Okay, maybe funny probably isn’t the right word, but you know what I mean. Also, just a heads up, the guy in this video is a little creepy. But all of that aside, I’d always wondered why old books smelled weird, but never really took the time to do any research. It’s one of those things that you mean to do later, but always forget. Well, this time I didn’t forget, and now I have yet another bit of knowledge to...
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If you didn’t know, this past weekend was the closest the Moon gets to the Earth all year, and it also happened to be a full moon. This phenomenon is known as a Supermoon. I was pretty excited about it, and to be honest, was a little disappointed. It wasn’t overly super from my vantage point, not like last year anyway. But I mean, it’s the Moon, so it’s always going to be cool. Below are some photos of the...
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Ever since MechWarrior, I (and probably every similarly-aged male) have always fantasized about a day when I could hop behind the controls of a giant, unnecessarily dangerous exoskeleton robot and go around generally creating havoc for anyone who has wronged me. It appears that I might not have to wait too much longer. Below is a video of the ExoHand by Festo, an exoskeleton hand that can be controlled by a user wearing a mechanized glove....
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This is one I have to try: take an egg and place it into a bowl / cup full of vinegar and leave for 3-7 days (I found some discrepancies here, some said three days, others said a week), and you will end up with….well you’ll just have to scroll down to see. Basically, eggs contain calcium carbonate, and when it comes into contact with an acetic acid (the vinegar) a chemical reaction occurs creating carbon dioxide. The reaction...
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