched chair after 25 years.
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My uncle got the job y‘all!! he just finished his last zoom interview
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"It is not a hybrid of grapes. They get their colors during a process called Veraison, which occurs when they start making sugar and are known for their incredible delicious flavour."
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Two years ago CNN released a photo taken by the photographer Anil Prabhakar in the forest in Indonesia. The image shows an orangutan, currently under threat of extinction, while stretching out his hand to help a geologist who fell into a mud pool during his search. When the photographer uploaded the photo, he wrote this as a caption: “In a time when the concept of humanity dies, animals lead us to the principles of humanity.”
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It's a Chemistree!
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Butterfly number 80
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Turtle Uber
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Me and my daughter 1993/2016
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A gigantic crocodile swimming in a sacred river with not one, not ten, but a hundred baby crocodiles perched on his back.
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Tornado meets fire
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Nature's sea saw.
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A fire sprite
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Never park your car near a dragon!
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The largest horse ever recorded, Sampson (later Mammoth), born in 1846, Bedfordshire, UK, measured 21.2½ hands (7 ft 2.5 in or 2.19 m) in 1850. He weighed 1,524 kg (3,359 lb), more than an average midsize sedan.
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This zorse -- a hybrid between a female Chapmann's zebra and a male horse, Zorse’s mother is a zebra and her father is a horse. Additionally, this hybrid is unusual because most zorses are the product of a female horse and a male zebra.
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Listen... Common knowledge isn't always so common!
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Photo of an ironworker during construction of the Columbia Tower, Seattle, 1984
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In 1959, a coffee maker was an optional extra in Volkswagen cars. The Hertella Auto Kaffeemachine was the first and only known dashboard-mounted coffee maker. Manufactured in 1959 specifically for the Volkswagen Beetle, it came with porcelain cups which could stick to the machine magnetically.
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A Chinese March
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1.
86 year old grandma. Finishes her hand stitched chair after 25 years.
2.
My uncle got the job y‘all!! he just finished his last zoom interview
3.
"It is not a hybrid of grapes. They get their colors during a process called Veraison, which occurs when they start making sugar and are known for their incredible delicious flavour."
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Two years ago CNN released a photo taken by the photographer Anil Prabhakar in the forest in Indonesia. The image shows an orangutan, currently under threat of extinction, while stretching out his hand to help a geologist who fell into a mud pool during his search. When the photographer uploaded the photo, he wrote this as a caption: “In a time when the concept of humanity dies, animals lead us to the principles of humanity.”
9.
It's a Chemistree!
10.
11.
Butterfly number 80
12.
Turtle Uber
13.
Me and my daughter 1993/2016
14.
15.
A gigantic crocodile swimming in a sacred river with not one, not ten, but a hundred baby crocodiles perched on his back.
16.
Tornado meets fire
17.
18.
Nature's sea saw.
19.
20.
A fire sprite
21.
Never park your car near a dragon!
22.
23.
The largest horse ever recorded, Sampson (later Mammoth), born in 1846, Bedfordshire, UK, measured 21.2½ hands (7 ft 2.5 in or 2.19 m) in 1850. He weighed 1,524 kg (3,359 lb), more than an average midsize sedan.
24.
This zorse -- a hybrid between a female Chapmann's zebra and a male horse, Zorse’s mother is a zebra and her father is a horse. Additionally, this hybrid is unusual because most zorses are the product of a female horse and a male zebra.
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26.
27.
28.
29.
Listen... Common knowledge isn't always so common!
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Photo of an ironworker during construction of the Columbia Tower, Seattle, 1984
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In 1959, a coffee maker was an optional extra in Volkswagen cars. The Hertella Auto Kaffeemachine was the first and only known dashboard-mounted coffee maker. Manufactured in 1959 specifically for the Volkswagen Beetle, it came with porcelain cups which could stick to the machine magnetically.
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A Chinese March
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