130 “Mildly Interesting” Things That Might Surprise You (Best Of All Time)


Life might not be as dramatic and impactful as it seems in movies and TV shows, but it can pique your curiosity, nonetheless. The world is full of small things that can amuse and intrigue us—even if just for a moment.


‘Mildly Interesting’ is a legendary online group with tens of millions of followers from all around the globe who share photos of—yup, you guessed it—mildly interesting things. Our team here at Bored Panda has curated a list of the very best mildly interesting and surprisingly fascinating pics of all time to share with you. Keep scrolling to enjoy them. It’s a feast for the eyes and a reminder to always keep your camera or phone on you!


#1 My Uber Driver Offered A Conversation “Menu” For His Ride


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#2 My Dog And I Have The Same Hair


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#3 This Window That Makes My Back Yard Look Like It’s In 4 Different Seasons


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It’s an understatement to claim that the ‘Mildly Interesting’ online group is well-known online. It is one of the most popular internet communities out there, with a long history of sharing awesome content and inspiring its members to actively participate.


On the surface, the focus is sharing photos from everyday life. While some pics are just kinda sorta cool, others are incredibly aesthetic and could easily be called ‘wildly’ interesting.


#4 An Mri Room Under Construction, Coated With Copper Wallpaper


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#5 The Guy Who Does The Grass For My Building Left A Rectangle Of Wild Flowers So The Bees Can Use Them


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#6 This Purely Golden Bee Landed On My Car Today


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First created exactly 13 years ago on February 5, 2012, ‘Mildly Interesting’ has grown to become a second home to a whopping 24 million members from all corners of the internet. A very happy birthday to the entire group!


At the time of writing, the group was the 22nd largest subreddit on Reddit as a whole. The concept is so popular that numerous other social media groups dedicated to mildly interesting content have since sprung up.


#7 Nappies In Sweden Have A Father On The Packaging


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#8 Our Cat Mia, Rests Her Front Paws On Her Tail To Keep Them Off A Cold Surface


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#9 [homemade] Grandmas Delicious 21 Layer Jello


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According to the large moderator team that keeps the group’s sprawling community and flood of photos in check, the entire point of the subreddit is to post mildly interesting stuff.


Aka, “Stuff that interests you. Mildly. It’s in the name.” Naturally, the point is to share photos of things. So, this isn’t the place to post memes that you liked.


#10 My 2x4 Came From The Very Center Of The Tree


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#11 Mounted Police Taking Pictures At The Beach


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#12 I Have A Hereditary Gap In My Eyebrow


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Originality is a core tenet of the subreddit’s philosophy. The moderators highlight the fact that you aren’t allowed to post something that has been submitted to the site before, “even if you were the one who posted it.”


The only exception is sharing a fixed version of your post if it was removed or deleted by the moderators—or is wildly unpopular. After all, good timing is hard to pinpoint: some pics will get a ton of attention because you got lucky when you shared them.


#13 Last Night My Wife's Uber Had A Duck In It


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#14 I Got A Warning For Leaving My Laptop Unattended In The Library


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#15 This Caterpillar That Looks Like An Anime With Wet Eyes My Nephew Found Today


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The moderators stress the fact that if you didn’t take the picture, you shouldn’t be posting it. They’re also not big fans of images with significant photo editing. Nor should you share any personal information, whether yours or someone else’s. It’s okay to censor those details for the sake of privacy.


Meanwhile, you can’t share screenshots on ‘Mildly Interesting.’ And you should try to write the titles for your posts to be as concise and exact as you can be, for the sake of everyone who comes across your photos.


#16 The Feeder I Got From The Store Already Had A Sleeping Hummingbird On It


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#17 These Wild Burros Hang Out In My Neighborhood Often


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#18 I Built The ~$800 LEGO Millennium Falcon Set Out Of Parts I Already Had


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During a previous interview with Bored Panda, one of the moderators explained to us that their focus on original photos is what helps them set their content apart from other internet communities.


“Our content is generated by our community and given that titles cannot be clickbait, there is a unique feeling of people seeing something mildly interesting, whipping their phone out of their pocket, capturing, and posting,” RedSquaree said.


#19 My Hotel Phone In Iceland Has A Special Button That Will Wake You Up If There Are Northern Lights In The Sky


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#20 My View Of The New Volcano Eruption In Iceland


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#21 Friend’s Umbrella Grew A Large Mushroom In The Month She Didn’t Use It


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“The community feels very interactive (the content creators are all here) and laid back. This is probably why our comments sections are almost always nice and relaxed and, themselves, mildly interesting,” the moderator explained to Bored Panda earlier.


#22 My Niece Has 6 Fingers On Both Hands [oc]


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#23 Lightning Struck My Home Gym And Left This Artifact Inside The Mirror


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#24 Power Line Fell And Melted Sidewalk Into A Boiling Glass Puddle


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According to them, they had to expand their moderator team as the number of submissions “massively increased.” That—plus their no-tolerance approach toward clickbait—has been part of the reason why the sub continues to be so successful. Having a higher bar for the quality of the content is a great thing.


#25 When I Was Young I Numbered Each Dimple Of A Golf Ball


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#26 My Grandparents Have A Glassed-Over Well In Their Kitchen


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#27 The Sun Hit This Freshly-Paved Tarmac Just Right And Made A Real-Life Rainbow Road Through Polarized Lenses


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Which of the images on this list did you think were the most (mildly) interesting of the lot? What are the latest mildly interesting things that you personally took photos of? What, for you personally, is something in a photo that piques your curiosity no matter what? We’re always happy to hear from you. If you have a moment, share your thoughts in the comments.


#28 My Friends Giant Sunflower


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#29 My Friend Met A Stranger At A Wedding That Looked Just Like Him And Was Wearing The Same Thing


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#30 This Tree Looks Like Straight Up Broccoli


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#31 I Built A Miniature Audience Out Of Ads I Got In The Mail


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#32 Was At The Beach And Found A Shell With Barnacles On It That Makes It Look Like An Anatomically Correct Heart


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#33 These Water Jugs Look Like They're Getting Married


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#34 Today’s 1 Euro Coin From Greece Depicting 2400 Year Old Greek Coin


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#35 The Napkin On My Flight Has A Buttonhole


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#36 My Child That Was Born Last Week Has Natural Blonde Highlights


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#37 There's A Free-Roaming Turtle With A Diaper At My Local Gym


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#38 One Of My Coke Bottle Candies Was Empty


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#39 The Difference In Appearance Of This Nuthatch After I Found It vs. After A 2 Hour Nap In A Shoebox


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#40 The Holes I Drilled In This Stump Are All Different Colors


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#41 I Found A Lowercase Stop Sign


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#42 My Dog’s Extra Long Whisker


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#43 This Wavy Road Seen From The Window Of A Plane Landing In Ft Lauderdale


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#44 The Corrosion On This Water Tap Looks Like A Map


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#45 My Mom Sent This Picture Of The Soda Aisle At Her Grocery Store


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#46 Dad’s Relay Torch From The ‘84 Olympics


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#47 My Mother Bought Me Another Copy Of The Toy I've Had Since I Was A Child


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#48 My Adopted Street Cat Before And After Being Neutered At Age 13


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#49 This Mesh Bag Makes Oranges Look Way More “Orange”


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#50 This Bunny In My Yard Doesn't Have Bunny Ears


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#51 Someone Left A Ducky On My Car


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#52 My Wounds After A Surgery To Help My Heart Were Covered By Heart Shaped Gauze


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#53 The Squirrels In My Neighborhood Carved My Pumpkin For Me


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#54 My Dads ‘85 Pickup In Between 2 Modern Pickups


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#55 I Cleaned My Leather Couch And The Cattle Brand Showed Through


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#56 This Restaurant Named "Thai Food Near Me"


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#57 Local Funeral House Offers A $85 Cardboard Casket


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#58 I Made A Blanket That Rolls Up To Look Like Sushi


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#59 Our Pilot Today


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#60 The Monthly Dosage Of Medication Necessary For My Survival


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#61 My Copper Wire Off Ebay Arrived With Six Different Collectable Princess Diana Memorial Stamps From 1998


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#62 My Workplace's Air Conditioner Condenses So Much Water That It's Growing Cattails At The End Of The Parking Lot


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#63 Someone Donated Hundreds Of Space Jam Fleece Throws To Our Flood Relief Fund


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#64 Someone Plastered His Car With Solar Panels And Keeps His Car Loading Everywhere He Parks


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#65 I Put Some Bacon Grease On My Electric Skillet And It Formed A Perfect Diamond


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#66 This Bonsai Plant Has A Hexagon Branch Structure


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#67 Bees Swarmed My Plant


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#68 This 107 Year Old Hot Dog Place’s Original Menu Prices


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#69 This Charred Intercom System At Taco Cabana


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#70 In Legoland Denmark The Restaurant's Fries Are Shaped Like 2x2 LEGO Bricks


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#71 I Spilled Some Milk And The Puddle Looks Like A Derpy Ghost!


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#72 My Cat's Coat Has Darkened Significantly Since We Adopted Him A Year Ago


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#73 Bit Into Something Hard In A Fried Oyster And Found A Small Pearl


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#74 My Mother Is Making Sauce In A Mortar Made With Volcanic Rock And The Flame On The Stove Turned Green


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#75 I Saw The Green Lady Yesterday


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#76 Clouds I Caught At The Right Angle


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#77 Car Parking Without Saftey Barriers


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#78 Scent Free Zone For Workers


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#79 The Scar On My Arm Doesn’t Get Dirty


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#80 A Sign Over A Urinal In Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean And Binary


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#81 Underground Nest Of Garter Snakes At A Friend's House


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#82 My Antidepressant Is Actually 12 Smaller Pills In A Trench Coat


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#83 The Stark Difference Between A Kroger And Farmers Market Strawberry


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#84 Old Injury On Hand Now Gets Dirty Or Stays Clean Opposite To The Rest Of The Hand


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#85 The Difference Between A Trimmed Palm Tree And A Wild Palm Tree


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#86 The Deer Where I Live Have Zero Survival Instincts Around Humans. They Will Just Walk Up To You And Hang Out


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#87 My Dog Ripped Open His Chew Toy And This Was Written On The Squeaker


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#88 Different Coloured Peppers Growing Inside Big Pepper


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#89 The Way This Customer Left Their Mussel Shells Organized After Eating


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#90 Restaurant I Ate Framed The Hole Someone Punched In The Men’s Room Wall


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#91 Noticed That My Girlfriend's Dad's Arm Looks It Belongs To Her


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#92 My Water Bottle Shrank After Putting It In The Dishwasher


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#93 I Found A 12 Year Old Pouch Of Capri Sun In The Middle Of A Desert In New Mexico


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#94 Big Snail I Found. Foot For Scale


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#95 Family Iris Portrait


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#96 My Apple Has An Apple On It


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#97 My Mom's House Burned Down But There Was Still American Cheese In The Fridge


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#98 This Rug Matches The Pattern Of The Tile Beneath


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#99 A Sunflower I Grew In 2021:


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#100 This Bird Just Flew Onto My Finger And Then Flew Away Again


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#101 I Just Moved In This House And There Is A Great Egret Who Just Comes In The House!


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#102 This Papaya Has An “Eating Color” Sticker To Let You Know When It’s Ripe


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#103 These Are The Same Stuffed Animal - One From Storage, The Other Loved For 30+ Years


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#104 Aging Of A Stuffed Animal Lion After 30 Years


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#105 This Public Bathroom Has Blue Tinted Light To Discourage Drug Injections


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#106 The Heated Side Walks At My Work, Doing Their Job


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#107 My Tanned And Untanned Skin Tones Are Drastically Different


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#108 My Kitten’s Nose Turns A Darker Shade Of Pink When She’s Sleepy


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#109 My Finger Prosthetic Has My New Fingerprint On It


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#110 Weird Rock Found In Backyard


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#111 My Hairy Legs


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#112 You Can See All The Colors Of The Disneyland Teacup Because Its Worn Off Where The Door Closes


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#113 The "Op" Of This Lost Cat Poster Came Back And Posted An Update On The Harold Situation


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#114 Took My Kitchen Knives To Be Sharpened And They Gave Me A Band-Aid With My Receipt


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#115 Parking Garage Space Blocked Off Because Of Mri Machine Above


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#116 My Girlfriend Met A Person At The Bar With The Inverse Of Her Tattoo


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#117 A Bird Made A Nest On My Car While I Was At The Gym


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#118 This Eclipse Survival Goodie Bag Our Cfo Made For Everyone [oc]


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#119 The „american Garden“ In The ‚gardens Of The World’ Exhibition In Berlin Is Simply An La Style Parking Lot


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#120 Not A Single Person In This Dentistry Ad Is Showing Their Teeth


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#121 My Lyft Driver Holds A Stuffed Bunny While Driving


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#122 There Is A Waiver On My Receipt For Takeout Shawarma


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#123 Breast Milk Color Difference 3 Days Postpartum vs. 8 Weeks Postpartum


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#124 The Soap Dispenser At My Work Caught Fire


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#125 My Swiss Cheese Only Has One Hole


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#126 My Job Got New Microwaves And Only Allow Certain Foods In Them


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#127 Old Ww2 Anti-Air Canon That Lives In The Middle Of Our Neighborhood


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#128 My Airplant Flowered!


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#129 My Grandfather’s Retirement Home Has An Emotional Support Skunk That Comes In


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#130 I Found An Atlas Moth Today At School


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