YouTube description: The Park-Car was invented by Brooks Walker in the 1930s and patented in the 1950s. The car included a fifth wheel that allowed it to rotate in and out of parking spaces, as well... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 6 months ago • 503 views • 1:31

In Helsingborg, Sweden, the Museum of Failure has just opened. It's just one room, but inside, curator Samuel West has assembled some of the world's greatest commercial disasters - and also a few things... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 6 months 1 week ago • 1,041 views • 2:18

YT: Inside the beautiful Alnwick Garden, behind a locked gate, there's the Poison Garden: it contains only poisonous plants. Trevor Jones, head gardener, was kind enough to give a guided tour!

posted by Fantomas 7 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 187 views • 4:34

On the Indonesian island of Java, men mine sulphur from inside Ljen Volcano. It's crater is filled with a mix of highly toxic gases, that have claimed the lives of over 70 miners in the last 40 years.

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 24 views • 2:52

YouTube description: In 1971, sushi was not widely consumed in North America. In fact, it wasn't popular at all. Chef Hidekazu Tojo, a Japanese chef new to Vancouver, British Columbia, needed to find... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 8 months ago • 460 views • 2:18

The Voyager 1 space probe is the furthest man-made object from Earth, and the fastest. But right now, it's moving towards us. Relatively speaking. At Mission Control for the Deep Space Network, inside... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 8 months ago • 656 views • 3:26

MUNCHIES heads to the Bollate jail just outside Milan to visit critically acclaimed restaurant InGalera, which means "in prison" in Italian. The restaurant is located inside a medium-security prison and... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 8 months ago • 678 views • 3:56

YouTube 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 9 months 1 week ago • 1,611 views • 5:48

YouTube description: Adam Savage makes things and builds experiments, and he uses costumes to add humor, color and clarity to the stories he tells. Tracing his lifelong love of costumes — from a childhood... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 155 views • 13:08

At YouTube Space New York, there's the Mixed Reality lab: a virtual reality setup using an HTC Vive, a third controller, and some fancy compositing equipment. It's brilliant, and I got to visit and look... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 10 months 1 week ago • 104 views • 4:26

YouTube description: Here's a great resource that allows you to search and organize all of Trump's tweets: http://www.trumptwitterarchive.com/ SOURCES & FURTHER READING: http://varianceexplained.org/r/trump-twe... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 645 views • 6:46

I took Orange Sunshine once [true story] YouTube: Inside chemistry labs, chemists work with what they call superacids. No one’s found a specific use for such a fantastically strong acid yet, but chemists... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years ago • 793 views • 4:49

At the University of Salford's Energy House, all the energy use is monitored and controlled, allowing researchers to experiment with all sorts of insulation and energy-saving techniques. But how to control... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 years ago • 104 views • 3:36

"Fire Ants vs Flood: Will these fire ants of The Fire Nation survive this natural disaster? How do ants deal with a mass flood inside their nest? Today we find out in this epic fire ant farm video! ..."

posted by ant 8 years 2 weeks ago • 110 views • 16:59

YouTube: In freezing cold sand, a burning hot mine, or even inside solid rock – these extremophiles live anywhere that you wouldn’t want to live. What are they? How can they live in such extreme places?

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 3 months ago • 15 views • 4:01

YouTube description: Conceived in the open sea, tiny spaceship-shaped sea urchin larvae search the vast ocean to find a home. After this incredible odyssey, they undergo one of the most remarkable transformations... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 3 months 4 weeks ago • 658 views • 3:23

His girlfriend is a hell of a good sport. ------------------------------------------------------------ I made a freeze ray! Im basically a bonafide evil genius now. Freeze your cat, girlfriend, or... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 38 views • 4:36

From http://www.hardocp.com/news/2016/07/18/how_oldschool_floppy_drives_worked/ ...

posted by ant 8 years 5 months ago • 272 views • 15:08

The border between India and Bangladesh is extremely messy and complicated. Why is this? And what's it like living there? ----------------------- I imagine it to be like a bag of holding placed inside... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 158 views • 3:07