Haven't we all encountered an oddly arresting pic on the internet and thought, "Okay, I need to know what's happening there"? Happens all the time, right? But the explanations and the background info you're looking for isn't always readily apparent.
Not to worry, we've done some of the work for you here. Hey, we were curious too!
With up to 4,000 of the animals dying each year in Finland, especially during their long, dark winters, it seems like a worthy idea.
But it was a victim of its own success, collapsing under its own weight and peeling off the wall like a week-old sunburn.
This serves as an excellent graphic reminder. It doesn't matter whether this was caused by wind or lightning or what, you would have regretted standing underneath it during the storm.
I've seen it happen before, but it's awfully rare — rare enough that it's worth taking a picture of it.
No idea if they're as tasty as shrimp, but these odd looking fish are called armored sea robins. They tend to live in deep, tropical waters.
That is, until you find out that it's a stack of Venezuelan bolivars, which, according to this photo's poster, can be exchanged for about $10 U.S.
In Manchester, England when the roads get worn down, the old streetcar tracks buried under the blacktop will show through.
They're just plain old stratocumulus clouds, but the way they're breaking up into lines suggests that the area might get some interesting weather.
Sitting on a pile of birch sticks, you'd hardly know it wasn't made of wood. It's a great trick to keep from getting eaten!
You'd never guess judging by the stuff that comes out of your salt shaker. This salt mine is in Belarus, and it's beautiful.
This colorful little guy is a hummingbird, and after its harmless photo session, it was released back into nature.
That's right, no general anaesthetic during brain surgery! The brain has no pain receptors, and playing the violin provides immediate feedback about the state of her motor, cognitive, and sensory abilities.
They're called frizzles, and as a breed they've been around since at least the 1600s.
Yep, you can get them in contacts, too. This is what they look like before and after going into sunlight.
Check out what this specimen is doing to the sidewalk around it. You can clearly make out the root pattern where it has pressed the pavement up.
A burst of frost pushed all the broken and abandoned tees up out of the ground here.
Turns out it's not uncommon in Asia and among cigar smokers who want to get all they can out of their stogies.
Situated next to a window screen, its colors have come in in a distinctly screen-like pattern.
Why even bother with something so tiny? Apparently "It's in the hallway, next to the stairs. It mostly keeps the area from getting cold, but doesn't really heat anything up." Okay then.
As one commenter explained, "When raising chickens for eggs, expect the unexpected. Though quite rare, it is well-known that occasionally a hen will lay an egg inside of an egg. The cause of this phenomenon is called a counter-peristalsis contraction and occurs while the hen is in the process of forming an egg in her oviduct."
Neat!
It's most likely a burl, which is a growth deformation that's actually highly sought after by woodworkers and furniture makers.
The two kids both inherited their father's shoulder dimple. No DNA testing needed here!
It's no plain, ordinary rock, but a meteorite that's older than the Earth. The poster said that an astronomer passed it around at his child's school. "It was heavy for its size," he said.
Apparently it's the forest hiker's version of a wishing well. Instead of tossing a coin into a fountain, you jam a coin into a stump and make a wish.
