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More about Don Juan Pond and what it reveals about the possibility of liquid water on Mars👇
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December 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
More about Don Juan Pond and what it reveals about the possibility of liquid water on Mars👇
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What's hiding in the grass? It's actually a real plant growing in the Philippines.
What is it? More images/info about this outstanding plant👇
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What is it? More images/info about this outstanding plant👇
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December 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
What's hiding in the grass? It's actually a real plant growing in the Philippines.
What is it? More images/info about this outstanding plant👇
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What is it? More images/info about this outstanding plant👇
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This is the deepest point a fish was ever discovered in the ocean. It was recently observed at a depth of 8,336m (27,349ft) by an autonomous lander.
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Image credit: Minderoo-UWA Deep Sea Research Centre
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December 3, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This is the deepest point a fish was ever discovered in the ocean. It was recently observed at a depth of 8,336m (27,349ft) by an autonomous lander.
More about the deepest fish/footage👇
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Image credit: Minderoo-UWA Deep Sea Research Centre
More about the deepest fish/footage👇
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Tokyo, Japan, in 1945 and now!
December 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Tokyo, Japan, in 1945 and now!
The underwater geology of the Hawaiian Islands is just amazing! The archipelago actually has the world's tallest mountain from base to summit!
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More about the Hawaiian Islands' amazing underwater geography👇 earthlymission.com/underwater-g...
December 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The underwater geology of the Hawaiian Islands is just amazing! The archipelago actually has the world's tallest mountain from base to summit!
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More about the Hawaiian Islands' amazing underwater geography👇 earthlymission.com/underwater-g...
Some of Japan's last Samurai photographed in the 1860s by Felice Beato.
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More photos/info about Japan's last Samurai👇
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December 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Some of Japan's last Samurai photographed in the 1860s by Felice Beato.
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More photos/info about Japan's last Samurai👇
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1000 years ago, a Viking lost his chest in a lake in present-day Sweden. It was only found in 1936.
Here's what was inside the chest👇
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Here's what was inside the chest👇
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November 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
1000 years ago, a Viking lost his chest in a lake in present-day Sweden. It was only found in 1936.
Here's what was inside the chest👇
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Here's what was inside the chest👇
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The 700-year-old Japanese Daisugi tree growing technique to create timber without cutting down trees.
Read more about this amazing ancient technique👇
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Read more about this amazing ancient technique👇
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November 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The 700-year-old Japanese Daisugi tree growing technique to create timber without cutting down trees.
Read more about this amazing ancient technique👇
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Read more about this amazing ancient technique👇
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Miners in Uruguay accidentally discovered this stunning heart-shaped amethyst geode 💜💜
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📷 Uruguay Minerals
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📷 Uruguay Minerals
November 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Miners in Uruguay accidentally discovered this stunning heart-shaped amethyst geode 💜💜
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📷 Uruguay Minerals
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📷 Uruguay Minerals
How blind navigators crossed the Pacific by feeling waves👇
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November 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
How blind navigators crossed the Pacific by feeling waves👇
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Glass gem corn, the most beautiful corn variety on earth.
More about the rainbow corn👇
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More about the rainbow corn👇
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November 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Glass gem corn, the most beautiful corn variety on earth.
More about the rainbow corn👇
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More about the rainbow corn👇
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🐾 Sightings of black panthers, especially in Africa, are insanely rare, let alone capturing one on camera. Well, English photographer Will Burrard-Lucas pulled it off in an incredible fashion, also confirming its existence in Kenya.
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📷 Will Burrard-Lucas
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📷 Will Burrard-Lucas
November 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🐾 Sightings of black panthers, especially in Africa, are insanely rare, let alone capturing one on camera. Well, English photographer Will Burrard-Lucas pulled it off in an incredible fashion, also confirming its existence in Kenya.
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📷 Will Burrard-Lucas
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📷 Will Burrard-Lucas
This is the first time this phantom of the deep sea has been captured on camera! The extremely elusive abyssal ghost shark dwells at depths up to 8500 feet (2600 meters), and scientists have been unable to capture on camera - until now.
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📷 NOAA
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📷 NOAA
November 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This is the first time this phantom of the deep sea has been captured on camera! The extremely elusive abyssal ghost shark dwells at depths up to 8500 feet (2600 meters), and scientists have been unable to capture on camera - until now.
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This is Yevgeny Gvozdev of Belarus, a maritime hero, who wanted to circle the globe solo but had no money to do it. So in 1999, after his retirement, he built a miniyacht on his apartment's balcony from 150 USD, and then did it anyway.
Read his amazing story👇
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Read his amazing story👇
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November 26, 2025 at 10:18 AM
This is Yevgeny Gvozdev of Belarus, a maritime hero, who wanted to circle the globe solo but had no money to do it. So in 1999, after his retirement, he built a miniyacht on his apartment's balcony from 150 USD, and then did it anyway.
Read his amazing story👇
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Read his amazing story👇
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More about the bizarre mystery of Skeleton Lake👇
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November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
More about the bizarre mystery of Skeleton Lake👇
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🐺➕🐶 This is a "wolfdog", the result of a cross between a German shepherd and a black wolf.
Scientists cannot decide whether this 18,000-year-old puppy is a dog or a wolf👇
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Scientists cannot decide whether this 18,000-year-old puppy is a dog or a wolf👇
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November 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
🐺➕🐶 This is a "wolfdog", the result of a cross between a German shepherd and a black wolf.
Scientists cannot decide whether this 18,000-year-old puppy is a dog or a wolf👇
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Scientists cannot decide whether this 18,000-year-old puppy is a dog or a wolf👇
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The "Doomsday Vault", officially the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, is a secure backup facility in Norway to save the world's crop diversity - in case disaster hits.
Take a virtual tour inside👇
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📷 Martyn Smith
Take a virtual tour inside👇
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📷 Martyn Smith
November 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The "Doomsday Vault", officially the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, is a secure backup facility in Norway to save the world's crop diversity - in case disaster hits.
Take a virtual tour inside👇
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📷 Martyn Smith
Take a virtual tour inside👇
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📷 Martyn Smith
📱📷🦍 These photos are proof that gorillas actually enjoy taking selfies!
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Image credits: Virunga National Park
More gorilla selfies 🦍 ❤️ 🤳👇
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Image credits: Virunga National Park
November 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
📱📷🦍 These photos are proof that gorillas actually enjoy taking selfies!
More gorilla selfies 🦍 ❤️ 🤳👇
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Image credits: Virunga National Park
More gorilla selfies 🦍 ❤️ 🤳👇
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Image credits: Virunga National Park
This 7.8” (20cm) prehistoric stone "tool" was found in the Hohle Fels Cave near Ulm, Germany. It was used 28,000 years ago.
More about the prehistoric tool👇
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📷 J. Liptak/Museum Of Prehistory Blaubeuren
More about the prehistoric tool👇
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📷 J. Liptak/Museum Of Prehistory Blaubeuren
November 22, 2025 at 11:32 AM
This 7.8” (20cm) prehistoric stone "tool" was found in the Hohle Fels Cave near Ulm, Germany. It was used 28,000 years ago.
More about the prehistoric tool👇
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📷 J. Liptak/Museum Of Prehistory Blaubeuren
More about the prehistoric tool👇
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📷 J. Liptak/Museum Of Prehistory Blaubeuren
In 1958, two pilots flew a Cessna for over 2 months around the desert outside Las Vegas without landing, covering 150,000 miles. They refueled by matching speed with a truck driving down a road. Their record hasn't been broken since.
What life was like up there👇
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What life was like up there👇
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November 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
In 1958, two pilots flew a Cessna for over 2 months around the desert outside Las Vegas without landing, covering 150,000 miles. They refueled by matching speed with a truck driving down a road. Their record hasn't been broken since.
What life was like up there👇
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What life was like up there👇
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🐛 The biggest bug known to have ever lived was the Arthropleura millipede. It predates the dinosaurs and weighed up to 100 pounds (45 kilograms).
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More about the biggest bug ever👇
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November 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
🐛 The biggest bug known to have ever lived was the Arthropleura millipede. It predates the dinosaurs and weighed up to 100 pounds (45 kilograms).
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More about the biggest bug ever👇
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The Akhal-Teke is probably the most beautiful horse breed in existence. Apart from their breathtaking metallic sheen (lending them their nickname "The Golden Horse"), they are also known for their speed and intelligence. There are about 6,600 on Earth.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The Akhal-Teke is probably the most beautiful horse breed in existence. Apart from their breathtaking metallic sheen (lending them their nickname "The Golden Horse"), they are also known for their speed and intelligence. There are about 6,600 on Earth.
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Mysterious ancient objects at Abu Ghurob in Egypt.
What they might have been used for👇
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What they might have been used for👇
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November 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Mysterious ancient objects at Abu Ghurob in Egypt.
What they might have been used for👇
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What they might have been used for👇
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I'm no cow expert but it looks like a limo.
November 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I'm no cow expert but it looks like a limo.
This alpine shelter built during WWI on Monte Cristallo in Italy at a height of 2760 meters will definitely survive the armageddon.
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November 16, 2025 at 11:48 AM
This alpine shelter built during WWI on Monte Cristallo in Italy at a height of 2760 meters will definitely survive the armageddon.
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More images/info about the impossible shelter👇
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