Occasionally counterfeiting US dollars evades the detection of experts, but more often than not, it ends up with an arrest. Even if you’re not making the counterfeit bills, you may be passing them along unwittingly.
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To reduce that chance, it's important to know what they look like. For example, the $50 bill should have a slightly raised “50” in the bottom right corner. In general, when comparing bills it’s important to have them be the same denomination and part of the same series.
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Light pollution can stop many people from being able to look up and appreciate all the stars in the nighttime sky. Many of us eventually get used to it, but the Reddit user below wanted to capture the stars for himself, so he figured out an ingenious method.
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One night he went up on the roof of his house in central India and began snapping photos. The top image is one photo, the bottom one is a composite of 120+ photos!
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The smiley boy on the left is excited about his first day at school. He’s prepared with his action-figure lunchbox, school supplies in his backpack, and an upbeat attitude. However, by day two, things have changed – a lot.
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The smile is turned upside down, the backpack is getting dragged, and the cover of the lunchbox is turned away. We think it’s fair to say he’s not too excited about summer being over. Give it a few weeks though and he’ll be fine.
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Being rich and famous isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. Sure, the money would be fantastic, but the nagging of the paparazzi would (very quickly) get old. To help celebrities solve the latter problem, an enterprising designer created the ISHU scarf.
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Made from thousands of tiny crystals, this scarf reflects light back into the camera – thus making the person in the photo nearly invisible. Unsurprisingly, it has been a hit with celebrities who want to evade the paparazzi.
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Cactuses are pretty hardy – which explains why they can survive in arid deserts with barely a drop to drink. These amazing plants come in over 1750 varieties that range in size from something that can sit in the palm of your hand to something that towers over you.
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The picture above shows just how tall the Mexican Giant Cardon can get. It’s not only its 63-foot height that’s amazing, but it’s also the fact that it’s nearly 300 years old!
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As we saw from the “Like Grandma, Like Granddaughter” post from above, physical characteristics (in particular, facial features) get passed down from generation to generation. However, physical features aren’t the only things that people inherit from their family – they also inherit likes.
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The picture above shows a man in medical school way back in the days of black and white photographs. The picture below, taken 70 years later, shows the man’s grandson doing the same thing! Isn’t that pretty remarkable?
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The cat below is named Myrcella, and she is a Ragdoll cat. Although it’s easy to be enthralled by her strong blue eyes, it’s Myrcrella’s coat of fur that is almost magical. As you can see from the photos below, her fur changes with the seasons.
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To the left is summer, and to the right is winter. The seasonal change between short and long fur requires a lot of grooming – which is pretty much any cat’s favorite activity (the other is sleeping).
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Versova Beach in Mumbai, India is pictured below. If you take a look at it, you’ll see that there’s not much room for sunbathing because plastic bags and bottles cover the sand. The environmental activist and lawyer Afroz Shah wanted to do something about it.
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He began to clean up the beach, and soon plenty of other volunteers followed him. The bottom picture shows the results. For his efforts, Shah was awarded a Champion of the Earth award from the United Nations.
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Spokey, the sad-looking dog in the picture on the left, was found in rural West Virginia and brought to a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) center. Although Spokey was pretty calm, she didn’t eat or drink much – which, unfortunately, is all too common for rescue dogs.
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However, one day a potential adopter stopped by and immediately fell in love with Spokey. Once adopted, Spokey’s mood brightened up tremendously – as you can see from the picture on the right.
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As we saw from the blue whale and lion posts above, our understanding of how big an animal is is often wrong. It isn’t until we see a photograph of humans next to other animals that we grasp it – just take a look at the tiger paw below.
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It’s pretty remarkable! Each tiger claw can grow up to five inches long, and each foot has up to five claws. This unique anatomy contributes to its powerful grip and fierce reputation.
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