In which Half as Interesting explains the Machine Identification Code covertly printed in yellow dots by virtually all colour printers.

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 10 months 1 week ago • 1,648 views • 5:45

After more than four decades of forced silence, some of the last surviving atomic soldiers share their unfathomable experiences of the atomic bomb tests in the 1950s

posted by bobknight33 4 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 119 views • 22:53

“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I... continue reading

posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 4 years 11 months ago • 168 views • 20:41

YouTube description: The Citicorp Center repair is a classic engineering case study of how mistakes must be avoided in engineering and construction of public works. A skyscraper in New York City needed... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 11 months 1 week ago • 1,280 views • 8:24

YouTube description: There was so much I wasn't able to tell you. Like, for example, most of the jellyfish on display at the aquarium are born and bred at the aquarium. They do active research on jellyfish... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 11 months 1 week ago • 1,388 views • 8:03

The Hunt-Lenox globe is the second-oldest surviving terrestrial globe and also the oldest known globe to depict the Americas. The globe is covered in hidden details, including the Latin phrase, HC SVNT... continue reading

posted by newtboy 5 years 2 months 4 weeks ago • 497 views • 2:26

Out in the vast coldness of outer space, there are planets that travel alone through the darkness without the boundaries of a system. Here’s how this can happen – and why these frozen deserts might... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 5 years 4 months 1 week ago • 329 views • 8:25

YouTube description: On a small island, off the coast of Okinawa in Japan, the world’s most precious kimonos are crafted using a very unusual element: mud. The meticulous technique, which has been... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 5 months 1 week ago • 2,040 views • 2:50

YouTube description: Trees talk and share resources right under our feet, using a fungal network nicknamed the Wood Wide Web. Some plants use the system to support their offspring, while others hijack... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 10 months 1 week ago • 435 views • 1:48

YouTube 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 11 months 1 week ago • 1,860 views • 2:20

"... Each of the Marvel Infinity Stones reveals secrets about the movie it’s in. This series will explain them all, starting with the Reality Stone in ‘Thor: The Dark World.’..."

posted by ant 6 years 1 week ago • 7 views • 6:47

Mr. Samuel J. Seymour, the last living eyewitness to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. was the mystery guest on the February 8, 1956 episode of the I've... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 6 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 14 views • 7:18

YouTube description: IMPORTANT NOTE I'm not saying that this is the best or only way. I have lots of friends who go to 100% every time and they are extremely prolific and effective creators. And they... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 6 months 1 week ago • 1,346 views • 3:57

When Cliff Stoll sets your homework, there's always an extra lesson.

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 1,273 views • 5:35

The Secret Service can no longer afford to pay hundreds of agents it needs to carry out an expanded protective mission. Federally mandated limits set by congress meant to pay the secret service for the... continue reading

posted by newtboy 6 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 509 views • 1:13

YouTube description: Many structures built by ancient Romans around 2,000 years ago are still standing, and some are still in excellent condition. Over the last decade, researchers have come discover... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 10 months ago • 688 views • 1:58

Published on Jun 27, 2017 James O'Keefe, the investigative filmmaker behind Project Veritas, has released secret recordings of CNN health producer John Bonifield speaking candidly about the motivations... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 6 years 10 months 1 week ago • 21 views • 11:07

The Krabby Patty is a thing of pop culture culinary legend - a burger, forged from a secret formula, worshipped by a sociopathically upbeat sponge. How do we go about recreating that which is not reacreate-able?... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 11 months 1 week ago • 30 views

In this video I build a garden to grow Cassava and yams, two staple food crops. Cassava is a shrub that develops large edible roots. Yams are a climbing vine that produce large, edible underground bulbs... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months 1 week ago • 99 views • 6:27