"... The pigments in our food all get destroyed on their way through our digestive system...so where do the colors of our poop and pee come from? ..." This old ant poops and pees, of many colo(u)rs... continue reading
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The future of train transportation might be pneumatic tubes and magnets. Meet the 89-year old entrepreneur who wants to disrupt the railroad with a modern twist on a very old train idea.
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 10 months 1 week ago • 591 views • 4:35Last week I made a video surrounded by old-school CRT monitors and televisions - cathode ray tubes. And I completely forgot to remove the high pitched whine they produce. Here's why: why they make that... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 1,258 views • 4:12‘I was stunned when the pieces started falling into place,’ recalls specialist Howard Dixon of the moment an unassuming folio of photographs was presented to him in a restaurant in Texas earlier this year. ... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 1,174 views • 3:34I couldn't find any info on any projects like this, so I thought I would have a try myself. I thought an oven would be the perfect platform, it already has a door, space for insulation, and comes with... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 12 months ago • 15 views • 7:48YT: How to do an oil change for your car! The car being worked on in this video is a 2013 Nissan Juke. The steps are pretty much the same though regardless of your own car model.
posted by iaui 7 years 1 week ago • 218 views • 4:03For the past 50 years, kung fu master Li Liangui has been contorting his body into seemingly impossible positions as he practices one of the more unusual Chinese martial arts. The 70-year-old is an expert... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 weeks ago • 334 views • 2:18I 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) 7 years 3 weeks ago • 1,216 views • 8:51I built this pottery kiln and some pottery from termite mound clay to test an alternative clay source to my usual one from the creek bank. I started by making a large grate from ordinary clay. It was just... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 419 views • 11:27The Connectome is a comprehensive diagram of all the neural connections existing in the brain. WIRED has challenged neuroscientist Bobby Kasthuri to explain this scientific concept to 5 different people;... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 1,698 views • 9:43a 1950's educational film titled "how honest are you?". i don't know why but these old films fascinate me,because the indoctrination was so blatant back then.they didn't even try to hide it.
posted by enoch 7 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 14 views • 14:03In this video I build a garden to grow Cassava and yams, two staple food crops. Cassava is a shrub that develops large edible roots. Yams are a climbing vine that produce large, edible underground bulbs... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 99 views • 6:27Published on Jan 11, 2017 Mary reminds us that people her age are sometimes forgotten, but still very much alive. Call your grandma...
posted by bobknight33 7 years 3 months 1 week ago • 326 views • 10:23Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela, is the unofficial lightning capital of the world. There, lightning strikes occur, on average, 300 days a year. When dangerous storms approach, most people flee. But 21-year-old... continue reading
posted by blacklotus90 7 years 4 months ago • 79 views • 4:51I don't know how it works, it's just the old bolt in the bottle gag.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 3,297 views • 13:21Pease porridge hot,. Pease porridge cold,. Pease porridge in the pot. Nine days old.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 32 views • 6:43Published on Nov 6, 2016 Urine is mainly water (at least 95 percent), but the rest is a surprisingly complicated brew of components that include urea, chloride, sodium, potassium, creatinine and other... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 7 years 5 months ago • 66 viewsThe original title had old movies, but fuck that, a movie from 2004 is not an 'old' movie.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months 1 week ago • 1,693 views • 3:16Makgeolli is Korea's emblematic rice-based alcohol, and Kim Taek-Sang makes it from a family recipe that is over 300 years old. The Seoul-based brewmaster uses only traditional techniques and equipment... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 84 views • 2:59