General Giant Ground Sloth vs Columbian Mammoth

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A Theoretical Altercation Between the Giant Ground Sloth, Eremotherium laurillardi, and the Columbian Mammoth, Mammuthus columbi, Somewhere in Late Pleistocene North America.

 

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This is a museum in Cober Pedy, a city in Australia that is practically entirely underground. This city, which has hotels, museums and stores, was built underground due to the high temperatures in the area

 

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In 1963, a Turkish man uncovered an underground city after knocking down a wall in his home. The ancient city, called Derinkuyu in the region of Cappadocia, is 18 storeys deep and housed 20,000 people. Chapels, schools and even stables were found there.

 

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Spider Monkey

 

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Hydrosaurus "sailfin lizard"

 

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Tiger showing her Eye-Spots

 

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Giant Tarantulas keep tiny frogs as pets so that the frog can protect the spider's eggs from insects and spider can protect frog from predators.

 

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The possible payload of a B-2 Spirit bomber

 

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This is a picture of the Martian sky taken by Curiosity on January 31st, 2014. It was taken about 80 minutes after local sunset. That dot in the sky is Earth as seen from the Martian surface.

 

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Sun bears are the smallest bears in the world, with many adults weighing under 100 pounds. But what really makes them stand out is their unusually long tongues, which can measure up to nine inches.

 

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The Baghdad Electric Battery is the oldest battery in history. It dates back to 200 BC

 

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Safety standards in the 1960s

 

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An actual photo of 13.2 billion years ago.

 

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The Argentavis Magnificens (magnificent Argentinian bird) lived 6 million years ago in South America. Its wings were 7 mts long, it weighed 70 kg and stood 2,5/3.5 mts long. It is the biggest birb known to humanity.

 

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100-million-year-old spider-like creature with tail found preserved in amber

 

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To date, there's only one species that has been called 'biologically immortal': the jellyfish Turritopsis dohrnii. These jellyfish can reverse their own aging process.

 

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Cuyaba dwarf frog showing its two false eyes to scare away potential predators.

 

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Hydrosaurus "sailfin lizard"

Saw this cutie the other day. 10/10 would own.

 

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10 cane toads ride a python to escape floodwaters in Kununurra, Western Australia

 

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You lose 100,000 brain cells everyday! luckily you have hundred billion altogether. If the surface area of your brain could be ironed out it would measure 2,090 square kilometres.

 

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Scientist have found intact brain cells in a 2000 years old corpse of a 20 year old man who died in Pompeii in 79 A.C. The intense heat transformed the brain in some kind of obsidian that preserved the neurons

 

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Officer Kevin Briggs over his 20 years of service, saved more than 200 people attempting to commit suicide

 

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The largest stadium in the world is the Rungrado 1st of May Stadium in North Korea. It can hold up to 114,000 spectators. It covers 51 acres and is 197 feet tall.

 

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A warty pig painted on a cave wall 45,500 years ago is the world's oldest depiction of an animal.

 

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Dong Tao — a rare and expensive chicken breed from Vietnam that is known for its dragon like legs