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Worker bee producing wax from the underside of it's abdomen

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The story of Juliane Koepcke, the 17-year-old girl who was the sole survivor of the LANSA Flight 508 plane crash in the Amazon forest in 1971. She fell 3,000 m strapped to her seat and spent 11 days alone in the jungle before being rescued.

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Rosalyn and Jimmy way back in 1966. She turns 96 on Friday and has now joined Jimmy in Hospice care at their home in Plains. Their grandson says they still hold hands. For her birthday there's a planned butterfly release in their backyard and at homes around Plains. Rare to see such a beautiful love

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Biggest flower in the world (Amorphophallus titanum)

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A Shoebill that survived the bombing of the Berlin Zoo is cared for by its keeper in her bathroom, 1945

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Wait for the transformation!

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This is Princess Lili'uokalani. She would become the last sovereign ruler of Hawaii. The photo was taken in 1853 when she was only 15 years old.

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In 1997, photographer Ricardo Stuckert took this iconic photo of Penha Goes, a 22-year-old girl from the Yanomani tribe in Amazonas, Brazil.

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Giant Groundsels, prehistoric plants found on top of Mt Kilimanjaro

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Shirley Temple and Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson were the first interracial couple to dance onscreen (1935)

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Robert De Niro aged three with his 24-year-old father Robert De Niro Sr. in 1946.

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Frozen water in the Italian Alps

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Sadly, this giant Wolf-dog was dumped at a kill shelter after growing too big and becoming too much for the owner to handle. Thankfully, a sanctuary took him instead and saved his life! His DNA testing came back as 87.5% Gray Wolf, 8.6% Siberian Husky and 3.9% German Shepherd.

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Bill Watterson, creator of Calvin And Hobbes, 1986.

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Rows of cedars Nagano, Japan

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Botanical Park of Rio de Janeiro Brazil. Founded in 1808, it is considered one of the most important in the world.

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Tea plantation, Indonesia

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Sitting Bull and his wife, Seen By the Nation Photo by Bailey, Dix, and Mead Fort Randall, South Dakota, 1882

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Guitarist Lita Ford of The Runaways, 1976.

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Tony Curtis and his daughter Jamie Lee Curtis at home on January 7 1959

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Elephant ear plant (Colocasia) in Louisiana

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On this day in 1972, Carly Simon released You're So Vain, which has long been a matter of speculation of who it's about. Carly revealed the song refers to three men, only one of whom she has named publicly: actor Warren Beatty.

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The San Francisco Garter Snake has been labeled the most beautiful snake in the U.S. It has been on the endangered list since 1967, and scientists estimate only 1,000 to 2,000 remain.

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The giant lemons of the Amalfi Coast in Italy

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Kummakivi, situated in Ruokolahti, Finland, is a remarkable geological formation where a massive rock weighing approximately 75 tons or 68,000 kg has delicately balanced on top of another rock for thousands of years.

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A Sioux boy on a horse. South Dakota. ca. 1895-1899. Photo by Jesse H. Bratley.

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The camera aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured this unique and iconic view of the Moon as it moved in front of the sunlit side of Earth in August 2015, from a distance of 1 million miles.

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The Ardennes Draft Horse is considered one of the oldest breeds of draft horse, and is believed to be a direct descendent of the prehistoric ‘Solutre Horse.

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Goldie Hawn, 1970s

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The worlds largest bird sculpture

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The world’s biggest flower, Rafflesia arnoldii, West Sumatra, Indonesia.

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Head size difference between a man and a Cane Corso.

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First photograph of the whole Earth in a single frame taken by a human

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Hummingbird nest.

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Ever wondered how big the talons on an eagle are compared to a human hand? This photo gives you an idea.

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Behold, a living relic from a bygone era – the ancient Miyajima White Pine tree. Planted in 1625, this bonsai tree has defied the sands of time, surviving for almost 400 years.

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Up and Down Black and White Six years transition Report

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Forest ranger in a eagle's nest

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Giant South African Bullfrog.

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Today in 1946, Viola Desmond was dragged out of a movie theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, injuring her hip. She was charged by police after she refused to move from the main floor to the balcony where Black patrons sat. Her case sparked the modern Canadian civil rights movement.

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This is what a bear looks like without hair. Dolores, a spectacled bear at the Leipzig Zoo in Germany in 2009 had this condition caused by a wrong diet. When the diet was corrected the fur grew back completely within 4 months.

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This is the only picture ever taken of the Concorde flying at Mach 2 (1,350 mph). Taken from an RAF Tornado fighter jet, which only rendezvoused with Concorde for 4 minutes over the Irish Sea.

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Flemish Giant Rabbit

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The Sail Rock Krasnodar Krai, Russia

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2yr old Jeff Bridges with his Dad, Lloyd, in 1951.

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Leaf Sheep, Japan

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Debbie Harry and David Bowie, 1977

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2-year-old Elvis Presley with his parents, 1937.

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Keith Richards (Rolling Stones) with His Mum Doris (1945).

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Hedy Lamarr was born on this day in 1914. Once celebrated as the most beautiful woman in the world, she was actually a remarkable inventor who devised a system for remote-controlling torpedoes that became the basis for bluetooth and wifi

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The General Sherman Tree is the world's largest tree, measured by volume. It stands 275 feet (83 m) tall, and is over 36 feet (11 m) in diameter at the base.

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Cassowary, classified as the most dangerous bird species in the world

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One day around 32,000 years ago, an arctic ground squirrel ate parts of a plant, silene stenophylla, including its seed.

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The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down Of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead When the skies of November turn gloomy Remembering ‘The Big Fitz’ and the 29 souls aboard on this, the 48th anniversary of her tragic loss...

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For the First time in History, Rare White Giraffes Have been Seen in Photos by David Walker

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The World's First Largest Teapot building in China

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This is the difference between a crocodile, a caiman and an alligator.

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GRAHAM GREENE - Born June 22, 1952, on the Six Nations Reserve in Ohsweken, Ontario, Mr Greene is a 68 year old FIRST NATIONS Canadian actor who belongs to the ONEIDA tribe. He has worked on stage in film and in TV productions in Canada, the UK and the US. He was nominated for an Academy Award

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Linda Ronstadt. 1970s

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Hakuba based Matt Skinner from Ski Japan Holidays / Japan Specialists sent us this anecdote and pic of Gareth Mowat going huge for our feature special celebrating 100 years of skiing in Japan back in 2011.

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Yvonne Craig as Batgirl, 1967

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He was the Voice of Winnie The Pooh, Ernie, the head Keebler Elf, voiced, Fred Flintstones, rich uncle Tex, voiced Sludge smurf. became the voice of Goofy, in the 1960's. An integral part of the Mayberry universe, none other than Hal Smith.

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November 3, 1972 New York, NY James Taylor and Carly Simon were married in Simon's high rise apartment on Central Park. Later that evening, she joined Taylor on stage at Radio City Music Hall where they announced their nuptuals to an approving crowd. Wedding day photo of the couple by Peter Simon

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DRAGON’S EYE, border of Arizona and Utah

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On November 18, 1942, during his twenty-eighth mission over Europe, John Henry Smythe faced a harrowing ordeal. His bomber was shot down, and he suffered wounds to his groin and abdomen. Seeking refuge, he found himself hiding in a barn, only to be discovered by enemy troops.

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The Ili pika (Ochotona iliensis) is a critically endangered species of mammal in the family Ochotonidae, endemic to northwest China. It was discovered in 1983: this is the first documented photo in 20 years, taken in 2015.

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Muhammad Ali after talking a man out of jumping to his death in 1981.

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Boy Finds Rescue Cat with Different Colored Eyes and Cleft Lip Just Like Him.

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1967....Brigitte Bardot playing guitar in the street, France.

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Jones Bar-B-Q Diner in Marianna, Arkansas, is considered the oldest Black-owned restaurant in the U.S., operating for over 100 years, and was honored as an American Classic by the James Beard Foundation in 2012

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This famous picture of the tanker Amoco Cadiz, which ran aground off the coast of Brittany in 1978, resembles a giant whale surfacing.

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Elvira, Pee-Wee Herman and Toni Basil in the 80s

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Leonard Nimoy as Dr. Spock with his ride, a 1970 GTO.

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A beautiful well preserved mosaic was discovered while digging between vineyards near Northern Italian city of Verona, Italy. The mosaic dates back to around 250-400 AD and probably once was part of an ancient Roman villa.

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The short-faced bear is an extinct ancient bear that lived in North America 11,000 years ago

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A parasitic mushroom growing out of a grasshopper.

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Tibetan Mastiff: The world’s largest dog

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Pre-colonization Glass Gem Corn, Indigenous to North America, regrown by a Cherokee farmer in Oklahoma. This particular corn is a mix of ancient Pawnee, Osage and Cherokee varieties. #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth

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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, 1974

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Alice Cooper, 1960s

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One of the most famous fungi in the world is the “zombie ant fungus” aka Ophiocordyceps unilateralis.

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Marie Curie – still the only person with two Nobels in two different sciences – was born on this day in 1867. Unbeknownst to most, she also invented and drove X-ray ambulances that saved millions of lives during the war

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Bill Murray, Jane Curtin, Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner, John Belushi and Laraine Newman on SNL ~ November 12, 1977

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Lactarius indigo

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Cornell just before final Bow 5/8/23

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The original cast of Saturday Night Live 1975

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Rare and exquisite deep-sea Urchin (Phyllacanthus magnificus) shell.

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An English nanny driving a motorized pram (1920s)

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Giant Lobster Food

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The Runaways-1976.

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Devils Tower rising 264m (867 feet) above the surrounding terrain in northeastern Wyoming, an igneous intrusion that some believe is the remains of a volcano after erosion removed the surrounding rock.

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A 4852 Year Old Located Ancient Mountain Aras Cypress At Tandooreh National Park, Iran

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