YouTube description: In the last 20 years it's been surprisingly common for space probes to end missions early because reaction wheels have failed, moreover there's been a large number of failures associated... continue reading
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Destin catches a small bird in his house and decides to film it taking of in slow motion.
posted by Fantomas 5 years 9 months 1 week ago • 479 views • 4:22At the old hut site (the new one being temporarily cut off by flooding) I made lime mortar from the shells of rainforest snails by firing them in a kiln, slaking them in water, mixing them into lime putty.... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 2 months ago • 406 views • 7:08YouTube description: Olympic ski jumper Sarah Hendrickson is no stranger to soaring through the skies. She’s been taking flight for 15 years, jumping from dizzying heights and sliding downhill at... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 3 months ago • 336 views • 2:23YT: I built an A frame hut as a large work space for projects. First I made a celt hatchet to cut timber for the hut. The axe head was made of amphibolite and the handle was made of a species of wattle.... continue reading
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posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 3 months 4 weeks ago • 443 views • 8:41On the morning of July 7, 1944, Captain Ben L. Salomon of the U.S. Army’s 105th Infantry, commissioned as a dentist, single-handedly held off a fierce attack of an overwhelming force of Japanese soldiers... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 4 months 1 week ago • 44 views • 6:24Whenever I hear the term "cleanse" it reminds me of that used car salesman and his late night ads selling a colon cleanse to remove faked impacted fecal matter.
posted by nanrod 6 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 562 views • 4:36YouTube description: On the little island of Kihnu, seven miles off the coast of Estonia, women run the show. The island still functions as one of the last matriarchal societies left in the world. Historically,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 5 months 4 weeks ago • 659 views • 2:54Robert Downey Jr. and wife Susan Downey turned a converted windmill into a stylish and charming Hamptons home. In this funny, full-access tour, the Downeys show off their favorite art, let you into their... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 6 months 1 week ago • 220 views • 4:59The reason they need weevil greenhouses is that the Brazilian weevils don't like Texan winters, and tend to die off over winter. If they mentioned it in this video I missed it. YouTube description: ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 6 months 1 week ago • 976 views • 3:44Sit down. Take off your coat. Put on this and spend an hour of bliss hanging out with Tom. IMDB: Using rare archive, audio recordings and interviews viewers are taken on a trip through the surreal,... continue reading
posted by Zawash 6 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 63 views • 58:23YouTube description: This is how we go from single cells to people. EVO-DEVO Huxley B. Mac. Oh Carroll, Carroll Gould, Stephen Jay yeah D-D-D-D-Davidson and Peter See One cell divide and... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 7 months 1 week ago • 923 views • 4:46Believe 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 4 weeks ago • 249 views • 7:24What if the Sun was here on Earth?
posted by w1ndex 6 years 8 months ago • 657 views • 7:01Published on May 21, 2017 After four years of living off the grid we've gathered some wisdom we'd like to share with you. Please enjoy...ten MORE things we wish we'd known before we went off grid. ... continue reading
posted by Buck 6 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 1,847 views • 10:28Kale chips are so easy to make it's more difficult to not make them than to make them. Rip off some chunks of kale. Mix with some olive oil. Add some salt. Spread on a parchment papered baking sheet. ... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 200 views • 6:13YouTube description: Why so many languages invented words for colors in the same order. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO In 1969, two Berkeley researchers, Paul Kay and Brent Berlin,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 634 views • 6:45YouTube: Narcissism is the word we routinely use to describe someone self-satisfied and arrogant. But what do we really mean by the word – and are we applying it correctly?
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