10+ seemingly ordinary photos that can surprise you (13 photos)

A selection of photographs whose stories can surprise, sadden, and sometimes shock.





French serial killer Charles Snake Sobhraj returns home after being released in Nepal.



“I found these fingerprints on our ceiling this evening. No idea how or when they got there. No one in our family can reach the ceiling.”





“I recently started playing the shamisen, a traditional Japanese instrument. I asked what these black dots on the skin were, thinking it was some kind of dimension. It turns out that these are nipples on the skin of the cat’s belly, from which the instrument is made.”



The surface of a kidney stone under an electron microscope.



“A few nights ago I heard a noise coming from outside the window, but didn’t pay attention to it. Noticed it this morning."



When a kangaroo feels threatened, it dives shoulder-deep into a body of water to lure its pursuer into it, then violently drowns it, holding its head underwater and biting it until it can no longer resist.



Robe and ax of Giovanni Battista Bugatti, who was the official executioner of the Papal States from 1796 to 1864. During his tenure, he executed 514 people.



The Chicago Metra Up-N carries 34,000 passengers on 70 trains over this bridge every day.



Civilians care for zoo animals in their homes during World War II.



Signature degradation in Alzheimer's disease.



The "snow" in The Wizard of Oz was 100% pure asbestos.



Astronaut Bruce McCandless II floats in outer space completely untethered, far from the space shuttle, with only his manned maneuver unit keeping him alive. The first person in history to do this