Cannabis is finally being decriminalized in more and more places around the world. And for very good reasons! Compared to other legal drugs such as alcohol, cannabis is pretty mild and most users enjoy... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 4 months ago • 62 views • 14:42

From youtube: We think of the moon as orbiting the earth, following a spiraling trajectory as the earth itself orbits the sun. But this is wrong. Not only is the moon's orbit NOT a spiral... there's an... continue reading

posted by noims 5 months 1 week ago • 32 views • 5:30

The Far Side by Gary Larson is one of the best and most praised cartoons in history. But what makes The Far Side so good? What is the legacy of Gary Larson? And most importantly: what can we learn from The Far Side? ... continue reading

posted by newtboy 7 months 3 weeks ago • 268 views • 9:51

Here, I share my story about how I spent the last two decades of my life as a neurosurgeon who went through a mid-life crisis and got through to the other side.... maybe?

posted by eric3579 8 months ago • 37 views • 48:22

Police in Franklington La tried to falsify accident reports to cover for a fellow officer that was drunk and had driven into oncoming lanes. The cops truck was found on the wrong side of the road surrounded... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 10 months 1 week ago • 62 views • 4:49

--MSNBC held a town hall in Kenosha, Wisconsin labeled "Trump Country" and Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) debunked the Trump supporters' arguments so thoroughly they end up on his side without realizing it.

posted by newtboy 2 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 442 views • 59 secs

From Youtube, "The Brünnlisau shooting range in Switzerland has its targets on the other side of a major road. And it's safe. Here's how and why. Thanks to everyone at the Schiessanlage Brünnlisau!"

posted by w1ndex 3 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 366 views • 5:19

One year ago, Spot graduated from its early adopter program and began shipping out to workplaces around the world. From construction sites and power plants to mines and universities, today Spot is up-and-running... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 119 views • 1:18

Join Eric Idle as he teaches how to play “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” on the guitar.

posted by simonm 4 years ago • 99 views • 4:03

The Broomway is surrounded on both sides by quicksand and deep, sucking mud. It has no markers and no guideposts. And if you mistime your walk, you won't outrun the tide. Oh, and it's in the middle of... continue reading

posted by eric3579 4 years 3 months 1 week ago • 1,130 views • 4:47

From Youtube, "Torsional eye movement, known as cycloversion and cyclovergence have a fascinating evolutionary history via our evolutionary ancestors that had eyes on the sides of their heads. Your eyes... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 4 years 5 months 1 week ago • 49 views • 12:51

"It was so obvious! All I had to do was "Squeek squeeeken squeek!' ..."

posted by ant 4 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 84 views • 5:11

Writing in the Geophysical Research Letters, NASA says a review of Voyager 2’s old data from 1986 showed that Uranus vented a giant blob of gas into space. This pocket of ionized gas, a plasma structure... continue reading

posted by newtboy 4 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 1,201 views • 6:40

YouTube description: 50 Years Ago Apollo 13 was preparing to launch on a mission that would become famous for the wrong reasons, 56 Hours into the mission an oxygen tank would explode, blowing the side... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 11 months 1 week ago • 30 views • 12:18

YouTube description: In 1951, the American F-86 Sabre went head-to-head with the Soviet MiG-15 in the skies above North Korea. Both sides wanted to capture examples of each others aircraft. The Soviets... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 5 months 4 weeks ago • 824 views • 6:07

Is there a right way to ride an escalator? City escalator etiquette states that one side is for standers and the other for walkers. But is this the safest, most efficient way to ride an escalator?

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 357 views • 6:26

I've heard a lot of discussions about Banksy, but this does a really good job of explaining it from all sides as well as giving it thorough philosophical and historical context. Good stuff.

YT: Two: the inside and the outside (badum tshh)! But taking a more scientific approach, do bananas actually have 5 sides like all the pub quizzes say? Dr Sally Le Page is a British evolutionary biologist... continue reading

posted by Zawash 6 years 1 week ago • 53 views • 10:07