YouTube description: It takes blood, sweat, tears and a whole lot of long hours to be one of the best marching bands in the country. Just ask Abraham Duffie, Jr., head drum major for the Sonic Boom... continue reading
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YouTube description: Until the mid 1950’s, small short-range airliners like the twin engined IL-14 were really the only type the Soviet Union produced. And that meant flying across the country’s... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 6 months ago • 427 views • 10:05YouTube description: The tourist guides promote it as Georgia's Little Grand Canyon: but this is a scar on the Earth, caused by humans either not understanding or not caring about geology. Is it natural?... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 6 months ago • 1,488 views • 2:53At 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 3 months 3 weeks ago • 408 views • 7:08From Youtube: Moonshine = Homemade whiskey. It's unlawful to produce in the United States. Laws vary by country. This story explains why. Do not recreate what this person did. The purpose of this video... continue reading
posted by nanrod 6 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 99 views • 14:24Concorde had a cruising speed of 2,179 kilometers or 1,354 miles per hour, which was Mach 2 - twice the speed of sound. A New York to London flight would only take 3 hours, therefore making it much... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 57 views • 2:58On 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 5 months 4 weeks ago • 44 views • 6:24I built a natural draft furnace to test ideas about how hot a furnace could get without the use of bellows. Natural draft is the flow of air through a furnace due to rising hot air. The hot gasses in the... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 8 months ago • 454 views • 5:46Sit 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 8 months 1 week ago • 63 views • 58:23I made a brick mold that makes bricks 25 x 12.5 x 7.5 cm from wood. A log was split and mortise and tenon joints were carved using a stone chisel and sharp rocks. The mold was lashed together with cane... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 9 months 1 week ago • 1,024 views • 10:47Let's say you're traveling at 17,500 miles per hour (28,000 km/h) in low earth orbit, your main engines are out of fuel, and it's your job to guide the spaceship through a fiery re-entry without burning... continue reading
posted by Ashenkase 6 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 114 views • 17:49I 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 7 years 1 month ago • 15 views • 7:48I 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 2 months 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 3 months ago • 419 views • 11:27YouTube description: Meet Professor Jamie Seymour, he milks stuff. But nothing that moos, has hooves, wool or fur. He prefers to live life on the edge, milking the venom from the most venomous animals... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 176 views • 4:26How does the President go from the White House to the UN headquarters in New York in just 1 hour?
posted by fuzzyundies 7 years 4 months ago • 443 views • 12:03Join the world’s transition to sustainable energy. Powerwall 2 is a battery for homes and small businesses that stores the sun’s energy and delivers clean, reliable electricity when the sun isn’t... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 279 views • 19:04In Sanlúcar de Guadiana, in Spain, there's a zip line called Límite Zero: the only cross-border zip wire in the world, landing in Alcoutim, Portugal. You land about an hour before you set off.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 8 months ago • 155 views • 2:03Haitian President EXPOSES the Clinton Foundation: "Hillary Clinton tried to bribe me!" Published on Sep 16, 2016 Former Haitian President of Senate is speaking out to tell the truth about Clinton Foundation... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 7 years 9 months 1 week ago • 124 views • 6:10The Perseid meteor shower is set to illuminate the night sky with hundreds of falling stars on early Friday morning. Experts are saying that this year's show will be especially stunning with up to 200... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 19 views • 1:09