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This truck became stuck on the railway tracks near Brandon, Manitoba. How and why it ended up there is still a mystery. ~ Anonymous, 2007 http://bit.ly/d587PS
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Which way is up? This scene looks almost normal until you see the sideways pedestrians in the upper corner. The three men along the ‘sidewalk’ are actually lying on the ground! ~ Anonymous http://bit.ly/67zGZO
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Do giants’ children play catch with boulders? Look again! The shadows reveal that these kids are lying on the ground with their feet resting on a rock wall. ~ Artist Unknown http://bit.ly/Nb3AJ
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Though some people mistake this for a photo of a sunset at the North Pole, a German astrophysics student digitally created this scene, titled “Hideaway.” ~ Inga Nielsen, 2006 http://bit.ly/9mnnP
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A ‘circumhorizon arc,’ sometimes inaccurately called a ‘fire rainbow.’ Sun shining through ice crystals in cirrus clouds at the right angle causes the light to refract (split) into its component colors. ~World Picture Network, 2006 http://bit.ly/13iBxh
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This trompe l’oeil (“trick of the eye”) image features a photo-mural of a real elephant, which has been attached to a garage door. ~ style-your-garage.com
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A mom living in Anchorage, Alaska, took this picture of black bears playing on her sons’ playground set. She has since set up an air horn to scare away wildlife when her kids are playing outdoors. ~ Anonymous, 2006 http://bit.ly/cTD811
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Some claimed this photo proved China’s high-speed train would not impact endangered antelopes. Then it was discovered that the photojournalist had spliced two photos together. He resigned his post. ~ Liu Weiqing 2006 http://bit.ly/a5Ummx
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The artist combined an Antarctic iceberg, an upside-down Alaskan iceberg, the sky, and the background to create his vision. ~ Ralph A. Clevenger, 1999 http://bit.ly/956B3u
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Air Force helicopters fly in front of the Golden Gate Bridge, and great white sharks do leap from the water – but this South African shark was spliced into a flipped version of the helicopter photo. ~Charles Maxwell & Lance Cheung http://bit.ly/3tdvCs
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Anti-gravity tennis? Not quite! The misplaced shadows quickly alert your brain that something is wrong with this image. ~ Michael Kai, 2008 http://bit.ly/CnaQA
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This picture of a young rainbow trout being swallowed by a northern pike was taken in an aquarium exhibit at the Alaska Department of Fish & Game in Anchorage, Alaska. ~ Jim Lavrakas, 2001 http://bit.ly/dkwGRG
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The Calgary Herald reported “a moving company...took the wrong road and wedged [the house] into a narrow bridge, causing the bridge to collapse.” The movers claimed they had a permit and the bridge pilings had rotted.~Anonymous, 2007 http://bit.ly/dpoV9S
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Stripes in an iceberg occur when water under the iceberg starts to freeze and the ‘reverse snow’ rises to stick to the berg’s underside. When the melting iceberg flips, the stripes from underneath are exposed. ~ Oyvind Tangen, 2008 http://bit.ly/bB6auM
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In January, 2005, trees, cars, streets and ships were all coated in ice during winter storms that hit Lake Geneva in Switzerland. ~Anonymous, 2005 http://bit.ly/9Eajq0
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Though a sonic boom is not visible, sometimes the drop in pressure caused by a plane breaking the sound barrier will cause moisture in the air to suddenly condense into a conical cloud. ~ John Gay, 2001 http://bit.ly/cSnHYA
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Some Japanese farmers grow watermelons in glass cubes to force them into a square shape, which fits more easily in store bins and on refrigerator shelves. ~BBC, 2001 http://bit.ly/bPU9N3
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In Norwich, England, a chalk mine collapsed under the weight of a bus, creating a 26-ft deep hole. All passengers escaped safely. Cadbury’s Chocolate later used this image to promote its ‘Double Decker’ candy bar.~Anonymous, 1988 http://bit.ly/9wxcfi
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Look carefully at the mane of the foal. The smooth sections show he was cut from one picture and pasted into the rowboat. ~ Anonymous, link unavailable
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This remarkable image shows electricity being conducted through a man’s hands. ~ Hulton Archive/Getty Images http://bit.ly/cqCGaA
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A closer look at this attention-grabbing photo reveals that the light patterns on the shark and the divers don’t match—an immediate clue that this photo is a composite image. ~ Anonymous http://bit.ly/vEmSp
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Though most ‘zorses’ (zebra-horse crosses) have stripes along their entire body, the patchwork on Eclyse is due to the same gene that produces pinto-patterned horses. http://bit.ly/4sxOxM
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Australian rock musician Josh Pyke used this boat—shaped like his favorite guitar—in a music video. The wake and reflections in the water are clues that this boat is real. http://bit.ly/dh59oI
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This ‘warning’ is actually a sticker from SignHackers. The law subsections cited on the bottom do not exist. http://bit.ly/8RAM8y
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Although it looks like shattered glass, it’s actually a giant sticker pasted over a storefront as part of an advertising campaign. http://bit.ly/YCUaB
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The fox here looks a little too calm to really be among all these hounds! He was digitally added by an artist on Worth1000.com.
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This carrot’s hair-thin taproot grew through a hole in a rock on a farm. Pure chance created this corseted carrot, not a digital artist. http://bit.ly/bCmKM8
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Photographer Charles Lindsay took this shot at the Yellowstone Club, in Big Sky, Montana. The golf course is regularly visited by bears. http://bit.ly/cG273j
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This mailbox started out life as a microwave oven. Notice the extra support under the end of the unit that holds the heavier circuitry. http://bit.ly/cwfH7b
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This huge crossword puzzle on the side of a building, in Lvov, Ukraine, is over 100’ high! Clues to solve the puzzle are hidden in landmarks around the city, and the answers are projected at night. http://bit.ly/2DwsvQ
