Awesome Things (39 pics)
"Persian Warrior Gloves, possibly from Safavid Dynasty in the 1500s"
“This discovery is a snapshot of an environment that is very similar to our Solar System, but at a much earlier stage of its evolution, located about 300 light-years away and known as TYC 8998-760-1.”
"This guy drank homemade colloidal silver for 20 years and turned blue/indigo"
"The manuscript draft of the Karamazov Brothers by Fyodor Dostoyevski, 1880"
"A Brazilian Wandering Spider guarding its offspring under a bed"
"This is how much food you can get for the cost of a pack of cigarettes in Australia"
"At Disneyland all photos of Walt Disney have his cigarettes photo-shopped out"
"A blue jay with half of its baby down feathers"
"A female falcon was equipped with a satellite tracking system in South Africa before migrating to Finland. Image shows tracker data. In just 42 days, she flew over 10.000 km, at an incredible average of 230 km per day and nearly in a straight line."
"'This all-female football tournament in Pakistan might have the best backdrop in the world"
"What’s underneath a New York City street"
"A Neanderthal man in a modern suit and tie."
"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."
"17-year-old Shaquille O’Neal with his high school basketball team in San Antonio, Texas, 1989"
"A 5 hour (47 miles) bus journey around Hong Kong for people to sleep on. The tour is designed for people who can’t sleep at night but fall asleep easily on the bus to and from work. Costs $13 to $51 depending on whether they choose the upper or lower deck"
"The world’s largest private yacht, 590-foot, cost $600 million to build and is reportedly owned by the royal family of Abu Dhabi"
"7 foot tall Harambe statue has been placed in front of Wall Street’s charging bull"
"A cabbage farm kinda looks like a field of alien pods waiting to hatch"
"Kmart has a doll with Down’s Syndrome"
"An Anzio 20mm rifle. They’re legal to own in the US"
"20mm Ammo"
"2:30am, midnight sun at the Arctic Circle"
"RAID (French police unit)"
"Toolbox of a World Cup mountain bike mechanic"
"The OTS-135 12.7mm Revolver: For when you need to blow a whole through Neptune’s rings"
’’We caught a highly endangered sunflower sea star.’’
’’This albino peacock I saw in Malaysia’’
’’I saw this guy playing a recorder while driving his Fiat on the highway.’’
’’Found this ‘veiled lady’ mushroom on a hike this morning near Seoul, South Korea.’’
’’This amazing fungus I discovered while hiking in central Massachusetts’’
’’Saw a snail today while I was outside, and its shell is crystal clear.’’
’’I saw an albino buck near my daughter’s daycare.’’
’’A rock created bird-shaped window art on my car.’’
’’She pulled the card quickly to her face right as I took a photo, resulting in capturing both.’’
’’My littlest dude standing at the base of a sequoia in the Giant Forest’’
’’I go walking, after midnight, out in the moonlight.’’
’’I found out that Johnny Depp was in my in-law’s wedding band in 1982.’’
’’I was buying coffee at the gas station this morning when I noticed this.’’
