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Museums are known for showcasing history, art, and culture, but every now and then, they surprise visitors with exhibits that are anything but ordinary. While most trips to a museum are filled with educational displays, some finds, like a 3700-year-old copper sale complaint or mummified crocodiles, are so unusual they leave you wondering if what you saw was even real.

From the peculiar to the downright strange, these 14 bizarre exhibits featured below go above and beyond to capture attention.

1. Amazing!

2. A 3700-year-old copper sale complaint in the British Museum

3. The world’s roundest object, at the Deutsche Museum in Munich, Germany

4. The bus Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on. National Civil Rights Museum. Memphis, Tennessee

5. These dinosaurs wearing masks at the Indianapolis Children’s Museum

6. These flowers are made from crystals. Natural History Museum, Vienna

7. One of the 4,000-year-old wagons unearthed in the Lchashen Village near Lake Sevan is the oldest known wagon in the world. Its made of oak.

8. Skeleton of Siamese twins in the Mütter Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

9. The Capitoline Museums in Rome feature artworks carved into stone for visually impaired people to touch and appreciate, allowing them to enjoy the paintings in a new way

10. A 1,000-year-old Ficus Retusa Linn, the oldest bonsai tree in the world, is on display at the Crespi Bonsai Museum in Italy

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11. 1,800-year-old Roman leather sandals on display at Vindolanda Fort in Northumberland, England

12. Mummified crocodiles exhibited in a museum in Egypt

13. Dice inscribed with playful commands like "Chug it all and dance" or "Sing a song" were used in an ancient Korean drinking game. These dice date back to around 750 AD and can be found in the Gyeongju National Museum.

14. Suitcases belonging to people sent to concentration camps at the World War II Museum in Gdańsk, Poland. Each suitcase represents a family and a life lost during the Holocaust.

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