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We often forget what a wondrous world we live in. While getting caught up in our hectic schedules makes us oblivious to things around us, today we're gonna zoom in on the unseen and unnoticed side of things.

So welcome to Bored Panda’s amusing collection of the most fascinating and rarely seen objects, beings, places, occurrences, and everything that will bring out that inner curious child we have inside.

From a macro shot revealing the density of penguin feathers to rainbow cloud spotting, this is something you only see in a video game. Or if you open your eyes and pay attention. Psst! More incredible photos of rarely seen things can be found in our previous posts here, here and here.

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When It’s Cold Enough To See The Melody

When It’s Cold Enough To See The Melody

Kathrin Swoboda Photography , Kathrin Swoboda Photography Report

#2

Spotted A Rainbow Cloud From My Balcony. Not As Beautiful As Aurora But Pretty Rare To See Such Phenomena In India

Spotted A Rainbow Cloud From My Balcony. Not As Beautiful As Aurora But Pretty Rare To See Such Phenomena In India

Readingislove Report

#3

This Is What Sunset Looks Like From Space

This Is What Sunset Looks Like From Space

Astro_Alex Report

Even in times of scientific and technological advancements, our beautiful planet remains full of mysteries. From the incredible bismuth crystal that looks like it came from some sort of sci-fi film to the enchanting glowing forest in Japan with its luminescent mushrooms scattered along the forest floor, there are so many exquisite finds on Earth. They make us question how much about the place we inhabit we don’t really know.

Some of the most standout mysteries that have been captivating the imagination of many throughout the years include Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England. The structure consists of a ring of standing stones, with each stone standing approximately thirteen feet high, seven feet wide and weighing 25 tons. It’s believed to have been built about 5000 years ago, but scholars still do not agree on what its purpose could have been.

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Another mysterious object is the stone spheres found in Costa Rica, located on the Diquis Delta and on Isla del Cano. There are over three hundred petro spheres scattered throughout the country that are still considered a great, unsolved archaeological mystery. The heaviest of them weighs many tons, and they’re believed to be made of granodiorite.

#4

Here Are My Removed & Genetically Modified White Blood Cells, About To Be Put Back In To Hopefully Cure My Cancer

Here Are My Removed & Genetically Modified White Blood Cells, About To Be Put Back In To Hopefully Cure My Cancer

This Is T-Cell Immunotherapy

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#5

Not A Painting - Just An Iceberg Flipped Upside Down

Not A Painting - Just An Iceberg Flipped Upside Down

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Helen Haley
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My berg became flipped turned upside down, I'd like to take a minute just float right here. Big ol iceberg floating with its butt in the air.

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#9

Ice Eggs - This Rare Phenomenon Occurs When Ice Is Rolled Over By Wind And Water (Northern Finland)

Ice Eggs - This Rare Phenomenon Occurs When Ice Is Rolled Over By Wind And Water (Northern Finland)

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#10

Nappies In Sweden Have A Father On The Packaging

Nappies In Sweden Have A Father On The Packaging

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Miss Cris
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is it rare because it's a man and not a woman? Where is it like this? In Spain there aren't women (mothers, aunts, granies) represented in this products, only babies.

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#12

This Huge Tree In Cairo

This Huge Tree In Cairo

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#13

Highway To Heaven. 30-Second Long Exposure Of Airliner Departing From Runway

Highway To Heaven. 30-Second Long Exposure Of Airliner Departing From Runway

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#15

Truck Door Handle On A Frosty Morning

Truck Door Handle On A Frosty Morning

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#16

My Dad Got A Periodic Table With The Actual Elements In It

My Dad Got A Periodic Table With The Actual Elements In It

Thatssomefreakyshit Report

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Steve Barnett
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Goes without saying that not all the elements are actually there. Hence the Ionizing radiation hazard symbols.

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#17

A Pistachio Plant

A Pistachio Plant

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Samantha PandaNotBored
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Like a beautiful bunch of roses or tulips . I couldn’t cut them down , they’d stay 😁

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#18

The Sun Hit This Freshly-Paved Tarmac Just Right And Made A Real-Life Rainbow Road Through Polarized Lenses

The Sun Hit This Freshly-Paved Tarmac Just Right And Made A Real-Life Rainbow Road Through Polarized Lenses

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Miss Cris
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now I'd like to wear polarized glasses wherever just to find hidden rainbows.

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#20

Amazing Jimbacrinus Crinoid Fossils

Amazing Jimbacrinus Crinoid Fossils

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Miss Cris
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Fisrt sight: "oh, this is disgusting!". After a zoom: "They must be yummi, just fried".

Channon Doughty
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sadly , no. They look like squid but are quite different, being close relations of starfish and sea urchins.

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Shay
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm always completely astonished when I see photos of fossils like this. It's just so wild that creatures like this existed!

Clinton Parsons
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Crinoids are still around. There are some called sea Lillie’s that grow attached to the sea floor like this fossilized type, and there are kinds that actively swim around and are called sea feathers/feather stars. Look up the swimming kind on YouTube, the way they swim is absolutely mesmerizing. In fact, the crinoids alive today have much more intricate and beautiful structures. Some have up to two hundred feathery tentacles.

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Channon Doughty
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Spectacular specimen. They are my favorite of the ancient creatures

Holly Oswald
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thanks for your posts! A little science mixed in with the recreational fantasy…

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jk nbt
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

something out of a stephen king novel... imagine waking up on your boat & having these guys crawling all over you....

Austen Coco
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They look like those used up organisms covered in the mechanical stuff form SOMA. (It’s a horror game.)

Bisexual Backflipping
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You must live in Kansas! I always find crinoids in rocks, I have some on a shelf!

Alice V
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That name is just the shocked exclamation of the person who first saw something like this. "JIMBACRINUS CRINOID what ARE those things?!?"

Louise Stange-Wahl
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And I thought our orthoceras slab that is the size of a table was cool! This looks like something Giger would create LOL! Truly nightmare material!

Andrew Irish
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These look like robots. What are they and from when and where!?

Jaqi Hegland
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You put those RIGHT back where you found them before Cthulhu notices you messing about with the little ones!

Cabanda
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh! The other one even managed to go inside the handler's left wrist.

DAISY
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

WELL WHATCHA KNOW BECAUSE I SURE DIDN'T! They kind of look like some sort of a cephalopod to to me, squid maybe?! 🐙

CAT
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have no freaking clue what those are other than the name in the description

Ginny Robertson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They really do look like this machines from The matrix. That's the first thing I thought of when I saw them.

Jb Dean
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

https://www.crystalworld.com.au/2021/02/25/jimbacrinus-bostocki/

A SAME
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Awesome! I've only been able to find broken remnants. I'd LOVE to have that slab!

The FBI
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This one is beautiful yet it is giving me the high-time creeps.

Austyn Fleming
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Richard Claessens
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So that's where these guys get their ideas for their horror movies robots and matrix creatures

Isabella Mazzei
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Orrrrrr robots from the past who were attempting to take over da WHOLE WORLD 🌎

Andy Hinds
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

WOW!! So that's where Dr Who writers in the 70s got the name "Krynoid" from.

Sandra Logue
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That caught me by surprise right after waking up. Quite an amazing find.

Gail Nicholson
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Jimbacrinus!" is what you say when you uncover something like this.

A Jones
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

woah those are cool looking creatures. Like IRL Space Invaders.

Hailey B
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Kinda look like the little offsprings of the battlefront machine in genshin

Blarrg
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Seems like they could take a plaster cast of that and sell tons of replicas. I would rather have a fake that looks like that one rather than the quality of real ones I could afford.

Maple Chan
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

SO FREAKY!! I had to google it to see WTH that was: "Crinoids, sometimes commonly referred to as sea lilies, are animals, not plants. They are echinoderms related to starfish, sea urchins, and brittle stars."

Jane Dorothy Warner
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow! Amazing fossil specimens, but did you know there are still crinoids alive and well in our oceans today x

Kim
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So WHY do we keep waiting for government officials to admit aliens exist????

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#21

What A Piece Of 10,000-Year-Old Glacial Ice Looks Like

What A Piece Of 10,000-Year-Old Glacial Ice Looks Like

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#22

This Close Up Shot Of A Dragonfly I Took With My Phone The Other Day

This Close Up Shot Of A Dragonfly I Took With My Phone The Other Day

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#23

Just When You Thought You’d Seen Everything - Here’s Snowball, An Extremely Rare Leucistic Alligator

Just When You Thought You’d Seen Everything - Here’s Snowball, An Extremely Rare Leucistic Alligator

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#24

My Hair Is Half Blonde Half Brunette. Including Eyebrows

My Hair Is Half Blonde Half Brunette. Including Eyebrows

Sunflowely Report

#25

Horses On A Plane

Horses On A Plane

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#26

Certain Fish Skin Can Be Grafted Onto Burns And Diabetic Wounds. The Material Recruits The Body's Own Cells And Is Converted Eventually Into Living Tissue

Certain Fish Skin Can Be Grafted Onto Burns And Diabetic Wounds. The Material Recruits The Body's Own Cells And Is Converted Eventually Into Living Tissue

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Gin. No tonic
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's tilapia skin. The very common, quite cheap white fish that you can find in the supermarket freezer (at least in Europe)

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#27

This Pencil Store In Tehran, Iran

This Pencil Store In Tehran, Iran

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#28

The Density Of Penguin Feathers

The Density Of Penguin Feathers

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#29

Astronaut Bruce McCandless Floating Away From The Safety Of The Space Shuttle

Astronaut Bruce McCandless Floating Away From The Safety Of The Space Shuttle

He had nothing but his manned maneuvering unit keeping him from drifting into the unknown. First person in history to do something like this.

nasa.gov Report

#30

Sendai Daikannon, One Of The Tallest Statues In The World

Sendai Daikannon, One Of The Tallest Statues In The World

ko_ref Report

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M Calad
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am fascinated by the optical effect of the design. The statue is not at full body length, it's around 3/4, missing the bottom 1/4. This makes the brain believe that the statue goes lower (like if the legs of the statue extended down), therefore it's perceived longer than it actually is. How cool!

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#31

The Color Of My Kitten's Foot Is Split Down The Middle

The Color Of My Kitten's Foot Is Split Down The Middle

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#32

This Red Only Rainbow I Saw At Midnight In Finland

This Red Only Rainbow I Saw At Midnight In Finland

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#34

My Cactus Has Grown A Strange-Looking Flower

My Cactus Has Grown A Strange-Looking Flower

7-methyltheophylline Report

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Karl Leaning
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

ahh, a dead rubbish bin plant. my mother used to grow one of these in the bathroom when I was a child. the flower smelt like a unwashed rubbish bin that had been left in sun for a week...

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#35

In Case You Haven't Seen Spider Feet Up Close

In Case You Haven't Seen Spider Feet Up Close

Michael Pankratz , akfinucan Report

#36

We Got These Giant Screws In At Work Today For Mounting Solar Panels

We Got These Giant Screws In At Work Today For Mounting Solar Panels

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#37

The UK Is Full Of Charming Crinkle Crankle Garden Walls

The UK Is Full Of Charming Crinkle Crankle Garden Walls

In England you sometimes see these "wavy" brick fences. And curious as it may seem, this shape uses fewer bricks than a straight wall. A straight wall needs at least two layers of bricks to make it sturdy, but the wavy wall is fine thanks to the arch support provided by the waves.

praxis_builders , GeographBot Report

#38

The Back Of Da Vinci's Mona Lisa

The Back Of Da Vinci's Mona Lisa

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#40

In Case You Have Not Seen What A Clump Of Dna Looks Like

In Case You Have Not Seen What A Clump Of Dna Looks Like

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#41

Giant Puffball Mushroom My Sister Found In The Woods

Giant Puffball Mushroom My Sister Found In The Woods

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#42

Mosaics Of A Roman Villa Were Found Under A Vineyard In Negrar, Italy

Mosaics Of A Roman Villa Were Found Under A Vineyard In Negrar, Italy

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#43

This Device Is Used To Measure Lengths On Maps. Simply Roll It Along Streets You Want To Use And It Tells You The Distance

This Device Is Used To Measure Lengths On Maps. Simply Roll It Along Streets You Want To Use And It Tells You The Distance

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Maiun
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My grandad worked for British Ordnance Survey in the 1950s and 60s, he went out, measured the landscape and then hand drew maps. When he died, we cleared out his home studio and I found at least 6 of these in various draws, boxes etc. I remember sitting with him as a child running them over maps to see where we were in relation to landmarks etc. I still love looking at maps 30 years after his death as it reminds me of the gentle, kind soul he was.

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#44

Ants Gutted My Almond To Make Their Own Almond Flour

Ants Gutted My Almond To Make Their Own Almond Flour

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#45

When My Cat Got Spayed, The Shaved Area Grew Back Chocolate Coloured

When My Cat Got Spayed, The Shaved Area Grew Back Chocolate Coloured

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#46

A Hand Of A Koala

A Hand Of A Koala

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Sheila McEnany Markowitz
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Koalas have human-like fingerprints. They are almost identical, and even under a microscope, it is hard to distinguish the difference between theirs and those of humans.

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This Apple's Flesh Is The Same Colour As It’s Skin

This Apple's Flesh Is The Same Colour As It’s Skin

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Karl Baxter
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I made cider from apples like this. It came out bright pink and checked in at a hefty 8.5% abv. We named it “Prider”, put it in a rainbow box and served it up during Pride Week about 6 years ago. 60 pints sold out in about an hour! 🙂

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#48

414-Pound Gorilla On The Exam Table

414-Pound Gorilla On The Exam Table

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#49

$12,000 Worth Of Cancer Pills

$12,000 Worth Of Cancer Pills

WITCHFlNDER-GENERAL Report

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Foxxy (The Original)
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's disgusting. Charging so much for life saving medication is sick and twisted.

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