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This time-lapse video covers nine days of radishes growing from seed. The jumps in the video are the six-hour period every day when the grow light was turned off. Those little sprouts grow fast! -via Cynical-C
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This time-lapse video covers nine days of radishes growing from seed. The jumps in the video are the six-hour period every day when the grow light was turned off. Those little sprouts grow fast! -via Cynical-C
On November 16, 1904, British engineer John Ambrose Fleming patented the vacuum tube {wiki}. This ushered in the age of modern electronics, leading to the development of radio, TV, and other forms of electronic equipment. Vacuum tubes were standard until the advent of the transistor. The US Supreme Court eventually invalidated Fleming’s patent, but he is still known as the inventor of the vacuum tube. http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/11/dayintech_1116
Hundreds of bottles of Jack Daniels were seized in raids in Nashville and Lynchburg, Tennessee, and may be poured down the drain. Some of the bottles are nearly 100 years old!
One of the sealed bottles is dated 1914, which makes it worth $10,000 by itself! http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/11/15/national/a125256S24.DTL&tsp=1 ~via Fark
Authorities are still determining how much of the liquor will be disposed of, and how much can be sold at auction.
Tennessee law requires officials to destroy whiskey that cannot be sold legally in the state, such as bottles designed for sale overseas and those with broken seals.
One of the sealed bottles is dated 1914, which makes it worth $10,000 by itself! http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/11/15/national/a125256S24.DTL&tsp=1 ~via Fark
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It appears as if Snoopy has been looking at too many LOLcat images, but this is how he asks for food, water, or a lost toy! ~via Arbroath
Every year, more and more men are taking over the job of cooking the traditional Thanksgiving turkey, so of course they’ve come up with improvements on the basic recipe. This mental_floss article has six manly methods of preparing a turkey. Fry it, stuff it, soak it in alcohol, and keep the number of the local fire department handy! Link
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The Tin Man got the heart he wanted, now what? This animation was created by Percy Kiyabu, a student at the Vancouver Film School. ~via Bonez
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A music video showing the day to day activities of astronauts in space. -via Metafilter
A five month old Northern fur seal pup wandered inland from the Pacific Ocean at Tracy, California. His destination? The Tracy Animal Shelter! Animal control officers corraled him on the front steps of the shelter and took him to his new home at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito. Link (with video) -via Fark
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Video of Earth rising and setting over the moon's horizon, taken with the HDTV camera aboard Japan's KAGUYA (SELENE) lunar explorer on November 7, 2007.
Eventually, Japanese TV will show the high-definition version. From Pink Tentacle via Cynical-C
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Watch this little robot; it's like a pet who won't give up!
RHex is a man-portable robot with extraordinary rough terrain mobility. RHex climbs over rock fields, mud, sand, vegetation, railroad tracks, telephone poles and up steep slopes and stairways. RHex has a sealed body, making it fully operational in wet weather, in muddy and swampy conditions, and it can swim on the surface or dive underwater.
RHex is made by Boston Dynamics, and is controlled by a remote operator up to 600 feet away. http://www.bostondynamics.com/content/sec.php?section=RHex -via Dark Roasted Blend
You never get a second chance to make a first last impression. Ransom Riggs of mental_floss wrote and directed an animated video that takes us on a tour of famous people in history and their famous last words, all set to a catchy tune and hosted by the Grim Reaper himself! Link
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Jeff Lew was the lead animator for the movie The Matrix Reloaded. In the four years since, he has been working on his own feature film, an animated action movie starring... beans. No release date has been set. Link -via Reddit
The 2007 Specialty Equipment Market Association Show was held last week in Las Vegas. Out of many custom cars displayed at the show, American Inventors Spot selected the ten most extreme. This one is called the Blastolene B-702. It’s 19.5 feet long and has a V12 motor and leather interior. Even the frame is custom-made! Link -via Dark Roasted Blend
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Pacman makes his way through the first level of Super Mario Brothers. These fit together so well, you may forget they are two separate games! -via Gorilla Mask
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