From Space to the Super Bowl, 10 of the Wildest Selfies of All TimeAll it took for these people to go viral was a cell phone camera pointed their way.

ByLindsay Friedman

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NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins.

While some of these famous selfies may make us smile, drool with envy or imagine floating in space, others may just make you question humanity as a whole.

Either way, this list features selfies you're unlikely to forget.

Additional reporting by Nina Zipkin.

Ben Innes

A man and a hijacker

When imminent death is calling, why not stop to take aselfie with your would-be murderer? That's exactly what 26-year-old Ben Innes did with the alleged EgyptAir plane hijacker late March. In his defense, it did later come out that the move may have been intended to aid police in later identifying the suspect.

Kim K and a full-frontal view

There are things that make you ask "why"?

FollowingKim K's "radical" decision to post a full-frontal selfie, a myriad of questions and reactions arose. (Editor's note: We decided not to publish the photo here.) Was it feminism or exploitation? Why wasn't it taken down when Chelsea Handler couldn't even get Instagram to keep her photo of one boob?

Essentially it can all be collectively summed up with: Really, Kim K, why?

Gas leak selfies

The New York Postwas spot on with its description of these folks: Village Idiots.

Others deemed it so horrible they just couldn't look away, labeling theselfiesa group of people took in the aftermath of a gas explosion as "disaster porn."

Taking place in the East Village last spring, the unexpected blast killed two people.

Ellen and the Oscars

When imagining the most popular selfie in terms of number of tweets and shares, it's no surprise it would end up being a product ofEllen Degeneres.

As the Oscars' host in 2014, she prompted a selfie with some of hollywood's biggest stars from Jennifer Lawrence to Brad Pitt and Meryl Streep.It only took a matter of minutes for the quick snapshot to break social media records.

这张照片让我们希望我们可以一直在that big ole' Ellen sandwich of beautiful people. Any skilled photoshoppers around?

The ultimate selfie

An astronaut + spacewalk + camera = a recipe for the coolest selfie of all time.

The photo, taken Dec. 24, 2013, featuresNASAastronaut Mike Hopkins as he participates in the second of two spacewalks.

If only we could be that cool.

Monkey selfie

A monkey stole some guy's camera and accidentally took a pretty adorable andhappy looking selfie.

The results? As expected, it went viral, and then became thesubject of a lawsuit.

Smart-guy sandwich selfie

These guys didn't exactly need to be Insta-famous. They already have pretty impressive resumes.

But that didn't stop science guy Bill Nye,President Barack Obamaand astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson from striking a pose.

有多少你认为智商上限吗tured in this one picture alone?
Pool | Getty Images

Posing with the pope

You could probably count on one hand the number of popes who've taken the time to stop and take a selfie.

ButPope Francishas become pretty notorious for doing the unexpected.

Anything to get the word of God to the people, right?

Eye Ubiquitous | Getty Images

Selfie of destruction

It's not every day you can take a selfie with a 16th century statue. Then again, it's not every day someone destroys a 126-year-old depiction of a Portuguese king, either.

Unfortunately, that'sexactly what happenedwhen a young man tried to climb up and take a selfie with the Dom Sebastiao statue. As a result, it toppled over and broke into pieces.

The man tried to run away after, but the police caught him and will eventually have to go to court.

Hanging with Justin Timberlake at the Halftime Show

Justin Timberlake is the best guy ever

A post shared byRyan Mckenna(@ryan.mckennaa) on Feb 4, 2018 at 6:56pm PST

Though 13-year-old Patriot's fan Ryan McKenna's team lost, his trip to Minnesota to see Super Bowl LII proved to be an unforgettable one, thanks to an instantly-memed selfie with Justin Timberlake midway through the pop star's halftime show performance. "I just thought to myself, 'I'll never get this opportunity again in my whole life," McKenna toldBillboard. "I just went for it." The Massachusetts seventh grader currently has more than 17,000 followers onInstagram.

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Lindsay Friedman

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Lindsay Friedman is a staff writer at Entrepreneur.com.

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