Some of the world's treasures are good at hiding in plain sight. I'm not talking about those times where piles of cash or jewelry were left in an unassuming bag, but that has certainly happened too.
Instead, I'm referring to the ways that fascinating and even mind-blowing things can look fairly normal at first glance.
Fortunately, we not only have pictures of these curious finds, but enough context to explain what's so great about them.
Unfortunately, this site can mean so much to people that they give their lives for it, as the Globe and Mail reported one Canadian daredevil did when he attempted to fly through the opening in his wingsuit.
And in this shot from October 25, 1945, we can see that comparison in this moment where the smaller USS Renshaw destroyer lined up with the USS Missouri battleship.
In fact, we're actually seeing what a frog's skin looks like when we're incredibly close to it.
Indeed, we're looking at the inner workings of a pinball machine. Considering how many things light up and move when we play, it's not a big surprise that they're this complicated.
Still, even seeing how impressive an albino buck looks doesn't really make it clear how rare it is to see animals that look like this.
After all, they're kind of an easy mode for predators.
More specifically, we're seeing a mighty tree grow out of the stump of another one. And so, the roots had to get a little complicated before they could reach the ground.
Each of those dots is a galaxy, which means that a whopping 11,700 of them are represented in this picture.
And let's not even get into how many stars and planets could be hanging around in each one.
That's because it's light enough that he can throw it and it will fly to the other side of the room before landing fairly gently in the arms of two other people.
According to Business Insider, it's able to control 42 billion tons of water, which actually makes it powerful enough to slow the rotation of the Earth.
Granted, it can only do this to the extent that it makes a day longer by 0.06 microseconds, but that's still insane to think about.
Apparently, it was able to grow in such a way that it almost completely absorbed this road sign by the time this photo was taken.
The south of France, and parts of Western Europe in general, are currently experiencing their most intense heat wave on record, which is definitely something to scream in frustration about.
As you may have noticed, it has two extra toes, which means that it paws look like little mittens. No word on whether it's actually named that, however.
This is why people always tell you to sleep with your bedroom door closed. The left is the hallway, where a fire gutted the space. The right is the other side of the door, which is also a child's bedroom.
It's both refreshingly simple, while still being cool. The skinnier slots on the left are for the less popular flavors.
This is from a deer, but the human skull has similar patterns where the different plates of bone join together.
In this case, the photographer was trying to get a night shot of the beach, but lightning stuck in the middle of the pan.
It's due to a massive mirage called a Fata Morgana, which is a strip of distorted light right along the horizon.
Blue carpenter bees are found throughout China and South Asia. They are big, fuzzy, non-aggressive, and totally adorable.
Why can't my old house have cool secrets like this? The closest I have is a cupboard under the stairs, but there isn't even a boy wizard living in there.
But they do, and on top of that, the skeletons are just as graceful and elegant. This one is from a freshwater stringray.
This is the longest and tallest glass bridge in the world, allowing you to look down over the Zhangjiajie National Forest in China.
This man drove a truck for 28 years, meaning that the left side of his face was constantly exposed to more sun than the right. The difference is incredible.
But before computers were as cheap and as powerful as they are now, things had to be done a little bit differently. A moving camera literally had to film the printed text.
These are Galileo's carefully rendered drawings of the moon in its various phases.
Before the coup that brought Islamic hardliners into power, Iran was far more "westernized" than it is now. However, that was only really true for the upper class.
They also bring art supplies. I can't get over the little squirrel figurines. They're perfect.
He's buried at Woodland Memorial Park, Gotha, Florida.
It's native to Australia and the Pacific Islands. In Hawaii, it's called hala. You eat the red-orange parts, which are sweet, but if left out too long in the sun, you'll learn why its nickname is "stink nut."
This is actually what remains of the original costume from the first movie. As you can see, it hasn't been used in a very long time.
It had over 27 million views. It hung on to the top spot until mid-2008, when it was toppled by a few music videos, particularly
That's because they're actually seed pods for snapdragon flowers and just happen to look like scary faces for some unfortunate reason.
