19 Of The Most Fascinating Photos Ever To Pique Your Interest

We humans are afraid of the strangest things. They don't need to be realistic. There's no indication that enlightenment and scientific progress has banished the monsters from the shadows of our imaginations. We will continue to be afraid of very strange things, including probably sea monsters.
The world is full of all kinds of odd and interesting things. From strange creatures to beautiful landscapes to amazing human beings, this planet has absolutely everything to pique your interest.

#1 "This is what the end of 13,000 miles of the Great Wall of China looks like:"

#2 "This adorable little thing is a hummingbird's feather:"

#3 "This is what an elephant's tail looks like close up:"

#4 "And this is what one of those tail hairs looks like up close:"

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#6 "This is what the Mayan temple at Chichen Itza looked like before it was restored:"

#7 "And this is what it looks like today:"

#8 "Have you ever looked closely at the backs of a cat's legs? There are whiskers there called carpal whiskers:"

#9 "A fire alarm is...just a switch!"

#10 "Black paper towels exist:"

#11 "This is what a 30-year-old cat looks like:"

#12 "Lemons float, limes sink. LEMONS FLOAT, LIMES SINK!"

#13 "See that little hole there? This is what Mount Vesuvius looks like from space:"

#14 "This enormous disk is what 10 MB of data looked like in the 1960s:"

#15 "This is a piece of uranium glassware, a special kind of glass that glows under a blacklight because of the uranium added when the glass was being made:"

#16 "A normal-size piece of paper looks incredibly tiny when held by Shaq:"

#17 "Just last week the world population surpassed 8 billion humans. 8 BILLION!"

#19 "This, wicker chairs and all, is what the interior of a plane looked like in 1925:"