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posted by b4rringt0n 6 months 3 weeks ago • 1,338 views • 16:13

Using foundational computer science theories, Colin Morris focuses on understanding trends in popular music. Borrowing from the areas of bioinformatics and compression algorithms, he shows that the lyrics... continue reading

posted by notarobot 8 months 2 weeks ago • 126 views • 14:23

YouTube description: How many tries does it take an average player to do what professional pool players do on the first try? Your Average Pool Player attempts Corey Deuel's famous 2004 US Open draw... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 1 week ago • 1,717 views • 5:07

YouTube description: Hi there! I'm (finally!) back with a new video explaining what is swing, a form of popular music developed in the United States that dominated in the 1930s and 1940s. The amazing... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 3 weeks ago • 457 views • 2:01

https://youtu.be/cECsj2Bznig The Global Vehicle Target is the new standard for testing autonomous driving and crash test systems. To cameras and radar, it looks like a car: but if you hit it, it'll... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 2 months 1 week ago • 840 views • 4:33

A game of swingball in a pubic space that teaches you how to say iambic Pentameter. A famous Shakespearian text is on the lamp-post, people say two words each, hitting the ball on the accent only.

YouTube description: What happens when you fire a Civil War mortar at a caravan? We invited YouTuber Tom Scott to find out. The mortar used is a replica of Roaring Meg, which destroyed large parts... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 2 months 4 weeks ago • 542 views • 7:11

The White Horse, in Uffington, is one of the oldest surviving works of art in Britain: carved into a hillside in Oxfordshire 3,000 years ago. Every year, it's rechalked by volunteers co-ordinated through... continue reading

posted by nanrod 1 year 3 months 1 week ago • 620 views • 2:50

YouTube description: It’s an 1980s pop music cliche that dates back to 1910. If you listen to the first few seconds of Bruno Mars’ “Finesse” (hint: listen to the Cardi B remix) you’ll hear... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 6 months 1 week ago • 586 views • 9:26

YouTube description: In Göttingen, Germany, there's a four-tonne steel ball that can be raised up a 14-metre tower -- and then dropped in less than two seconds, crashing back to earth. It makes tiny,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 9 months 1 week ago • 723 views • 3:34

"... Ever since Macauley Culkin smashed his hands against his face and screamed, audiences have loved the film HOME ALONE. It has become a Christmas classic; played along side other holiday pictures that... continue reading

posted by ant 1 year 11 months 3 weeks ago • 15 views • 14:01

YouTube description: The fade out is underrated. It should come back. The fade out in music is one of those necessary tools in a record producers arsenal. But if you listen to today's hits it's much... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 485 views • 7:42

YouTube description: At the University of Manchester's High Voltage Laboratory, we see what happens when a DJI Phantom 3 drone gets hit with an electrical impulse of 1.4MV - basically, a lightning strike.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 7 months 1 week ago • 331 views • 5:31

It takes less acceleration to get to other stars than our own sun. Crazy, huh?

posted by Mordhaus 2 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 1,859 views • 3:13

Damn! I didn't learn this essential Life Lesson until halfway through Architecture School in University. That lesson hit me hard and I cursed that I wasted so much time and effort beforehand. Just do... continue reading

posted by oblio70 3 years 2 months ago • 1,966 views • 3:48

YouTube description: The song “American Woman” by The Guess Who wasn't ever supposed to happen. It wasn't planned, staged or pre-meditated. Yet you all know the iconic riff. Sometimes all it takes... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 3 months 1 week ago • 1,831 views • 3:02

There are cosmic snipers firing at random into the unvierse. What are they and what happens if they hit us?

posted by Mordhaus 3 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 310 views • 7:14

YouTube description: How to write a hit...

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 5 months ago • 590 views • 2:26

Love these cat behaviorist advice videos from Simon. Really hit the mark. YouTube: IN OR OUT? - WHY ARE CATS SO INDECISIVE? Simon’s Cat Logic is a fun new series where we speak to a Cat Behaviour... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 3 years 7 months ago • 569 views • 7:01