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How to Build Stonehenge in Your Backyard (seriously)

February 9, 2010

I came across this a while ago, saw it again, and figured it was definitely post-worthy. This guy, a former construction worker in Michigan named Wally Wallington (yes, really), has literally figured out how Stonehenge was built: with sticks, stones, leverage, and an amount of strength that a single man is easily capable of providing. [...]

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How to Make a Volcano Model (for school, etc.)

February 7, 2010

Today I’m going to show you how to build a homemade volcano using two different methods: the first one is the old-fashioned baking soda and vinegar one, and the other is going to use the recently-made-famous diet-coke and mentos reaction. The way we’re going to go about constructing it is with some air-dried clay for the [...]

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How to Make Kinda-Sorta Infrared Goggles for 10 Bucks

January 2, 2010

Another short but very nifty how-to for you. It…misrepresents what it is, a bit, because it says that these are “infrared” goggles, and what they’re showing you how to do is make a pair of goggles that filter out all light except for light in the near-infrared portion of the spectrum. Humans are not actually [...]

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How to Get a Fruit Inside a Bottle

January 2, 2010

Just another short video here, not much to add to this. The long and short of it is this: you let the fruit grow inside the bottle. That is, you put the bottle over the fruit while it’s still small enough to fit in, then you let it grow for a few months until just [...]

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