Huh...that's interesting

[Infinity Blade]

This is a thread for anything you find really particularly fascinating and interesting. Curiosities and all that.

I'll start. Below is an 18th century jezail rifle, which were used by the Mughal Empire. It's over two meters long.

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Another, somewhat smaller example.

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This is a photo, taken in 2010, of a Dogon hunter armed with a flintlock rifle. That's right. Aside from recreational hunters/shooters in the West, there were people still using flintlocks in 2010 (and they probably still are).


Even more ludicrously outdated are matchlocks. And guess what? Tibetan nomads still use matchlock rifles to hunt (link).


Original source; not sure when taken).

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This was taken in 1938 by Peter Beard. An elephant congregation in Tsavo.


Not sure when this colored image was taken, but it was reportedly from the '60s or '70s.

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Let me be clear; this is a thread for phenomena or objects that are curious and interesting. Not a place to talk about or get into people's views on matchups. We have other threads, including the matchups themselves, where you can do that.

~Infinity Blade

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Here are some intriguing grapes

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Sulfur. The bad smelling, gassy, yellow element. 
Not smelly when crystallized!

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You ever wanted to combine a gun with a melee weapon of your choice? Well, Henry VIII did! Below is a combination between a mace and a triple-barreled gun, believed to be his (and here is a detailed description of it from the Royal Armouries).




Here's a full view of the thing.

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Salt can make things taste sweeter
io9.gizmodo.com/theres-a-scientific-reason-why-a-pinch-of-salt-makes-th-5779217

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Space can smell like roast meat, raspberries, and liquor
www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/07/what-space-smells-like/259903/

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Raining on one side, but not the other.

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There is a person who can make noises only elephants can hear: www.medicaldaily.com/man-worlds-deepest-voice-hits-notes-only-elephants-can-hear-242157

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Elephants have begun to evolve tuskless to prevent poachers targeting them: www.thefactsite.com/1000-interesting-facts/
(it's number 21)

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Standing around burns a considerable amount of calories! 
www.thefactsite.com/1000-interesting-facts/ (number 71)

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Eating rhubarb leaves can kill you!
www.cheatsheet.com/culture/foods-you-should-never-eat-raw.html/ (number 3)

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Fugu, as we all know, is very toxic when raw. But scientists have now been able to farm raise and remove the poison!
Source: www.nytimes.com/2008/05/04/world/asia/04fugu.html

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Spix's disk-winged bat is a bat with suction cups on its wings to stick to things.



www.batcon.org/resources/media-education/news-room/the-echo/1161-species-spotlight-spix-s-disk-winged-bat