From Youtube, "The night sky seems peaceful and orderly. But in reality, stars are careening through the galaxy at speeds of hundreds of thousands of kilometers per hour. Not bound by static formations... continue reading
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From Youtube, "In nearly every corner of the Earth, ants wage war against each other. Their weapons are what nature gave them. Some have strong armour, deadly stingers or sharp mandibles. And then there... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 4 years 7 months 1 week ago • 521 views • 9:23YouTube description: The Colombian group Ghetto Kumbé puts on a show you’re unlikely to forget. It’s an experiment, a ritual and an ode to the band’s diverse Colombian roots. Combining traditional... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months ago • 50 views • 2:37YouTube description: Canned fish has been around for over a century and has been enjoyed around world. Still, no one loves their fish more than Portugal, where old traditions of fishing, canning and... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 7 months 1 week ago • 449 views • 3:30Now you might be wondering why is there odd pictures of rabbits in the boarders of medieval manuscripts. Ok this is a very oddly specific thing to wonder and it’s unlikely that this is a question that... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 96 views • 3:25YouTube description: When the small Japanese seaside town of Susami needed a tourism boost, an unlikely resident came to the rescue: the town’s postmaster. Together with the local diving community,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 3 months 1 week ago • 450 views • 2:55Published on Dec 27, 2016 This is the story of how a tiny, magical creature was transformed into a cultural phenomenon by inventor, marketing genius and complicated eccentric Harold von Braunhut. Full... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 6 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 1,442 views • 16:47For the past 50 years, kung fu master Li Liangui has been contorting his body into seemingly impossible positions as he practices one of the more unusual Chinese martial arts. The 70-year-old is an expert... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 12 months ago • 334 views • 2:18Inuktitut syllabics are brilliant. A writing system that's not an alphabet, but something really clever: an abugida, one designed from scratch for a language very unlike anything European. /YT
posted by notarobot 7 years 7 months 1 week ago • 84 views • 4:06Tuck and roll baby! YouTube: Experts like Dr. Ruth explore how the car played an unlikely role in the sexual revolution.
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 10 months ago • 44 views • 2:17Published on Mar 11, 2012 Sometimes a single unlikely idea can have massive impact across the world. Sir Harold Evans, the author of They Made America, describes how frustration drove Malcom McLean,... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 8 years ago • 475 views • 4:47I made this bow and arrow using only primitive tools and materials.The bow is 1.25 m (55 inches) long and shoots 60 cm (2 feet) long arrows. I don't know the draw weight - safe to say greater than 15 kg... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 8 years 1 month ago • 621 views • 5:54UAlberta: UAlberta research team uses MRI video to observe for the first time what happens inside joints when they crack. (Edmonton) “Pull my finger,” a phrase embraced by school-aged kids and embarrassing... continue reading
posted by Zawash 9 years 2 weeks ago • 408 views • 7 secs"A meteor weighing 10,000 metric tons exploded only 23km above the city of Chelyabinsk in Russia on February 15, 2013. Unlike previous such events, this time scientists had the highly sensitive OMPS instrument... continue reading
posted by ant 1 decade 8 months 2 weeks ago • 264 views • 3:51Wow ... unlike human males, there really IS a brain down there! YouTube Description: A male and female mantis are captured in the act of mating, during which the male loses his head! From Wildlife on... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 1 year 4 weeks ago • 304 views • 2:21A terrific video from The New Yorker in which famed pickpocket Apollo Robbins reveals some of his favorite tricks. Unlike, say, most magicians, Robbins isn’t shy about sharing his secrets:
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