33 Fascinating Photos That Shifted Our Perspective

Nathan Johnson Published 11/20/2024 in ftw

Kick boredom to the curb and enlighten your perspective with this batch of fascinating photos from our weird and wild world. If you think history, or nature is boring, then you haven't spent enough time online. Time to change that.

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Khrystyna a Ukrainian biathlete changed her sports rifle. “I have no fear of the enemy. I shoot skillfully, so the invaders will not have a chance”
2.
Software updates for Boeing 747-400 are carried out via floppy disk.
3.
116 Year Old Bonsai
4.
Tip jars at local coffee shop
5.
$625,000 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom house in Los Angeles
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A horse-drawn bus from the 1890s
7.
Billionaire Vijay Mallya’s Mansion Atop A Skyscraper In Bangalore, India
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Robe and Axe of Giovanni Bugatti, the official executioner for the Pope from 1796 to 1864. During his tenure he executed 514 people.
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This monument in Georgia named the Georgia Guidestones has instructions in 8 different languages on how to rebuild society after an apocalyptic event. It also functions as a calendar, clock and compass.
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The size of an eagle’s nest
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A Prehistoric Elasmotherium. Also know as a Siberian unicorn.extinct 39000 years ago
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This is Göbekli Tepe; a temple complex in Turkey built around 9500BC while Britain was still connected to Europe and humans hunted mammoths in Siberia.Pottery hadn’t been invented, animals hadn’t yet been domesticated, and yet they were quarrying and transporting 5 meter limestone columns to build megalithic temples.
13.
Human Hive in Hong Kong
14.
“My dog chewed through his seal squeaky toy… and found a penguin squeaky toy hiding inside.”
15.
“My hometown (Sioux Falls, SD) has a stretch of road that is original cobblestone.”
16.
“The difference in appearance between a silver fork (left) and a stainless steel fork (right)”
17.
“How tiny this 1859 Danish West Indies 3 cent coin is in comparison to a U.S. penny. The United States purchased the islands (now known as The U.S. Virgin Islands) from Denmark in 1917.”
18.
“A determined tulip growing through a bush.”
19.
“Almost-palm-sized strawberries!”
20.
“The perfectly square land plots of Oklahoma as viewed from 30k feet.”
21.
A very 80’s moto radio.
22.
“I got 3, incredibly, shiny identical quarters as change.”
23.
“Goldfish crackers included a sheet today.”
24.
“Found a jack sparrow Spider-Man in a bag of legos.”
25.
“One of my flowers is not like the others.”
26.
“My snake shed its head separately from its body.”
27.
“A full human nervous system in a anatomy museum in Baylor College of Medicine.”
28.
“This China set was made in occupied Japan.”
29.
“Not Chicken Nugget Ice Cream.”
30.
“Unopened 23 year old box of “Millenios” Cheerios from y2k.”
31.
“The blade in my protein mixer cup is a person lifting weights.”
32.
“The design of this manhole cover separated the colors of the oily water.”
33.
“This pattern of bubbles in my washing up.”

1.
Khrystyna a Ukrainian biathlete changed her sports rifle. “I have no fear of the enemy. I shoot skillfully, so the invaders will not have a chance”
2.
Software updates for Boeing 747-400 are carried out via floppy disk.
3.
116 Year Old Bonsai
4.
Tip jars at local coffee shop
5.
$625,000 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom house in Los Angeles
6.
A horse-drawn bus from the 1890s
7.
Billionaire Vijay Mallya’s Mansion Atop A Skyscraper In Bangalore, India
8.
Robe and Axe of Giovanni Bugatti, the official executioner for the Pope from 1796 to 1864. During his tenure he executed 514 people.
9.
This monument in Georgia named the Georgia Guidestones has instructions in 8 different languages on how to rebuild society after an apocalyptic event. It also functions as a calendar, clock and compass.
10.
The size of an eagle’s nest
11.
A Prehistoric Elasmotherium. Also know as a Siberian unicorn.extinct 39000 years ago
12.
This is Göbekli Tepe; a temple complex in Turkey built around 9500BC while Britain was still connected to Europe and humans hunted mammoths in Siberia.Pottery hadn’t been invented, animals hadn’t yet been domesticated, and yet they were quarrying and transporting 5 meter limestone columns to build megalithic temples.
13.
Human Hive in Hong Kong
14.
“My dog chewed through his seal squeaky toy… and found a penguin squeaky toy hiding inside.”
15.
“My hometown (Sioux Falls, SD) has a stretch of road that is original cobblestone.”
16.
“The difference in appearance between a silver fork (left) and a stainless steel fork (right)”
17.
“How tiny this 1859 Danish West Indies 3 cent coin is in comparison to a U.S. penny. The United States purchased the islands (now known as The U.S. Virgin Islands) from Denmark in 1917.”
18.
“A determined tulip growing through a bush.”
19.
“Almost-palm-sized strawberries!”
20.
“The perfectly square land plots of Oklahoma as viewed from 30k feet.”
21.
A very 80’s moto radio.
22.
“I got 3, incredibly, shiny identical quarters as change.”
23.
“Goldfish crackers included a sheet today.”
24.
“Found a jack sparrow Spider-Man in a bag of legos.”
25.
“One of my flowers is not like the others.”
26.
“My snake shed its head separately from its body.”
27.
“A full human nervous system in a anatomy museum in Baylor College of Medicine.”
28.
“This China set was made in occupied Japan.”
29.
“Not Chicken Nugget Ice Cream.”
30.
“Unopened 23 year old box of “Millenios” Cheerios from y2k.”
31.
“The blade in my protein mixer cup is a person lifting weights.”
32.
“The design of this manhole cover separated the colors of the oily water.”
33.
“This pattern of bubbles in my washing up.”