This car goes from 0-62 miles per hour (100kph) in 0.956 of a second. This is the classic acceleration test, one that we all grew up using to compare cars. A Formula 1 car will do it in about two and... continue reading
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Chicago's "Defund the Police" Goes Horribly Wrong. Asks Feds for Help
posted by bobknight33 9 months 2 weeks ago • 29 views • 14:022023 Florida is home to about 800,000 undocumented immigrants, and many work in the kinds of businesses that would be impacted by the law, known as SB 1718. Many of those affected are also members of mixed-status... continue reading
posted by newtboy 1 year ago • 98 views • 7:32Tom Scott's illegitimate son goes to Boston to look into the engineering obstacles behind an intercontinental tunnel.
posted by w1ndex 2 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 118 views • 10:04"Olympic sports are contested in the Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games. They are Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics. Besides, there are two more Olympics. They are Special Olympics and Paralympics.... continue reading
posted by ant 2 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 15 views • 2:40I highly recommend listening to the song first, or at least the first half. As a drummer for 32 years (8 formally on actual drums / in public, the rest on available surfaces and arguably in rhythm games),... continue reading
posted by moonsammy 3 years 1 month 4 weeks ago • 497 views • 10:15From Youtube, "By the end of the 21st century, humanity is becoming desperate. Decades of heatwaves and droughts have led to unusually poor harvests, while the warming oceans yield fewer fish each year.... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 3 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 511 views • 9:10YouTube description: Delta Technical Operations in Atlanta fixes commercial jets for Delta and 150 customers, including the military and other airlines. The bustling operation runs 24-7, repairing everything... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 951 views • 8:15The historian Allan Lichtman was the lonely forecaster who predicted Mr. Trump’s victory in 2016 — and also prophesied the president would be impeached. That’s two for two. But Professor Lichtman’s... continue reading
posted by mxxcon 3 years 10 months 1 week ago • 12 views • 7:14An excavation of a rare dinosaur fossil goes horribly wrong. It’s left to paleo technicians to try and salvage what they can.
posted by newtboy 4 years 1 month ago • 1,359 views • 4:17YouTube description: The story of Apollo 13 goes beyond a tale of survival. The mission also successfully completed a science investigation that is still helping to inform our understanding of the Moon... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 2 months ago • 69 views • 2:46As the saying goes, you get what you pay for. (via digg.com)
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 6 months 1 week ago • 1,022 views • 7:10From Youtube, "Who FILES A LAWSUIT UNDER THE SEA? A depressed Plankton wakes up and goes to the Krusty Krab one morning without a plan to steal the Krabby Patty secret formula, telling Karen that... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 4 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 48 views • 23:21If you irritate Godzilla by talking or texting while he's telling his stories, you get the Atomic Breath. Got it? That goes for you too, Minilla. This magnificent stop-motion masterpiece was created... continue reading
posted by newtboy 5 years 1 week ago • 1,468 views • 1:48Both beautiful and terrifying, this is a quick look at fungi, with a focus on their reproduction. It goes beyond terrifying if you happen to be an @ant, or similar cordyceps-susceptible life form.
posted by noims 5 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 368 views • 4:44YouTube description: Thierry Coursier had a good life as a logistics worker. His salary was great, his work was comfortable and he sat at a desk all day. But, Thierry wasn’t happy. He gave up his... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 3 months ago • 486 views • 2:43‘Let’s play a game,’ congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says to a panel of government watchdogs. Ocasio-Cortez goes on to dissect US campaign finance laws to make her point about the ‘fundamentally... continue reading
posted by BSR 5 years 4 months ago • 1,171 views • 3:19YouTube description: Kakigori is a traditional Japanese shaved ice dessert dating back to the late 1800s. Originally meant for Japan’s elite, today it’s become a summer staple for everyone. Some,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 10 months ago • 163 views • 2:48"... Simon talks of Teddy disappearing, while Nicky shares advice on what to do. Has your cat ever gone missing? ..."
posted by ant 6 years ago • 170 views • 6:01"What goes on inside that cremation machine? ..."
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