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A photo putting the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza into perspective.
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Galileo Galilei's first drawings of the moon after viewing it through his telescope in 1609 CE.
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1,200 stone sculptures with different facial expressions at the nenbutsu-Ju Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan
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Fossil of 37 million years old Whale Skeleton (65ft+ long) found in Wadi Al Hitan, Egyptian desert.
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Lonnie Johnson, the NASA engineer who invented the Super Soaker.
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The unbroken seal On Tutankhamen’s Tomb, 1922
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Mussolini's Italian Fascist Party headquarters, 1934
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Queen Isabel II, veiled, 1855 C by Camillo Torreggiani. Masterful use of light and shadows to make it look like real lace.
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An ancient Indian swimming pool from the 5th century CE that's still used to this day.
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Stairway to Heaven, the ancient Inca Trail leading to Machu Picchu, Peru. Photo: Kurt Gordon
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"West Wind" by the 19th-century sculptor Thomas Ridgeway Gould.
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Ancient wooden gate of temple, Purulia, West Bengal
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Cats catching squirts of milk during milking at a dairy farm in California, 1954
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Chichen Itza when it was discovered in 1892 vs Present Day.
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This 2,000-year-old olive tree in Puglia, Italy is called "The Thinking Tree" by locals.
Photo by Nicola Di Tinco
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Michelangelo completed his marble masterpiece, the Pietà, in 1499 when he was just 24 years old
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A Gargoyle of Notre Dame, 1920. Photo by Pierre Yves-Petit.
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"Tree of Life" mosaic from Hisham's Palace, built in the 8th century. CE in Jericho by the Umayyad Caliphate.
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Massive Roman aqueduct built in Segovia, Spain by emperor Trajan (r. 98-117 CE).
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Lithops are South African plants that have evolved to look like stones.
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Amazing colors and symmetry of Sri Ranganathswamy Temple, India
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Clay sculpture by Benjamin Victor Bathsheba
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The unbroken seal On Tutankhamen’s Tomb, 1922
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The Scaligero Castle is a fortress built in the 14th century in Sirmione, Italy.
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Salvador Dali swimming and painting. Venice, Italy.
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