YouTube description: A decade ago, engineers found the Humber Bridge had the same problem as many of the world's suspension bridges: unexpectedly fast corrosion. Here's how they fixed it, and how they're... continue reading
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After suggesting that American-born congresswomen should "go back" to where they're from, Donald Trump gets a geography lesson from Wakko of the Animaniacs
posted by newtboy 4 years 11 months 1 week ago • 846 views • 1:13YouTube description: Something about the Apollo missions always confused me, sure, the step off of the lunar lander’s 91 cm footpad was a small step, but the step just before that was actually enormous! ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 483 views • 14:48Curiosity Show - We all wear denim jeans, but how did they get their name?
posted by pigeon 4 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 125 views • 1:44YouTube description: People get nervous when they see Märten Ajne ice skating. He intentionally skates on extremely thin ice. Ajne has pursued this dangerous hobby for 40 years and has skated on more... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 861 views • 2:34YouTube description: At night, these parasites crawl onto your bed, bite you and suck your blood. Then they find a nearby hideout where they leave disgusting telltale signs. But these pests have an... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 1,273 views • 4:22YouTube description: If you want to drink a cup of tea at the Huashan Teahouse on Mount Hua, you’re going to have to put in the effort to get there. The journey starts with a 20-minute cable car ride.... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 12 months ago • 465 views • 2:39This week John takes a look at how companies such as Amazon get your orders to you as quickly as possible.
posted by w1ndex 4 years 12 months ago • 1,088 views • 21:18If you irritate Godzilla by talking or texting while he's telling his stories, you get the Atomic Breath. Got it? That goes for you too, Minilla. This magnificent stop-motion masterpiece was created... continue reading
posted by newtboy 5 years 3 weeks ago • 1,468 views • 1:48"... The eyes are often the first thing we see when we look at someone. And when you look at them up close, everyone’s eye color is a kaleidoscope of shapes and hues. How does eye color work? The answer... continue reading
posted by ant 5 years 1 month 1 week ago • 543 views • 6:21"... We’ve all gotten dizzy before… but have you ever gotten WEIRD DIZZY? I teamed up with Vanessa Hill from BrainCrat to answer the question 'why do we get dizzy?' and in the process we learned about... continue reading
posted by ant 5 years 2 months ago • 659 views • 9:22"A prank I did for April Fool's Day for my math class. I "accidentally" drew on the projector with a whiteboard marker, and get help from the YouTube video..." From http://www.reddit.com/r/aprilfools/comments/ba97w4/b... continue reading
posted by ant 5 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 400 views • 2:48YouTube description: I kept getting asked about a sequence from the Apollo 11 documentary showing the ignition of a Saturn V upper Stage, known as the S-IVB, in space. After asking around I tracked... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 3 months ago • 325 views • 11:08Devil's Tears is a popular spot in Bali for tourists to take selfies, but visitors would do well to watch a few fail videos before getting too close to the edge. Lucky for these people, they only suffered... continue reading
posted by newtboy 5 years 3 months 1 week ago • 1,003 views • 50 secs$25 micrometer gets restored in this chill video.
posted by Ashenkase 5 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 111 views • 18:56YouTube description: Cheese is delicious, beloved by many, and a teeming mess of microbes. Which microbes, exactly, has long been a mystery, but modern DNA sequencing tech is allowing researchers to... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 months 1 week ago • 241 views • 6:38What do you get when you take a boxy little hatchback, replace the backseat with a high-performance engine, and add a turbo? You get one of the most badass pieces of automotive engineering thought up by... continue reading
posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 5 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 63 views • 13:02CBC Marketplace investigates the science and marketing behind popular DNA ancestry kits. Host Charlsie Agro and her identical twin sister Carly test five top brands. Find out why ancestry test kits are... continue reading
posted by eric3579 5 years 5 months 1 week ago • 1,656 views • 21:15YouTube description: What would it be like if our eyes could see more colors? We may never be able to answer that, but we can build devices that can do the work for us. Over the last three weeks we've... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 449 views • 9:29