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This is what the border between Mexico and the United States looks like at the ocean between Tijuana and San Diego:

Here’s another unique border. This is the border between Canada and France on Saint Pierre and Miquelon near Newfoundland:

While campaigning for president in 1912, Theodore Roosevelt was shot in the chest but survived because the bullet was slowed by a steel glasses case and a folded speech in his jacket pocket. This is the shirt he was wearing that day:

In Finland the largest size of mayonaise is called “AMERICAN SIZE:”

This is one of only two remaining pirate Jolly Roger flags in existence:

It was captured in 1790. According to the BBC, the flag’s red color “signified the pirates intended to spare no life if a battle broke out during a ship’s capture.”

Here’s what some dinosaur footprints look like:

Way, way back when it was originally created, Lysol advertised one of its uses as being for ‘feminine hygiene:”

This is Paul Karason, whose skin turned permanently blue after years of consuming colloidal silver:

Here he is next to a non-blue person:

Some old lawnmowers had built in cigarette lighters:

Yellow watermelons are a thing that exists:

Some menus include the estimated cooking time for each dish along with the price:

This is a loaf of sourdough bread that was miraculously preserved after the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE:

Over time, gold crayons can turn green on the outside but still be gold on the inside:

Sanddollars, my friend… sanddollars can be very tiny:

This is what the start of a river looks like:

Before treating cuts on eyeballs, a yellow dye is applied to better locate any tears:

This is the amount of contact a train wheel typically makes with the track:

This is what a cross-section of a Boeing 747 looks like:

And, finally, some elevators in Japan have tiny little toilets in the corner:

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1st Place: “The Turtle Throne” By Louis Richter, Australia

Honorable Mention: “Frustrated” By Barbara Case, USA

Honorable Mention: “A Mother’s Love” By Miguel Bellido Lopez, Spain

Honorable Mention: “The Pinch” By Fabi Fregonesi, Brazil

“Not a common photo of anemone fish and shrimp. I have never seen a photo with the shrimp on top of the fish’s head. This scene was so quick that I was only able to take this photo and a second later the shrimp was already far from the fish.”

Honorable Mention: “Sunrise Hunter” By Charles Janson, USA

Honorable Mention: “Slippery Descent” By Nikita Chicherin, Germany

2nd Place: “Jungle Rule” By Xiaoping Lin, China

Honorable Mention: “The Dive” By Fabi Fregonesi, Brazil

“A bird and its dive to hunt sardines during the Sardine Run in South Africa. This time the sardines were able to escape.”

Honorable Mention: “The Fever” By Kaushiik Subramaniam, United Kingdom

Honorable Mention: “A Little Help From A Friend” By Valerie Neumann, USA

Honorable Mention: “Lunch Time” By Fabi Fregonesi, Brazil

3rd Place: “I’ve Got It” By Barbara Case, USA

“An Alaskan Coastal Brown Bear plows through the water as it chases a salmon.”

Honorable Mention: “Set Sail” By Fabi Fregonesi, Brazil

Honorable Mention: “Sunset Ascent” By Mike Rigney, USA

Honorable Mention: “Plastic Nest” By Paul Eijkemans, South Korea

Honorable Mention: “Windy Brothers” By Charles Janson, USA

“Under a cloudy Serengeti sky, two adult male lions rest at midday. Most likely they are brothers or half-brothers, who cooperate in defending the pride from other males. This pair was soon joined by the pride’s females and cubs.”

Honorable Mention: “Grace In Stillness” By Jayakumar Mn, United Arab Emirates

Honorable Mention: “In The Liquid Mirror” By Richard Verroen, The Netherlands

Honorable Mention: “Limelight” By Jayakumar Mn, United Arab Emirates

Honorable Mention: “Giraffes Under Acacia” By Paolo Ameli, Italy

“Giraffes feed mainly on tree branches because their long height and elongated neck allow them to easily reach the leaves and buds located in the upper parts of trees. This type of feeding, called “browsing”, helps them exploit food resources inaccessible to other herbivores.”

Honorable Mention: “Painting In The Sky” By Rodger Novak, Switzerland

Honorable Mention: “Away From The Pride” By Jayakumar Mn, United Arab Emirates

Honorable Mention: “The Backward Glance” By Turgay Uzer, USA

Honorable Mention: “Zambezi Sunset” By Turgay Uzer, USA

“A lone elephant walks along the Zambezi river at sunset in Zimbabwe’s Mana Pools. The natural beauty of the area’s sunsets is often enhanced by smoke from wild fires. The Zambezi river separates Zimbabwe from Zambia, the mountains of which are visible in the image.”

Honorable Mention: “Egret Dance” By Beth Walker, Australia

“These 2 Egrets were both fighting for the same fish. I don’t know who came off with the prize.”

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This is a picture of Earth taken few days ago:

This is what the eye of a hurricane looks like from above:

This is investor Walter Thornton trying to sell his car for $100 directly after the United States’ stock market crash in 1929:

This is what North Sentinel Island in the Bay of Bengal, home to one of the world’s last uncontacted peoples, looks like from above:

This is what old growth lumber looks like compared to factory farmed lumber:

Here’s the difference in forearm development between a professional tennis player’s racket hand and their non-dominant hand:

This is what the “American section” in a Belgian grocery store looks like:

Speaking of which, in Finland, the largest container of mayonnaise is labeled “American size”:

In 1936, architect André Basdevant proposed making the Eiffel Tower accessible by car. It would look like this:

This is how big the tire on a 994 loader construction vehicle is:

This is what a lion’s fang looks like compared to a cat’s fang:

This is Martin Laurello, AKA “The Human Owl,” a sideshow performer from the early 1900s who could turn his head almost completely around:

Here’s what a wolf spider looks like HEAD ON:

Speaking of creepy eyes, some scallops have a ton of tiny little blue eyes:

You can see volcanic eruptions on Jupiter’s moon Io from space:

Speaking of IO, here’s a picture of one of the moon’s most unique mountains, named “Steeple Mountain:”

This is a shot of planet Xeblar-149 — just kidding. It’s a close-up of a blueberry under an electron microscope:

This wild-looking thing is a balloon apron from World War I, a giant net suspended from balloons that was used to help protect England from aerial attacks:

This is what the inside of an early passenger airline looked like:

This set of Roman dice, dating from the first to third century AD, has dots identical to those we use today:

Here’s what a treadmill looked like in the 1920s:

You can buy three pound BUCKETS of nutella at Costco:

Here’s a wall full of graffiti from teenagers in the 1940s:

And, finally, check out this bike rack outside a dentist’s office:

Credits: www.buzzfeed.com

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