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Loyal Bored Panda readers probably know we have a soft spot for weird photos. But if you're new here, check out these unexplainable stock images or these memorable "pics or didn't happen" moments.

However, there's one place on the Internet that undoubtedly has the most ridiculous shots ever taken — an appropriately called subreddit, WTF. The community is on a mission to collect things that make people say "what the fu*k" and they're really devoted to it, too. With over 6.4 million members and thousands online at any given time, nothing is off-limits here. From a lizard living inside of a microwave clock to a 300ft-deep sinkhole in someone's backyard, continue scrolling and check out some of the most popular posts on the subreddit.

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Cabin In Alaska For Rent, Lovely View

Cabin In Alaska For Rent, Lovely View

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This list really draws you in, doesn't it? The difficulty to click away, I think, comes from our curiosity. Why wouldn't you like to see the test track Fiat had on its rooftop? Or an oil tanker raising its anchor, discovering it has hooked an unexploded torpedo? The craving to know and understand is the driving force behind our development as individuals and even our success as a species.

In fact, if infants weren't curious, they'd never learn anything. Hundreds of studies show they prefer novelty. A classic 1964 study, for example, showed that infants between 2 months and 6 months old grew less and less interested in a complex visual pattern the more they looked at it. Another study, published in 1983, revealed that once babies got used to familiar toys, they preferred new ones, a scenario that caregivers are probably very familiar with.

#2

My Venus Flytrap Uses All Its Energy To Make 200 Mouths Instead Of Growing Big

My Venus Flytrap Uses All Its Energy To Make 200 Mouths Instead Of Growing Big

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There's also something psychologists call epistemic curiosity. It's about seeking knowledge and eliminating uncertainty. Epistemic curiosity emerges later in life and might require complex language.

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Agustín Fuentes, a professor of anthropology at Princeton University, believes this form of curiosity has set humans — and probably all members of the genus Homo — apart from other animals and paved the way for us to populate nearly every corner of the world, inventing technologies from hand axes to smart phones. 

"Humans, in our distinctive lineage, went beyond simply tweaking nature to imagining and inventing whole new possibilities that emerge from that kind of curiosity," Fuentes told Live Science

But curiosity comes with a cost. Just think about babies who are perfectly proficient crawlers. Even though they get around, they still decide to try walking. Of course, there's more to see and do when they stand upright. But this milestone comes at a cost: a study of 12- to 19-month-olds learning how to walk documented that these children fell down seventeen times per hour. However, this didn't stop them.

I guess, this list has a price as well. You can miss your stop if you stare at the screen for too long and forget you're on a bus. Or your boss can walk in on you and see that you choose to browse the Internet instead of finishing those reports. If you're not working remotely, of course. Anyway, beware, you've been warned! 

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#4

This Cemetery Fire From Yesterday Looks Like A Horror Movie's Climax

This Cemetery Fire From Yesterday Looks Like A Horror Movie's Climax

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#5

Sinkhole Opened In Cornish Backyard, Leading 300ft Down Into A Medieval Mineshaft

Sinkhole Opened In Cornish Backyard, Leading 300ft Down Into A Medieval Mineshaft

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#6

Fiat Had A Test Track On Their Factory Rooftop In 1929

Fiat Had A Test Track On Their Factory Rooftop In 1929

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#7

Found This Clown Mannequin Half A Mile Deep Into A Drainage Pipe Tied Like This To A Grate

Found This Clown Mannequin Half A Mile Deep Into A Drainage Pipe Tied Like This To A Grate

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

Offfff. The death spells you aim with 😂 After all the Voldemort massacre and dementors chasing we'd hardly be scared of a muggle clown.

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ANNIKAH MARTINEZ
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OH *grabs gasolene* HELL *pours on clown and grabs match* NO*lights clown on fire* OOOOO

Raine Soo
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"We all float down here." But, seriously, clowns are just too creepy.

Brian
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They would have found two clowns after i saw this. One dead and one tied to a grate.

Teresa Spanics
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Same here and the same goes for morons who dress up as clowns to scare people!

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ProffessorChaos
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's clever and insane. If it was me walking up on that I would leave to grab a flamethrower then come back and torch it up.

El Dee
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Someone has gone to a LOT of trouble carrying that half a mile in a confined space then tying it to a grate, all to scare someone at a later date when they weren't around to see it. Had to be a man..lol!

Suzanne Slifer
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why would anyone do that ? It looks in perfect condition !!! WHAT A WASTE !!!!

Mshauri Mazuri
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I bet whoever found this may have thought for a minute if pennywise was real and he just found him.

Brandi VanSteenwyk
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

WHO found this horror in the drainage pipe? I pity the poor plumber, sewer worker or other water transfer expert who encountered it. Can you say "Off we go to the funny farm?"

Midget
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

oh... um... we actually did this a few years ago on halloween.... You found it... .-.

Kathryn Baylis
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Someone has a sense of humor—-and isn’t concerned about being there to see people’s reactions...unless there’s a hidden camera around there somewhere...

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

I don't care what the hell happens o me. Pass me a f*****g RPG right now and I am nuking this m**********r even if it kills me.

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

Who is that committed to going all the way down there? How did they know if someone would find it?

Gavin Bothwell
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What were you even doing half a mile deep in a drain pipe anyway?

Lisa Chambers
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

wow they went through a lot of trouble just to freak one person out.

okpkpkp
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We used to travel down drains like this when we were kids. Dangerous? Yes. Fun? No, not really.

Teresa Spanics
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And there are people who dress up like that to scare people who will get what is coming to them!

John Baker
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some Stephen King fan went to a lot of trouble to set that one up. ;-)

Jeff Diamond
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

At this point, the worker would just sh*t themselves and run away.

Lunar Owo Potato
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope im OuTtTtTtTt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Mimi M
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Aw, c'mon. Who wants to bet that the person who took the picture also posed the clown there?

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4 years ago

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Danielle Renee
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

100% it was a coworker. great prank if it's not you that finds it!

ShikamaruPanda
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

that would be the last thing i would wanna see as a drainidge pipe worker

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4 years ago

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Seems awfully clean and dry for what you describe.

Rose
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Duh. Since it was in the middle of the pipe, it prob'ly didn't collect much debris. It also would've had the chance to drip-dry. Most likely, the person who found this, went and got their camera and cleaned up the scene a bit to get a good picture ... AFTER their heart started beating again.

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#9

Aligadoor

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#10

Ct Scan Of 1,000-Year-Old Buddha Sculpture Reveals Mummified Monk Hidden Inside

Ct Scan Of 1,000-Year-Old Buddha Sculpture Reveals Mummified Monk Hidden Inside

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Heike
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's even more creepy: It is called Sokushinbutsu and refers to the practice of Buddhist monks observing asceticism to the point of death and entering mummification while alive.

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#11

A Rather “Rural” Patient Came In With New-Onset Seizures. Ct Reveals Small Metal Pellets In Head. Patient States His Wife Accidentally Shot Him Several Years Ago While Trying To Get A Raccoon Off Their Property

A Rather “Rural” Patient Came In With New-Onset Seizures. Ct Reveals Small Metal Pellets In Head. Patient States His Wife Accidentally Shot Him Several Years Ago While Trying To Get A Raccoon Off Their Property

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#12

Train After Failing To Brake Finds Itself On Top Of A Giant Whale Statue!

Train After Failing To Brake Finds Itself On Top Of A Giant Whale Statue!

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#14

Raising Anchor Of Your Oil Tanker Only To Realize You've Hooked An Unexploded Torpedo

Raising Anchor Of Your Oil Tanker Only To Realize You've Hooked An Unexploded Torpedo

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#15

I’m A Contractor. Bought An Abandoned/Foreclosed Home To Renovate. This Was In The Basement Bathroom. What. The. F.

I’m A Contractor. Bought An Abandoned/Foreclosed Home To Renovate. This Was In The Basement Bathroom. What. The. F.

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#16

I Was Driving Through The Back Roads Of Pennsylvania On The Way To A Camping Spot And Found A Mountain Of Ceramic Dishes And Tea Cups In The Middle Of The Woods!?

I Was Driving Through The Back Roads Of Pennsylvania On The Way To A Camping Spot And Found A Mountain Of Ceramic Dishes And Tea Cups In The Middle Of The Woods!?

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#18

My Girlfriend Sent Me This From Her Doctors Appointment

My Girlfriend Sent Me This From Her Doctors Appointment

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#19

You're Not Taking This Grandma's Purse

You're Not Taking This Grandma's Purse

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#20

In Algeria We Have These Weird Things In Public Parks And Children’s Playgrounds

In Algeria We Have These Weird Things In Public Parks And Children’s Playgrounds

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#21

My 6 Yr Old: “How Will He Go Poop If His Tail Is Inside His Butthole?!”

My 6 Yr Old: “How Will He Go Poop If His Tail Is Inside His Butthole?!”

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#22

Oh, Let Me Just Park My Squid

Oh, Let Me Just Park My Squid

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#23

27 Contact Lenses Were Found By Doctors In Woman's Eye

27 Contact Lenses Were Found By Doctors In Woman's Eye

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Irina Deneva-Slav
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How? You can't not feel even one, let alone more, even if you somehow push it under an eyelid.

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#24

What, Exactly, Was The Sequence Of Events That LED To This?

What, Exactly, Was The Sequence Of Events That LED To This?

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Shelp
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The poor thing probably brutally froze to death and was then torn apart by the wind

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#26

Camping In Florida Looks Fun

Camping In Florida Looks Fun

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David K
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Imagine you are an alligator going for camping and you see this...I would be totally disgusted.

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#27

Got A Complaint At Work About "Very Loud Crickets" In The Bathroom

Got A Complaint At Work About "Very Loud Crickets" In The Bathroom

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#28

Sometimes People Stop In The Middle Of A Conversation To Stare At My Eye. Wonder Why

Sometimes People Stop In The Middle Of A Conversation To Stare At My Eye. Wonder Why

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#29

Oregon Fires Next To A Golf Course

Oregon Fires Next To A Golf Course

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#30

I Really Have No Idea What Happened

I Really Have No Idea What Happened

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#31

Vandals Painted A Complete Train Silver In A Small Town In The Netherlands 2 Nights Ago

Vandals Painted A Complete Train Silver In A Small Town In The Netherlands 2 Nights Ago

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#32

Your Typical First Day Of Your Job As The It Guy

Your Typical First Day Of Your Job As The It Guy

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David K
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If he has the right certifications, then I don´t really mind who fixes my telco cables.

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#33

A "Zombie Spider" - Spider Covered In Fungus, Half-Dead, Half-Alive Which Can Crawl Around. Found In My Basemen

A "Zombie Spider" - Spider Covered In Fungus, Half-Dead, Half-Alive Which Can Crawl Around. Found In My Basemen

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#34

A Humpback Whale Was Found Dead In Amazon Rainforest

A Humpback Whale Was Found Dead In Amazon Rainforest

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#35

When Your Goat Needs A Lift

When Your Goat Needs A Lift

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#36

This Power Line Happened To Be Laid Straight Through The Skull Of An Anglo Saxon Woman Buried In A Previously Undiscovered 6th Century Graveyard

This Power Line Happened To Be Laid Straight Through The Skull Of An Anglo Saxon Woman Buried In A Previously Undiscovered 6th Century Graveyard

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#37

Hail From The Weekend Here In Queensland, Australia

Hail From The Weekend Here In Queensland, Australia

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#38

I'm So Glad I Don't Live In The Same Time As Quetzalcoutlus Northropi

I'm So Glad I Don't Live In The Same Time As Quetzalcoutlus Northropi

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#39

Stopped Cause I Thought My Tire Popped, But I'm Pretty Sure Someone Tried To Murder Me

Stopped Cause I Thought My Tire Popped, But I'm Pretty Sure Someone Tried To Murder Me

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#40

I Split Up With My Boyfriend Yesterday. I Fell Asleep While He Was Packing And He Stole My Toilet

I Split Up With My Boyfriend Yesterday. I Fell Asleep While He Was Packing And He Stole My Toilet

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#42

Woke Up For Some Water. Thank God I Turned On The Light Before Taking A Sip

Woke Up For Some Water. Thank God I Turned On The Light Before Taking A Sip

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DC
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You could have easily killed her by accident - good to turn on the light!

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#43

Knee Pad Catches Small Splinter

Knee Pad Catches Small Splinter

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#44

Calcium Buildup In This Water Pipe We Had To Replace

Calcium Buildup In This Water Pipe We Had To Replace

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

It's probably calcium carbonate, not calcium. Calcium is silver-grayish, not white and reacts exothermic with water.

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#45

Secret Recording Device Under Break Room Table At Work

Secret Recording Device Under Break Room Table At Work

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#46

This Is A Clown Shower For Children

This Is A Clown Shower For Children

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#47

Last Week A Bald Eagle Flew Threw My Bedroom Window, While I Was Laying In Bed . It Was Insane, To Say The Least

Last Week A Bald Eagle Flew Threw My Bedroom Window, While I Was Laying In Bed . It Was Insane, To Say The Least

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#49

Crochet For Trees In Morgantown, West Virginia. USA

Crochet For Trees In Morgantown, West Virginia. USA

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#50

New Prototype "Economy" Airline Seats

New Prototype "Economy" Airline Seats

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JRibax
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He looks so proud of his evil invention. Hope he steps barefoot on a Lego every morning for the rest of his life

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#51

This Lady I Drove Past Earlier Today: Cranford, New Jersey

This Lady I Drove Past Earlier Today: Cranford, New Jersey

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#53

Took A Shower Before Work Today, Looked Down To Grab A Bottle Of Shampoo And See This!

Took A Shower Before Work Today, Looked Down To Grab A Bottle Of Shampoo And See This!

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#54

A Tornado Overnight In Thomaston, Georgia, Ripped A Home Off Its Foundation And Put It In The Road

A Tornado Overnight In Thomaston, Georgia, Ripped A Home Off Its Foundation And Put It In The Road

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#57

This Suv Broke The Sound Barrier

This Suv Broke The Sound Barrier

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#58

Studio Apartment... No Thanks

Studio Apartment... No Thanks

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#59

The Exhaust On This Car

The Exhaust On This Car

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Troux
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's part of a Japanese exagerrated car modding style called Bosozoku. If you'll notice the driver is on the right side because this is a Japanese market car - he imported the car and the style because he loves Japan that much.

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#60

This Structural Pole My Boss Refuses To Fix

This Structural Pole My Boss Refuses To Fix

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chi-wei shen
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Call the authorities and they will close the warehouse immediately.

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#61

Migingo Island, Population Of 131, Only 0.0008sq Mi Of Dirt

Migingo Island, Population Of 131, Only 0.0008sq Mi Of Dirt

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#62

This Chick Hatched With 4 Feet And Two Butts

This Chick Hatched With 4 Feet And Two Butts

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#63

Moved Into A New Flat Today And This F***er Was In The Attic

Moved Into A New Flat Today And This F***er Was In The Attic

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#64

Friend Found A Bug In Their Advil Capsule

Friend Found A Bug In Their Advil Capsule

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#66

A Falcon Mating Hat Allows Falcon Keepers To Collect Sperm From Their Birds For Later Artificial Insemination. Essentially The Bird Is Mating With The Keepers Head

A Falcon Mating Hat Allows Falcon Keepers To Collect Sperm From Their Birds For Later Artificial Insemination. Essentially The Bird Is Mating With The Keepers Head

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#68

This Two Headed Dolphin

This Two Headed Dolphin

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#69

Flat Earth Car In Denton, Tx

Flat Earth Car In Denton, Tx

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Stephanie Did It
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Clearly this person is organized, efficient and scholarly in their approach to scientific research.

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#70

Y'alls Opinion On My Mycology Class Project?

Y'alls Opinion On My Mycology Class Project?

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Sian Edwards
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oyster mushrooms. Edible, though probably not a wise idea to eat ones found in the toilet!

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#71

This Seems... Safe?

This Seems... Safe?

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George-Florin Constantin
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's a Sonata. It could really still be safe. Or at least drivable, as it seems only the hood is damaged.

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#73

Found Someone’s Tooth In My Apartment Complex Laundry

Found Someone’s Tooth In My Apartment Complex Laundry

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F. H.
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's a pressed steel crown for a baby tooth. It's used when a kid's tooth is too damaged for a filling. They don't fit very well and often get lost.

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