"... Let's face it! The world hates fire ants. It is not hard to understand why seeing as they are a major domestic pest in many countries, as well as a very dangerous agricultural pest, like in the Unites... continue reading
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Believe it or not, off-roading is actually illegal in Iceland - they'll lock you up. There is an exception, though, in the form of the outrageous Icelandic Formula Offroad Championship. Strapped into home-built... continue reading
posted by newtboy 6 years 7 months 1 week ago • 249 views • 7:24Hard to spit with cotton mouth.
posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 778 views • 14:24YouTube description: The fade out is underrated. It should come back. The fade out in music is one of those necessary tools in a record producers arsenal. But if you listen to today's hits it's much... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 494 views • 7:42YouTube: This video is about why it's harder to successfully land spacecraft and landers and rovers on Mars than on Earth, or Venus, or the Moon, or Titan, or asteroids. It all comes down to atmospheric... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 9 months 1 week ago • 582 views • 2:02Published on Dec 27, 2016 This is the story of how a tiny, magical creature was transformed into a cultural phenomenon by inventor, marketing genius and complicated eccentric Harold von Braunhut. Full... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 6 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 1,442 views • 16:47Sometimes, it seems hard to go outside and face the day. But what would happen if you never saw sunlight?
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 30 views • 3:32YouTube description: You've probably been told that eating too much salt is bad for you, especially if you have high blood pressure. But what exactly does salt do to our bodies that can make it so hard... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 11 months ago • 771 views • 2:07Australia's Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef system in the world and the only living structure visible from space. Although ecosystem managers in Australia have worked hard to preserve the... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 11 months 1 week ago • 541 views • 8:11The 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 • 10:14We love wood here at The Slingshot Channel. It is our most important raw material by a great margin. When we found this 20" piece of European Dogwood (Cornus Sanguinea) while cleaning up the shed, we immediately... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 month ago • 203 views • 13:07From NYT: "...a really big drain called a spillway. And once you see it full of spiraling water, it is hard to take your eyes off it. For the first time in a decade, January and February have brought... continue reading
posted by chicchorea 7 years 2 months ago • 1,883 views • 1:31It takes less acceleration to get to other stars than our own sun. Crazy, huh?
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 1,865 views • 3:13Some of these are hard to believe.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months 4 weeks ago • 44 views • 10:14After installing the Windows Anniversary Update for Windows 10 it would seem we picked up a lot more than we bargained for. There is a feature now that allows Microsoft to quietly install popular games... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months ago • 81 views • 13:57The killer punch of the mantis shrimp is the fastest strike in the animal kingdom, a skill that goes hand in hand with its extraordinary eyesight. They can see an invisible level of reality using polarized... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months 1 week ago • 36 views • 4:00YouTube: Seriously, I really wanted to be a fighter pilot but the eye thing was a thing back then. Fortunately for you guys, if you're young and want to be a pilot.... and are willing to work hard to get... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 7 months ago • 283 views • 10:55Damn! I didn't learn this essential Life Lesson until halfway through Architecture School in University. That lesson hit me hard and I cursed that I wasted so much time and effort beforehand. Just do... continue reading
posted by oblio70 7 years 7 months 1 week ago • 1,973 views • 3:48A 130lb bow with a very hard arrowhead shooting at a steel breastplate at twenty yards. Will it penetrate?
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 534 views • 3:23YouTube: As we continue explore free will, today Hank considers a middle ground between hard determinism and libertarian free will: compatibilism. This view seeks to find ways that our internally motivated... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 8 months ago • 132 views • 8:55