Once-in-a-lifetime photos shared by people online

Have you ever seen a reflection line up so seamlessly with its surroundings that it looks like an intentional part of the scene? Or maybe you've come face-to-face with a wild animal you’d only ever watched on a screen?

These are the fleeting, extraordinary moments that stick in our minds — even if they don’t mean much to anyone else.

Love All Those Colors

a car full of rainbow soap
Photo Credit: Reddit / wombatracing123
Photo Credit: Reddit / wombatracing123

As a kid, going through the car wash always felt like an adventure — but I never paid attention to how the soap looked on the car.

Looking at it now, it's surprisingly beautiful.

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Sutro Tower Or The Flying Dutchman?

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tower hidden in fog that looks like ship
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On this especially foggy California morning, San Francisco's Sutro Tower is giving off serious Flying Dutchman vibes—as if a ghostly ship has drifted in to spook the entire city.

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Stay alert, residents!

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This Person Must Live In The Upside Down

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winter sky that looks like the ground
Photo Credit: Reddit / the-crooked-compass
Photo Credit: Reddit / the-crooked-compass
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Encountering a sky like this on the way to work would make us feel like we're heading straight into something ominous.

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Or maybe like we’re driving through a glitch in reality that was never meant to be seen.

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This Girl Is On Fire

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flames that resemble a person
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Photo Credit: Imgur / Jiryn
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You may have thought you were just playing with fire, but this flame clearly has its own plans.

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With a face lurking within the flames, it looks like something straight out of a Harry Potter scene.

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Aren't They Pretty?

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someone xrayed some flowers
Photo Credit: Reddit / daisy_cutter_
Photo Credit: Reddit / daisy_cutter_
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At first glance, these may seem like expertly photoshopped flowers, but in reality, they're X-ray images of flowers, which is pretty incredible.

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Notice how they radiate under different lighting compared to how we typically perceive them.

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It's Like Being In A Rainbow

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the light coming in the window looks like a light prism
Photo Credit: Reddit / Christianhbk
Photo Credit: Reddit / Christianhbk
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This person recently installed a film on their window for added privacy, only to discover the stunning prism effect it created.

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It looks like this will be a daily sight for them, not just a rare occurrence.

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Is That Cup Floating?

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a cup looks like its floating on the ledge
Photo Credit: Reddit / Churlish_Grambungle
Photo Credit: Reddit / Churlish_Grambungle
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The light streaming through the window makes it appear as though the glass is floating above the ledge!

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What a lucky moment to capture it at the perfect time.

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This Is Crazy

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a pillar that looks like it's see through
Photo Credit: Reddit / DemetriMartin
Photo Credit: Reddit / DemetriMartin
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At first glance, it seems like we're staring at a transparent pillar, but in reality, this is an image reflected from the double glazing on a window, perfectly aligning with the clouds behind it.

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Incredible!

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That Carrot Is Smiling At Us

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a carrot looks like it has a smile in it
Photo Credit: Reddit / shegoesgentle
Photo Credit: Reddit / shegoesgentle
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I've never come across anything like this before, have you?

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I'm not sure if this is a natural occurrence or if it's been altered, but one thing's for sure – veggies that smile back are definitely a first!

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Ok, This Is Kind Of Gross

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someone pulled off a scab of a fresh tattoo
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It kind of looks like money, but in reality, this is actually a piece of skin that someone peeled off of a healing tattoo.

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The design came off on the scab perfectly.

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That's One Wilty Fan

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a fan that melted because of the heat
Photo Credit: Reddit / GDHPNS
Photo Credit: Reddit / GDHPNS
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Imagine living in a place where it gets so hot that even your fan starts to melt?

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No matter how hot you think it gets where you live, at least it isn't this hot...unless it is.

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Look, A Visitor

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a deer sleeping on a dog pillow
Photo Credit: Reddit / SparxD
Photo Credit: Reddit / SparxD
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I'm sure when these people bought this dog bed they weren't expecting to find that a big deer was going to be using it, but if it were me, I wouldn't be too upset.

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Would you?

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That's Quite The Fire

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a gas stove without the covers on
Photo Credit: Reddit / EleclCtriC
Photo Credit: Reddit / EleclCtriC
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This is what a gas stove looks like when it doesn't have the tops put on.

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I wouldn't have thought that the flames went up that high! Isn't that crazy?

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He Doesn't Look Impressed

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someone showing off owl legs
Photo Credit: Reddit / gonne
Photo Credit: Reddit / gonne
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OK, did anyone else know this about owls?

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They just get weirder and weirder the more that we learn about them. They're always going to be a mystery to us.

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Is That Barbie Wearing A Meat Dress?

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a Barbie wearing a meat dress
Photo Credit: Reddit / Berniegirl
Photo Credit: Reddit / Berniegirl
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Apparently, this is an ad for a restaurant where you can order a meat plate that has a Barbie in the middle of it?

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That was everyone's best guess, anyway.

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That Is Quite The Banana

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someone found a triple banana
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I'm not sure that I would be able to eat a banana that looks like this, something about it would just kind of freak me out.

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It's an intimidating piece of fruit.

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Woah, How Did This Happen?

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a tree that looks like it split in the middle and came back together
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I'm not sure how something like this would happen without human intervention.

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They must have put something in the middle of that to make it grow that way, right? Nothing else makes sense.

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This Is Spooky

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a tree growth looks like a monster
Photo Credit: Reddit / GallowBoob
Photo Credit: Reddit / GallowBoob
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Don't lie, if you were walking through the woods, this would be something that would scare you if you saw it on your hike.

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It would make me jump, that's for sure.

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What Is Happening Here?

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a one liter bottle before it's filled up
Photo Credit: Reddit / str4ight_shooter
Photo Credit: Reddit / str4ight_shooter
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Apparently, this is what a one-liter bottle looks like before it's filled with liquid.

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I would have thought for sure that they came in the full size, but I guess they expand as they get heated and filled.

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It's A Grape Inception

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a grape with a grape in it
Photo Credit: Reddit / GymPowers
Photo Credit: Reddit / GymPowers
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This is what it looks like when a little grape grows inside a bigger grape.

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It's even weirder because they seem to be different colors! What is going on here?

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What Are The Chances?

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couple standing in front of an erupting volcano
Photo Credit: Imgur / ppushmeupp
Photo Credit: Imgur / ppushmeupp
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Witnessing a volcanic eruption from a safe distance must be an incredible experience.

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That's the kind of moment that stays with you forever.

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Everyone Is Smiling

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couple met a friendly sting ray
Photo Credit: Reddit / kebulatr
Photo Credit: Reddit / kebulatr
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You have to love it when you take a nice family photo where everyone is smiling, even the locals you're hitting it off with.

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That stingray sure looks happy to be hanging out.

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Is This Fruit Posessed?

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a tree grew a scary looking orange
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Photo Credit: Imgur / ButterflyEffectDivergence
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It honestly looks like it is, yes.

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Believe it or not, this terrifying thing was supposed to be an orange, but instead, it turned out to be something more along the lines of angry looking lime.

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Woah There!

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a buffalo at night in Yellowstone National Park
Photo Credit: Reddit / people_talking
Photo Credit: Reddit / people_talking
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This big guy is just out for evening stroll.

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Thank goodness the car stopped in time when they saw him. I guess this is the risk you take driving through Yellowstone at night.

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Is That A Dandelion?

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a green onion that's huge
Photo Credit: Reddit / hartomo
Photo Credit: Reddit / hartomo
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This may look like a weird dandelion...

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...but it's actually a green onion that someone bought in a store and then planted and let grow for a couple of years.

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Well, There You Have It

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people putting in power lines
Photo Credit: Reddit / henhen42
Photo Credit: Reddit / henhen42
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I'm not sure how I thought power lines were built, but I didn't think that they were air-dropped from a helicopter.

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Imagine how much those probably weigh? Let's hope they get it in the right spot the first time.

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That's A Scary KFC

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kfc with a soviet sculpture on it
Photo Credit: Reddit / palmallamakarmafarma
Photo Credit: Reddit / palmallamakarmafarma
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This KFC was put in under a Soviet sculpture in Minsk. It was carved in the 1960s and the statue is called "Solidarity."

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The KFC is only a few years old as it was built in 2015.

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That's Actually Quite Pretty

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dew all over a spider web
Photo Credit: Reddit / pablokris
Photo Credit: Reddit / pablokris
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This kind of looks like something from a fantasy film.

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But, it's a much more innocent explanation than that. This is just what it looks like when dew collects on top of a spider web.

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It's Almost Perfect

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pinecone that grew inside the wood of a tree
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Photo Credit: Reddit / oops_leaked_account
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Nature truly is incredible.

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This tree grew around a pinecone, which left a perfect imprint in the wood. You couldn't have asked for a clearer picture to be made by hand.

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I Wonder What It Sounds Like

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a drumset made out of pots and pans
Photo Credit: Reddit / xenchik
Photo Credit: Reddit / xenchik
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If you look closely at this very shiny drum set, you'd notice that it's actually made out of pots and pans!

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All those kids who banged on pots and pans were on to something.

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The Louvre Is Looking Tacky

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the Mona Lisa made out of jelly beans
Photo Credit: Reddit / Vman1325
Photo Credit: Reddit / Vman1325
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Oh wait, that's a picture of the Mona Lisa made out of jelly beans, of all things.

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If you saw a jelly bean museum, would you stop and take a look? Might be worth it.

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Would You Try It?

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pickle cotton candy
Photo Credit: Reddit / 113Percent
Photo Credit: Reddit / 113Percent
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Of all the different flavors in the world, why would pickle be an ideal cotton candy flavor?

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I suppose there are a lot of people in the world who are fond of them.

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How Cute Is This?

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goat at the beach
Photo Credit: Reddit / TheMaliciousEggplant
Photo Credit: Reddit / TheMaliciousEggplant
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It's not often that you'd come across a baby goat in a life jacket getting ready to go for a swim.

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It truly is one of the best once in a lifetime scenes.

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Who Would Have Thought?

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a juice bottle with no air in it
Photo Credit: Reddit / christian_daddy
Photo Credit: Reddit / christian_daddy
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A sight many of us never thought we would a see.

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A juice bottle that has no air in it. Not even when you turn it upside down. Why can't everyone do this?

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Let's Hope It's A Joke

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dino crossing sign
Photo Credit: Reddit / 3lkholy
Photo Credit: Reddit / 3lkholy
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Let's hope that is is just the sign of someone who is a big fan of Jurassic Park, and not a warning sign that someone has actually tried to recreate Jurassic Park.

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We hope.

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It Must Have Been Quite The Storm

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lightning struck the sidewalk
Photo Credit: Reddit / Jesper9000
Photo Credit: Reddit / Jesper9000
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Lightning struck the sidewalk in front of this person's house.

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It left a huge hole in the ground and turned the concrete it struck into some glass! How incredible is that?

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A Complicated Web To Weave

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complicated web
Photo Credit: Reddit / mizkovi
Photo Credit: Reddit / mizkovi
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You might not like spiders, but this is not your average spider web.

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We'd almost feel bad about walking through a web that looked like this one, or for killing the spider that created it.

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He's Following Instructions

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dog with one ear up and license plate
Photo Credit: Reddit / airbrat
Photo Credit: Reddit / airbrat
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The question is, what came first; the dog or the license plate?

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This dog either has a permanent ear up and the vanity plate is to honor him, or he aced obedience school and knows how to follow a command.

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There Can Only Be One Bird At This Feeder

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bird kicking another off the feeder
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Photo Credit: Imgur / hamnzo
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You can practically hear this bird yelling "this is SPARTA!" as he kicks his enemy off of the bird feeder.

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That little yellow bird won't be coming back around that feeder any time soon.

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Take The Track Less Traveled

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clouds that look like roller coaster
Photo Credit: Reddit / Octacle
Photo Credit: Reddit / Octacle
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Any rollercoaster that ends in the car sailing freely through the air seems like a bit of a safety hazard and is going to be a hard no from us.

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Luckily, it's just the clouds playing tricks on us, and no one actually took that route... we think.