In the remote Buddhist monastery of Haeinsa is preserved the Tripitaka Koreana, the most complete corpus of Buddhist doctrinal texts in the world, dating from 1251.1yr ⋅ Paul-Belgium ⋅ r/interesting
I have unnaturally large eyes, this photo isn't edited and it's what my eyes look like relaxed3mo ⋅ throughaway7050 ⋅ r/interesting
The Egyptians built the statue of King Ramses II with such precision that the sun illuminates it only twice a year for 20 minutes. Once on February 22, on the day of his coronation, and again on October 22, on his birthday.11mo ⋅ volossaveroniki ⋅ r/interesting
A boy selling lemonade with a portable lemonade dispenser. Berlin, 1931.2yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/interesting
Dr. Phil lost his license to practice psychology in 2006. Therefore, all guests on his TV show must sign a contract stating they are only there to receive advice from an individual, not a psychologist.2yr ⋅ Ill-Oil-2157 ⋅ r/interesting
UPS delivery guy continues to deliver packages during the attacks of 9/118mo ⋅ zillcnskiii ⋅ r/interesting
Found this image on a hard drive with over 50k images i found at a thrift, goes hard.1yr ⋅ 04er ⋅ r/interesting
Lattice Climbing pics by ''Shiey'' illegal climb in chernobyl1yr ⋅ According_South_2500 ⋅ r/interesting
In 2012, a couple invited Queen Elizabeth II to their wedding as a joke, and she actually showed up.2yr ⋅ qyyg ⋅ r/interesting
A 'Knocker-up' was hired to ensure that people would wake up on time for work. Mary Smith earned sixpence (6 pennies) a week shooting dried peas at sleeping workers' windows in East London in the 1930s.1yr ⋅ MSDeltaBound ⋅ r/interesting
Giant Hands Emerge From a Venice Canal to Raise Climate Change Awareness1mo ⋅ CountrySpiritual2225 ⋅ r/interesting
Is it just me or does Pyongyang look like a highly sophisticated motherboard?3mo ⋅ Igtrojanvirus ⋅ r/interesting
A bullet I found lodged in a tree after I hit it with my chainsaw.1yr ⋅ anon183652828 ⋅ r/interesting
Amazingly, real molecules look just like High-School textbook drawings1yr ⋅ rtarunshef ⋅ r/interesting
Out of all the posters I laminated, this specific one of Bob Ross crinkled in the machine. All of the other posters turned out fine.1yr ⋅ baboties ⋅ r/interesting
The Paris Catacombs are a series of underground tunnels and chambers that hold the remains of over six million people.1yr ⋅ Sea_Land_1944 ⋅ r/interesting
This is Margaret Hamilton, NASA lead software engineer, and this is the Apollo guidance program she wrote.1mo ⋅ Life-Plantain ⋅ r/interesting
The ice anemone (Edwardsiella andrillae) is a species of anemone that live and grow on the underside of sea ice. They were only discovered in 2010 and scientists still don't know how they attach themselves to the ice or how they don't freeze. (Credit: The ice anemone by Laurent Ballesta)9mo ⋅ Consistent-Gap-7120 ⋅ r/interesting
Toilet designed to recycle the hand washing water so it can be used for the next flush10mo ⋅ MaximumJones ⋅ r/interesting
Missouri puts Amber McLaughlin to death, the first openly transgender person executed in the US.1yr ⋅ Plus_River_8733 ⋅ r/interesting
It took me 2 years to make this Moon Art by colour engraving on the glass and finally turning it into a mirror, I am calling it ‘My Space Mirror’.2yr ⋅ Embarrassed-Voice-24 ⋅ r/interesting
1916 Sears catalog home. They shipped the entire house to you by railroad car. Friends and family would help the owner build it. Most were built in NJ, NY, Oh and PA. Sears sold over 70,000 mail-order homes between 1908 - 1940. Some estimate that about 70% of Sears houses are still standing today.1yr ⋅ MSDeltaBound ⋅ r/interesting
I need this in my life. I have BPD and this is me in a nutshell.1yr ⋅ ThrowthisCrapaway69 ⋅ r/interesting
The absolutely incredible power of nature - Numerous lighting strikes unleashed simultaneously over the Grand Canyon2yr ⋅ jhrogoff ⋅ r/interesting
The hotel I’m staying at in Texas has a statue of Mao in the lobby1yr ⋅ Altruistic-Bake-8931 ⋅ r/interesting
In 1941 over 33,000 Ukrainian Jews were murdered in a 2 day span in the Babi Yar ravine marking one of the deadliest massacres of the Holocaust. For 🇺🇦 to have a Jewish President descended from a Holocaust survivor standing up to a dictator is really empowering.2yr ⋅ helpwitheating ⋅ r/interesting
A new species of reptile found in Madagaskar in 2021 is possibly the smallest reptile species in the world. Known as a nano-chameleon (Brookesia nana) is about the size of a sunflower seed.9mo ⋅ Consistent-Gap-7120 ⋅ r/interesting
Boxing kangaroos actually became pretty popular in the late 1800s. In both Europe and the United States, clowns and professional boxers would fight them in front of frenzied crowds1yr ⋅ RedJ00hn ⋅ r/interesting
In one of the least religious countries in the world, Finland, 76000 conservative laestadians gather in summer services1yr ⋅ redmera ⋅ r/interesting
A petition to bring back Morbius to theatres for third time has garnered over 10,000 signatures on change. org2yr ⋅ CHUSO4 ⋅ r/interesting
Ben Hawkey, the actor in Game of Thrones who plays Hotpie, opened his own bakery and sells Direwolf shaped bread.3yr ⋅ JesseBBrown ⋅ r/interesting
You can buy water sourced from the recently closed Splash Mountain at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.1yr ⋅ Best_Poetry_5722 ⋅ r/interesting
This is a photo of the M2 Browning, the machine gun that was used to set the record for the longest sniper kill in 1967. The shot remains as the 7th longest sniper shot off all time today.1yr ⋅ YEETAWAYLOL ⋅ r/interesting
Hiroshima before and after being hit with a nuclear bomb, 129,000 people died. 8/6/19451yr ⋅ bean-tryna-ball ⋅ r/interesting
A katydid locked eyes with me last night, and then smiled for a photo.10mo ⋅ _needsomebunny ⋅ r/interesting
1,500-year-old Mayan ceramic figurine with removable helmet, from El Peru Vaca, Peten, Guatemala.1yr ⋅ volossaveroniki ⋅ r/interesting
Hitler Youth poster (1930s) and American Meat Industry poster (1980s)1yr ⋅ helpwitheating ⋅ r/interesting
Only thing standing between a vital power station and a volcano eruption is a lone excavator. Grindavik, Iceland. 8th February 2024. (picture: Heimildin, Golli)2mo ⋅ kadje900 ⋅ r/interesting
Every 2373 years, Mercury, Venus and Saturn align on the pyramids of Giza. (December 3, 2012)2yr ⋅ Mr_bean95 ⋅ r/interesting
Stikbot has been here since October 2020 and never fell, I have to take it down since I'm moving today2yr ⋅ Existing_Sail_6957 ⋅ r/interesting
The lead bullet that entered below President Abraham Lincoln's left ear and lodged behind his right eye, recovered by Dr. Edward Curtis during an autopsy performed in a White House guest room11mo ⋅ SAT0725 ⋅ r/interesting
My city's night bus (no filter) has blue lights inside, because those prevent falling asleep2yr ⋅ MVBak ⋅ r/interesting
This mushroom growing kit from Lowe’s sat on the shelf so long that it started to grow itself.1yr ⋅ BEN064-W ⋅ r/interesting
Did you know that some aircraft carriers have sprinklers in their flight decks?2yr ⋅ YEETAWAYLOL ⋅ r/interesting
I may just have the smallest TV and radio in the world, a Sony IC-120 and Casio TV-2001yr ⋅ aristideau ⋅ r/interesting
A French woman with her baguette and six bottles of wine, Paris, 1945.1yr ⋅ MSDeltaBound ⋅ r/interesting
Fugio cent, the first official circulation coin of the United States.1yr ⋅ Ok_Chocolate_3480 ⋅ r/interesting
A long-buried corpse, preserved by one of Earth's driest climates, Chile's Atacama Desert, where it has retained centuries-old skin, hair and clothing. Dated around 5020 BC.2yr ⋅ senorphone1 ⋅ r/interesting
A model of a Neanderthal man in modern clothing in the Neanderthal Museum in Germany.1yr ⋅ Owsn ⋅ r/interesting
Here's a bouncing diecast car equipped with suspension. This car is made by a brand called Majorette and they make classic diecasts with suspensions till this day2yr ⋅ No_Sink_4655 ⋅ r/interesting
Great grandfather's grocery store price flyer during the great depression5mo ⋅ richierich923 ⋅ r/interesting
