In this video, we explore the fascinating story of the Brennan Monorail, an innovative train from the early 1900s designed by Louis Brennan. This monorail defied conventional physics by balancing on a... continue reading
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2023 Florida is home to about 800,000 undocumented immigrants, and many work in the kinds of businesses that would be impacted by the law, known as SB 1718. Many of those affected are also members of mixed-status... continue reading
posted by newtboy 10 months 2 weeks ago • 98 views • 7:32Scientists have long been marveled by the secrets of the Universe. However, the more they discover, the much more they realize they haven't even started scratching the surface! Much of the limitation... continue reading
posted by BSR 2 years 1 month ago • 48 views • 10:32YouTube description: Slimy, a little smelly, maybe even a little gross, but to many organisms, the oxic-anoxic transition is a shifting chemical boundary that has created a challenge for life...a challenge... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 6 months 4 weeks ago • 125 views • 10:04"... It sounds like such an incredible fact. “Our own cells are outnumbered by our microbes 10 to 1!” I don’t remember where I first heard it. But I read it in science papers and articles by journalists,... continue reading
posted by ant 4 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 1,355 views • 13:23As an American living in Thailand, I sometimes see Buddhist (and other Eastern religion) symbols that are pretty close to being swastikas. In many cases, I think that is done without knowledge of the... continue reading
posted by MilkmanDan 5 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 145 views • 7:23The Secret Service can no longer afford to pay hundreds of agents it needs to carry out an expanded protective mission. Federally mandated limits set by congress meant to pay the secret service for the... continue reading
posted by newtboy 6 years 8 months 1 week ago • 509 views • 1:13YouTube: Some people can identify a pitch without even looking at sheet music. Is it something they're born with or can it be learned?
posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 10 months 4 weeks ago • 266 views • 2:56I 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 ago • 1,216 views • 8:51It was just a routine workers’ compensation fraud case for Ken Sheppard. Show up for a spot check, do some surveillance of the subject and keep it pushing. But on March 3, 2014, it was anything but routine... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 3 weeks ago • 1,157 views • 5:01YouTube description: Osaka's Gate Tower Building is an amazing sight to see because ... well, how should I put this? A highway goes through the building. It literally does, and there is a story behind it. ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 1,610 views • 5:48YouTube description: On La Gomera, a small island in Spain’s Canary Islands, the last speakers of a language without words reside. "El Silbo," a whistled communication used in rural and isolated areas,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 9 months ago • 197 views • 3:53YouTube description: I made a batch of charcoal using the mound method then stored it in baskets for later use. Charcoal is a fuel that burns hotter than the wood it's made from. This is because the... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 2 months 1 week ago • 1,003 views • 5:31"No one should be under the illusion that marijuana has no harms." Happy 420 Sifters! YouTube: There's just no way to talk about marijuana without someone completely misinterpreting what I say. Some... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 1 week ago • 257 views • 5:48From YouTube: Please excuse the simple math and spelling errors. You shouldn't believe anything I say without double-checking even at the best of times.
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