A snake playing dead.

via: https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/3tg3om/snake_playing_dead/

Phenakistoscope animations were the original GIFs 150 years ago. The phenakistoscope relies on a disc with sequential illustrations to create looping animations when viewed through small slits in a mirror, and were produced in great volumes across Europe in the early to mid 19th century. 

#GIFs   #Illusions   #Art   #Science  

via: http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/10/newly-digitized-phenakistoscopes/ 

Nitrogen triiodide is so unstable that even the slightest touch will cause it to explode.

#GIFs   #Chemistry   #Reactions  

via: http://mentalfloss.com/article/51854/gifs-explained-explosive-tickling

Whales and dolphins, both higly intelligent and sensitive animals, have been known to voluntarily spend time together, and form tight bonds.

#GIFs   #Whales   #Dolphins  

via: https://www.reddit.com/r/woahdude/comments/3s4w4s/a_dolphin_with_her_baby_is_followed_closely_by_a/

when you see your teacher outside of school 

Circle, square, hexagon. 

#GIFs   #Math  

via: https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/3t5ybn/circle_square_hexagon/

Rats are very, very flexible. 

#GIFs   #ScienceEveryday   #Evolution  

via: https://www.reddit.com/r/woahdude/comments/3sm1ht/flexible_rat/

If Biggie Smalls had taken a different career path. 

When iodine and aluminum are combined with water, the result looks magical.

#GIFs   #Chemistry  

via: http://aplus.com/a/more-science-gifs-to-astround-you

Magnetic putty eats a metal cube. NOM NOM NOM 

#GIFs   #ScienceEveryday  

via: http://funnyjunk.com/channel/fucking-science/Magnetic+thingy/fsXdGsf/

Explaining the NA+/K+ pump to people outside of biology.

#GIFs   #Biology   #ScienceEveryday  

via: http://imgur.com/gallery/cADbziS