From Youtube, "The Brünnlisau shooting range in Switzerland has its targets on the other side of a major road. And it's safe. Here's how and why. Thanks to everyone at the Schiessanlage Brünnlisau!"
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Join Eric Idle as he teaches how to play “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” on the guitar.
posted by simonm 3 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 99 views • 4:03The Broomway is surrounded on both sides by quicksand and deep, sucking mud. It has no markers and no guideposts. And if you mistime your walk, you won't outrun the tide. Oh, and it's in the middle of... continue reading
posted by eric3579 3 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 1,130 views • 4:47From Youtube, "Torsional eye movement, known as cycloversion and cyclovergence have a fascinating evolutionary history via our evolutionary ancestors that had eyes on the sides of their heads. Your eyes... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 3 years 6 months 4 weeks ago • 49 views • 12:51"It was so obvious! All I had to do was "Squeek squeeeken squeek!' ..."
posted by ant 3 years 9 months ago • 84 views • 5:11Is there a right way to ride an escalator? City escalator etiquette states that one side is for standers and the other for walkers. But is this the safest, most efficient way to ride an escalator?
posted by Mordhaus 5 years 4 weeks ago • 357 views • 6:26I've heard a lot of discussions about Banksy, but this does a really good job of explaining it from all sides as well as giving it thorough philosophical and historical context. Good stuff.
posted by eoe 5 years 1 month 1 week ago • 119 views • 16:31YT: Two: the inside and the outside (badum tshh)! But taking a more scientific approach, do bananas actually have 5 sides like all the pub quizzes say? Dr Sally Le Page is a British evolutionary biologist... continue reading
posted by Zawash 5 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 51 views • 10:07‘Let’s play a game,’ congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says to a panel of government watchdogs. Ocasio-Cortez goes on to dissect US campaign finance laws to make her point about the ‘fundamentally... continue reading
posted by BSR 5 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 1,171 views • 3:19YT - BRIGHT SIDE Published on Jul 14, 2017 We have 16 amazing maps that will change your perspective of the world forever. Subscribe to Bright Side : https://goo.gl/rQTJZz For copyright matters... continue reading
posted by Buck 5 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 268 views • 6:19I built a natural draft furnace to test ideas about how hot a furnace could get without the use of bellows. Natural draft is the flow of air through a furnace due to rising hot air. The hot gasses in the... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 5 months 4 weeks ago • 454 views • 5:46The Saudis and Iranians have never actually declared war on each other. Instead, they fight indirectly by supporting opposing sides in other countries and inciting conflicts. This is known as proxy warfare. ... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 9 months 1 week ago • 319 views • 10:19Uhoh YouTube: Prescription drugs are pretty awesome. They improve lives all the time. But it is possible to take too many. Over time, as patients are prescribed more an more ongoing medications, it's... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 10 months ago • 80 views • 6:59The Lahti L-39 is a Finnish 20 mm anti-tank rifle used during the Second World War. It had excellent accuracy, penetration and range, but its size made transportation difficult. It was nicknamed "Norsupyssy"... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 11 months 1 week ago • 134 views • 10:14I built a water powered hammer called a “Monjolo”. I started by making a water spout from half a hollow log to direct water from the creek. This was set up in the creek and water flowed through it.... continue reading
posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 6 years 12 months ago • 1,216 views • 8:51Youtube - The military coup in Turkey is over and President Recep Erdogan’s crackdown is in full swing. As of this writing, the government has already detained over 10.000 servicemen, among them more... continue reading
posted by RedSky 7 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 21 views • 12:38His girlfriend is a hell of a good sport. ------------------------------------------------------------ I made a freeze ray! Im basically a bonafide evil genius now. Freeze your cat, girlfriend, or... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 38 views • 4:36Every year, local communities on either side of the Apurimac River Canyon use traditional Inca engineering techniques to rebuild the Q'eswachaka Bridge. The old bridge is taken down and the new bridge... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 9 months ago • 32 views • 3:16I invented the Bow Blower, a combination of the bow drill and forge blower to make a device that can force air into a fire while being easy to construct from commonly occurring natural materials using... continue reading
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