2076
Cube watermelons were intended to fit more compactly in fridges and be able to be cut more easily (without rolling). They were invented by graphic designer Tomoyuki Ono in 1978 by growing them into boxes and taking the shape of the container
[video: buff.ly/3i1OeCd]
2077
In the early 1950s, trademarks like General Chef L/K designed and sold this peculiar sink/fridge/stove combo
[more pictures: buff.ly/3PDACPe]
2078
How photographer Jani Ylinampa brilliantly captured the beauty of a small island through all four seasons [source, read more: buff.ly/2JoZMxv] [author's Instagram: buff.ly/3cu0t9m]
2079
This is a 480 million year old Boedaspis trilobite fossil. Over a month of preparation work went into extracting it from the surrounding limestone by a master fossil preparitor, using air abrasives under microscope [source, read more: bit.ly/2wVtg4g]
2080
Melibe viridis is a carnivorous sea slug with a gelatinous vacuum cleaner for a head: the nudibranch has an oral veil expanding into a "fish net" used to scan and eat its prey
[read more: bit.ly/2wkkbBv]
[📹sina.joelle: buff.ly/3vkJjVh]
2081
John Derting's clips routinely take the viewer where few dare to explore, across rugged glaciers, through half-frozen rivers, and into dangerously beautiful ice caves
[read more: buff.ly/3RLI5Mo-]
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2082
How do you get a 3,500 ton littoral combat ship from the shipyard into the water without a set of well-coordinated supercranes or help from a friendly giant? Sliding it sideways [LCS 7 Detroit side launch into Wisconsin’s Menominee River on Oct. 18, 2014: buff.ly/2A0epoa]
2083
This mesmerizing aerial view of hundreds of sheep being herded shows the beauty of a chaotic motion and how it approximates the behavior of a fluid
[source and full video, Tim Whittaker: buff.ly/2UTPiwQ]
2084
Polaris, aka North Star, is a very faint celestial object in the sky, but is indeed a triple star system whose biggest component is 5.4 times the solar mass (M☉). It's s 4000 times brighter than our Sun and it's located 433 light years away
[read more: buff.ly/3odtlrG]
2085
There is a small Pacific Island where about 10% of the population are completely colorblind (only see shades of black/white/grey). The condition limits vision in full sunlight, but may lead to sharper vision at night, like for night fishing [read more: buff.ly/2KJztUd]
2086
The gyroscope seems to defy gravity because the torque created by the spinning wheel counteracts the torque due to gravity
[source, read more: buff.ly/2ZBSW5L]
2087
Sweden (like other countries) has long had a can & bottle deposit system giving people money back when they recycle—for aluminium cans, and since 1994 for plastic bottles. Each year Swedes recycle 1.8 billion bottles using the so-called pant system buff.ly/31oDdp6
2088
3D printing is a recent but promising technology available to professional prosthetists and amateurs alike. So anyone with access to a 3D printer and a DIY mentality can create a bespoke prosthesis at a low price point. Like this prototype by William Root buff.ly/3ucW6qh
2089
The Pilatus Railway is a mountain railway in Switzerland and the steepest rack railway in the world, with a maximum gradient of 48% and an average gradient of 35%. This is a switch at the very beginning of the line [read more: buff.ly/3w9a6o5]
2090
This cube extrusion fractal was made by Reddit user u/TheDarksideofSnow using Blender. At the end of the iterations, it has 2,691,544 faces and interestingly, you can see the Sierpinski triangle pattern in it
[source, read more: buff.ly/3roLg1Z-]
2091
A 3.6MW wind turbine off the Irish coast was struck by lightning and bursts into flames on October 20, 2022
[read more: buff.ly/3DnGYxl]
2092
«At home, 2001»
This film, made in the late 1960's and narrated by Walter Cronkite, tells what future homes will look like in the 21st century or 2001 to be exact
[full video: buff.ly/3U9q4sK]
2093
The story of the baby cow that escaped the slaughterhouse and was raised by a deer family in a snowy forest
[full story: buff.ly/2yPWumI]
2094
A classic one to wish you all a Happy = Neʷ - yeᵃᴿ
2095
The largest dam removal project in the U.S.: a successs story that brought the ecosystem of Washington's Elwha River to thrive again [source: buff.ly/2pslh93]
2096
Dusky woodswallows roost communally, usually nocturnally. On a cold morning in Queensland's Jimna Ranges, photographer Ken Cross came across a flurry of feathers. On closer inspection, he realised it was a cluster of roosting dusky woodswallows [source: buff.ly/3amuE1Z]
2097
Spider webs have existed for at least 100 million years, as witnessed in a rare find of Early Cretaceous amber from Sussex. This spiny orb weaver spider filmed by Rachel Barry is patiently demonstrating how they build them [source: buff.ly/30md23I]
2098
Cleaning solar panels is crucial to maintain their performances. Skip cleaning means losing up to 17% – 25% of power generation due to the accumulation of dirt and dust
This is one way you clean solar panels
[read more: buff.ly/3DACW5x]
2099
The critically endangered Sumatran rhinos are the smallest of the living rhinoceroses and the only Asian rhino with 2 horns. Covered with long hair, they are more closely related to the extinct woolly rhinos than any of the other rhino species alive today buff.ly/3eeNU2q
2100
Chromatophores contain pigment sacs that become more visible as small radial muscles pull the sac open making the pigment expand under the skin
[read more: buff.ly/2KHEZvb]
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