Breaking Mirrors!

The lads at How Ridiculous are going to be up for MANY years of bad luck!

Why a Zig-Zag Coast Guard Search Pattern is Actually Genius

Destin of SmarterEveryDay continues his “deep dive” with the US Coast Guard.

If Human Men Experience Medical Problems After Losing Their Testicles, Then Why Don’t Our Pets?

Are All Snowflakes Actually Unique?

Pic of the Day – 5/5/22

A map of the Atlantic Ocean floor.

The Engineering Behind Russia’s Deadlocked Pipeline

Nord Stream 2 is possibly the world’s most controversial infrastructure project, and it was thrust further into the spotlight when Russia invaded Ukraine earlier in 2022. The future of this monumental feat of engineering and maritime construction is unclear. Right now, it seems doubtful that the Nord Stream 2 will ever be anything more than an empty tube of steel and concrete at the bottom of the Baltic Sea (and maybe that’s for the best).

150MPH Baseball Bat Helicopter vs. Watermelon in 13,000fps Slow Mo

The Batcopter is back!

Cracking Zodiac

On December 3rd, 2020, an international three-person team of codebreakers made a breakthrough with the Zodiac Killer’s unsolved 340-character cipher. By December 5th, the team finished cracking the cipher and sent the solution to the FBI. This is the full message from the Zodiac Killer that was hidden in the 340-character cipher for 51 years.

The Mysterious and Fascinating World of “Numbers Stations”

Break an Obsidian Block With a Giant Hammer?