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This is why women want relationships when it’s cold 🤪

This is why women want relationships when it’s cold 🤪

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Nahh, I would’ve dipped so fast 😭

Nahh, I would’ve dipped so fast 😭

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The kid wanted the pink one, so he gave it to him. Look at that smile

The kid wanted the pink one, so he gave it to him. Look at that smile

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Hotel manager teaching staff how to make beds properly.

Hotel manager teaching staff how to make beds properly.

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Quick thinking saved his machine just in time.

Quick thinking saved his machine just in time.

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Throwing a needle at hypersonic speeds captured on video.

Throwing a needle at hypersonic speeds captured on video.

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Franz Kruckenberg's Schienenzeppelin ran on rails but was pushed by an aircraft style propeller on its tail. In 1931 it hit about 230 km/h on the Berlin to Hamburg line, a rail speed record. The open propeller was the problem: risky around crowded platforms, hard to couple extra carriages to, and weak on steep gradients. It was rebuilt with a conventional drive and scrapped in 1939. Gorgeous design. I'm still glad nobody had to wait beside it on a platform.

Franz Kruckenberg's Schienenzeppelin ran on rails but was pushed by an aircraft style propeller on its tail. In 1931 it hit about 230 km/h on the Berlin to Hamburg line, a rail speed record. The open propeller was the problem: risky around crowded platforms, hard to couple extra carriages to, and weak on steep gradients. It was rebuilt with a conventional drive and scrapped in 1939. Gorgeous design. I'm still glad nobody had to wait beside it on a platform.

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I've never seen a more precise landing on video. In March 2023, Polish pilot Luke Czepiela touched down on the Burj Al Arab helipad in Dubai, hundreds of feet above the sea and only about 27 metres across, and stopped with room to spare. He flew a modified Carbon Cub, a light plane built for very short takeoffs and landings. He'd done 650 practice landings at ground level first, all for the one that counted.

I've never seen a more precise landing on video. In March 2023, Polish pilot Luke Czepiela touched down on the Burj Al Arab helipad in Dubai, hundreds of feet above the sea and only about 27 metres across, and stopped with room to spare. He flew a modified Carbon Cub, a light plane built for very short takeoffs and landings. He'd done 650 practice landings at ground level first, all for the one that counted.

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Lil man got his first brain freeze and was NOT built for it 😭

Lil man got his first brain freeze and was NOT built for it 😭

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How panthers pull back their paws

How panthers pull back their paws

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This guy cooks a $200 wagyu steak in $300 of honey and it looks unreal. That black crust is the honey, and somehow it still works 🍯

This guy cooks a $200 wagyu steak in $300 of honey and it looks unreal. That black crust is the honey, and somehow it still works 🍯

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That's a ship riding up and over a tsunami off the coast of Japan. On 11 March 2011 a magnitude 9.0 to 9.1 earthquake struck off Tohoku. In deep water a tsunami may be only about a metre high, passing under ships unnoticed at over 800 km/h. Near shore it slows and its height grows enormously, possibly reaching up to 40.5 m at Miyako. I can't picture the nerve it took to steer straight into that.

That's a ship riding up and over a tsunami off the coast of Japan. On 11 March 2011 a magnitude 9.0 to 9.1 earthquake struck off Tohoku. In deep water a tsunami may be only about a metre high, passing under ships unnoticed at over 800 km/h. Near shore it slows and its height grows enormously, possibly reaching up to 40.5 m at Miyako. I can't picture the nerve it took to steer straight into that.

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BRO IN TROUBLE ❌ BRO IS TROUBLE ✅

BRO IN TROUBLE ❌ BRO IS TROUBLE ✅

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Months of winter in a barn, then the doors finally open onto fresh grass. In Denmark organic dairies hold an open day each spring so crowds can watch the herds bolt into the fields. Dairy cows in the Netherlands and the UK have been filmed dancing too, and a cattle expert told NPR that cows get lively whenever something new or unexpected happens. Most relatable animal on the internet.

Months of winter in a barn, then the doors finally open onto fresh grass. In Denmark organic dairies hold an open day each spring so crowds can watch the herds bolt into the fields. Dairy cows in the Netherlands and the UK have been filmed dancing too, and a cattle expert told NPR that cows get lively whenever something new or unexpected happens. Most relatable animal on the internet.

235,526 Aufrufe • vor 7 Tagen

“Hard practice is nothing compared to guidance from the right teacher”

“Hard practice is nothing compared to guidance from the right teacher”

2,571,755 Aufrufe • vor 5 Monaten

France's last public execution, and the crowd is a big reason it was the last. Eugen Weidmann, convicted of six murders, was guillotined outside Saint-Pierre Prison in Versailles on 17 June 1939. It ran late into daylight, so photographers got clear images and someone filmed it. Papers described a disgusting, unruly crowd, and President Albert Lebrun immediately banned public executions. I'm convinced the camera did more to end the practice than any speech could.

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France's last public execution, and the crowd is a big reason it was the last. Eugen Weidmann, convicted of six murders, was guillotined outside Saint-Pierre Prison in Versailles on 17 June 1939. It ran late into daylight, so photographers got clear images and someone filmed it. Papers described a disgusting, unruly crowd, and President Albert Lebrun immediately banned public executions. I'm convinced the camera did more to end the practice than any speech could.

205,777 Aufrufe • vor 20 Tagen

This foam can hit about 75 °C with concentrated peroxide. Not a bare hands demo. Hydrogen peroxide slowly breaks down into water and oxygen. A catalyst like potassium iodide speeds that up enormously, and soap traps the oxygen as foam. Every kids' science fair should have it, goggles and gloves on.

This foam can hit about 75 °C with concentrated peroxide. Not a bare hands demo. Hydrogen peroxide slowly breaks down into water and oxygen. A catalyst like potassium iodide speeds that up enormously, and soap traps the oxygen as foam. Every kids' science fair should have it, goggles and gloves on.

258,354 Aufrufe • vor 28 Tagen

A dam releasing water in full force.

A dam releasing water in full force.

1,289,400 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten

This is literally ancient rave music.

This is literally ancient rave music.

2,611,882 Aufrufe • vor 9 Monaten

His knees definitely ached after this 😬

His knees definitely ached after this 😬

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The dog thought he was being returned to the shelter but he was actually going to...

The dog thought he was being returned to the shelter but he was actually going to...

1,592,255 Aufrufe • vor 7 Monaten

Pulling the pin doesn't set off a grenade. The pin only frees the lever. Once it's thrown, the lever releases a striker that hits a primer, lighting a delay fuze that burns down to the detonator. The layout goes back to the Mills bomb, patented in 1915. Its delay was cut from seven seconds to four after a long fuse gave defenders time to throw it back. A First World War design is still the standard, and that never stops amazing me.

Pulling the pin doesn't set off a grenade. The pin only frees the lever. Once it's thrown, the lever releases a striker that hits a primer, lighting a delay fuze that burns down to the detonator. The layout goes back to the Mills bomb, patented in 1915. Its delay was cut from seven seconds to four after a long fuse gave defenders time to throw it back. A First World War design is still the standard, and that never stops amazing me.

96,888 Aufrufe • vor 18 Tagen

Irish coffee started as a chef's improvisation at a flying boat terminal in Ireland. Joe Sheridan, head chef at Foynes, added whiskey to arriving passengers' coffee in 1942 or 1943. Travel writer Stanton Delaplane tasted it at Shannon Airport and got the Buena Vista Cafe in San Francisco serving it on November 10, 1952. If the cream sinks, I don't count it as Irish coffee.

Irish coffee started as a chef's improvisation at a flying boat terminal in Ireland. Joe Sheridan, head chef at Foynes, added whiskey to arriving passengers' coffee in 1942 or 1943. Travel writer Stanton Delaplane tasted it at Shannon Airport and got the Buena Vista Cafe in San Francisco serving it on November 10, 1952. If the cream sinks, I don't count it as Irish coffee.

158,114 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

In 2016, Pharrell Williams visited a NYU music production class to give feedback. After hearing “Alaska” by student Maggie Rogers, he explained why he had zero notes for her

In 2016, Pharrell Williams visited a NYU music production class to give feedback. After hearing “Alaska” by student Maggie Rogers, he explained why he had zero notes for her

862,499 Aufrufe • vor 11 Monaten

Young Mac Miller freestyling on a school bus with ease.

Young Mac Miller freestyling on a school bus with ease.

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A copper saw can't cut granite on its own. The metal is far softer than the stone. The trick is that the blade was never really doing the cutting. Stonemason Roger Hopkins tried copper chisels on granite for NOVA and found he was losing a lot of metal while very little stone came off. Tool specialist Denys Stocks, who spent about two decades recreating Egyptian tools, came at it differently. Pour sand into the groove, set a copper blade on top, and drag it back and forth. Quartz sand is about as hard as granite, so the grains grind the groove deeper with every stroke. It works, slowly. In Stocks' tests, wetting the sand didn't make it cut any faster, it just made the saw harder to pull. Rough quarrying was even blunter. At the Unfinished Obelisk in Aswan, archaeologists believe quarrymen pounded trenches with lumps of dolerite and hauled the dust out in baskets. Before seeing this, what did you assume the Egyptians used to cut granite?

A copper saw can't cut granite on its own. The metal is far softer than the stone. The trick is that the blade was never really doing the cutting. Stonemason Roger Hopkins tried copper chisels on granite for NOVA and found he was losing a lot of metal while very little stone came off. Tool specialist Denys Stocks, who spent about two decades recreating Egyptian tools, came at it differently. Pour sand into the groove, set a copper blade on top, and drag it back and forth. Quartz sand is about as hard as granite, so the grains grind the groove deeper with every stroke. It works, slowly. In Stocks' tests, wetting the sand didn't make it cut any faster, it just made the saw harder to pull. Rough quarrying was even blunter. At the Unfinished Obelisk in Aswan, archaeologists believe quarrymen pounded trenches with lumps of dolerite and hauled the dust out in baskets. Before seeing this, what did you assume the Egyptians used to cut granite?

81,823 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

A student recovering from a broken leg got singled out by a bully, but his friend stepped in before things got worse.

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A student recovering from a broken leg got singled out by a bully, but his friend stepped in before things got worse.

125,847 Aufrufe • vor 5 Monaten

Husband does a demo to explain why men can’t aim straight at the toilet 🚽

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Husband does a demo to explain why men can’t aim straight at the toilet 🚽

109,220 Aufrufe • vor 6 Monaten

A Stirling engine burns no fuel inside itself. It runs on nothing but a difference in temperature. The same sealed gas stays inside forever. Heat one end and it expands and pushes a piston, then it gets shuffled to the cool side, contracts and pulls back. Scottish minister Robert Stirling patented the idea in 1816, and small versions can run on the warmth of a hand. I'm surprised these aren't on every desk.

A Stirling engine burns no fuel inside itself. It runs on nothing but a difference in temperature. The same sealed gas stays inside forever. Heat one end and it expands and pushes a piston, then it gets shuffled to the cool side, contracts and pulls back. Scottish minister Robert Stirling patented the idea in 1816, and small versions can run on the warmth of a hand. I'm surprised these aren't on every desk.

15,530 Aufrufe • vor 22 Tagen

THIS is beyond wild 😭

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THIS is beyond wild 😭

63,122 Aufrufe • vor 6 Monaten