Massimo

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Engineer. Selecting and curating pictures and videos trying to awaken your sense of wonder since 2014. Science, tech, art, weather, space, the unusual around us

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This is how cheating works using a ring’s reflection to see hidden cards

A poultry vision blocking cap is a device fitted to a chicken's beak to block its forward vision. By preventing the bird from seeing what is directly in front of it, the device helps control cannibalism and aggressive pecking. [📹 discover.agriculture]

Rock removal is crucial to prevent rock and landslides on roads and mountain paths.

A 3D poster in Mumbai before the release of the Spider-Man movie.

Monkey covers his bottom when dog comes from behind

Trucker uses brake check to stop thieves during attempted theft

Piloting an FPV drone into a chimney

Deep in the Amazon forest, is the world's largest single drop waterfall, Guyana

Innovative fly catcher traps the flies near the cattle

You know you arrived in Germany when cars go faster than an airplane.

Automatic retractable clothes hanger.

«Problem solved instantly»

Swedish warship Vasa sank to the bottom of the Baltic Sea in 1628. In 1961 it was salvaged and the wood was still strong enough to be able to walk the decks. Today is the world's best-preserved XVII century ship.

A 107-year-old Chinese grandmother takes a candy from her pocket and hands it to her 84-year-old daughter.

Running in place like a pro

Kaleb Cave, a 14-year-old gymnast from Maryland, made global headlines by landing a pure standing double backflip on flat grass with no runway or tumbling mat.

The center of mass of a uniform solid hemisphere of radius r is at 3/8r from the center. Therefore it tends to always stay upright. It's the principle used in Thanjavur dancing dolls.

The largest dinosaur weighed around 85 tons. Some male blue whales weigh as much as 200 tons. A blue whale's heart is 6 feet wide and weighs 400 lbs. The largest animal that ever lived.

«There's no reason to be scared, I won't do you anything bad»

100 watt silver laser blade in action

Videos

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One of the world's largest fireworks (single blast bomb), launched over Nagaoka Japan🇯🇵

One of the reasons why you must not feed wild animals.

The so called sailor's lighter

Parents try to teach their baby to say ‘Mama,’ but they didn’t expect their dog to try to say it too.

In Peru, a growing trend is transforming traditional funerals into festive celebrations through "dancing undertakers" (los portadores bailarini), offering a cheerful alternative to solemn mourning.

Before and after the dog park

What prisons look like in different countries.

This robotic system uses control engineering and real time physics to keep a wand perfectly balanced against any movement.

Goodbye cracked screens. Japanese scientists unveil glass that self heals in just 10 seconds.

Hamsters typically live between 1.5 to 3 years, but some of them can make it beyond that range. This is a 5 year old hamster.

CHCI, (Methylene Chloride) + CH60 (Acetone) = powerful paint remover

If aliens landed in China instead of America

Why perpetual motion machines fail.

Testing different ping pong balls between a folded table [📹 pongoholics]

The Swedish torch was invented by Finns and it became known in Europe during the 1600s. Compared to a campfire, it is more compact, and therefore several small heat sources can be distributed over an area [📹 marusya.shiklina]

How animals see the world [🎞️ eclipsednaturee]

Retreating German troops use a "Schwellenpflug" or rail plow to destroy railway lines behind them, making them unusable for the enemy, circa 1944.

Doctor using Rotation Flap method to close a scar.

Thrift store tips for finding valuable items

The F-22 is so advanced that U.S. law bans its export, even to top allies. Its unmatched stealth and agility make it nearly undetectable, achieving kill ratios like 108:0 in training.