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1. A crater in a block of aluminum..
caused by a Lexan projectile (corrected) being fired at orbital speed: 23,000 feet per second.
2. The sun through a specific light wavelength.
3. True size of the moon
USA for comparison.
4. An oasis in the Gobi Desert.
5. The cement shoes of a mafia victim.
TIL all the mafia movies are real.
Edit: yes, probably fake. But still a bad ass picture. (:
6. Someone was being neighborly and put a sweater on Mr. Roger's statue.
7. A volcanic eruption seen from space.
8. China's flower ocean
9. An aquarium where you can hold hands with an otter.
If you are ever in Japan: Keikyu Aburatsubo Marine Park. Go there. And then tell me what it's like... :D
10. A swimming pool in a flood.
11. Honesty: machine was broken and no worker was present.
Honor system sometimes works, I guess. That's incredible.
12. 40,000 light put perfectly on this also perfect tree.
13. So satisfying. Tiger Stone brick laying machine.
I would cover all of Dallas in bricks... keep me away from this machine. :|
14. Cat Tax Earth Porn
Edit: can i use these bananas for scale? They're my favo(u)rite kind.. http://i.imgur.com/UVPgKDB.jpg
GamerShawn
#11 Toronto, ON. Got to love the honesty of Canadian bus riders
ProfessorWasp
I feel like i need to find that last cat and purchase fighting moves from it.
youlovemeyouhateme
I watched enough TV in the 70s and 80s to know #4 is a mirage.
K4Unl
I just realised that the photo with the brick laying machine was made about 200 meters away from me! Arnhem, The Netherlands
racc
Which country #11? Does ethnicity or monoculturism play a role? Be honest!
delpharseven
Canada. Toronto specifically.
skippycos
Is anyone else put off at using the US for scale, instead a banana?
SauceThatGif
Actually I searched for banana in the comments.
Opie
That otter one may seem cute at first glance but it is just horrible. Don't support stuff like that people...
Idrinkforevil
#11 Canada. Sorry its broken.
iwouldratherbeflyingmysukhoi
As an American,I thought #3 was the earth.
Terminology
Maffia cement shoes is fake, by the way.
bradislumpster
Why did the descriptions start at 10???
LyssaP
Post messed up. I fixed it. Sorry about that.
TheLastWhiteRhino
I'd link a picture of a pipe laying machine but you guys don't like selfies.
Perfzilla
TIL Americans live on the Moon
Edemlama
picture #5 is clearly fake: How are the ligaments still holding the bones together? Why does the cement touch the bones?
LyssaP
Someone said it was art. Still a cool pic. (:
frabreez
#11 is Canadian... Loonies and toonies!
JFCW
11, proud of my country
NR97420
#10 "You're an idiot for getting an above-ground pool" they said! Well, look who is laughing now!! Hey wait there goes my house...
LinguisticBitch
Proud to be Canadian for the number 11
sAbbietage
That's in Bloomington, Minnesota. Right of Highway 77 near the Mall of America.
ColinUdvig
Yeah southern Canada!!! ;)
LinguisticBitch
That blue bill is a 5$ bill, those two coloured coins are twonies and the gold ones are loonies.
LinguisticBitch
Only Canadian money have colours, American is green/black ink. So sir, that MONEY proves that it is indeed a photo taken in Canada.
Admiralpopnfresh
A small dump is exactly what I'm taking while reading this post, good call, OP.
EinUsernameFuerAlleDieDieDeutschVerstehen
pics or it didn't happen
fuckpuffins
On the throne as well Sire.
GandalfTheUltraViolet
#12, you have to put the bricks into their pattern by hand of course.
t4thfavor
There are no bricks in #12
GandalfTheUltraViolet
The entire tree is made of bricks, of course.
sentientseven
It's image #13 but labeled as 12 in the caption.
GandalfTheUltraViolet
Mea culpa.
Sickpup666
"a penny being fired at orbital speed: 23,000 fps" Is that Faps per second?
FlyingButtPliers
Roughly 25,000 kph
ltlmscantbwrong
I vote that we make that a actual unit of measurement
vanfem
I would beat my graphics card!.. In a good meaning. We're just friends.
Sickpup666
Yes I can see Star Trek... Engage the porn drive Mr Zulu set fap speed for yoga pants!
GoddamnitClown
Feet per second. Also, not a penny: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station#mediaviewer/File:SDIO_KEW_Lexan_projectile.jpg
LyssaP
Ahh thank you. (:
fuselfluppe
gosh, thank you! I thought "how is frames per second a speed of an object" :D
RichardNyxon
I swear to god NASA, this is SCIENCE. Use METRIC. Let me use metric for what the common folk perceive as magic and imperial when I shop.
GoddamnitClown
Fps is just a common unit for muzzle velocities, here meaning the muzzle velocity of the light gas gun (or whatever) that fired the pellet.
Civikjm
Faps per second? Gonna delaminate yo dick.
BENDER01011111
What is the story behind the first one?
AStainlessSteelRat
Penny shot into it at 15,680mph(~25200kph)(Mach 21.15)(4.35miles/sec)(13600knots) dork mode /off
Edemlama
During a test of the effects of Kinetic Energy Weapons (KEW) at the General Motors-Delco test facility, 1/4
Edemlama
a seven gram Lexan projectile was fired from a light gas gun at a velocity of 23,000 feet per second at this cast aluminum block. 2/4
Edemlama
The KEW technologies are part of the Strategic Defense Initiative research program 3/4
Edemlama
to determine the feasibility of implementing a multi-layered defense against ballistic missiles. 4/4
LyssaP
Check again, post messed up on the titles. I fixed, sorry about that.
Wormbo2
Coin in machine. Machine go *pew*. Coin go bye bye
chap600
Someone was bored and in charge of technology begging to be misused
LyssaP
BUT - its a crater in a block of aluminum caused by a penny fired at orbital speed : 23,000 fps.
Edemlama
not a penny
Edemlama
a pellet of Lexan of 7 grams
LyssaP
Thank you. Will correct. And the numbering error. It was 3a here when I posted.
BENDER01011111
Thanks. That is awesome!
AStainlessSteelRat
Bullshit on cement shoes. Bones would have been in much larger hole after leg tissue rotted away.
PicklsMasterson
Burned the body, bury the bones.
Milfern
And the upper legs would not still be attached to the knees.
SpoonOfDoom
I'm now ashamed that this wasn't my first thought.
Umsies
You and me both lmfao, oh well, at least I can blame it on my imagination
idiotn00b
Sounds like we need to get @mistersavage on the case
LatrineUsedToBeShitHouse
THANK YOU! I was going to say the same thing. Not to mention the legs go into the center of the concrete block, if your feet were still
LatrineUsedToBeShitHouse
attached it would force your leg bone closer to the perimeter.
ltlmscantbwrong
IDK I have pretty boney ankles... I was wondering how the two leg bones were still connected without flesh holding them together though
AStainlessSteelRat
Ligaments would hold them together for a short time, but the local wildlife would have eaten that away very rapidly.
BuildHerACakeOrSomething
Does anybody else think that Mr Rogers statue looks kinda terrible?
KillingTheJoke1
Yeah, it almost looks like it's made from kids putting pieces together. Wait...
MRandall25
Try having to see it every time you're in that area. It's atrocious.
thk5013
As someone from Pittsburgh...yes...I wish the guy actually tried
Yetiphobia
The only people who disagree with you are modern art critics and the artists who depend on cleaving to an "in" style in order to get funded.
uglyshirts
Worse than that scary Lucille Ball with the rictus grin death mask face.
IdontshaveforSherlock
And where are his feet?!
shitinacamaro
He lost them in the fire. Tragic.
aaronkaa
I was expecting it to be Micheal Cera.
FartMyselfAwake
Looks like a burn victim
dorkbot5000
Looks like the Happy Mask Salesman. So yes.
SquishyToeBeans
Kind of looks like a severe burn victim to me. :c
yoshimasta
Me.
Lugh314159
Most modern statues (especially those made of metal) all look horrible to me. I'd much prefer some Romanesque stonework. Hell, even cement!
prattleassassin
W̭̹͝o̠n͡'ţ̜̖͍̱ ̮̺͙̮̤̻͜y̸̱̞͖̝̞̜ǫ͔̦͖̺͉̭u̢͓͎̘̦̣ ͍̪̺b̤̮̕e͝ ̷̗̯̞̪̰̜W̪̬̗̟̯on̡̤̱'͜t͎͉͉̩̤̗͝ ̣̬͙͓͖̼y̱̖̤͟ọù̬̩̣ ̵͖̳̠b̛̙e̥
prattleassassin
P̶l͙e͠a̖̤s͎͕ͅe̠̙̭̦̻ ̫ͅw͈̪o̴͚̖n͈̪͔'̢͓t̗͇̪͓̱̰͎ ̹̺y̵̟̘͍o͚̻u ̴̦̙̘̯̱̹̮b̳̥̬̺̩è͚̻͎̠̫ ͇͇̥M̨y̻̲̣̙̘͇ ҉̲̪̼̗͖͍ͅn̴̗̩͔͓̰e̬i͈̦̘͞g̱͚h̢̼̜bǫ̰r̘̯̝̯͠
alanbatman
I'm still just looking for his legs
BuildHerACakeOrSomething
He has one leg propped up by the other. It's at a weird angle. Pretty sure the oblong blob in the middle is his foot.
sadman13
Yes, it's depressing how crude and rough it is. They went 'artistic' when they should have went 'huggable'.
myrrlyn
should have gone* -- "went" cannot be used with an auxiliary verb (have)
sadman13
it is necessary to repeat the word 'went' for the comedic value
TheL4gIsrael
Reminds me of this: http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTY5OTU4NDU1NV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMjA3MzIzMjE@._V1_.jpg
Umsies
Umsies
I'm wondering what the hell I said
OctoPlusNone
At first glance I thought it was someone who died in a fire.
shitinacamaro
Mr. Rogers died in a fire.
OctoPlusNone
... really?
shitinacamaro
No. Not really.
OctoPlusNone
Whew, good. That would be awful.
iameros
Yeah it's really creepy. Here's a close up of his face http://imgur.com/uSRoKmX
suomynonA
looks like it's made out of chewed gum
OscarWao
It's rough around the edges, and we love it just as it is. Just as he would have told us to.
IAMSRC
It looks like it was made from chewed gum.
JarethCutestory
*nightmares
BendyBatchCrumblyCakes
I'm still trying to figure out how they got that fucking sweater on a statue.
hippieatheartbutifyoubreakthepeaceitson
Probably zips in the back too
BendyBatchCrumblyCakes
Sorcery.
SKELETONMAAAN
It's super rough and unpolished. Looks very unfinished.
Kylari
Hooray for Dallas!
CamthaBuilder
Howdy
DRAKYULA
Denton representin'
Counterfit
Fire the Cowboys GM!
imaginedear
Fire the Cowboy's owner
buffalolionstar
Howdy y'all
Ricker270
Yay
Chrichelle
Fort worth! It's kind of close!
TucaMote
I'm in fort Worth. ....weird
dangerousDoc
Same Metroplex!
FlyingScot
And much, much better
TheWorldArriving
Yay!
ImJustQwerty
Yay
Kylari
I have to admit something here guys..I lied. I am a terrible person. It's not because I'm a liar, it's because I'm from...Euless. -shudders-
YearOfTheDog
USA on the moon was the best one. We got dibs
DigitalMonitor
MOON-S-A! MOON-S-A! MOON-S-A!
MarkSoupial
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hancockhm_8321.png
LinkBot
Therearetoomanyusernames
Hancock!
Faolon
We put our flag on it, it means we own it.
leorex
USSR's coat of arms were on the moon before the US flag, as well as Venus and Mars.
ScaleScentedAnalDildo
So... the moon is now French?
retu81
There's a slight problem with that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty
Spenerbane
By this treaty if we just make a installation that surrounds the moon, as long as it is nonmilitary we would control the moon. Murica
YearOfTheDog
No treaty has ever been broken
retu81
If that treaty is ever broken, then it's the Russian that have pretty good claim on the Moon. Their probe landed there first. :)
ChefObvious
Their probe may have landed first, but do they have a flag?
YearOfTheDog
If the treaty is broken, the entity that exerts the most force will likely get it. Not who landed there first :)
euphoricle
Of course the broken machine had Canadian money. Represent!
TicoGuy
I'm still looking for a way to go live in Canada. People seem so nice up there. Here people speed through tolls to not pay, US$ 0.14
Snotweasel
Because it's worthless?
youreathing
There are lots of other countries that have coins that look like the Canadian $2.
Levistras
Yeah but those are Toronto TTC tokens and tickets in the pile.
ijustwantmycatandmycouch
But that looks like our $5 bill and the other coins look like loonies. I dunno, everything else checks out.
CheshireCat
Yeah and not just "looks like" it. I mean that is 100% clearly Canadian money. I do expect our southern friends may not be used to it though
youreathing
Actually yeah, upon closer inspection, you're all correct. As a Torontonian, I will now commit seppoku.
CheshireCat
Not exactly like it. I could spot the difference from a distance, source: Canadian backpacker (me).
octo8
Huh. Had thought those were 2 Euro coins. But yeah, the bills aren't Euro.
vpi77
I am not sure if they're bills or some sort of ticket stub?
octo8
No, I meant the folded blue thing in the lower corner.
CheshireCat
Yeah the blue is our fiver. the little squares are TTC tix (Toronto Transit Company).
CheshireCat
Euro coins look different, the silver ring on the outside is much thinner. Canucks can spot a toonie vs euro from a kilometer away!
GRIZtheninja
That shit would not happen in NYC. And I'm so embarrassed.
Spectracon
Looks like Toronto '
Somanyquestions
Curious as where that was. Would get stolen in less than 5 minutes in Montreal. That is, if people actually put money instead of walking by.
KayWW
It was Toronto. =)
GuardsmanMiku
security cameras people.
PleaseSendMePizzaRolls
100% not Toronto.
CheshireCat
Those are 100% TTC tickets. Sorry.
MIkehawk007
Looks like TTC to me...
KayWW
Sorry to disappoint you, it is Toronto.
CheshireCat
Those are 100% TTC tickets. Sorry.
crunch559
That shit would never fly in the US.
2sday
Sometimes I wonder if Canadians are really that nice, I would fleetingly think abt visiting; but then I see things like this and I 1/2
2sday
realize Americans are assholes. We'd steal that shit in a heartbeat. Welp, time to plan a road trip up north!
CheshireCat
Vancouver island is by far the friendliest place of Canada. Ferries leave from an hour outside Seattle, you're welcome anytime.
Casswigirl11
Idk, where I live people have roadside produce and eggs and whatever stands that you just leave your money at. It works here for that.
Casswigirl11
To be fair I don't like that far from Canada though...
vpi77
I think those are Euros, actually. From a Canadian living in Europe.
batarnak
Explain that blue 5$ bill, hoser eh?
vpi77
Or is it a €20 Euro note?? Hmm?? Ok granted that's a lot of euros to be leaving on there.
CheshireCat
As a Canadian backpacker those toons look absolutely nothing like Euros.
marigold99
Definitely Toronto. A blue $5 bill, S labelled student tickets, gold loonies and two tone toonies. Source: Torontonian
vpi77
Aha. Didn't get the s tickets (being from Ottawa).
JTDuval
... You know the rest of Canada has those too right? Or am I missing the joke?
atmydisposal
The money yes but not TTC tickets..
JTDuval
Ah yes I suppose so.
CheshireCat
Still no reason to mention the colour of a loonie or a fiver. No relevance on city. TTC tix are the give away, student and reg there.
marigold99
Colour and coin mention was to distinguish country, ticket mention was then to narrow down further to city.
DLVX
23000 fps, what graphics card are you using?
BillFlippingFujiWilliams
Feet stu
BlueSpaceLizard
X-19 Firebrand 5000 Slipstream series F, 16X googleplex ramsocket
Wormbo2
Nah dawg, Xbox one!
ohthatsgood
FPS equals both frames per second and 'feet per second '
trollpocalypse
3dfx Voodoo 2
TrashPandaMafia
2000 or 3000?
almitydave
::poors one out for 3dfx::
CirB
As a non-American, that unit of measurement confused me also.
ineedsomemilk
You guys are gonna let him believe its feet per second?
TheLordofMelons
As an American it confused me. We don't use fps very often. High speeds like that are usually metric or miles per hour.
Conflict
Feet per second.
CirB
Yep, got it, but took me a whlie.
FatBoobsDontCount
oh feet
strangelyaddicting
I think he meant 23000mph... not feet per second... which is about 383mph lol
Klingon00
23000 mph just happens to be 1.3x orbital speed. I think you may be right.
tomyironmane
no, you're off. 4,000 feet/second is moving at about mach 3.5-ish. fps*(3600/5280)=mph
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Mewmus
correct
strangelyaddicting
Jesus you're right... I completely screwed up that math... That's what I get for trying without coffee! LOL
four2
One can metric even on decaf.
ironballsmcginty
On decaf? Is that any way to live?
MothersSticksOfWheatFlourAndWater
16x SLI Tesla K80, 4x multisocket Skylake of course
sirplayerone
Could someone explain in layman's terms exactly how powerful that setup would be? I'm new to pc gaming, so I'm not familiar with models yet.
MothersSticksOfWheatFlourAndWater
Absolutely insane. A tesla k80 is a server based graphics accelerator, sells for $3k USD each.
weischbier
that is...insanity on the electric bill...
Jagadid
Run by 2 1000w power supplies.
BhataktiAtma
picturesarenice
I had two Keplers at my last job, mmmmmmmm games on lunch. Hahaha.
ThatDarnBandit
Hahaha 4x socket skylake?
MothersSticksOfWheatFlourAndWater
Yeah man, Intel is releasing a 28-core quad-socket Skylake capable of handling over 20000GB of RAM. :)
BhataktiAtma
ThatDarnBandit
Its an 18nm transistor build too
TrashPandaMafia
Ehh.. MULTIsocket.
spamandcrap0
GUI interface using Visual Basic
BingleyBingleyBeep
Will you use it to track their IP in real time?
spamandcrap0
Don't be ridiculous, I'd need a quad-core mega-flop drive for that
BingleyBingleyBeep
I'm unsure if you know the quote in question: https://youtu.be/hkDD03yeLnU Brace yourself for the dumb... :D
BitLizard
The dumb is infinite. The dumb is forever
spamandcrap0
I was trying (badly) to quote a dumb TV show as well: https://youtu.be/u2ZYVt8tmPc
Lvaneede
The cement shoes cant be right. its all the way up to the bone.
UltimateBooty
Not quite, also both the bone and cement would expand underwater
szepasszony
And their feet seem to be missing
RhetoricalRobot
It's also the size of that leaf.
Russellstiltskin
I'm assuming it was winter when they put them on. All they could find were cement boots.
trilith
those were coffee cans and that was a child... yup.. that feeling you just got is the same one i had too thinking about it.
NoWonderImStillAwake
Concrete*
saganworshipper
The architecture community salutes you.
UncivilizedEngie
And so do the civil engineers.
ZM34
Well look who did there put cement on a person and throw them over a bridge so they can drown all alone homework!
MattSoundGuy
*their
TakamiStitches
I must've seen that pic a dozen times and never even thought of that. Damn I can be dumb...
TheAngryBear
I think this is an art piece.
visualvendetta
More like this anyway:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV0pNU9htnw
SkipDividedMalfunction
Wow. I'm not spooked easily, but fuck every last square millimeter of that shit.
visualvendetta
It's pretty grim, lol. Someone surprised me with that and I went into a very bad mind space for about 20 minutes. Funny now.
marylanddd
well aren't you the little sleuth
crunkful
It's supposedly a decoration at a hard rock cafe last time this was reposted
Flerb88
Is it possible the gap where the flesh was has filled with sediment?
Yourpasswordisinvalid
Cement boots maybe
WhatsaNinjaGottaDotogetanUpvote
As someone in the Mafia, fuhgetaboutit
TheGuyWhoHatesPeopleThatSaySuuuuuuuuuuuuure
Maybe he was wearing skinny jeans?
AwesomeName
Maybe it is a gimmick, placed for divers to have something interesting to find?
RanceMuhammitz
It's from a mafia themed restaurant
ISarabi
Do they have shrimp with mobster sauce?
grantavius
Fugetaboutit.
conspiracynic
There is such a thing?
changethis
There's a restaurant called "Goodfellas" in New Haven, CT. Mafia themed.
Imjusthereforthecomments
"Dead Mobster."
vanfem
We have a restaurant literally called "Mafia" here.
TheRealGingerBreadMan
Where?
iputthelotiononit
liek so ded.
norill
here
liyafae
I actually had just looked up if skeletons can stay together like this. They can't, especially with fish nibbling away at the decomposing 1/
liyafae
flesh. The ligaments could hold the leg together, but if it decomposed all the way to bone underwater, everything would fall apart and 2/
apageofthedarkhold
And you know... Gravity
liyafae
Definitely!
AnythingMuchShorter
Yeah, from pictures I've seen of shipwrecks, if they are at the stage where bones are left they are not nearly this clean.
liyafae
float away. So yes, art piece of some sort. Cool, but not real. Yay research!
HerbieRobinson
For those of you wondering, cement loafers are real. Can't tell you how I know this, just... Yeah, this may not be real, but the concept is.
darkemoon
Bones are porous, could've absorbed the water after the flesh rotted away.
logmicj
That and there is no fibula, and without muscle or connective tissues the femur wouldn't stay attached to the tibia. Fish tank decorations
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logmicj
Since its supposed to be a skeleton, all the muscles and ligaments that hold the knee joint together are gone. Without them it'd fall apart
RudeAndUnreasonableChicken
Agree about the fibula, and looking fake overall, but in real life there would still be anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments (1/2)
Alecundead
there is a nail holding the bones together #fake
TheL4gIsrael
Yeah! Science!
LadyYmir
perlcat
I'm betting it was a mafia cartoon character.
eCanada
My reply... almost
doihearanamen
WHAAAAA!?? I've seen this image here so many times and NOBODY has come to this conclusion. Beautifully done.
Thesmellofgoblins
This comment is on it every time. Last time someone pointed out what restaurant it was from
rasmis
Yes. Reverse searched the photo before seeing comments. Both Q & A follow reposts. http://slightlywarped.com/incredibly-interesting-pictures
RudeAndUnreasonableChicken
(2/2) that would be hard to see at that angle. But also, it shouldn't be standing straight up without support either, so there's that too
logmicj
Agree that the ACL and PCL help hold the knee together, but if the body had decomposed/been scavenged down to bare bone they would be gone
ImAnFBIAgentBooBoop
Scavenged? Is it a normal occurence that people rob parts from underwater corpses?
logmicj
When animals eat other dead animals they didn't kill, I call them scavengers.
Rocketeer99
Not people, but there's plenty of ocean life that would be happy to scavenge some tasty human meat...
SquilliamSquared
#11 Is in Minnesota!
thugmittens
The light tree is off of 77 right by Old Shakopee Rd. Close to MoA! Lots of marriage proposals happen there apparently.
SihayaOfTheAllPowerfulMeh
That place is for sale. 700k last time I looked
SihayaOfTheAllPowerfulMeh
Minnesota represent!
TiggyWinkle
we used to visit that tree every year when I was little!
slinky104
Bloomington right??
TucaMote
You guys use pesos in Minnesota
kmikl
FYI Those aren't Pesos. $1, $2, a $5 bill and at a guess, looks like tickets for the Toronto subway.
OhManIHopeIDontGetOneOfThoseLongUsernames
I assume you meant #12
sAbbietage
Picture 11B. OP labeled two pics 11.
OhManIHopeIDontGetOneOfThoseLongUsernames
yes