Their reactions after experiencing the pure magic of science are priceless.
u/Depressed_Cat_00 — 7 days ago
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r/pics r/BirdsArentReal r/Avation r/nextfuckinglevel r/news r/AskReddit r/funny r/unpopularopinion r/worldnews r/instantbarbarians r/NoStupidQuestions r/explainlikeimfive r/MadeMeSmile r/footballcringe r/interestingasfuck r/todayilearned r/AskBrits r/creepy r/Wellthatsucks r/Damnthatsinteresting r/interesting
▲ 410 r/interestingasfuck
Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan co-wrote an episode of The Lone Gunmen about a hijacked plane targeting the World Trade Center. Because it aired just 6 months before 9/11, the writers were left terrified that the attackers had actually stolen their idea.
u/Depressed_Cat_00 — 11 days ago
▲ 2.2k r/worldnews
Morocco names Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as first female prime minister after historic election victory
news.sky.comu/Depressed_Cat_00 — 16 days ago
Water leaked from the ceiling of an Emirates Airbus A380 mid-flight
u/Depressed_Cat_00 — 17 days ago
TIL that for Terminator 2, stunt pilot Chuck Tamburro flew a real helicopter under an overpass at 60 knots with about 5 ft of clearance above and 4 ft on each side; when camera operators refused to film the close-ups, James Cameron shot them himself from a vehicle.
cinephiliabeyond.orgu/Depressed_Cat_00 — 23 days ago
▲ 586 r/pics
[OC] Not my best photo, but a WWII warship and Tower Bridge in one frame was worth capturing
u/Depressed_Cat_00 — 24 days ago
▲ 2.3k r/Damnthatsinteresting
In 1992, gasoline fumes built up in Guadalajara’s sewer system and triggered a chain of explosions that killed 212 people, injured around 1,800, and destroyed more than 8 km of streets.
u/Depressed_Cat_00 — 24 days ago
▲ 2.0k r/nextfuckinglevel
Sydney briefly looked like Gotham when Batman appeared on top of the Opera House ahead of Batman Day.
u/Depressed_Cat_00 — 28 days ago
In FIFA in 1993, players could avoid cards by running away because the referee had to physically chase them.
u/Depressed_Cat_00 — 28 days ago
China unveils autonomous robotic fish for underwater surveillance.
u/Depressed_Cat_00 — 30 days ago
Russia hits Ukrainian train shortly after Boris Johnson and top European officials leave station
bbc.co.uku/Depressed_Cat_00 — 1 month ago
TIL an ASML machine used to make advanced chips costs about $150M, is bus-sized, has 100,000 parts and 2 km of cable, and needs 40 shipping containers, 20 trucks and 3 Boeing 747s to deliver. It creates EUV light by firing lasers at tin droplets 50,000 times per second.
asiatimes.comu/Depressed_Cat_00 — 1 month ago
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[OC] Workday billboard at a London station: ‘AI that’s 99% right will 100% be an issue.’
u/Depressed_Cat_00 — 1 month ago
TIL during a 1929 race to build New York’s tallest skyscraper, the Chrysler Building secretly assembled a 27-ton, 185-foot steel spire inside the unfinished tower, then hoisted it into place in under two hours — raising the building to 1,046 feet and suddenly beating its rival, the Manhattan Company
skyscraper.orgu/Depressed_Cat_00 — 1 month ago
▲ 2.1k r/explainlikeimfive
ELI5: How were the British able to build underground railway, including tunnels under rivers, in the 1800s without modern machinery?
reddit.comu/Depressed_Cat_00 — 1 month ago
US carrier Abraham Lincoln departs Thailand after respite visit
lbc.co.uku/Depressed_Cat_00 — 1 month ago
▲ 4.5k r/todayilearned
TIL 2001: A Space Odyssey used a $750,000 rotating spacecraft set that was 38 feet across and spun at up to 3 mph. The camera rotated 360° with the set, making actors appear to walk up the walls and across the ceiling, and the cameras had to be specially modified to work upside down.
theasc.comu/Depressed_Cat_00 — 1 month ago
▲ 380 r/interesting
Imagine getting paid $28.54 just for reading this
u/Depressed_Cat_00 — 1 month ago
TIL that in 2022, a gang of thieves in India stole an entire 500-tonne, 60-foot iron bridge. Posing as irrigation workers, they used heavy excavators and gas torches to dismantle it in broad daylight over 3 days while villagers watched and helped, assuming it was an official demolition.
indiatoday.inu/Depressed_Cat_00 — 1 month ago