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40 Photos With Humans For Scale To Show Just How Big Stuff Really Is, As Shared On This Twitter Page

If you’re tired of measuring everything in geese feet and kidney stones—that’s what the imperial system measures things with, right?—then there’s a new alternative to this, and that is humans. Yep, humans have become a new measuring scale for things, no matter big or small. You just need to make sure one such human is in frame of whatever colossal or minuscule thing that you are t

11 of the Most Mysterious Archaeological Discoveries Ever Made

As Best Selling Author Graham Hancock has said, we are a species with amnesia. And most scholars would agree with that quote. For as long as the human race has existed, we have tried to understand our origins and life meaning. But the more we search, the more we know how little we know about our origins. Did humankind originate on one continent and spread across the world later? How did hu

A massive stone sphere in Europe is the ultimate evidence of a lost ancient Civilization

Not only have researchers discovered a massive stone sphere in Europe, it is said that the oldest and largest Pyramids are also in Europe. Furthermore, linguistic and cultural scientists indicate that the oldest written language does not come from Mesopotamia but from the ancient Danube Valley Civilization (Europe) which was among the first civilizations to develop copper tools, advanced architect

This Is How a Crowd in Argentina Reunited a Lost Boy With His Dad

When you’re a little kid, it’s easy to get separated from your parents. Most of us, at some point or another, have turned around and our mom or dad was no longer there. At that point, panic sets in; you can only hope that a nice adult helps you find them. The people at Plaza Dorrego in Buenos Aires, Argentina, show us how it's done. As a community, they came together to help a lost kid find hi

Man Tracks Down People He Photographed in the Street 40 Years Ago to Recreate Their Pictures

In the late 1970s and 1980s, paramedic Chris Porsz spent hours walking around Peterborough, a city in eastern England, snapping the photos of the everyday passerby. From punks to policemen, the amateur photographer captured portraits of life that were endearing and honest. Now, almost 40 years later, Porsz—known as the “paramedic paparazzo”—has returned to his project, this time acting a

These Massive Tunnels Were Dug by a Giant Sloth That Lived 10,000 Years Ago in South America

A giant mammal that lived 10,000 years ago in Brazil dug gigantic tunnels called “palaeoburrows”. And digging those tunnels required claws. Huge ones. What could have left those giant claw marks? Image credit: Heinrich Frank But what could those giant creatures be? That was exactly the question geology professor Heinrich Frank asked himself while crawling through a mysterious

25 Cities Like You’ve Probably Never Seen Before

Walking around towns and taking photos of their places of interest you may not see the whole picture: the view from the ground doesn't permit you to fully appreciate the scale and geometry if architectural memorials. The Russian AirPano team of photographers rises to the sky to show you different places of our planet from above. You can also see more about us in a previous post here on

“Abandoned World”: 50 Eerie Pictures Of Forgotten Places, As Shared By This Online Page

Misty hills. Lonely forest roads. Plenty of vines, moss, and unkempt trees. And the cherry on top—a gorgeous abandoned building that radiates eeriness and grandeur in equal measure. That’s our dream home right there. Especially if the place looks haunted. The ‘Abandoned World’ Facebook page captures this particular mood very well. The social media project celebrates beautiful aban

These Ancient Stone Spheres in Costa Rica Are One of Archaeology’s Strangest Mysteries

These mysterious artifacts were created many centuries ago in great numbers for unknown reasons, and have mostly ended up as lawn ornaments. The spheres are commonly attributed to the extinct Diquís culture. Source At first, they might seem like a new landscaping trend, but in fact these rounded stones are mysterious artifacts that were created centuries ago in great numbers. B

‘Old Photos In Real Life’: 30 Pics That Show How Much Time Affects Everything (New Pics)

Rephotography is the act of repeat photography at the same site, with a time gap between the two images; the so-called "then and now" view of a particular area. Some of these images are pretty casual in terms of their artistic expression, usually taken from the same viewpoint but without trying to recreate the same "vibe" of the original shot. Others, however, are produced very precisely. E