If we want to learn something new and grow as individuals, we need to expose ourselves to things we haven’t encountered before. That’s often easier said than done, because stepping outside our comfort zones requires a willingness to be vulnerable in the face of the unfamiliar.
So, we decided to create a controlled, zero-risk environment where everyone who wants to expand their horizons could easily do so. We put together a list of fascinating pictures for curious minds, revealing nature, technology, and other aspects of the world you might never have explored—each one ready to spark your next big interest.
#1 Modern Icelandic Houses Are Built With Geothermally Heated Water Pipes Under Their Sidewalks So Icelanders Never Have To Shovel In Winter
#2 One Bench In The Netherlands, One In Germany, And One In Belgium
#3 My Uncle, Who Works On An Arctic Research Vessel, Got An Unexpected Visitor Today
#4 This Sign At This House That Takes In Stray Turtles
#5 Forelimb Of A Fin Whale And Human Skeleton
#6 Dad’s Relay Torch From The ’84 Olympics
#7 In Finland They Advertise The ‘Extra Large’ Size As ‘American Size’
#8 Inside The Eye Of Category 5 Hurricane
#9 A Few Years Ago I Submitted A Gallery Of Photos I’ve Taken While Working As A Flight Paramedic In The Canadian Arctic
#10 I Found A Wild Peanut
#11 Dutch Firefighter After Dousing A Fire In Freezing Conditions
#12 Galileo Sees Io Erupt. You Can See Volcanic Eruptions On Jupiter’s Moon Io From Space
#13 X-Ray Image Showing The Pregnancy Of A Dog
#14 I Went To The South Pole
#15 It’s Someone’s Job To Hoover The Whale At The American Museum Of Natural History (NYC)
#16 Car Parking Without Safety Barriers
#17 Roof Is Painted Two Colors And The Pigeons Only Congregate On The Tan Colors
#18 The Underside Of A Ladybug
#19 Gorilla Hands Up Close
#20 Inside The Cargo Hold Of An Lng (Liquiid Natural Gas) Tanker
#21 Why Sunscreen Is Important
#22 The Vein Finder At Docs Office Was Fun To Mess Around With
#23 The Border Between Canada And The U.S. Is Just A Clearcut Line In The Forest. This Is Above Eureka, Mt
#24 I Saw 1 Of The 25 Blimps Left In The World
#25 Southern Los Angeles Looks Like A Computer Motherboard
#26 Cab Of A Modern Trash Truck
#27 Huge Wheel
#28 A Camera-Less iPhone Issued To My Buddy That Works At A Nuclear Plant. No Cameras Allowed
#29 My Forearm Difference (Professional Tennis Player)
#30 I Have A Tile Of Uranium Glass
#31 Old Growth Lumber vs. Modern Factory Farmed Lumber
#32 This Tortoise Getting X-Rays At My Work Yesterday
#33 People Actually Drank This
#34 Contact Area Between Train Wheel And Rail
#35 24 Hours After Being Stung By A Yellow Jacket On My Middle Upper Knuckle
#36 Cat vs. Lion Fang
#37 Concentrated Solar Farm I Saw On A Plane To Vegas
#38 My Friend’s 0.3 Millimeter Drill Bit Used For Working On Models
#39 Flying Over North Sentinel Island
#40 Whole Hotel Building Getting Fumigated
#41 My Local Super Market Sells Ostrich Eggs
#42 Hubble Shows That Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Is Smaller Than Ever Seen Before
#43 My Husband Got Tipped With A $10 Coin At Work Tonight
#44 Doing A Reno And Thought It Was Interesting How Nails Have Changed In Almost 200 Years
#45 1936 Concept Of Making The Eiffel Tower Accessible By Car
#46 A Ferris Wheel Being Taken Apart
#47 Woman Using A Treadmill In The 1920s. Not Sure What The Arrow Is Meassuring
#48 The Size Of This Allen Wrench
#49 Toilet On The 155th Floor Of The Burj Khalifa
#50 The Pilot In My Flight Had To Dump Fuel Before Emergency Landing. That’s How It Looks Like
#51 The Model Used For The Dime Is At My College
#52 This Pizzeria Sign Is An Actual Pizza Encased In Acrylic
#53 The Amount Of Security Cameras At This Casino
#54 Foam Beer In Japan. Paid 400 Yen (Us$ 2.60)
#55 “American Section” At My Belgian Grocery Store
