An Amazing Gallery of Science Fun Facts

31 Awesome photos and cool facts that you probably didn't know.

Published 10 years ago

31 Awesome photos and cool facts that you probably didn't know.

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This incredible giant chrome T-rex skeleton was installed last year next to the Seine River in Paris

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Blunt headed tree snakes found in Mexico, Central America, and the northern part of South America.

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This is the aptly-named "black swallower", a fish known for eating bony fish up to 10x its mass and 2x its length.
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Happy faces hidden in a cross-section of a blade of marram grass.

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This is the actual transcription of the Apollo 10 flightcrew communications as recorded on the command module CM. This particular section describes a moment when the crew have to deal with an unexpected intruder...
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The blood vessels and nerves in the human body. Both of these were developed using a technique called "plastination" a method of preserving body parts. It replaces water and fat with certain plastics, resulting in specimens that do not decay.
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The blood vessels in the human heart.
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Frank and Louie, a cat with two faces. He's not two conjoined twins, he is a single cat with two faces.
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This is the caterpillar of the pink underwing moth and is commonly referred to as the skull caterpillar.

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Bee flies are the largest known family of flies Diptera, consisting of more than 4,500 described species.
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The bizarre teeth of the crabeater seal. They don't actually eat crabs, but krill. Their teeth have evolved specifically for this diet and filter the water for their tiny crustacean prey.
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A two inch frog shelters itself from the rain in Jember, East Java, in Indonesia.
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Lamprocapnos spectabilis - the bleeding heart flower.Psychotria elata - hooker's lips.Orchis italica - naked man orchid.Habenaria radiata - the white egret flower