Well, the title pretty much explains this one...

posted by w1ndex 8 months 1 week ago • 28 views • 27:53

You’re alive right now… at least I’m pretty sure you are. But you’re not TOTALLY alive. Bits of you are always breaking down, being thrown out, and being replaced. Even right now, parts of you... continue reading

posted by BSR 8 months 2 weeks ago • 81 views • 13:12

YouTube description: Check out Otherwords, a new show about language & linguistics! https://youtu.be/d2UccTPnl4w It might surprise you but cephalopods have a pretty good fossil record, with one major... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 11 months 3 weeks ago • 381 views • 8:22

You use those things pretty often but I bet you've never paid attention to some important detail. Here's a list of 65 everyday objects with hidden purpose most of us don't know.

posted by BSR 1 year ago • 23 views • 18:38

From Youtube, "...66 million years ago, maybe on a Tuesday afternoon, life was the same as it had been the day before or a thousand years before or pretty much a million years before. Things were good... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 1 year 2 weeks ago • 303 views • 12:02

These are pretty nifty.

posted by w1ndex 1 year 5 months ago • 41 views • 18:25

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) 1 year 9 months ago • 1,469 views • 4:40

YouTube description: On the surface, Ophyroglena seems like it should be pretty easy to identify, but it all depends on which stage of life it's currently in.

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 9 months 1 week ago • 116 views • 8:38

"What different clouds mean, explained for kids. Welcome to our first-ever week of programming for kids! If you’re standing outside and you look up, you’ll likely see something familiar above... continue reading

posted by ant 1 year 10 months ago • 66 views • 8:03

"... Having bones is pretty cool. They make our blood, let us hear, and keep us from being just a squishy puddle on the floor. But for every species with bones, there’s at least 20 species on Earth with... continue reading

posted by ant 1 year 11 months 1 week ago • 44 views • 8:50

After fourteen years of pretty much uncontested domination, Goodyear saw their reign challenged by a small band of Indiana tire makers named Hoosier Racing Tires. What ensued was one of the bloodiest conflicts... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 3 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 74 views • 18:28

They're not the only ones. YouTube: On the 4th of July, Americans like to celebrate the things that make the United States unique, and a lot of those things have to do with our geography. That remarkable... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 4 years 1 month 1 week ago • 559 views • 3:49

As an American living in Thailand, I sometimes see Buddhist (and other Eastern religion) symbols that are pretty close to being swastikas. In many cases, I think that is done without knowledge of the... continue reading

Seems we can run pretty much everything on a single-phase AC, then why bother with 3 phases??

posted by Mordhaus 4 years 2 months 1 week ago • 24 views • 10:57

Some of my favourite Australian animals (they're cute, and don't try to kill you). YouTube description: It’s pretty well known that Australia is home to some strange animals, but echidnas are especially... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 424 views • 6:37

"... Ever since Macauley Culkin smashed his hands against his face and screamed, audiences have loved the film HOME ALONE. It has become a Christmas classic; played along side other holiday pictures that... continue reading

posted by ant 4 years 7 months ago • 21 views • 14:01

There’s a saying in the sea, 'If it’s a cone, leave it alone'. Although they look pretty harmless cone nails are pretty deadly. They're a chemical making factory that travels around an a giant sticky... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 4 years 8 months 1 week ago • 784 views • 3:48

In this classic Sesame Street clip, we take a visit to the saxophone factory to see how the horn is made. Throughout, a delightful free jazz soundtrack acts as foley sound, instead of us hearing the (probably... continue reading

posted by BSR 4 years 8 months 1 week ago • 68 views • 2:06

Petscop, is a seemingly harmless, PS One game that never made it to market. But dig a little deeper, and you'll find there is no game. Just fake let's plays, of a fake game, telling a very REAL and traumatic... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 4 years 10 months 1 week ago • 69 views • 17:59

YouTube: I have always thought that sex ed and statistics should be the same course. There's no better way to show how vital stats is to your every day life than to look at statistics. Probabilities... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 4 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 409 views • 3:56