Hulk vs. Ewok
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I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.
“It’s the ‘90s” supercut mashup video by Everything Is Terrible!
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Piano Quality
Kottke reposts:
The finest pianos in the world were built about a hundred years ago. Due to evolution in engineering, exhaustion of raw materials, and flagging business standards, we will never see their like again. Some people may build very good pianos; new forms of the instrument may exceed (in narrow ways) the magnificent machines built a few decades either side of the year 1900. But, from a musical perspective, there will never be a “better” piano than the typical concert grand of a century ago.
Unofficial The Adventures of Tintin title sequence by James Curran that features elements from all 24 books.
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How woodpeckers avoid head injury
How woodpeckers avoid head injury
Pretty interesting:
The team’s simulations showed that three factors were at work in sparing the birds injury.
Firstly, the hyoid bone’s looping structure around the whole skull was found to act as a “safety belt”, especially after the initial impact.
The team also found that the upper and lower halves of the birds’ beaks were uneven, and as force was transmitted from the tip of the beak into the bone, this asymmetry lowered the load that made it as far as the brain.
Lastly, plate-like bones with a “spongy” structure at different points in the skull helped distribute the incoming force, thereby protecting the brain.