Author: staff
How to determine the age of a map [flowchart]
Posted by staff / June 7, 2016Maps have fascinated us for hundreds of years, but mapmakers weren’t always good at dating their work.
Fortunately, xkcd is here with a handy flowchart to help you pinpoint the date, from ancient times to modern day.
Read MoreMusic comes to the LEGO experience [video]
Posted by staff / June 3, 2016A whole new dimension is coming to the LEGO experience, for kids and adults alike: audio.
Read MoreThe hypnotic wonder that is making long eggs [video]
Posted by staff / May 31, 2016Perfectly uniform slices of hardboiled eggs are not the kind of thing that comes from something one whips up in the kitchen, but rather from a curious thing called a long egg.
Read MoreBreakdown of all the buttons on an IndyCar steering wheel [videos]
Posted by staff / May 31, 2016IndyCars are anything but simple vehicles, so you can imagine their steering wheels follow suit.
David Tracy at Black Flag got the full scoop from Dale Coyne of IndyGarage to lend a more realistic feel to all your race car driving fantasies.
Read MoreFinding the real Rosie the Riveter
Posted by staff / May 30, 2016The only woman who might rival Marilyn Monroe when it comes to iconic posters is Rosie the Riveter, and though she was supposedly identified as Geraldine Doyle, one man didn’t think the evidence was convincing enough.
Read MoreSoak it up: World’s oldest animal could be a sponge [video]
Posted by staff / May 29, 2016Another day, another crazy discovery at the bottom of the ocean where this minivan-sized sponge has been growing…and growing and growing and growing.
Read MoreThink lava’s bad? Get a load of a pyroclastic flow [video]
Posted by staff / May 27, 2016As if volcanoes weren’t terrifying enough, this footage of a pyroclastic flow, which occurred in Japan in 1991, will have you looking warily at every supposedly dormant volcano you see.
Read MoreWhy are Harleys so loud? [video]
Posted by staff / May 27, 2016There’s no mistaking the sound of an approaching Harley-Davidson, yet what makes these bikes so loud?
Read More10 old electronics that could be worth a fortune
Posted by staff / May 27, 2016If you’ve been looking for a reason to go through those boxes clogging the attic, we just found ten great ones.
Read MoreWhy homicidal rabbits run rampant in medieval manuscripts
Posted by staff / May 26, 2016Never felt the urge to peruse a medieval manuscript?
All that’s about to change, because the hunt for homicidal rabbits or those in compromising positions lurking in the margins is far too much fun to miss.
Read MoreBeer thief gets a big gulp of instant karma [video]
Posted by staff / May 24, 2016Every so often, the universe up and decides justice can’t wait and serves it up ice cold.
Read MorePuzzling out the grandfather paradox [video]
Posted by staff / May 24, 2016If you went back in time and killed your grandfather, you wouldn’t be born, so it couldn’t happen, right?
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