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Skeleton of Stingray
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Battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) firing its Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber guns off the starboard side during a fire power demonstration.
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These are known as “Ghost Apples.” They are created when freezing rain coats rotting apples, and when the mushy rotten apple falls out, it leaves a shell of ice.
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In 1848, a man named Phineas Gage survived a railway accident in which a large iron rod was driven completely through his head, destroying much of his left frontal lobe. He lived for another 12 years.
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The World's longest bus route was once between London, England and Calcutta, India in 1957. It was 50 days journey passing through 12 countries.
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The Great Pyramid was the tallest man-made structure in the world for more than 3,800 years. (Passed by the Lincoln Cathedral in 1311)
It consists of an estimated 2.3 million blocks of limestone and granite, each weighing as much as 80 tons.
Grown woman at bottom of Pyramid for scale.
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The most detailed model of a human cell to date. The mitochondria (the powerhouse of the cell) can be seen on the left in purple.
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Green-Wood Cemetery in south Brooklyn is full of famous residents — from artists and musicians to Civil War generals and politicians. But one tucked-away grave has gotten a lot more attention from recent visitors than ever before. Among the thousands of angels and obelisks is Rex: a bronze statue of a dog lying on a stone platform engraved with his name. Rex has stood guard over his owner’s plot near the corner of Sycamore and Greenbough Avenues for well over 100 years — and he's still a very good boy. Rex is believed to be the dog of John E. Stow, who was one of the city’s longest practicing fruit merchants when he died in 1884. For years, people have been collecting sticks and fallen branches to leave them at the good boy’s waiting paws.
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Range of aircraft carriers around the world.
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George Bush Sr's dog got so fat in 1992 that he sent out this memo to all white house staff...
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William Harley & Arthur Davidson 1914.
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This is the closest photo of Saturn ever taken.
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This is the Singing Tree in Burnley, United Kingdom. The wind blowing through it creates music.
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The Arabian sand boa never fails to amuse, as it strongly resembles a small child's best effort at drawing a snake.
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