The Insides of These Everyday Objects Are Totally Unexpected

White Oak Fossil

This is a tree that has been fossilized on the inside, resulting in a wide array of beautiful color combinations. Who knows how many other trees look like this around the world! Next time you go camping or hiking, take a look around and see if those colorful flowers in the corner of your eye are actually something else...

Batter Up! 

The inside of a baseball is something you might have believed you would never see, but wonder no more. The interior of a baseball is made of rubber, red rubber, cotton, and at the very center, a cork. All of these elements together add up to a distinctive weight and feel of an authentic game playing ball. 

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The More You Know

  • A U.S. park ranger named Roy C. Sullivan held the record for being struck by lightning the most times, having been struck — and surviving — seven times between 1942 and 1977.
  • Shakespeare's plays feature the word "love" about 10 times more than the word "hate."
  • The first American woman to go to medical school was admitted as a joke. Geneva Medical School thought it was joke when Elizabeth Blackwell applied to attend 1847. She graduated in 1849, started her own practice, and opened an infirmary for the poor.
  • Nearly 15 percent of Los Angeles is used as a parking lot.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.