While chasing a tornado near the small town of Earth, Texas, Laura Rowe captured this enormous cloud filtered with pastel sunlight. A mature super cell thunderstorm, May 2021.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Flames don’t have shadows. On the fundamental level, one beam of light cannot directly interact with another beam of light. ... Fires can have shadows because they contain hot air and soot, and not because they contain light.3yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
This 16th Century miniature religious boxwood carving. The tiny altarpieces, rosaries, and prayer beads are each produced from a single boxwood fragment, incorporating pins smaller than a grass seed that hold the pieces together.3yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Incredible Owl mural transforms intersection in Athens, Greece.3yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Two boys exposed to Small Pox, one was vaccinated the other was not. This photo was published in 1901, and taken by Dr Allan Warner at the Leicester Isolation Hospital. Small Pox was eradicated in 1980.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
John Morton-Finney was an American civil rights activist, lawyer, and educator. Before he died in 1998 at the age of 108, he had learned to speak six languages. An incredible human being!2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
19 year old Hans Conrad Schumann became the unwitting symbol of the Free World when he leapt to freedom on the third day of the Berlin Walls construction, 1961. This photograph named “Leap Into Freedom” has since become an iconic image of the Cold War era.3yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
These Penguins! It’s the little things, we all need comfort sometimes.3yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/MadeMeSmile
Luxembourg introduces nationwide free public transport to reduce congestion. It’s the first and only country in the world to completely abolish fares for trains, trams and buses nationwide.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Not all Bats sleep in Caves. These thumb size Honduran White Bats construct tents out of understory plant leaves. They roost in these tents during the day. Individuals weigh only 5–6 grams.3yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Roselle and Salty were two guide dogs that led their owners out of the World Trade Center during 9/11. From the 78th and 71st floor respectively. Roselle led owner and 30 other people down 1,463 steps out of the tower.3yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/nextfuckinglevel
Picture of the Korean War Memorial, Washington DC in winter. It’s a powerful image.3yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
In 1847 Elizabeth Blackwell changed how the medical field in America and the world looked at women. She really was a pioneer. She had to navigate around countless obstacles and succeeded. Making her a woman who changed the course of history.3yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/nextfuckinglevel
This genius Dad! I can really relate to this also, always looking for the signs.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/MadeMeSmile
A baby Swordfish is born with a tiny sword. But for an animal that grows up to 10 feet long and weighs nearly 1,500 pounds, it’s still astonishing to learn their offspring are so miniscule. Incredibly, this tiny fish will grow up to 29 inches in just its first year of life.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Ok this man has lost his mind. You know nothing about nature.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/WhitePeopleTwitter
The world’s first water park that’s fully accessible for people with disabilities. Morgan’s Inspiration Island has been designed with consultation with doctors, physical therapists, caregivers, school teachers, water park experts, and even parents. Located in San Antonio, Texas, opened in 2017.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
This Dad visits baby daughters’ play kitchen and leaves adorable review. Too cute!2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/MadeMeSmile
Nairobi generates some 500 metric tons of plastic waste every day. 29-year-old engineer Nzambi Matee started experimenting with ways to turn this waste into a resource. Her plastic bricks are both affordable and incredibly durable, with a melting point of over 350°C, they’re stronger than concrete.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
In the 1993 film Jurassic Park, CGI was still in its infancy. The two T-Rex in the film were full scale animatronic models, each weighing 9 tons. Due to their weight, the crew constructed sets around them, rather than moving them onto sets.3yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
While people have been unable to visit the Great Barrier Reef, divers have been planting coral to try and combat the destruction from climate change.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
7-Foot Bolaji Badejo, A Nigerian Design Student And One-time Actor, Wearing His Costume From The Now Classic Sci-Fi Thriller Alien, 1978.3yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Two men remove the preserved carcass of a juvenile Mammoth that was excavated from the permafrost in Siberia in 1977 by a miner’s bulldozer. He died some 40,000 years ago and his stomach still contained some of his mother’s milk.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
One company created a rolling barrier system to improve road safety. Rather than hard steel guardrails, the barriers evenly distribute impact.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Skara Brae is a stone built Neolithic site that is older than Stonehenge and the Great Pyramids. The site was occupied from roughly 3180 BC to about 2500 BC. There is even a primitive sewer system, with toilets and drains in each house, that carried waste to the ocean.3yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Joan Murray’s parachute failed and she plunged 14,500 ft to the ground at 80 mph. Landing in a Fire Ant mound Joan was stung over 200 times. These ants secrete a venom known as solenopsin. The ants stung Joan releasing the venom which stimulated her nervous system and kept her heart beating.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
As humans we have always migrated. So much respect to this lady!!2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/MadeMeSmile
In today’s society both young and old increasingly find themselves living in a bubble of like-minded and similar-aged peers. The incentive behind the “exchange” programme shows that reducing loneliness and social isolation improves well-being and extends life expectancy.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Confidence boosts are life affirming at any age but as a child you’re building those foundations for a lifetime!!2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/MadeMeSmile
A triumphant tale, Clayton County's Melvinia Shields Monument honours the inspiring five-generation journey of First Lady Michelle Obama's ancestry from slavery to the White House.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
It went out with a sonic boom. The SR-71 was in the prime of its amazing life. This was a titanium bird designed to outrun and spy on the Russians, a bird that was fooling Russians even before it was assembled.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Volvo engineer Nils Bohlin, inventor of the three-point seatbelt. Gave away the patent for their most important invention. He wanted to save lives not profit from his idea.3yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/nextfuckinglevel
Gibraltar’s Airport runway intersects a four-lane highway. The four-lane Winston Churchill Avenue is the main road leading into and out of Gibraltar. This is the only airport in the world to do this.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
The Waorani have called the Amazon home for countless generations. They are the rightful owners, or carers, of the land and should have the final say on what happens on it, or to it. The tribe won their lawsuit against government corruption and big oil.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
This girls self taught art progression is amazing. A real talent!!2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/MadeMeSmile
In Kyoto, Japan there are five temples that have blood-stained ceilings. They use the floorboards from a castle where warriors killed themselves after holding off against an army for eleven days. You can still see footprints and outlines to this day.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
This ship that submerges itself to carry entire oil rigs. The Dockwise Vanguard submerges to slide under enormous loads, then rises out of the water to carry them like traditional cargo.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
The SIZE of this wombat! On average, wombats are 3.3 feet long and weigh 55 to 88 pounds. The wombat is the world’s largest burrowing animal and the second-largest marsupial after some species of kangaroo.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
This is a Bermuda Petrel chick. For 300 years, it was thought to be extinct. The dramatic rediscovery in 1951 of eighteen nesting pairs made this a Lazarus species, that is, a species found to be alive after having been considered extinct.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Nicaraguan Sign Language is the only language spontaneously created, without the influence of other languages, to have been recorded from its birth.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
One of twelve giant books written in 18th Century Spanish. Nearly a metre long, made with animal skin, wood and leather caps, containing scripts for religious ceremonies. Being preserved at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.3yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
In Bolivia is Cal Orko, an imposing limestone slab 1.5 km (0.9 miles) long and over 100 metres high (328 ft). On this steep face you will find 462 distinct dinosaur tracks from at least 8 different species, totaling an incredible 5,055 individual dinosaur footprints. All from 68 million years ago.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
In 2006 a real “Ghost Ship” was found abandoned on the coast of Queensland, Australia. The ship was identified as the Jian Seng, but its port of origin remains a mystery. A large quantity of rice was found on board, but there was no indication of recent human activity on the ship.3yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
This is the most chill doggo I’ve ever seen. Truly man’s best friend!!2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/MadeMeSmile
This made me sad at the same time. To be pregnant and in a position that you’re feeling a need to ask for food. Bless this neighbour!2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/MadeMeSmile
These amazing carved pillars inside Sasbahu Temple, an 11th-century twin temple in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Pench Tiger Reserve India, 16km long elevated Highway, solely dedicated to wildlife movement underneath.3yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
This photo is a comparison of Zheng He’s ship to Christopher Columbus’ Santa Maria. Both of them were great explorers of their time. Zheng He died in 1433 and Christopher Columbus was born in 1450. The big ship was Zheng He’s.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
The Kea is the worlds only Alpine Parrot. It’s found in the forested and alpine regions of the South Island of New Zealand. Kea are known for their intelligence and curiosity, both vital to their survival in a harsh mountain environment.3yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Millionaire hotelier Harris Rosen who was once fired from Walt Disney World; gave everyone in a Florida neighbourhood free college scholarships and free daycare. Crime rate was cut in half and high school graduation rate increased from 25% to 100%.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
In memory of his Mother, a boy tattooed this. These are the sound waves from her last voice mail that she sent to him.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
These are Amethyst slime molds which are often less than a millimetre tall. Using a microscope lens that magnifies them by up to 20x their actual size, they look like tiny galaxies in natures neatest form.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
He went by many names, including “The Snake Man,” “The Human Torso,” and “The Human Caterpillar.” But no matter what he went by, when the curtain opened upon Prince Randian, there was no doubt that the audience was unprepared for what they saw. The movie Freaks, Randian’s only film appearance:2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Cameron Highlanders in 1914 before WWI and after upon their return in 1918.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Though horribly disfigured, Wenseslao Moguel went on to live a full life, and became legendary thanks to Robert L. Ripley, founder of Ripley’s Believe It or Not!. He appeared on his 1937 radio show and at the Cleveland, Ohio, odditorium. He was dubbed El Fusilado—the executed one.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
The history of the group traces its existence to 1948, when Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force Hoyt Vandenberg, and his wife Gladys, witnessed young servicemembers being buried without any family members present on one of their walks through the cemetery.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Good things always come back to you. You never know how much little things can affect someone’s life!2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/MadeMeSmile
This hit hard. My kids Dad passed a few years ago and I try and be both parents... I know we’re not alone!2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/MadeMeSmile
Lancashire’s secret “Dragons Eye” cave. The cave is closely guarded by residents and explorers who are keen to keep it's exact location from the world.3yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
This is a Red Cross Nurse on the battlefield during WWI, 1917. She is writing down the last words of a soldier, who has been mortally wounded.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
In 1984 astronaut Bruce McCandless is seen floating above Earth. He is farther away from the safety of his spaceship than any astronaut had ever been. This was made possible by a jet pack on his back called the Manned Maneuvering Unit. After testing the unit he was able to free-fly 320ft away.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Filling your kids with confidence is the most precious thing in the world!2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/MadeMeSmile
Artist Edoardo Tresold made a full size Cathedral wire mesh sculpture. Covering a 7,000 square metre space, the installation was built over three months in Abu Dhabi.3yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
The Apollo XI crew have a moon on the Hollywood walk of fame instead of a star.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
This stunning image of the Aurora Borealis as a flying Phoenix over Iceland. Taken by Hallgrimur P. Helgason.3yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
This photo was taken at the exact minute the sun set over the entrance to a glacier in Iceland – a phenomenon that only occurs once or twice in a year. The caves, which are located in southern Iceland, are famed for their solitude.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Yeah you know Harry Potter from that famous band... This Dad tried!2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/MadeMeSmile
Honey Buzzard stealing honey comb. Honey-buzzards are well adapter against bees’ stings as their forehead and areas around the eyes are protected by scale-like feathers believed to be infused with a chemical deterrent against bees, wasps and hornets.3yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Enormous Cumulonimbus cloud seen over Africa from space. Credit NASA.1yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
This basketball has obviously traveled for quite some time and grew it’s own little ecosystem with hundreds of barnacles. Not wanting to disrupt the marine crustaceans, the couple who found it took pictures and quickly released them back to their natural environment.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
The “Crypt of Civilization”, is an airtight room at Oglethorpe University in Georgia, USA, that was sealed up in 1940. It contains a wealth of artifacts from literary works to everyday items, not to be opened until the year 8113. Officially recognised as the first successful modern “time capsule”.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Incas did not use money, in fact they did not need it. Their economy was so efficiently planned that every citizen had their basic needs met. Economic exchanges were made using the barter system by which people traded with each other for things they needed.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
These drones designed by a Canadian tech company that shoot germinated seed pellets into the soil at a speed of about 10 seeds per minute. Wanting to plant 36,000 seeds per day, around 1 billion per year. With hopes to diversify their ecosystem by using 8 different species of tree.3yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Atocha Station Tropical Garden Madrid, Spain. The garden fills an abandoned section of the building that was once the old Atocha train station before the transportation hub was expanded to include its high-speed train links. The sprawling garden contains 7,000 plants from more than 260 species.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Manners cost nothing, helping someone in need is priceless. We need more kindness like this in the world. Legends!1yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/MadeMeSmile
This wrestling match, 1960 Rome Summer Olympics. Taking place in the remains of the Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Helmcken Falls is a 141 m (463 ft) waterfall on the Murtle River within Wells Gray Provincial Park in British Columbia, Canada. In winter an ice cone at the base often grows to 50 m (164 ft) tall and sometimes even higher in very cold snowy winters.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Jackie Coogan was one of the first child stars in history who acted along side stars like Charlie Chaplin. He later sued his mother and stepfather over his squandered film earnings.2yr ⋅ Fluid-Daydreamer ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
