American healthcare might not be the best world, but it is the most expensive. *** It's true, ask for an itemized bill sometime. I had a panic attack a few months ago and ended up in the hospital. Since... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 9 months ago • 2,092 views • 5:33

I did not know that! Thanks @eric3579 YouTube: There's a reason that a lot of planets in American science fiction look the same: they're all filmed in the same places. But why those particular locations?... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 12 months ago • 1,694 views • 2:08

I 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 • 8:51

It was just a routine workers’ compensation fraud case for Ken Sheppard. Show up for a spot check, do some surveillance of the subject and keep it pushing. But on March 3, 2014, it was anything but routine... continue reading

posted by newtboy 7 years 2 weeks ago • 1,157 views • 5:01

From http://www.cannotunsee.net/post/158507399924/bet-you-didnt-know-st-patricks-day ...

posted by ant 7 years 1 month 1 week ago • 103 views • 2:24

YouTube description: Osaka's Gate Tower Building is an amazing sight to see because ... well, how should I put this? A highway goes through the building. It literally does, and there is a story behind it. ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 1,610 views • 5:48

YouTube description: It’s probably the most well known peacetime battle between the USA and the Soviet Union, in both technological and ideological terms of the 20th century. Although the USA won... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 8 months ago • 811 views • 14:23

"Watch our latest Simon's Cat Logic episode and find out all the things you didn't know about your cat's feeding time! ..."

posted by ant 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 1,367 views • 5:52

From YT: Congrats to Bruce, our latest recruit to pass his Initiation Test into the Cave of Adullam Transformational Training Academy. We decided to share this part of his Initiation Test to encourage... continue reading

posted by iaui 7 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 699 views • 5:26

Holy Mary mother of God, I did not know that something like this existed, or just how in depth the writing was on Rick and Morty. My mind is just a wee bit blown right now...

"The bald eagle is the United States’ national bird, so here are some facts you might not know about them! ..."

posted by ant 7 years 9 months 4 weeks ago • 20 views • 2:49

California poll workers are being trained to disenfranchise any no-party-preference voters by only offering them provisional ballots....which won't be counted. The law says they can vote in the primary,... continue reading

posted by newtboy 7 years 11 months 1 week ago • 267 views • 5:02

Taking that internship in a remote mountain lab might not have been the best idea. Pulling that lever with the skull symbol just to see what it did probably wasn’t so smart either. But now is not the... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 1 week ago • 2,094 views • 3:50

Thanks to Eric for passing this along ... as with he, I did not know what the purpose of a camera slate was. Makes much more sense now.

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 803 views • 3:40

The FLAG? I did not know that.

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 8 months 1 week ago • 267 views • 4:30

YouTube: In which John Green investigates war, and what exactly it may or may not be good for. Was war a result of human beings organizing into larger and more complex agricultural social orders, or did... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 281 views • 12:48

The Professor muses on a world in which ice sinks to the bottom!? -- PV

posted by radx 1 decade 8 months 3 weeks ago • 850 views • 6:03

Caleb sez, "The Department of Defense ordered that 3d printed gun removed from the Internet. That didn't work out. You can still download it and print it. I did, and found that the files are a mess and... continue reading

posted by truth-is-the-nemesis 1 decade 11 months 2 weeks ago • 376 views • 3:53

YouTube Description: Light is so common that we rarely think about what it really is. But just over two hundred years ago, a groundbreaking experiment answered the question that had occupied physicists... continue reading

posted by aaronfr 1 decade 1 year 2 months ago • 1,437 views • 7:40

This is a really nice demonstration, and explanation of, what happens when you drop a magnet down a conducting non-magnetic tube. YouTube Description: Huge thanks to the Royal Institution, Professor... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 1 year 3 months 3 weeks ago • 228 views • 3:50