https://youtu.be/vfWUorR8D60 Christmas isn’t just a time for presents, cookies, and holiday cheer, but the hunting period of Iceland’s murderous monster feline, the Yule Cat. This giant, fluffy... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 weeks 1 day ago • 445 views • 10:04

"There's a scientific reason behind your 'second stomach.' ... How is it that, after stuffing ourselves full at dinner, we somehow find room to eat again once dessert comes around? Turns out, the thing... continue reading

posted by ant 1 month 3 weeks ago • 228 views • 4:15

From Youtube, "Wine legs aka wine tears or wine fingers are stranger than they seem."

posted by w1ndex 2 months 4 weeks ago • 417 views • 10:25

They keep asking me. I keep telling them I am notarobot, but they never seem to remember. At least not for very long.

posted by notarobot 4 months 1 week ago • 377 views • 7:40

YouTube description: Thunderstorm time lapse and spectacular phenomenon with facts and information of where to witness these fascinating sights. Upward lightning, mammatus, sprites, gustnadoes and... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 2 months 1 week ago • 492 views • 6:19

"Elevator. It’s a fascination and a fear for many. Countless action movies and TV shows feature stuck elevators, fights in elevators, and, of course falling elevators. How many times when an elevator... continue reading

posted by ant 1 year 2 months 2 weeks ago • 179 views • 7:36

From Youtube: It’s hard to define what makes something beautiful, but we seem to know beauty when we see it. Why is that and how does beauty affect our subconscious?

posted by w1ndex 1 year 3 months ago • 542 views • 7:37

YouTube description: Everything seemed normal on the second leg of American Airlines Fight 96, June 12, 1972. Captain Bryce McCormick sat back to take a sip of coffee and admire the view. Then, suddenly,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 3 months 2 weeks ago • 452 views • 11:00

"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 1 year 6 months 1 week ago • 12 views • 4:42

As an American living in Thailand, I sometimes see Buddhist (and other Eastern religion) symbols that are pretty close to being swastikas. In many cases, I think that is done without knowledge of the... continue reading

Seems we can run pretty much everything on a single-phase AC, then why bother with 3 phases??

posted by Mordhaus 1 year 9 months 1 week ago • 22 views • 10:57

We show you all the six types of charisma in MCU that seems so irresistible to women. One of the most common misconceptions of charisma is that one size must fit all. The truth is that while there are... continue reading

posted by wifidogs 1 year 9 months 1 week ago • 20 views • 15:49

I'd never heard of moiré effect beacons until I got an email asking me about them. It seemed like a really clever idea - but it was really hard to research. Or at least it was, until I stumbled upon one... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 1 year 10 months 3 weeks ago • 1,214 views • 3:54

At this time of year we have to start being extra watchful – our lambs are vulnerable to attack from this silent killer.. Not everyone is going to agree with this thesis – but I’ve been rescuing... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 2 years 1 week ago • 1,468 views • 3:32

Hydraulic transients (also known as water hammer) can seem innocuous in a residential setting, but these spikes in pressure can cause major damage to large pipelines and industrial pipe networks. In this... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 2 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 1,814 views • 7:40

YouTube description: This video is about Simpson's paradox, a statistical paradox and ecological fallacy where seemingly contradictory results are implied by a single set of data depending on how it's... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 1,961 views • 4:40

I built a natural draft furnace to test ideas about how hot a furnace could get without the use of bellows. Natural draft is the flow of air through a furnace due to rising hot air. The hot gasses in the... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 2 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 443 views • 5:46

YouTube description: What do all those bodies of water really mean? In this episode of Vox Almanac, Phil Edwards travels through the map to define bodies of water. Find Phil Edwards on Facebook... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 3 months ago • 1,330 views • 5:15

Petscop, is a seemingly harmless, PS One game that never made it to market. But dig a little deeper, and you'll find there is no game. Just fake let's plays, of a fake game, telling a very REAL and traumatic... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 2 years 5 months ago • 64 views • 17:59

From http://www.reddit.com/r/nerdwriter/comments/2niyga/black_friday_is_not_what_it_seems/ ...

posted by ant 2 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 18 views • 5:34