Mike
I spend way too much time scrolling through the depths of the internet looking for the weirdest, coolest, and most jaw-dropping stuff people are sharing—and I’m not even mad about it.
There’s something really satisfying about stumbling across a picture that makes you stop mid-scroll and say, “Wait, what am I looking at?” That’s the good stuff.
This week, I fell down a rabbit hole on Reddit (again) and rounded up some of the most fascinating images from the r/interestingasf**k subreddit.
From rare sights to bizarre moments, these are the ones that made me pause, zoom in, and say, “No way that’s real.”
1. This is what the FBI’s fingerprint files looked like in 1942.
2. Eruption on Mount Etna (Sicily) gives the illusion of a Phoenix in the sky.
3. Scientists found dinosaur tail preserved in amber and it’s full of feathers.
4. The 16 year old that sailed around the world with his cat, 1965.
5. Snorkeller in Australia found groom’s missing wedding ring wrapped around the body of a fish.
6. A starfish born square due to a birth defect.
7. Fox asleep on my outdoor couch.
8. The real-life Lorraine Warren from The Conjuring holding the real-life Annabelle doll, beside their movie counterparts.
9. The graphics of GTA 5 vs GTA 6.
10. A tourist hanging on the edge of the Tundavala Gap. It’s nearly a 2 km drop to the bottom.
11. The World Population divided in two equal parts.
12. “Hadouken-ing” is a Japanese photo trend from the early 2010s where one person poses as if releasing an energy blast, while others act like they’re being thrown back.
13. Rare Patagonian crater agate only found in Argentina.
14. A picture of verdun, France, still showing an insane amount of damage from WW1.
15. Respecting a legend.
16. In the Thar Desert of India, nomads take immense pride in their camels, showcasing them by carving intricate patterns into their fur.
17. This shows how impossible it would be to actually read all the terms of service on social media apps.
18. A photo of burning man that looks like a solar system.
19. Tom Cruise sitting on top of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, without a harness.
20. This is J1407b. The planet with the largest ring system we have discovered so far.
21. Dwarf Elephants.
22. How the Sahara desert looked like 6000 years ago.
23. Huge ship only few feet away from destroying house in Norway.
24. Rock climbers sleep while suspended thousands of feet above ground.
25. This tiny tree growing on top of a stump in the lake.
26. Chile is a ridiculously long country – map show length vs. Europe.
27. The practice of putting frogs in milk to keep it fresh was observed mainly in rural Russia and Finland during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
28. Stadium in Russia didn’t meet FIFA standards for the World Cup, so they added 18,000 seats.
29. The most accurate value if pi is 300,000,000,000,000 digits.
30. Signs on highway in Australia.
