YouTube description: The Galton Board is a 7.5” by 4.5” desktop probability machine. This device brings to life the statistical concept of normal distribution. As you rotate the Galton Board... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 9 months 1 week ago • 809 views • 3:23

From YT: RDS-37 was the Soviet Union's first two-stage hydrogen bomb, first tested on November 22, 1955. The weapon had a nominal yield of approximately 3 megatons. It was scaled down to 1.6 megatons... continue reading

posted by notarobot 6 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 122 views • 2:31

Kids at the Northwest Fencing Academy learn about the effectiveness of the tesudo (tortoise) formation used by the Roman legion. Source: Northwest Fencing Academy

posted by b4rringt0n 6 years 10 months ago • 987 views • 48 secs

The Captain attempts to rebrand himself... with mixed results. ----- Educational YouTube channels parodied in this video, which do things much better than me: http://www.youtube.com/periodicvideos ... continue reading

posted by eric3579 6 years 11 months 1 week ago • 2,585 views • 13:36

YouTube description: In a country known for their intricate watchmaking, one man is taking the mastery of machinery to another level—and to another era. Meet François Junod, a craftsman bringing... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 11 months 1 week ago • 377 views • 2:54

It was the western hemisphere's largest empire ever, with a population of nearly 10 million subjects. Yet within 100 years of its rise in the fifteenth century, the Inca Empire would be no more. What happened?... continue reading

posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 7 years ago • 93 views • 5:46

YouTube description: In Göttingen, Germany, there's a four-tonne steel ball that can be raised up a 14-metre tower -- and then dropped in less than two seconds, crashing back to earth. It makes tiny,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years ago • 726 views • 3:34

"How to design fear, explained with 99% Invisible. Check them out here: http://99pi.org Correction: The correct spelling of 'warning' in Persian is هشدار. Watch the previous episode from this... continue reading

posted by ant 7 years 3 weeks ago • 556 views • 7:04

YT - Primitive Culture Published on Jan 18, 2018 My Video Show about Make the Kind of fish trap in the shape of a basket with a hole at the small end. the wide end is dropped over a school of fish to... continue reading

posted by Buck 7 years 4 weeks ago • 332 views • 10:58

YouTube description: Recording music on 100-year-old wax cylinder recording equipment. Next week we put a metal band in front of it! Here are the full takes of Short Song: https://youtu.be/_sn7KyLHfr0 ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 month ago • 304 views • 10:04

Source: Mustard Did the Soviets build a better space shuttle? The Buran story On November 15, 1988, the world learned that the Soviet Union also had their own space shuttle. It had been secretly... continue reading

posted by b4rringt0n 7 years 1 month 1 week ago • 136 views • 10:30

A fascinating exploration of the history of metal railings that surround a few properties in London.

posted by iaui 7 years 2 months ago • 940 views • 2:37

"What was 'glorious Technicolor?' It was a groundbreaking technology — but it was more than that, too..."

posted by ant 7 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 1,071 views • 11:05

A point I forgot to mention in the video - The car pictured in the thumbnail was La Jamais Contente. All electric, and the first vehicle to go over 100 km/h (62 mph) in 1899! (coldfusion's yt comment)

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 158 views • 8:44

YouTube description: Seoul may be a glitzy high-tech capital, but honoring dining tradition is central to Korean culture. Ceramicist Yi Yoon-Shin and carpenter Sol Yi-Hwan create stunning porcelain... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 3 months ago • 602 views • 5:53

YouTube description: Our image of dinosaurs has been constantly changing since naturalists started studying them about 350 years ago. Taken together, these pictures can tell us a whole lot about just... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 1,293 views • 12:21

"University of Kentucky Professor Brent Seales and his team have further unlocked writings in the ancient En-Gedi scroll - the first severely damaged, ink-based scroll to be unrolled and identified noninvasively.... continue reading

posted by ant 7 years 4 months ago • 565 views • 2:14