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Miscellaneous

RC Airplane + VR Goggles = Coolest Toy Ever

…envy. It’s a do-it-yourself project, but I could easily imagine this would be popular if it were massed produced. I’ve never actually flown a remote controlled aircraft before, but I…

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history inspirational

Kurt Vonnegut’s Letter Home

…off from their battalion. They were captured by Wehrmacht troops on December 14, 1944 and imprisoned in Dresden, Germany. While a prisoner, he witnessed the controversial fire bombing of Dresden…

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article

Football, dogfighting, and brain damage: The New Yorker

…the team.’ That’s football. You’re told either that you’re hurt or that you’re injured. There is no middle ground. If you are hurt, you can play. If you are injured,…

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biology

Sagan on Evolution

…late Dr. Carl Sagan speaks about 4 billion years of evolution. In the background simple animations morph from one species to another illustrating the point. Sagan on Evolution – YouTube]…

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Art

Third Annual Zombie Walk

Lethbridge is having its 3rd Annual Zombie Walk tomorrow at Galt Gardens at ~6pm. We’ll meet up at Galt Gardens, like we’ve done before, at 5:30, once gathered we’ll wait…

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Art

Moments

…to a moment, four minutes actually, of beautiful sound and imagery in this short movie by Will Hoffman: Moments. Radiolab presents: Moments by Will Hoffman. [16: Moments | YouTube] (via)…

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Art inspirational

If the Earth Were a Sandwich

…a sandwich” by placing two pieces of bread simultaneously directly opposite each other on the globe. I didn’t even bother investigating the “find the opposite tool” because (I thought) I…

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backmasking psychology

Pareidolia

…vague and random stimulus (often an image or sound) being perceived as significant. Common examples include seeing images of animals or faces in clouds, the man in the moon, and…

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backmasking

A Night at the Opera

This YouTube clip is of a scene from “A Night at the Opera” with The Marx Brothers. To simulate a foreign language, lines of dialogue that were meant to sound

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Math

Geometry Saved Him Money

…a guy some money (and who says you’ll never use math in real life?) P.S. If pi seems too difficult to multiply, just round down to 3, it’s close enough….