This photo of a Borzoi lying in a patch of green grass is visually stunning, yet silly because of the angle. The angelic pup looks more like a rug than a canine spread out in the grass. His fur doesn't help him look like a dog because it's so flat and long. — Read the rest

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Watch a playful capybara twirl a stick around his mouth like he's performing a trick at a talent show. He seems very dedicated to the art of stick twirling. His serious expression says it all.

Another capybara hanging out nearby simply chews on a stick to pass the time. — Read the rest

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These stunning nature videos show small colorful wonders that aren't visible to the naked eye. The videos in these slides were all submitted to the Nikon Small World in Motion competition. From tiny sea creatures to fungus to single-cell organisms swimming around, each video shows the magic that lies just beneath the surface of our everyday life. — Read the rest

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In 1973 a French journalist named Anne-France Dautheville became the first known woman to complete a motorcycle trip around the world all by herself. She was born in Paris in 1944 and began riding motorcycles in the late 1960s.

She rode over 20,000 miles through three different continents on a 125 cc Kawasaki. — Read the rest

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This cheat sheet shows you ways to store your fruit and vegetables that you might not have known about, and it is life-changing once you do. If you want your fruit and vegetables to last longer, then this is for you. — Read the rest

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This aluminum can compactor looks like a giant red robot monster, and I'm obsessed with it. Recycling is way more fun when you can feed it into the mouth of a giant creature that chomps it down. Art like this is awesome because it is interactive, fun to look at, and it helps the environment. — Read the rest

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This photo of a classic glass maple syrup bottle was posted on the Things for Ants subreddit. This page shares ant-sized objects. The creepy idea here is that the tiny glass handle is just the right size for some little ants to sit inside of and eat the sugar (ew!). — Read the rest

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Every time I think of this photo I saw on Reddit today, I start laughing. The photo shows an expectation vs. reality of a sleeping bag from Amazon. The photo in the advertisement shows a lifelike cat-themed sleeping bag that looks giant, fluffy and incredibly realistic. — Read the rest

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These photos show the stunning beauty of Saturn's north pole, which is shaped like a massive blue, swirling hexagon. This is definitely Saturn's fanciest detail. This six-sided jet stream pattern is called the Saturn Hexagon.

It is not a solid structure even though it looks like one from afar. — Read the rest

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