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For some reason, we are obsessed with cutting things in half. There is a Twitter dedicated to the cross-sections of everyday items and a whole Sub-Reddit called Things Cut in Half. Most of the photos on these sites are the result of amateur experiments like the photographer who got bored one day and decided to slice up his whole collection of golf balls. Some are more deliberate, like Beth Galton's popular food art, where she somehow magically cuts bowls full of soup and cups full of coffee so the liquid remains in place. Others are out of necessity, like when the US Navy needed to remove a shipwreck from the ocean and had to hack it up first. Check out photos of these cut jobs and more in our list of 25 Revealing Photos of Things Cut in Half.
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Toothpaste
1. Toothpaste
So that's how Colgate gets the stripes in their toothpaste tubes!
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Meteorite
2. Meteorite
This blinged out meteorite was found in Fukang, China in 2000. It is made up of steel and olivine crystals and was offered on the auction block by Bonhams for two million bucks in 2008. No one took the bait, but we're curious how much it's worth now.
Cigar
3. Cigar
This cigar interior looks a lot like the cross-section of a tree. Slicking this stogie in half, however, doesn't help explain why it's considered a luxury item.
Ramen
4. Ramen
Beth Galton's conceptual food photography is magically delicious. We have no idea how she keeps her liquid subjects, like this bowl of Ramen noodles, intact, but we're too busy drooling to care.
Candy Bars
5. Candy Bars
New York-based photographer and creative director Rachel Been also knows how to make food look incredibly tantalizing. Extra points if you can name all these candy bars from their cross-sections?
Jawbreakers
6. Jawbreakers
This old school candy may give you a wave of nostalgia, but then you're probably forgetting how annoying it is to eat one of these babies. Cutting a Jawbreaker in half seems like the only way to get to the center of this impractical candy.
Hand Grenade
7. Hand Grenade
It's strange that something so deadly can look so beautiful when it is cut in half.
Photocopier
8. Photocopier
Sitting behind glass at the Canon headquarters in Tokyo, this nerdy treasure looks like a robot straight out of Transformers.
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Human Body
9. Human Body
"Bodies: The Exhibit" is a world-travelling show that uses real human bodies to show us how our organs, muscles, and skeletons work. This picture is one of the many cross-sections of the human form on display. We can't help feeling a little bad for this poor guy.
Airplane
10. Airplane
This is the cross-section of an Airbus A300 from a Lufthansa plane. The massive structure is on display at the Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany, and it shows the passenger compartment and cargo containers. How does this thing fly?
Cabbage
11. Cabbage
When you cut a cabbage in half and then make it into a GIF, it looks like awesome abstract art.
Bowling Ball
12. Bowling Ball
One Redditor got curious and broke out the power tools. The caption for this image is, "I don't really know what I expected......I present you a bowling ball, cut in half." Now you know.
Bullets
13. Bullets
Photographer Sabine Pearlman showed us the sleek design that goes into various bullets in his series "Ammo." Working inside a WWII bunker in Switzerland, Pearlman sliced 900 rounds of ammunition lengthwise.
Golden Gate Bridge
14. Golden Gate Bridge
It's no engineering mystery that the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is able to stand, but the fact that it does is still mind-blowing. This cross-section of one of the cables that keeps the bridge aloft is 36.5 inches wide and contains 27,572 wires.
Shell
15. Shell
Polish photographer Witek Pociej captures stunning images that he displays on Deviant Art. His photo of a halved nautilus shell shows the incredible symmetry found in nature.
Barbecue
16. Barbecue
Former CTO of Microsoft, Nathan Myhrvold traded business for a passion in food science. In 2011, he published Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking, the result of years studying the processes of top chefs around the world. This image is one of his explorations into the science behind great dishes. He also won first place at the 1991 World Championship of Barbecue, so can rest assured that he knows how to fire up a grill.
Camera Lens
17. Camera Lens
This mutilated Lecia camera lens is enough to make photography die-hards cringe. It was actually created by Lecia students as a final graduation project, showing off all of the parts that go into creating the intricate camera.
Car
18. Car
The London Science Museum houses this cross-section of a 1959 Mini. During the car's original launch, this model was used to show how four people fit into the tiny car. Greek-British designer Alec Issigonis just turned the engine sideways.
Diamond
19. Diamond
On the way to becoming a priceless gem, this is one of the early steps in cutting the rough stone of a diamond.
Coffee and Doughnuts
20. Coffee and Doughnuts
Beth Galton makes our list again with her mouth-watering image of coffee and doughnuts. But really, how does she make the coffee stay in the cup?!
Speakers
21. Speakers
The Australian brand Polk advertises their LSIM 705 Tower Speakers cut in half. We don't know if this makes them more appealing, but with a $4,499.00 price tag, at least they show you what you're actually buying.
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Golf Balls
22. Golf Balls
Photographer James Friedman decided to slice open his collection of golf balls one day, and he found that the colorful, textured interiors made for some intriguing photographs. He calls his series of golf ball cross-sections "Interior Design."
Navy Ship
23. Navy Ship
The USS Guardian was a mine countermeasures ship in the US Navy that was launched in 1987. In January this year, the ship ran into the Tubbataha Reef in the Philippines. When it was unable to be salvaged, it was cut into pieces and hauled away.
Soup Cans
24. Soup Cans
Beth Galton's answer to Andy Warhol.
Pig
25. Pig
Damien Hirst's 1996 sculpture This Little Piggy Went to Market, This Little Piggy Stayed at Home is a dark take on the nursery rhyme. We expect nothing less from the formaldehyde fanatic.