25 Mind-Blowing Photos That Left Me Speechless the Moment I Saw Them

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25 Mind-Blowing Photos That Left Me Speechless the Moment I Saw Them

ByFari February 15, 2025February 15, 2025

Some images have the power to stop you in your tracks, making you stare in awe, wonder, or even disbelief. Whether it’s a rare historical moment, a mind-bending optical illusion, or a glimpse into the incredible beauty of our world, these 25 fascinating pictures will leave you amazed. Get ready to see the world from a whole new perspective!

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1. This is what a fish getting a CT scan looks like:

A fish getting a CT scan — Source

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2. This is what a $100 bill looked like in 1977, 2003, and 2017:

Back view of all three: 1977 has an ornate font for "100," 2003 has a simpler font, 2017 has a new illustration of Independence Hall and a redesigned, large vertical "100" in a different font — Source

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3. Hedges can be absolutely massive:

A giant hedge in width and height, soaring above a person and a car near it — Source

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4. This is what the painting directly across from the “Mona Lisa” looks like:

It's a huge painting of a wedding reception in Greece, featuring countless people on a patio with a blue sky overhead — Source

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5. Australia lets its citizens know exactly how their tax dollars are spent:

Bar chart showing Australia's government spending breakdown. Welfare leads at $846 billion, then health at $80 billion. Total tax assessed: $2,929 — Source

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6. Speaking of Australia, there’s a whole lot of nothing:

Map of Australia highlighting in red densely populated areas, where over half of Australians live — Source

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7. Over 2,000 years ago, a child living in ancient Rome made this footprint in a clay tile while it was drying:

A baby footprint — Source

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8. This is what Bruce Lee’s workout routine was in 1965:

Exercise list from Hak Keung Gymnasium on May 27, 1965, detailing various exercises such as squats, French presses, and push-ups with weights and reps — Source

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9. This is what the start of a river looks like:

the start of a river — Source

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10. This is what an x-ray of a six-fingered hand looks like:

X-ray image of a human hand showing bones and joints, displaying skeletal structure — Source

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11. This is what North Sentinel Island in the Bay of Bengal, home to one of the world’s last uncontacted peoples, looks like from above:

Aerial view of North Sentinel Island, surrounded by water — Source

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12. This is what a tumbleweed looks like before, well, it tumbles:

A bush that looks like weeds — Source

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13. This is what the “hand” of a manatee looks like:

Close-up of a manatee's flipper, showing what look like toes and small hairs on the rough surface — Source

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14. There are a whole bunch of trees on Earth that were planted with seeds that flew to the moon on Apollo 14:

A plaque identifying "Moon Sycamore: From seeds which were carried to the moon" in front of a large tree amid grass and near a house and other buildings — Source

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15. It cost just about $100 to give birth in 1956:

A 1956 hospital bill listing room, nursery, lab, X-ray, drugs, delivery, and perineal care costs, totaling $107.55 — Source

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16. This glorious 1200 year old specimen is the biggest, best-preserved piece of human poop:

Museum display featuring a preserved human feces sample with an explanation about its contents and the parasites it might contain — Source

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Image with humorous text urging readers to share an article about a giant piece of Viking poop with friends — Source

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17. This is a hammer-headed bat, an absolutely enormous fruit bat with an average wingspan of over three feet:

A giant bat — Source

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18. Speaking of gigantic animals, check out the size of this here lobster claw:

A hand next to a big lobster claw — Source

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19. This is what a condom from the 1700s looked like:

Sheep intestine condom from the late 1700s, displayed in a museum. Used for protection against sexually transmitted diseases — Source

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20. This is the executioner robe and axe of Giovanni Battista Bugatti, the official executioner of the Papal States in the 1800s:

Executioner garb — Source

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21. This is a display of ancient Egyptian furniture, from sometime around 1,500 BCE:

Ancient furniture — Source

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22. This is the Brewster armor suit, one of the first fully functional suits of body armor designed for World War I combat:

"Brewster body armor, 1917-1918," looking clumsy and heavy, with a boxy helmet that covers the entire head and extends into a chest shield — Source

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23. This exhibit shows what happens to marble over time if people are allowed to stick their grubby little paws all over it:

Display with "Please don't touch the vase" headline, showing a pristine handprint in marble and a smudgy and discolored version next to it that people are allowed to touch — Source

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24. This is the check for $7.2 million, issued Aug. 1, 1868, that the US sent to Russia for the purchase of Alaska:

An old check with very ornate cursive handwriting, dated August 1, 1868 — Source

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25. And, finally, bolts? Bolts can be absolutely gigantic:

A hand holding a giant bolt — Source

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