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Between 1950 and 1970 the number of deaths on Sweden's roads more than doubled. Today though, it has one of the world’s lowest rates of traffic fatalities. This is the story of how the Swedish Government... continue reading
posted by b4rringt0n 6 years 1 week ago • 1,871 views • 3:31In Helsingborg, Sweden, the Museum of Failure has just opened. It's just one room, but inside, curator Samuel West has assembled some of the world's greatest commercial disasters - and also a few things... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 1,040 views • 2:18Yttrium, terbium, erbium and ytterbium were all named after one small town on the Stockholm archipelago. But it could have been different, and there could have been many other names. From a snowy bit of... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 3 months ago • 17 views • 2:16In Gävle, Sweden, every year they build Gävlebocken, an enormous traditional Swedish Christmas straw goat. And every year, someone tries to burn it down. Here's to holiday traditions.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 6 months 1 week ago • 377 views • 2:59metro.se: This is what the world looks like – with and without fact checking Swedish fact checker Viralgranskaren and The Internet Foundation In Sweden have released a guide about fact checking online.... continue reading
posted by Zawash 7 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 631 views • 1:34YouTube: Celsius never devised nor used the scale that now bears his name.
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 210 views • 8:12"Can we go launch one?" YouTube: What was the procedure to launch a nuclear missile? Uranium premieres: July 28 & 29 on PBS at 10pm ET/ 9pm Central France and Germany: July 31 at 10pm on ZDF/arte ... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 10 months 1 week ago • 576 views • 7:42The word for 'yes' in most of Sweden is 'ja', but in the north of the country a unique sound is used instead, as The Local's Oliver Gee discovered in the city of Umeå.
posted by rasch187 9 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 1,152 views • 1:53They use Thermite to form the weld because standard welding does not give 100% weld penetration. If you listen carefully, you can hear the ping sound when the rails fully join.
posted by Mordhaus 1 decade 1 year ago • 1,623 views • 3:49YouTube Description: http://www.ted.com With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling uses an amazing new presentation tool, Gapminder, to present data that debunks several... continue reading
posted by messenger 1 decade 1 year 10 months 1 week ago • 827 views • 20:35- 1