Every action has its consequences, even if you don’t think about it. For example, what happens if you iron a lottery ticket? Or leave a vinyl record in the car in hot weather? We have collected photographs with the results of such unusual spontaneous experiments, which answer the question: “what happens if…”

“This is what happened to a leaf that got stuck in a closed window”

Bluemoon357

“What happens when you iron a lottery ticket”

Idkrntbh

“Gummy bears left in water over night vs. normal gummy bears (they fell apart)”

killerpixil

“A penny found in my back yard, before and after sitting in a glass of coke for 8 hours”

mulderitsme93

“I accidentally hit my glasses against my face and my eyeball left an eye print”

milesperhour25
dudeidontknoww

This imprint of my eye on my glasses after I walked into a wall.

“The way the sun damaged my ring binder”

kiepye17

“Furnace filter vs. two weeks of wildfire smoke”

Im_alwaystired

“Melted Record (left in hot car)”

whalejazz12

“This is what happens to a basketball court when the pipes burst”

longjohnsilvaa

“When lightning strikes asphalt”

mosesmcclure

“The way the water wore away the cement top layer…”

ClearMyFuckinShit

“What happens when water freezes on a spinning wheel”

NeoVeci

“This is what happens when you go swimming in an outdoor pool at -40°C”

youracat

“I found these crystals at the bottom of a bottle of maple syrup that sat in the back of my refrigerator for a few years”

cutelyaware

“The m&ms in this vending machine are so old, they’re starting to explode”

illdrawyourface

“What happens to uranium glass under a black light”

lemlurker