.50 BMG vs. a Prince Rupert’s Drop in Super Slow Mo. This is a unique type of glass teardrop made by dropping molten glass into water. The sudden cooling creates extreme internal tension, making the bulb strong enough to shatter bullets. Credit CineSpeed

u/MaxiumPotential777 — 2 hours ago

TIL - Cold War CORONA spy satellites couldn't transmit data. Instead, they ejected film buckets that reentered Earth via retro-rockets and heat shields. As they deployed parachutes over the Pacific, modified USAF C-119/C-130 planes snagged them mid-air using a trailing hook system.

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u/MaxiumPotential777 — 17 hours ago

The largest aerial firework shell weighs 1,268 kg (2,797 lbs), and was achieved by James Widmann, Eric Krug, Ed MacArthur, and Tim Borden in Steamboat Springs, Colorado on 8 February 2020.

u/MaxiumPotential777 — 1 day ago
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The Baychimo, a 1,300-ton cargo steamer that was abandoned in 1931 and became one of history's longest-running "ghost ships." It remained afloat and unmanned for 38 years, drifting along in the Arctic before its last recorded sighting in 1969. Image is of Baychimo in trapped in Ice 1933

u/MaxiumPotential777 — 2 days ago
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The Chameleon (Brookesia nana), shown is an adult and is smallest chameleon in the world. Occurs in Madagascar. It is estimated that this species does not exceed 30 mm (1.2 in) in length.

u/MaxiumPotential777 — 3 days ago

The Caproni Ca.60 Transaereo, often referred to as the Noviplano (nine-wing) or Capronissimo, was the prototype of a large nine-wing flying boat intended to become a 100-passenger transatlantic airliner. It featured eight engines and three sets of triple wings.

u/MaxiumPotential777 — 4 days ago
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Titanic in the fish bowel from place 2023 anyone remember this?

I have pic of Titanic from Place 2023. Also seeing this makes me realize the ocean gate disaster was 3yrs ago.

u/MaxiumPotential777 — 7 days ago