The internet is 99% garbage. But if you know where to look, it’s an absolute goldmine.
Here are 50 legendary websites that feel illegal to know and will save you thousands of hours👇
1. https://t.co/BKQKtCpfmF — Watch the world via live satellite imagery
2. https://t.co/skHM6iilRk — See every plane currently in the sky
3. https://t.co/3wHLr5Crg0 — Track all ships at sea in real time
4. https://t.co/wneZoYlvLt — Live map of winds and storms
5. https://t.co/th5qTv52O1 — Watch lightning strikes hitting Earth in real time
6. https://t.co/ugJruuAACv — Live list of recent earthquakes
7. https://t.co/KjzFm8N2Vf — Ocean cables carrying the internet
8. https://t.co/ihBKAFPTgk — Watch forests disappear from space
9. https://t.co/QO76fqlnqY — The world's statistics, second by second
10. https://t.co/6aNOFkqc0c — Current number of tweets and searches being posted
11. https://t.co/Ng5YgeP1em — Compare the true sizes of countries
12. https://t.co/8nxdhZQV3I — Maps from centuries ago
13. https://t.co/KxBUC8vSl0 — Archive of 150,000 historical maps
14. https://t.co/jCKAhsZeWZ — World map drawn by volunteers
15. https://t.co/d5QWs5nRf2 — Look out the window of a random person around the world
16. https://t.co/RKjjmyrsVb — Virtual walks through cities
17. https://t.co/foY7sok6b8 — Teleport to a random spot on Earth
18. https://t.co/ZJ889ivqJL — Catalog of the world's strangest places
19. https://t.co/wVGZkiJzPW — Interactive knowledge experiences
20. https://t.co/j1VNMfZb26 — Scale journey from atom to universe
21. https://t.co/CvOBtlatbG — Explore the solar system in 3D
22. https://t.co/RnlofaWZQo — Real sky map in your browser
23. https://t.co/1PlQgAjJCs — NASA's astronomy picture of the day
24. https://t.co/2RuTZvWLiB — NASA's entire visual archive, free
25. https://t.co/beEkHBhqUT — Visual articles told through data
26. https://t.co/RMccQyC8He — The state of the world with real data
27. https://t.co/gNH6mlA69d — What we mistakenly think we know about the world
28. https://t.co/ZrVElnZiNA — Visualizing complex data
29. https://t.co/ahtXNpoz2M — World Bank's open data
30. https://t.co/ShMYouwDwn — Turkey's official statistics database
31. https://t.co/GqEd2SxLvM — Archive of millions of books, films, and software
32. https://t.co/8ijFqv8DuN — 70,000 free books whose copyrights have expired
33. https://t.co/Gt6dp7heDe — Record of every book in the world
34. https://t.co/LogFrI5jlv — U.S. Library of Congress digital archive
35. https://t.co/O9XxbTPS1x — Europe's cultural heritage archive
36. https://t.co/lQg0HnIwh5 — America's digital library collection
37. https://t.co/TcOIZ5lCj1 — Tour museums from home
38. https://t.co/6wMBrfTIET — Download artworks in high resolution
39. https://t.co/trYjdzyr6U — Archive of 250,000 artworks
40. https://t.co/Jgz9AbgAKa — Forgotten visual treasures of history
41. https://t.co/y4axNFFkqQ — Free archive of culture and education
42. https://t.co/wkw7PgUdb9 — Met Museum's open collection
43. https://t.co/AZ98yxOTNa — Family tree of music genres
44. https://t.co/UWyCzSRkHo — Pick a country and decade to listen to that era
45. https://t.co/Q0NMpmavgo — Turn Wikipedia edits into audio
46. https://t.co/lT2YvOjIlU — Random knowledge well
47. https://t.co/tukI2JDkMX — Time, sunrises, and sky events
48. https://t.co/A8xsuxYYwL — Live stream of science news
49. https://t.co/RrqPEgxlzB — Free preprints of scientific papers
50. https://t.co/4ZyBN6HX2S — Visualize data with live code
Save this. You’ll definitely need some of these later. 🔖
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