Nuns entering a polling station, UK, 1959

Human babies do not fear snakes

Koalas are motionless most of their lives — even if they don't sleep, they sit still for up to 18 hours a day.

Confederate forces under General Hood unsuccessfully assault Union positions at Franklin, Tennessee, in what became known as the Battle of Franklin, 30 November 1864

⚒ Mercury is so dense that an iron anvil floats easily in it

Note: The anvil floats because mercury has a density almost twice that of iron.

Stockholm. Kingdom of Sweden. 1970s.

A girl checks the sharpness of a bayonet on the weapon of the Royal Guard of Honor soldier.

A Jewish Australian soldier joins other Jewish men, women, and children in prayer at the Western Wall of the Temple Mount, WWI, 1918

You hate the alarm clock for doing what you wanted it to do

The best diving instructor.

Children gazing at toys through a shop window, 1950s

The neck of a giraffe, although striking in its length, does not differ in structure from the necks of most mammals and has only 7 vertebrae.

The Galapagos sea iguana, the only marine lizard species in the world.

🇬🇷 The streets of a rural village in Greece, 1900-1920s

A woman in France loses €830,000 because of “Brad Pitt

Egypt's Most Remote Oasis

The Siwa Oasis nestles in a lifeless desert 550 km from Cairo. Such a miracle is located at 18.3 m below sea level on an old caravan road in the heart of the Western Desert.

It seems to be not only the most remote oasis, but also the most enigmatic place in Egypt.

🇺🇸 Cincinnati Library, Ohio, c. 1920 (Colourised) 📚

This is how a swan lands in water

Real estate agent explains the housing market in America.

A US artillery man in Germany writing Christmas cards for family back home, WWII, 1944

🌊 Life as a seafarer in Norway

Working at sea is not easy at all.

Malachite kingfisher is a pretty small, but incredibly agile bird.