Montana's Giant Springs State Park, and Lake Sumiainen in Finland, have very short rivers. Finding the shortest in the world, though: that could be trickier.
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The Parkes Radio Telescope, part of CSIRO, is one of the most famous telescopes in the world: and it's got a unique way of getting equipment up and down from the central section. More about the Telescope: ... continue reading
posted by BSR 1 year 3 months ago • 43 views • 9:15Manú National Park, deep in the Peruvian rainforest, is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. The park and surrounding areas are home to some 10 percent of the world's bird species, countless... continue reading
posted by BSR 1 year 5 months 1 week ago • 19 views • 13:25Next to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport is the Buitenschot Land Art Park, a giant set of ridges and furrows cut into the landscape. Yes, it's art: but it also stops some local residents from being exposed to... continue reading
posted by newtboy 1 year 6 months ago • 355 views • 3:51The Wasserspiele of Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe are 300 years old, powered entirely by gravity, and entertaining tourists. https://museum-kassel.de/en/museums-parks-palaces/unesco-world-heritage-site-of-bergpark-wilhelmshoehe... continue reading
posted by eric3579 1 year 10 months 3 weeks ago • 377 views • 4:33Trump must be stopped and his history of racism and current racist policies must be exposed. It's time to vote out racism!
posted by newtboy 3 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 282 views • 2:01Video contains disturbing images and sound. Viewer discretion is advised. Atlanta Police have released bodycam and dashcam footage showing the moments leading to the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 3 years 10 months 1 week ago • 36 views • 43:01YouTube description: As a quadriplegic, Álvaro Silberstein spent years believing he would never be able to visit Chile’s Torres del Paine National Park. Then, he discovered a wheelchair designed... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 8 months 1 week ago • 181 views • 2:57YouTube description: Ross MacDonald makes his paper by making paper. For the last 25 years, he’s created tens of thousands of paper props for movies and television shows like “Baby’s Day Out,”... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 6 months 1 week ago • 2,158 views • 5:31"It’s more than just dancing around. ... If you’ve ever seen an orchestra perform you’ve probably had a difficult time looking away from the person dead center on the stage – the conductor. It’s... continue reading
posted by ant 5 years 9 months 1 week ago • 16 views • 4:42YouTube description: What do you do if you're lost in Central Park? How to always find your way out with the secret code in New York City 1800s street lights. (via laughingsquid)... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 10 months 4 weeks ago • 1,860 views • 2:20Powerhouse Museum – Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences in Australia has created an incredible interactive area for kids, including giant wall screens that display scanned drawings made by the children... continue reading
posted by b4rringt0n 6 years 2 weeks ago • 346 views • 1:36YouTube 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) 6 years 10 months 1 week ago • 500 views • 1:31South Park is home to a surprising number of tempting foodstuffs. Granted, they're all subtly gross in one way or another, but that doesn't make Chef's Chocolate Salty Balls sound any less appealing. Especially... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 week ago • 258 views • 9:33It 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 2 weeks ago • 1,157 views • 5:01YouTube description: March 4: On this day in 1941, British troops captured an Enigma machine. For more visit http://qi.com From QI Series I, Episode 13 (H/T @eric3579)... continue reading
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