February 2017 saw one of the most serious dam-related engineering incidents in history with the failure of the service spillway at Oroville Dam. Whether they realized it or not, the people living and working... continue reading

posted by eric3579 3 weeks 3 days ago • 451 views • 18:27

00:00​ Two Planets 02:00​ Echoes 02:18​ Mysteries of Life & Humanity 05:33​ Experimental Sounds 07:13​ New Direction 08:26​ Nothings 10:43​ Previously unheard sounds 14:54​ The Ping ... continue reading

posted by eric3579 1 month ago • 402 views • 25:46

The EPIC OF GILGAMESH is the earliest great work of literature that we know of, and was first written down by the Sumerians around 2100 B.C. Ancient Sumer was the land that lay between the two rivers,... continue reading

posted by newtboy 5 months 2 weeks ago • 15 views • 3:56

YouTube description: Insane Floating Tensegrity Chair If you have ropes and wood - you can build floating tensegrity chair based on tension! It was pretty difficult project, but result is amazing! ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 months 1 week ago • 1,465 views • 4:40

Video 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 11 months 4 weeks ago • 36 views • 43:01

"... Sounds that animals make can be really different, and it turns out that there's a reason why some species communicate with certain sounds..."

posted by ant 1 year 4 weeks ago • 9 views • 4:04

Gricean Maxims are a vital part of how we understand each other: a set of... well, maybe "rules" is a bit strong. They're guidelines that we follow without realising it. And it's the reason that "asbestos-free... continue reading

posted by eric3579 1 year 1 month 1 week ago • 1,057 views • 5:33

From Youtube, Brenda...Where's my egg? Join the Community: http://www.patreon.com/truefacts CREDITS: MUSIC: https://soundcloud.com/querflote Footage of the mating ostrich: Jackson Hart Grady ... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 1 year 4 months 3 weeks ago • 17 views • 5:46

The Ondophone - the dream of a sound that never was... At least for now, there might be a future where the Ondophone will come to real life. In this weeks episode we are taking a closer look at the first... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 5 months 2 weeks ago • 40 views • 17:11

In Wichita Falls, Texas, the Newby-McMahon Building stands 480 inches tall. Not 480 feet: 480 inches. There's a story of a smooth-talking scammer that sounds almost too good to be true. But is it?

posted by bobknight33 1 year 5 months 4 weeks ago • 974 views • 6:47

YouTube description: It sounds ridiculous, but it's true. At the Cooper Union Foundation Building in New York, there's the world's first elevator shaft: constructed four years before the safety elevator... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 6 months 3 weeks ago • 725 views • 5:10

"... It sounds like such an incredible fact. “Our own cells are outnumbered by our microbes 10 to 1!” I don’t remember where I first heard it. But I read it in science papers and articles by journalists,... continue reading

posted by ant 1 year 9 months 1 week ago • 1,352 views • 13:23

YT: The International Phonetic Alphabet: one sound for each symbol, and one symbol for each sound. Except for the sounds we can't make. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet

posted by Fantomas 1 year 9 months 1 week ago • 882 views • 6:31

"... I met Molly Burke a few months ago. She’s awesome. I absolutely love what she’s done on YouTube to bring awareness to living with disability, and turning it into ability. And her guide dog Gallop... continue reading

posted by ant 1 year 10 months ago • 89 views • 16:32

A lot of things happen on Earth, but there are still some things that just don't ever happen here. But, that doesn't mean that what's impossible here is impossible everywhere else in the universe. ... continue reading

posted by BSR 1 year 10 months 3 weeks ago • 485 views • 7:24

YouTube description: People get nervous when they see Märten Ajne ice skating. He intentionally skates on extremely thin ice. Ajne has pursued this dangerous hobby for 40 years and has skated on more... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 11 months ago • 851 views • 2:34

YouTube description: Meowing, Purring, Trilling, Chattering, Yowling, Hissing and Growling Cats! … Have your cats made all of these noises? (via laughingsquid.com)... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 11 months 4 weeks ago • 614 views • 4:23

Mazda's screaming 4-rotor 787B She's a thirsty girl, but produces nearly twice the output of piston engines of the same displacement, and manages to be reliable.

posted by newtboy 2 years 2 months 1 week ago • 171 views • 7:51

YouTube description: After being diagnosed with a rare, potentially fatal brain condition known as Moyamoya, Jennifer Lee was forced to face her own mortality and consider the things in life she held... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 4 months ago • 587 views • 10:01

YouTube description: Follow along as Julian Baumgartner of Baumgartner Fine Art Restoration in Chicago works to conserve and restore this icon of Ave Maria. This piece was likely created in a workshop... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 5 months ago • 416 views • 11:31