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