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This happened on Sept. 28, 2018 in Indonesia when sand, saturated in water, was shaken by an earthquake and turned into a liquid state.

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New microscopic spy camera (quality of resulting pics in comments)

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Cost Of Living in 1938

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This colorized photograph from 1894 features a young indigenous woman, O-O-BE of the Kiowa tribe, treating viewers to her beautiful smile. There are a multitude of reasons people from this time did not smile in photographs making this particular one quite rare. Modern Kiowa reside in Oklahoma.

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Saying goodbye to a species, the very last male Northern White Rhino

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House built into cliffside

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A flyer in Japan explaining the horrors of Chinese govt against Uyghurs muslims 2021

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Storm in Scotland 'weaved' this fence

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Theodore Roosevelt's diary entry on the day that both his wife, and his mother died.

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Koboto Santaro, a Japanese military commander, wearing tradional armour. Taken in 1863 by Felice Beato. Colourization done by me

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Self-balancing Cube by centrifugal force Cre:ytb/ReM-RC

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Tribute to Jack Black made out of butter

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An interesting painting named ‘Grief’ by Oskar Zwintscher, 1898. (Location: New Masters Gallery, Dresden).

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12 million year old Praying mantis preserved in amber

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Cambodian woman marries cow. She thinks it's her dead husband who is reincarnated.

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Tianjin Binhai Library in China

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In a protest against censorship, photographer A.L. Schafer staged this iconic photograph in 1934, violating as many rules as possible in one shot

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Donate your Legos don't throw them out

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Phineas Gage skull on display at my university (Not shown). Gage was working on a railroad in 1848 when a 13½ pound iron rod was fired accidentally into his head. He survived

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In 1890s, Charles B. Tripp, the armless man & Eli Bowen the legless man. Riding a tandem together

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Thousands of years ago, Inuit and Yupik people of Alaska and northern Canada carved narrow slits into ivory, antler and wood to create snow goggles. This diminished exposure to direct and reflected ultraviolet rays thereby reducing eye strain and preventing snow blindness.

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On Sept. 21, 1956, test pilot Tom Attridge accidentally shot himself down with his own rounds while doing a weapons test in an F11…

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This tree growing on a branch of a much larger tree.

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Skull, found in France, with a knife still embedded in it. The skull belonged to a Roman solider who died during the Gallic Wars, 52 BC. It was on display at the Museo Rocsen in Argentina.

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Adam Rainer is the only person in history that has been classed as a dwarf and a giant. In 1918, when Adam was 18 years old, his height was measured at 3’ 7.9” tall. But by the time Adam was 31, his height had grown to a staggering 7'1".

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Before chainsaws this was the length of the two-man hand saw and heavy duty axes that they used to drop these tremendous trees. It is almost inconceivable to think of cutting down a tree this size with a hand saw.

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Uranium glass that glows under a black light!

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Lake McDonald, Montana is the largest lake in Glacier National Park

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Salesman having his motorised roller skates filled up in 1961. He has a single horsepower air-cooled engine strapped to his back and holds a clutch, accelerator and engine cut-off switch in his hand. (Photo by F. Roy Kemp)

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Ant colony forms massive vertical chains to launch a raid against a wasp nest

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Intact blood clot that was attached to the endotracheal tube of a terminally extubated Covid patient.

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Sea Sheep, found off the coast of Japan, are able to indirectly photosynthesize using the chloroplasts from the algae they feed on.

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I think adding color to some old pictures really help to contextualize them for modern viewers. Iron Lung Girl, Hansel Mieth. Boston Children’s Hospital, 1938.

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Snowflake on a crow's wing

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Electric Disco Clam flashing 'Strobe Light' to attract prey before paralyzing it

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The Temple of the Goddess Hathor is at least 2,300 years old. Made from solid granite, archaeologists are puzzled as to how the stairs seem to have melted.

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Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg During the Civil War (Colorized)

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Rules of the Subreddit. If these are broken, your comment/post will be removed and you could be banned. You should read this before posting.

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Posts must be interesting as fuck (IAF)This is a purely subjective rule. Just because you find something IAF does not mean it belongs here. It's impossible to define what is IAF, but for a general idea browse the top posts of all time from this subreddit. It's easier to define what isn't IAF, here are most of the things that are NOT IAF.Things that aren't IAFmildly interesting things, kinda interesting things, interesting thingsSocial media screenshots, or screenshots in general.No unnecessary soundMemes, funny things, edgy contentThings that are purely cuteThings that are NSFWClick bait, "Top 10 best X"Just because something is old does not inherently make it IAF.Hold your phone a certain way to see an image, or shake your head to see an image, or light mod/dark mode picturesNote: Breaking this rule usually just means your post gets removed. (extreme violations, as in you have no idea what belongs here will get you perma banned)Titles Must be descriptiveTitl...

Swedish horsemen carrying giant flags that say "Get vaccinated!".

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Horse dances along the beach in pure bliss before accelerating to top speed

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To keep the British and pirates out, the Dutch residents of New Amsterdam constructed a 12' wall in the 1640s. In 1664 the British ignored the wall and took New Amsterdam by sea. It's now called New York. They took down the wall and built a street. It's called Wall Street.

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A small gesture can do big things

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Bandtom Rooster gives attacking Hawk a beating of a lifetime.

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The 250 million year old salt expired two years ago

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Before and after the excavation and restoration of the Great Ziggurat of Ur in Iraq , built approximately 4100 years ago by King Ur-Nammu of the Neo-Sumerian Empire, in dedication to the Moon God.

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The Moranbong Band is an all female pop group formed in North Korea by Kim Jong-un as a counter to South Korean K-pop. Unlike their South Korean counterparts all of the members of the band are classically trained and play all of their own instruments. They are known as North Korea's Spice Girls.

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A mechanic discovered a mouse in a barrel of degreaser

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Omikron mutations in corona virus spike protein

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When the Titanic hit an iceberg, William Murdoch, the Scottish officer in charge, was portrayed as shooting a passenger and then committing suicide in the film. In reality, he was last seen trying to fill as many lifeboats as possible and heroically went down with the ship.

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Peruvian mummy at least 800 years old found by archeologists in Lima Peru

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