Amazing Things That'll Remind You Of The Wonders Of The World

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andcallmeshirley
Feb 10, 2021 5:38 AM EST

As mundane as your life is, it's always good to remember that there's a lot going on in the world outside your life (how about a little existential dread with your morning coffee?). While you may be chained to your work desk, unable to experience all the world has to offer, take a look at the incredible pictures and videos on r/BeAmazed and r/ThatsInsane and get ready to be transported to all corners of the world. There's cool, weird, amazing stuff happening all the time. Don't forget to check out last week's amazing memes too. 

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  • 01
    Food - tonystarktrek thejollity FUN FACT! Do you ever wonder why your lips and tongue sting a little when you're eating pineapples? It's because pineapples possess the enzyme bromelain, which breaks down meat proteins. Basically, when you eat pineapples, pineapples eat you right back. Pineapples are so metal.
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    Arm - MEISTER S Cong Garry Kasparov, former World Chess Champion, once described a Hungarian female chess player Polgár as a 'circus player' and said that women chess players should stick to having children. However, later in 2002, Kasparov got defeated by Polgár in Russia versus the Rest of the World Chess match. After losing the match, he escaped immediately, while the female player enjoyed the win and described the match as the most remarkable moments of her career.
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  • 03
    World - Posted by u/psychosocialcl 1 day ago 96 S8 15 It Took 36 years for This Archaeologist to Make The Most Accurate Model of Ancient Rome
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    Plant - Posted by u/My_Memes_Will Cure_U 1 day ago 2 2 e2 3 9 6 & 2 More An ancient Roman mosaic floor being excavated under a vineyard in Negrar di Valpolicella, Veneto, Italy i.imgur.com/35QLni. 2 1117111
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    Human body - source is mentioned in our blog: www.unbelievablefactsblog.com maga soroe indiatoayintoday.in A man in India set a world record in 1986 by spending 72 hours in a cage with 72 of the most venomous species of snakes in India to spread awareness and to prove that snakes don't bite unless provoked. He came out of the cage unharmed without a single bite.
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    Forehead - TheHistorian A 9,000 year old skeleton was recently found inside a cave in Cheddar, England, and was nicknamed "Cheddar Man". His DNA was tested and it was discovered that a living relative was teaching history about a 1/2 mile away, tracing back nearly 300 generations.
    via r/ThatsInsane
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    Sky - Posted by u/DEATH-BY-CIRCLEJERK 2 days ago 2 2 3 2 Navalny protest in Yakutia, Russia - where it's -50C / -58F
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    Flower - Posted by u/Icy_Recipe_2146 2 days ago 3 8 4. Three way rose
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    Amazing Tokyo view from an escalator

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    Facial expression - VE Image credit: CARDLINA BYRMO / AFTONBLADET. Frida Funemyr/Allas.se In 2019, a 30-year-old Swedish woman named Emma Schols walked through fire to save her six children from their burning house. She ran from floor to floor, room to room to get the kids out while suffering third degree burns in 93% of her body. For several weeks, she hovered between life and death, but eventually survived. When talking about the incident, she said, "I thought I had to get the kids out. Then I
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    Trousers - Say Goodbye to Coffins IG: ScienceOfTheUniverse These organic burial pods will turn your body into a tree after you die
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    Organism - source is mentioned in our blog: www.unbelievablefactsblog.com In 36 BCE, Roman statesman Marcus Varro wrote about germs, describing "minute creatures which cannot be seen by the eyes, which...enter the body through the mouth and nose and there cause serious diseases." The germ theory of disease would not be accepted widely for another 1,900 years.
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    Sky - Every December 25th, a town in Peru celebrates Takanakuy.' Men, women, and children settle grudges from the past year by calling each other out and having a fist fight. Then everybody goes drinking to numb the pain and move on to a new year. Weird World
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    Property - Imoge credit: Fly, and Dive/Shutterstock.com After the 2011 Töhoku earthquake and tsunami, members of the Inagawa-kai, Japan's third-largest organised crime group, donated water, blankets, instant ramen noodles, flashlights, bean sprouts, paper nappies, batteries, toilet rolls and other essential items to the victims. Some even opened their offices for people who could not return home. The mobsters were lauded for being more efficient than the government at providing relief effort. Gu
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  • 15
    Font - Posted by u/regian24 3 days ago 36 & 29 More In 1849, Henry "Box" Brown was a slave who mailed himself in a wooden crate to freedom from Richmond, Virginia to the Anti Slavery Office in Philadelphia. The delivery took 26 hours and he later became a public speaker and slave abolitionist.
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    Glasses - Meet Navy SEAL Mike Day. In 2007, he was shot 27 times by four Al Qaeda gunmen and was also hit by grenade sharpnel - He managed to kill all four of the gunmen and make it to the extraction helicopter. He recovered and now lives with his wife and daughters.
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    This very good, very large boy is a Central Asian Shepherd dog

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  • 18
    Slope - Safety stándárdš in thé 196Us. SNOW KING CHAIRLIFT JACKSON WYO
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    Font - Meet Theresa Kachindamoto, the Malwai Chief who broke up 850 child marriages and banned the sexual initiation of young girls. Know her name
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    Joint - Posted by u/mtlgrems 6 days ago 9 2 3 @7 3 10 E 9 This Embroidery Tattoo
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    Chin - Frank Buckles, the last surviving soldier of World War I, lived for 110 years and died in 2011. When asked about his secret for long life, he simply offered, "When you start to die... don't." th oom truunird
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    Human - Mappy Map Michael Esmond, a small business owner from Florida, has paid the utility bills of 114 families that were at risk of having their service disconnected. Last year, he paid the bills of 36 families in his community. He said, "People can't afford to pay their bills and put food on the table, so I hope doing my part and paying some bills for these folks takes a little bit of stress off of them around Christmas time." Gunbelievable-facts.com
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    Bedrock - CNN Follow @CNN Archaeologists working at the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, Italy, uncovered the remains of a 30-year-old man who appears to have survived the initial eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D., only to be killed when he was struck by a large slab of stone cnn.it/2GZKWVX 10.22 AM 20 Mau 201O
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  • 24
    Water - Russian anthem starts playing Russia opened a 'Military Disneyland' called Patriot Park, where visitors, including children, can ride in tanks, shoot guns and buy and sell military gear. ifunny.co
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    Smile - source is mentioned in our blog: www.unbelievablefactsblog.com mage credit: LISA MANN/KATY SEWALL via bbc.com Eight-year-old Gabi Mann of Seattle, Washington receives gifts from crows in her garden. She feeds the crows regularly, and little "treasures" are given in return including a miniature silver ball, a black button, a blue paper clip, a yellow bead, a blue Lego piece, and a pearl colored heart.
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    Glasses - SONALI BAG Totally Biodegradade Kep Your Earth Green Imoge credit: Dr Mubarak Ahmad Khan - The JuteMan/Facebook A Bangladeshi scientist named Mubarak Ahmad Khan has developed a biodegradable plastic out of cellulose extracted from jute. His invention, named Sonali Bag, looks like plastic, feels like plastic, and can also be used as a soil fertilizer after use. It is capable of solving the global plastic pollution problem. unbelievable-facts.com
    via r/ThatsInsane
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    Plant - Ireland's Celtic Cross of Donegal Forest can only be seen from above when the leaves change each autumn. Carefully planted by forester Liam Emmery, it was completely forgotten about after he died- until 10 years later, when a nearby filmmaker launcheda drone and found a surprise hidden in his footage.
    via r/ThatsInsane
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    Tallest building in the world during a storm

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    Clothing - Posted by u/regian24 4 days ago 12 3 Natural heart-shaped amethyst found in Uruguay
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    Tire - & 5 More 3 4 3 Posted by u/futureswife 4 days ago S A Mexican drug cartel member arresting the cops SPORT
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    Forehead - Imoge credit: NaxDS American Classicsi William Still, the father of the Underground Railroad, helped as many as 800 slaves to escape to freedom. He interviewed and kept detailed records of every escaped slave he came across. These records, which he kept carefully hidden, helped to reunite families who had become separated under slavery. The same records helped him to reunite with his own brother whom he had never met before. unbelievable-facts.com
    via r/ThatsInsane

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