The Insides of These Everyday Objects Are Totally Unexpected

Mutilated Motorcycle

Hop on to this ride for a quick trip around the block, but make sure you get the other half first! This is a motorcycle cut in half, so you can see all the inner mechanisms that make this vehicle work. It's probably a little easier to chop a motorcycle in half than it is a car, don't you think?

A Tortoise Skeleton

This tortoiseshell exposes something that almost none of us knew: the turtle was attached to his hardened home the whole time! This is something that certainly isn't brought up in your elementary school biology course, but maybe it should be. It is way cooler than learning that mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell, right? 

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The More You Know

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  • Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.