Ordinary things that are amazing.

EdenHazard

An atom is to the observable universe, what the observable universe is to the actual universe.

EdenHazard

Kxiii wrote: »

I think the the scale of the universe from the smallest to the biggest is amazing.

That was awesome, thanks

mutley18

The Internet is pretty amazing, how the hell did we ever cope without it?!

MikeD22

Kxiii wrote: »

I think the the scale of the universe from the smallest to the biggest is amazing.

This song should be played while exploring this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES2OyRQeclk

Great link. Great to see it all laid out like that, puts it into perspective very well.

mutley18

mutley18 wrote: »

The Internet is pretty amazing, how the hell did we ever cope without it?!

I realise this isn't an ordinary natural thing but it just amazes me!

Cookie_Monster

7 pages and no one has said boobs yet

what is AH coming too...

gara

Hugs are quite ordinary and very amazing

charlemont

EdenHazard wrote: »

That was awesome, thanks

Yea very good but truly amazing how Flutterin Bantam can survive on the Horsehead Nebula !

Jesus Wept

whoopsadaisydoodles's name - brillainttt

Speaking of which...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knYOcaQ-x5o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B12WBTFLK0Q

clappyhappy

I know it was mentioned earlier, but how two bodily fluids when put together either inside the human body or in a lab, can create a human. It is amazing.
Also often thought about how the first humans knew to have intercourse, its not like they had read or seen about sex (except maybe animals) but still, fascinating.

porte

SafeSurfer wrote: »

While KY jelly can turn humans into queens.

I like that one, great reply and true.:(

Magnets.. And not in the funny way. Invisible forces are amazing.

Pherekydes

clappyhappy wrote: »

Also often thought about how the first humans knew to have intercourse, its not like they had read or seen about sex (except maybe animals) but still, fascinating.

Heh. We are animals. Nearly all animals mate.

It's basic instinct.

JustAddWater

Pherekydes wrote: »

basic instinct.

Basic Instinct wasn't that amazing ...

Actually it was pretty crap

Cookie_Monster

clappyhappy wrote: »

Also often thought about how the first humans knew to have intercourse, its not like they had read or seen about sex (except maybe animals) but still, fascinating.

this Adam and Eve, god magicked them outa nowhere, first humans? Cos otherwise in reality our ancestors going back millions of years had been doing it right the way back to some slimy fish type thing, it's kinda ingrained like eating or breathing...

theg81der

I`m manufacturing a human and in 6 weeks it`ll be ready :eek: Its just amazing to me that my body can do that.

Pherekydes

theg81der wrote: »

I`m manufacturing a human and in 6 weeks it`ll be ready :eek: Its just amazing to me that my body can do that.

Bun in the oven? Remember to take it out on time. :pac:

whendovescry

Further to the OP's post about the shapes and squiggles of words representing our deepest emotions, I find the language of mathematics incredible. It can explain nearly all of the fundamental forces of the universe, and some don't take up more than a line of a page.

If I had to pick one example that probably is not as well known as the equations of Newton and Einstein it would be the Pauli exclusion principle, which accounts for the locations of every electron in every atom in the universe!

sbsquarepants

Matter itself is amazing.
Atoms consist of almost entirely nothing - if you touch something (yes even that!:D) no two physical pieces of matter actually touch off each other - all that "touches" is empty space, it's badly understood forces that stop your hand going straight through whatever it is you try to pick up, or your whole body from falling straight through the floor etc.

smash

I'll get back to you after I lick this toad....

anhedonia

Heroin. Its fantastic!

Cina

Money.

A veiled excuse to list something I recently learned. If you stack the U.S debt into $1 notes, you'll reach the moon!

Hardonraging

Squirting orgasms

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sbsquarepants

Cina wrote: »

Money.

A veiled excuse to list something I recently learned. If you stack the U.S debt into $1 notes, you'll reach the moon!

You wouldn't though, you'd get about 20 foot in the air and some gobshíte would knock it over!

Standard Toaster

Space and shít, the sheer scale of the universe is mind boggling.

Oh and streaming porn.

Duggy747

That the 20th century is probably one of the most important pieces of time in our history in terms of all the development we've achieved as a race in such a short space of time. The digital age, flight from the Wright brothers to landing on the moon, the ability to travel some of the deepest areas of our planet, medicine, etc.

I guess not really ordinary but relates to how far we've come. The Voyagers that were sent into space almost 35 years ago and, providing they don't get hit by anything, will travel in space for hundreds of thousands of years, if not a hell of a lot longer since next to nothing will erode them. Currently, they're around 11 BILLION miles away from us and are very close to leaving the solar system to continue their journey into the abyss.

Even after we're long dead, possibly as a species and a planet, those two crafts will still be travelling deep into the depths of space.

They each hold a golden disc containing music, languages and various sounds of our planet.......basically a snapshot of who we are (were) should they ever be picked up by someone out there.

22 years ago, Voyager 1 took this historic picture. Really shows both how miniscule we are to everything around us and how far we've come technologically that we could even take such a picture of ourselves, which represents us as a mere dot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pfwY2TNehw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5wilptDhk4

On a more smaller scale, the fact that we've made this planet appear so small with the presence of the internet and telephony technology. That litterally any kind of information is instantly and wirelessly available just by pulling a small device out of your pocket. It's the stuff of science fiction from the 50s & 60s that's only going to get more advanced. :pac:

Also, animals are great to watch, especially doing things that their species are known to do. I have a hamster and degus so watching using their brains to do certain things is fascinating.

MJ23

The bed.
Toasted sambos.
Meanies.

paddyandy

An Ant considering it's very tiny legs is a very fast creature .
The Gecko can walk on most ceilings and how it 'grips' it's surface is truly amazing .
Migrating Geese can sleep on the wing at 20,000 feet .
Microbes can go into suspended life for a 1,000 years .
hairs grow equidistance from each other in healthy circumstances .
At birth all the bodies orifices open spontaneously .

El Weirdo

paddyandy wrote: »

At birth all the bodies orifices open spontaneously .

For both mother and baby.

slavedave

That even the most intelligent people only use a fraction of their brain power.

That I can remember lyrics from songs that I learnt 30 years ago but can't remember where I left my keys.

That we have colour in our lives.

Ditto music.

That a creature that is the formed within the constraints of a system can think about things outside of that system eg mankind even entertaining the idea of there being a divine being.

The dew on a spider's web always blows me away for it's beauty.

How a certain smell transports me straight back to a remembered event in my life.

(I really like this thread):D