While we may not get to the gym every day, or even every other day for that matter, chances are we all work out our scrolling fingers on the regular. We're good at scrolling, right? We can really whiz down our feeds in search of relevant info.
But what's good and relevant and interesting isn't always apparent on the surface. It can really pay off to dig just a bit deeper to get the context. Don't miss out because you're scrolling too fast!
In Germany, an old blimp hangar was transformed into an indoor waterpark with a distinct tropical islands theme.
Not only is this a pretty fun optical illusion, it's also a cutting board. No idea if it would be a challenge to work with, but it sure would be a nice accent piece in a kitchen.
This is one of the most famous astronomical bodies, known as the Pillars of Creation.
On the left is an image taken with a backyard telescope by an amateur astronomer. On the right is the Hubble image. Still, that image on the left is pretty darn incredible for a backyard setup!
That's because this is a 2,000-year-old Roman coin, understandably worn down over the millennia. Just think of all the hands it must have passed through.
Someone broke open their stress ball, not only costing them the ability to reduce their stress, but creating more with a great big mess to clean up.
This one is located in Hiroshima, Japan, just 750 meters away from where the atom bomb detonated in 1945. It somehow managed to survive that blast and still blooms in the spring.
Sorry, I know this isn't the most appealing pic out there, but it's still fascinating. This person had gas injected into their eye as part of a procedure to help heal tears in the retina.
This person underwent an iron infusion. You can literally see the progress as the iron takes hold from top left to bottom right, with about six hours passing between.
But you might still want them in your home, because they're loofahs. You can even grow them in your own yard; they're in the cucumber family.
A lot of painstaking work would have to go into stenciling on a carpet, don't you think?
And it wasn't always like that - it's the result of the shave it received before spaying. For some reason, the fur just grew back dark brown on that square.
This girl makes it look effortless because it largely was effortless - the snow came down in such a way that it was easy to roll it up like a carpet.
However, a bright mind figured out how to 3D print an adapter to allow a scuba mask to be used as a ventilator mask, which is probably a bit more comfortable than the alternative.
This represents the bill for someone who spent 18 days in the hospital in South Korea dealing with COVID-19. Of course, the bill is in South Korean won, so after exchange, it works out to about $35 U.S.
With traffic off roads during COVID-19 lockdowns around the world, we've seen satellite images showing considerably less air pollution. You don't need to see a satellite photo to know what it's done in Manila, however.
With the world necessarily doing as much remotely as possible, this professor is recording a lecture for his class out of his garage, at midnight.
It's been built up over hundreds of years by fishermen discarding the shells. It has been carbon dated back to the 13th century.
But no, it's much worse. This is what the paper towel looks like after wiping down a TV in a smoker's home. Yikes. That's pretty disturbing. And if you think that's bad, just imagine their lungs.
This is a museum dedicated to whales and whale-watching, located in Norway. You couldn't ask for a much more appropriate design than this!
It's glue-laminated wood that has been shown to survive in 1,000-degree C (about 1,800 F) flames, for as long as two hours, while still bearing a full load. That's a nice, promising construction material!
