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F-18 fighter jet jumps into hyperspace
Cool photo of the M61A2 Vulcan nose cannon in a FA-18E Super Hornet jet fighter taken by it Lieutenant Chris Nigus, Weapons Training Officer with the Strike-Fighter Squadron VFA-27 Royal Maces, based at Naval Air Facility Atsugi, in Japan. It looks like the cockpit of an A-Wing jumping into hyperspace. SPLOID is a new blog … Continued
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This may be the most impressive aviation film I’ve ever seen
If you have never seen the 2005 French movie Les Chevaliers du Ciel (Sky Fighters) and you like aviation or just spectacular cinematography, you should rent it. The movie itself is as bad as Top Gun, but the combat airplane sequences are probably the best ever filmed. Here are its best moments: SPLOID is a … Continued
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Extreme close up photo of a living human brain
A living human brain. Looks gross. But think about how amazing this is. You have one of these things inside your head, a mass of organic matter in which billions of connections make you—every memory, everything that ever was in your life is inside this mass. So yes, it may look gross, but it’s freaking … Continued
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Magician makes dogs freak out with flying sausage trick
I love dogs. I love magic tricks. I love sausages. Obviously, I was bound to love this video of dogs reacting to magic flying wieners. I like the fact that some of them get so freaked out at the sight of a delicious treat floating in front of them—but others just don’t give a damn. … Continued
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New video shows NASA’s cool Flying Saucer in action at last
At last, here’s the video of NASA’s LDSD test—the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator system that will take a new rover to Mars, one even larger than Curiosity. It’s impressive to see the entire system in action, working like clockwork even while the supersonic parachute display failed. Listen to the commentary by Ian Clark explaining everything in … Continued
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Crazy Ivan climbs atop the frozen crane of the 2073-foot Shanghai Tower
Ivan Kuznetsov doesn’t care that the world’s highest construction site—atop the 2,073-foot (632-meter) Shanghai Tower, the second tallest building on Earth—is full of ice and it’s slippery as hell. His compatriots did it before him without ice, so he had to best them. Here are more of his adventures for you to scream. Of course … Continued
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Hybrid rocket test looks like dimensional portal sucking reality itself
The first time I saw this image I thought of an inter-dimensional portal of evil sucking in reality. It’s actually the test of the Nammo hybrid rocket engine that will power the Bloodhound. If everything goes as planned, the Bloodhound will be the first supersonic car to reach 1000mph (1,609.34 km/h). In the car there … Continued
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Watch solid flat metal sheets being inflated like water balloons
That crazy nutter of Colin Furze is at it again with more garage tinkering, this time making 3D shapes out of completely flat metal sheets, using water pressure to inflate them like water balloons—a process called hydroforming. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
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This is one of the best music videos I’ve seen in years
If you don’t know Paolo Nutini,I don’t blame you. I just learned about this British singer when I saw this video of his song Iron Sky. It opens with a hard-to-watch 2-minute silent intro—and then the beautiful music hits contrasting with the lives of pariahs, the mentally insane, the junkies… It knocked me out. Warning: … Continued
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US Navy warships are really starting to look like Star Destroyers
The USS Montgomery, the second of the Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship made for the United States Navy. Out of the water, it looks like this 127.4-meter (418-foot) this high-speed trimaran (47 knots on sprint!) could have been designed at an Imperial Navy shipyard. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
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American sitcoms with all jokes removed
You would think that, if you take out all the jokes and leave just the plot in American sitcoms, you would end up with something that is not funny at all. And you would be completely right—although the edits of Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm still had some solid funny moments. Seinfeld Friends The Office … Continued
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All you need to know about Gaza in one clear animated map
Everyone talks about Gaza, but few people really know what the hell is going on and how did it all get to this point. French newspaper Le Monde created this easy to follow animated map that clearly explains all you need to know. Just the pure facts laid out in a clear way. A must … Continued
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Watching a transparent mantis eat is both disgusting and fascinating
Watch this video of a young glass mantis eating a blue bottle fly. Why? Because while it’s totally gross, you won’t be able to look away as the food travels all through his body. It’s fascinating and gross beautiful and gross but cool all at the same time. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome … Continued
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The surface of a comet seen up close for the first time ever
The spacecraft Rosetta is now orbiting the Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. It’s taking some amazingly clear imagesincluding the one above,the first ever close up of a the surface of a comet in history. Soon we will be landing there. According to NASA: The image was taken by Rosetta’s Onboard Scientific Imaging System (OSIRIS) on August 6, 2014. … Continued
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Head mounted camera shows jet ski backflip as I have never seen before
I’ve seen many jet ski jumps and backflips, but never from this cool perspective. I don’t know the mechanism they use to attach them—I imagine some articulated arm/gimbal thingamajig—but I just love these head-mounted action cameras. The guy in the video is jet ski world champion James Visser, doing his thing in Durban, South Africa. … Continued
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Did you know Facebook doesn’t know your password?
Did you know that Facebook, Apple, or Google don’t know your password? They just don’t store it in their databases so hackers can’t retrieve it in case they manage to break in. But if you’re the only person who actually knows your password… how the hell do they know you are typing the right password … Continued
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All the amazing details inside the Guardians of the Galaxy ship
After watching Chris Pratt’s tour of the set of the Milano—the Guardians of the Galaxy’s ship—I’m really surprised at all the work that went into making it. The details and craftsmanship are amazing. The entire thing is so well made that you’d think it is a real starship. If you haven’t seen Guardians of the … Continued
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This convenience store must be the cutest shop ever created
This is The Cornershop, the brainchild of British artist Lucy Sparrow: A convenience store located in Bethnal Green, east London, in which every product is a hand-sewn felt version of its real life counterpart. From canned foods to ice cream to candy to magazines, there are 4,000 products in total. Not in London? Don’t worry: … Continued
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Are these the 10 best movie fight scenes of all time?
The people at Cinefix say these are the best ten movie fight scenes of all time. It’s a pretty good list. I don’t know if these are the very best. Maybe they are. I don’t really care much because a) I liked it and b) I just wanted an excuse to make a Bruce Lee … Continued
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The destruction of Gaza in before and after satellite images
These before and after satellite images show a small sample of the destruction of several areas in Gaza. The United Nations Operational Satellite Applications Program has also published damage assessment documents with a detailed count of destructed and damaged structures. Here’s one sample of the data analysis by UNITAR-UNOSAT. Now, before you go to the … Continued
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