Reddit | drkmatterinc

29 Mind-Bending Pics That Show Us How Little We Know About The World

Every now and then, something will happen which stops you dead in your tracks and makes you think, "hot damn, the world will never be the same again after this moment." Whether it be something ridiculous, like the truth behind a goose's tongue (which will baffle and amaze), or a fungus which bleeds strawberry paste, there is so much amazing stuff out there in the world!

So, with that in mind, here are 12+ mind-bending pics that show us how little we know about the world.

"My nails pushing the chemo out of my fingertips"

Reddit | llowreyy

Hopefully, this person is in recovery from this terrible illness. It is amazing what our bodies are capable of.

"This glass eye on a grave"

Reddit | Depressedshawarma

And the prize for the spookiest periscope ever goes to... this ridiculous nightmare fuel!

"The Water Fountain Repair Guy Left Behind a Tiny Water Fountain Calling Card"

Reddit | ajchann123

In terms of business cards, this could be the best one I've ever seen. Imagine this beauty being whipped out in American Psycho when they're comparing business cards.

"Rare phenomenon in the Philippines where the eruption of a volcano causes a lightning storm"

Reddit | myfriendsruseless

The sudden eruption of this volcano caused thousands to have to evacuate their homes. This is actually the Taal volcano in the Philippines.

"One of my pasta noodles had a perfect loop in it"

Reddit | CCMears13

How does this even happen? I know that it is just a loop in a piece of pasta but it will baffle me until I am in my grave!

"Just learnt today that geese have teeth on the tongue."

Reddit | ElWeedoHermano

I never before knew that something as seemingly innocuous as a goose could be so terrifying!

"The fog during my flight makes Illinois seem like it hasn’t rendered"

Reddit | OBEYTHOVENN

Some people just don't realize that the world is actually like a video game map that you have to uncover before you can see it.

"These tumbleweeds that piled up in front of my brother's house"

Reddit | kevincennis

This person clearly tells a serious amount of terrible jokes for this many tumbleweeds to accumulate.

"Sunrise + solar eclipse = devil horns"

Reddit | XxX_n00bslay3r_XxX

This photograph was captured by Elias Chastotis while he spent the holiday season in Al Wakrah, Qatar.

"Bleeding tooth fungus"

Reddit | HuggingTheJellyfish

It looks like it is strawberry flavored! I really wouldn't fancy eating it though...

Inky Cap Mushroom

Reddit | I_Am_Err00r

The person who posted this explained: "A fun fact about the inky cap mushroom: they are perfectly edible, but become poisonous if consumed with alcohol." However, someone also warned to not eat one regardless as it will give you a really bad hangover.

"These pimples on my face happen to line up almost perfectly with my freckles"

Reddit | GrandmasCrustyNipple

I wish the pimples I had when I was a teenager would have helped me achieve internet fame as opposed to just making me feel self-conscious.

"I was playing darts and did this"

Reddit | CopyGFX

And I bet you thought that this kind of thing could only happen in Robin Hood Movies!

"A Kangaroo hops past a burning house in Lake Conjola, Australia."

Reddit | casualphilosopher1

At the moment. Australia is experiencing its largest wildfires in 45 years. This shows that it is not only humans that are affected by such disasters.

"Half of this hallway is under construction."

Reddit | LivingPeterJennings

This is how I feel when I tell people that I've got my life together, yet just behind that flimsy wall, there is a lot of restructuring going on.

"Aftermath of a box jellyfish sting"

Reddit | Derpazor1

This looks more like you've fallen asleep near a child with a magic marker. I can imagine this was more painful though!

"The way my plate broke in almost even pieces"

Reddit | mmay_a

This seems like one of those glitch in the matrix moments where you just have to sit back and try and remember that you aren't actually living in a computer simulation... or are you?

Black Sand Dunes On Mars

Reddit | drkmatterinc

Apparently, while sand on Earth is made largely of mineral quartz, which is white and bright, on Mars most sand is composed of dark basalt, a volcanic rock. There's not only amazing stuff happening on our planet!

"Chairs at my new job have rollerblade wheels so we can roll quietly"

Reddit | wideout3485

This person wants to start an office curling team with these chairs apparently... I can see that ending well.

"I have dermatographia, which means I’m a human etch-a-sketch."

Reddit | skeletonprince

Dermatographia is a condition which is sometimes known as "skin writing". The condition means that minor scratches can leave temporary but prominent reactions.

"This banner outside the Latvian embassy in Washington, DC promoting introversion"

Reddit | rev3nge914

What a strange thing to advertise on the front of your embassy. It's an interesting notion though, and I guess I'll have to go to Latvia to find out how true it is.

"An ear sculpture 'grown' out of proteins taken from a living descendant of Vincent van Gogh"

Reddit | Stadey

The ear was actually grown from tissue-engineered cartilage at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital. It is supposed to also be identical to Van Gogh's thanks to computer imaging technology.

"This mini library on a train in Seoul"

Reddit | Thejustjames

What a wonderful idea! This person went on to say that this is actually on the Gyeogui-Jungang line which cuts through Seoul East to Northwest.

"The size of this dandelion!"

Reddit | rubber_otter

This dandelion would mean it would take a long time to figure out if the person you've got a crush on really loves you!

"Rock on a frozen lake gets hot from the sun and melts the ice around it."

Reddit | ThatDapperMosquito

It is incredible how smooth the flow of the ice is, it looks like a still of a rock being skimmed across a lake.

"By stacking enough images, you can draw out the subtle color of the moon"

Reddit | ajamesmccarthy

The person who took this astounding image explained how they captured it: "This was taken by blending images from 2 cameras and two telescopes, and involved taking around 12,000 pictures and combining them to get the level of detail and rich color I wanted."

"Continental Gap In Iceland"

Reddit | Hak-er

This is actually a gap between the two tectonic plates, one of which is Europe, the other is North America. It's unusual to think that there is a place where you can have one of your feet on one continent, and your other foot on another.

"Office building that's inside... But looks like it's outside."

Reddit | Lolagurl

What a great idea to brighten up what could be quite an ordinary office. I've never seen an office like this before, I'd love to know if anyone out there works in somewhere like this!

"These Tupperware have symbols on them like hearts and stars so you know which lids match."

Reddit | PlumbusForUs

Sometimes I think that I've got the world down to a tee, and then I realize that Tupperware has little symbols on it and I realize that I know nothing.