Interesting Discoveries And Photos (21 pics)

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This is what an owl looks like without feathers:

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This is the unfinished portrait of George Washington that was used as a basis for the design of the $1 bill:

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This is what baby hedgehogs look like:

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This 440-pound gold bar, located in Japan, is the largest gold ingot in the world:

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This is what an albino raccoon looks like:

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This is what Alex Trebek's Jeopardy podium looked like during a typical show:

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UPS drivers have special UPS socks as part of their uniform:

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In case you didn't know, Brussels sprouts grow like this:

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Bobsled tracks go almost completely vertical:

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This is what's inside a bag of microwavable popcorn:

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You are, of course, familiar with Grant Wood's painting "American Gothic"...

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...well, this is what it looks like from inside the actual house in the painting:

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This is what the back of the Rosetta stone looks like:

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This is what color Venus is in real life:

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There's a trap door on the Sphinx:

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There's actually a bunch of holes in the Sphinx (do not discuss this sentence in the comments) that mostly lead to nowhere.

There was a lake in Australia named Lake Disappointment:

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It was called that because the person who "discovered" it was disappointed at how small it was. It's now known as Kumpupintil Lake, which is much nicer.

This adorable little thing is a hummingbird's feather:

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There's a bird that looks like a strawberry that's called, well, the strawberry finch:

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Gorilla hands are much, much bigger than human hands:

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This is a pair of one of the earliest discovered pairs of socks, made in Egypt in the 5th century: