Meter-Wide House
In American Virginia, a house only 1.4 meters wide appeared. An enraged owner erected it on a passageway so horse-drawn carriages would no longer rumble under his estate's windows.
#Architecture #Scandals #Usa
In American Virginia, a house only 1.4 meters wide appeared. An enraged owner erected it on a passageway so horse-drawn carriages would no longer rumble under his estate's windows.
#Architecture #Scandals #Usa
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Quiet Trains of the Future
Engineers applied the structure of owl feathers when creating blades. This shape reduced noise levels by a record thirty percent, making a breakthrough. π
#Technologies #Engineering #Inventions
Engineers applied the structure of owl feathers when creating blades. This shape reduced noise levels by a record thirty percent, making a breakthrough. π
#Technologies #Engineering #Inventions
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Magic of fried meat
When heated above 140 degrees, sugars and proteins enter the Maillard reaction. It creates hundreds of complex crust flavors and aromas that were absent in the raw steak.
#Cooking #Chemistry #Meat
When heated above 140 degrees, sugars and proteins enter the Maillard reaction. It creates hundreds of complex crust flavors and aromas that were absent in the raw steak.
#Cooking #Chemistry #Meat
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The Las Vegas hotel with a death ray
The curved glass facade of the Vdara hotel concentrates the sun at the pool. Rays reach 50 degrees, melting plastic and burning sunbathing tourists.
#Vegas #Architecture #Hotel
The curved glass facade of the Vdara hotel concentrates the sun at the pool. Rays reach 50 degrees, melting plastic and burning sunbathing tourists.
#Vegas #Architecture #Hotel
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Watching a Boring Movie
Viewers endure a terrible movie until the credits solely because of a purchased ticket. Psychologists proved: fear of losing money makes us suffer two hours instead of leaving.
#Movies #Psychology #Behavior
Viewers endure a terrible movie until the credits solely because of a purchased ticket. Psychologists proved: fear of losing money makes us suffer two hours instead of leaving.
#Movies #Psychology #Behavior
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