What do you get when you cross rodeo with skiing? The wild and wacky Skijoring of course. Every winter, thousands of people descend on the old mining town of Leadville, Colorado, high in the Rocky Mountains,... continue reading
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We all know Richard Hammond loves a 4x4, and they don’t come much more legendary than the first ever road-going Land Rover, known affectionately as ‘JUE’. Richard takes us through the story of rediscovering... continue reading
posted by newtboy 8 months 4 weeks ago • 233 views • 14:10Police 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 12 months ago • 61 views • 4:49Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), in his capacity as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights, co-led a hearing of the full Judiciary... continue reading
posted by newtboy 1 year ago • 277 views • 5:49Each year, billions and billions of people are injured crossing the street because they're distracted on their phones. So Jimmy sent his friend and YouTube superstar Mark Rober out to save the lives of... continue reading
posted by BSR 1 year 3 weeks ago • 36 views • 4:11The Nenet reindeer herders need to move their tent every few days throughout most of the year. Every time they migrate they must pack the whole tent away, drag it across the tundra on sledges, and erect... continue reading
posted by blacklotus90 3 years 2 months 1 week ago • 499 views • 32:14Officials in Buffalo, New York, want an investigation into the firing of a black police officer who intervened when a white colleague had a suspect in a chokehold. The incident happened in November 2006.... continue reading
posted by newtboy 3 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 646 views • 5:14Ipley Cross, in the middle of the New Forest, is one of the most dangerous road junctions in Britain. Why? • Thanks to Bez, whoever you are: their definitive article on this junction is here: https://singletrackworld.c... continue reading
posted by eric3579 4 years ago • 622 views • 4:12YouTube description: Take a behind the scenes look at how these huge Supertankers are turned so quickly during the 'Camp' fire at McClellan Reload Base, Sacramento Ca. LINKS: http://globalsupertanker.com/ ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 180 views • 18:16"Brexit Britain is fed up with experts. These days we only listen to the bloke down the pub. So in this controlled experiment, we put three experts in a pub and recorded the results for your viewing pleasure. ... continue reading
posted by radx 5 years 9 months ago • 72 views • 58:34They didn't get the memo about the removal of the electrified fences.
posted by Mordhaus 5 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 114 views • 7:03Johnny Knoxville breaks down all the injuries of his career. From pepper spray and taser guns, to breaking his ankle crossing the LA river, to getting shot by a rocket over a lake and getting landed on... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 5 years 11 months ago • 121 views • 10:04Rue Canusa (or Canusa Avenue) is a street that's split in two by a border: the northern part is in Stanstead, Canada, and the southern part is in Derby Line, USA — and border crossings here aren't as... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 5 years 11 months 1 week ago • 1,382 views • 2:55From YT: 2014Footage of the rare event when the Space Station crosses the face of the Moon. The station flies at a speed of 30000km/h, meaning it takes about half a second to traverse the Lunar face.... continue reading
posted by Nephelimdream 6 years 5 months ago • 734 views • 1:12How we went from requiring 3 or more engines to cross the ocean to allowing twin engine planes to cross, and the increase in reliability, and ETOPS range of modern twin engine planes.
posted by RFlagg 6 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 1,242 views • 8:57YouTube description: How the race organizers allow crowds to pass over Beacon Street during the marathon. (H/T @eric3579)
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 2 weeks ago • 727 views • 1:29YouTube description: I thought about saying "secret patterns" or "mysterious patterns" in the title, but that'd be a lie: they're just mostly unknown! So let's talk about tactile paving, about design,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 1,726 views • 3:13As a wildfire rages through the grasslands, three lions and three wildebeest flee for their lives. To escape the inferno, they must cross over to the left bank of a crocodile-infested river. Can you help... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 6 months ago • 112 views • 4:19In 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.
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