In 1998 a magazine predicted how David Beckham would look like in 2020. Their prediction v reality.7mo ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/pics
A good example of how photos can be used to push fake news as much as words can.1yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/pics
A good way to deal with racist graffiti if you’re not in a position to get it off.1yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/pics
'Cloud coffee' is served with a cloud of cotton candy over the cup. As steam rises from the coffee, it causes the cloud to dissolve and sugar rains over the cup.1yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Lamp post are being turned into dual purpose electric car charging points in some parts of England.2yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
2000 year old Ancient Roman lead pipes in Bath, England. Some of them are still in use.2mo ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/pics
Penguin egg whites turn clear when boiled because the glycoprotein that would typically make chicken eggs white, ovalbumin, is less present in penguin eggs; there is more of another glycoprotein, called penal albumin. This makes the egg more cold resistant.1yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
A bride leaving her recently bombed home to get married in London, 1940.3yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Someone used the fungus growing on the tree to create artwork and the results are magical.1yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/pics
Woody Harrelson surprised prisoners at HMP Wormwood Scrubs chess club with a visit.4mo ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/pics
The difference between a British Robin and an American Robin.9mo ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
A 3.300-year-old chariot bridge is still in use today. The Arkadiko Bridge was built between 1300 and 1190 BCE, making it one of the oldest still-used arch bridges still in existence. It was built on a road that linked Tiryns to Epidaurus, and was part of a larger military road system.2yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
College students in their dorm room, circa 1910. Believed to be at the University of Illinois.3yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Artwork for a booklet about the eviction of squatters from private rented property. London, 1973.4yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/pics
Knife grinders laying face down at work to save their backs from being hunched over all day. They were encouraged to bring their dogs to keep them company and also to act as heaters to keep them warm - France, 1900s.2yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Alpine shelter on Monte Cristallo, Auronzo di Cadore - Italy (World War 1, 1915/18), located at 2760 meters.3yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Terry Sawchuk – The face of a hockey goalie before masks became standard game equipment, 1966.1yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/pics
The Siberian Ice Maiden of Ukok is a female mummy with tattoos from the 5th century BC.2yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
The deep-sea batfish is one of several previously unknown creatures found below the surface of the Indian Ocean near the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Marine Park.1yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Known as the wrap-around spider, it can flatten and wrap its body around tree limbs as camouflage.1yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/pics
I can just imagine all of the people who’ve passed through over hundreds of years. Durham, UK.8mo ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/pics
Built in the 18th century, this is one of the oldest buildings in Hattfjelldal municipality in Norland, Norway.2yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Art Nouveau storefront in French town of Douai designed by Albert Pepe in 1906.3yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Vets made snow shoes for a mockingbird with deformed feet. They corrected the feet in a week.3mo ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/pics
Abandoned miners' cottages in a slate quarry in Snowdonia, North Wales. The quarry closed in 1969 due to industry decline.3yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
KFC has just opened its first ever pub in London where you can order pints and food straight to your table.1yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
The oldest door in Britain. Hidden away in Westminster Abbey. Made from timber from the original Anglo-Saxon abbey, it is just under a thousand years old.5yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/pics
Otter, a disabled cat whose skull did not form properly, wearing his made to measure helmet.1yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/pics
A 1920s makeup compact fashioned in the shape of a pistol - with powder, cheek rouge and lipstick in the shape of a bullet.3yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
A downed tree that has been turned upside down so the roots are in the air. Filled with flowers, it is now a beautiful flower tree.3yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition hits a snag in 1957.1yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Chopping back one of my beds today and have got dozens of these coming through - what are they?5mo ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/gardening
In a remote rural part of England, a lonely shepherd named 'Colin' built this with his own hands as a shelter for himself and his sheep. Known as 'Colin’s Barn', it has been abandoned since Colin moved away in 2000 to avoid the noise of a forest marble quarry which was opened nearby.2yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
The Art Nouveau style hotel Gran Hotel Ciudad de Mexico in Mexico City. 1899. Designed by Jacques Gruber.2yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Michaelsberg Abbey, located in Bamberg, Germany, first erected in 1015. Prior to its seizure by Bavarian troops in 1802, the abbey was decorated with plaster by Johann Georg Leinberger who decorated the chapel between 1729 through 1731 and is best known for the piece Death Blowing Bubbles.3yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Built over 420 years ago near Florence, Italy, is the Appennine Colossus. In the giant's upper floor is a chamber big enough for a small orchestra and in the head a small chamber holds a fireplace out of which the smoke would escape through his nostrils.2yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
This barber will spend up to 4 hours cutting the hair of a child with special needs.1yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/pics
Soldiers paying tribute to the 8 million Horses, Donkeys, and Mules that lost their lives during World War I, 19185yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/pics
A 100 year old London pub was illegally demolished by developers in 2015. They were ordered to rebuild it, brick by brick. It was the only building on the street not destroyed in the Blitz.3yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
The Swedish warship Vasa. It sank in 1628 less than a mile into its maiden voyage and was recovered from the sea floor after 333 years almost completely intact. Now housed at the Vasa Museum in Stockholm, is the world’s best preserved 17th century ship.2yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Tom Morello heard a guitarist from his high school band is playing a gig with a new band, Tool.1yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/pics
A California bakery spent a month making a 6-foot recreation of Han Solo frozen in carbonite, made entirely of bread. The mother-and-daughter duo behind the creation called him Pan Solo.1yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
A flower mantis, a species of praying mantises that mimic flowers.3yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
The tasselled wobbegong also known as 'carpet shark' is well camouflaged and sits motionless on the seafloor waiting for unsuspecting prey.1yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Dragon Eye, a metamorphic rock formation, which was found in a stone mine in Lancashire, England.2yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
A 150 ft. Iceberg passing through Iceberg Alley near Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada.1yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
A collection of stick insect eggs - each species produces an egg that is unique in shape and design.1yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
This photo of the Cotswolds in the snow looks like something straight out of Narnia.1yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/pics
She’s 16 in a few weeks, and might be looking older these days, but she still rules our house.8mo ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/aww
This door in Rochester Cathedral, England, has been dated to 1080 making it nearly 950 years old.2yr ⋅ iklegemma ⋅ r/interestingasfuck