The Lahti L-39 is a Finnish 20 mm anti-tank rifle used during the Second World War. It had excellent accuracy, penetration and range, but its size made transportation difficult. It was nicknamed "Norsupyssy"... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 140 views • 10:14Videos (42) | Sift Talk (0) | Blogs (0) | Comments (1000) |
"We're all familiar with Pomp & Circumstance, the graduation song that's the official soundtrack of almost every commencement. But how did it get so big? In this episode of Vox's Almanac, Phil Edwards... continue reading
posted by ant 6 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 132 views • 5:34I was wondering about the yowling. My orange tabby has picked that up [quite loudly at 4am] about two years ago. Good thing I'm still up!
posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 12 months ago • 741 views • 2:44There’s no mammal in the world quite like the tree pangolin. Covered in reptilian-like scales that protect it from predators in the wild, the pangolin will curl into a ball when threatened. Unfortunately,... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 3 weeks ago • 2,218 views • 1:48YouTube: Our relationships are often not quite as warm and perfect as they should be. That’s perhaps because we’re comparing them with a relationship in the past to which they shouldn’t – in fairness... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 2 months 1 week ago • 249 views • 5:57YouTube: February 6: On this day in 1964, Britain and France agreed to build the Channel Tunnel..
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 949 views • 5:07"Donald discovers the everyday opportunities of math and why math is useful..." From http://boingboing.net/2016/11/16/donald-duck-is-a-quite-effecti.html ...
posted by ant 7 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 107 views • 27:36In a laboratory at Oxford University sits the Oxford Electric Bell, which has spent 176 years constantly ringing. And no-one's quite sure what the battery that powers it is made of...
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 625 views • 4:07YT: Victor Gruen is, according to history, the man who invented the shopping mall... but that wasn't quite what he was aiming for. And it seemed like an appropriate day to do a video about suburban sprawl.
posted by Fantomas 7 years 10 months ago • 575 views • 2:26The Coexist logo is famous on bumper stickers and around the world — but it's also at the center of quite a few battles. When Piotr Mlodozeniec designed the first Coexist logo, he had no idea how... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 10 months 4 weeks ago • 504 views • 5:33Published on Apr 1, 2015 Why is it that so many people think they can’t draw? Where did we learn to believe that? Graham Shaw will shatter this illusion – quite literally - in a very practical way.... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 8 years 2 weeks ago • 29 views • 15:04YouTube description: There is extreme fishing and then is going to such extremes that you have a rod and a worm-like lure fused to your face. Quite frankly it's the type of commitment we admire. Meet... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 3 weeks ago • 271 views • 6:32'Instructional promo video' from the Samaritan Fedearation, Germany. The instructions are actually quite in depth, if manage to ignore the eye candy.
posted by Lukio 8 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 19 views • 5:36It really was difficult to quit pop. Former 'Pepper' abuser.
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 3 months 1 week ago • 722 views • 3:12While they don't quite cause a Y2K-scale of disaster, leap seconds can cause some serious glitches. Here's why computers have trouble with something that should, in theory, be pretty simple.
posted by blacklotus90 8 years 10 months 1 week ago • 18 views • 3:09"This video shows how to make the best noise isolation earbuds I've found, and I've tried quite a few. Give it a try!" -yt
posted by messenger 8 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 46 views • 2:03"Hopefully it won't break." YouTube: Almost there making a high power Tesla coil that can stun the world! But this thing is quite challenging. Winding of the coil is another story!
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years ago • 160 views • 4:22A great, physics-based explanation of why blurring colors on a computer doesn't look quite right, and how image storage/display could be easily improved
posted by blacklotus90 9 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 644 views • 4:14YouTube: Cholesterol! For decades it’s been demonized as the reason so many people have heart disease. We ‘ve been watching it, and avoiding it like the plague
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 219 views • 5:09Quite possibly TMI
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