[video] post cool science stuff

[rachel]

nilered shows the difference between burning sulfur in normal earth atmosphere vs pure oxygen (it's very bright)

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asHethF_o_M[/video]

[rachel]

they put iron filings into cereal to make sure you get nutrients

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk9rderPRnE[/video]

[rachel]

liquids splash when they hit a surface because it causes compression of the air underneath which sends small parts of the liquid flying everywhere

if you drop a liquid in a vacuum it simply pancakes onto the surface without splashing

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXTcYa7u12k[/video]

[rachel]

Using fusion to turn mercury into gold

Apparently a 1 GW fusion power plant could produce 5,000 gold bars per year


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKuvUZSL5gE

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKuvUZSL5gE[/video]

[rachel]

river started out going one way... then it got stolen and went down the other side of the mountain!

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tlySAQvi0A[/video]

[Diabolizer]

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i70wkxmumAw[/video]

Also, why is this thread in Shitpost Central?

[rachel]

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i70wkxmumAw[/video]

Also, why is this thread in Shitpost Central?

I moved the thread to general discussion 👍

[Fishmé]

[video]https://youtube.com/watch?v=/FrwgXN5E3sw?si=Bl2ou2kXerNMPTa8[/video]

[Fishmé]

Would love to try this. So curious why this works.
[video]https://youtube.com/watch?v=/uAScJfQS_rI?si=fTxE7JB5Q4r0PuIl[/video]

[mouse]

Would love to try this. So curious why this works.
[video]https://youtube.com/watch?v=/uAScJfQS_rI?si=fTxE7JB5Q4r0PuIl[/video]

remind me to explain pinhole cameras next time we hang out!!

[rachel]

Would love to try this. So curious why this works.
[video]https://youtube.com/watch?v=/uAScJfQS_rI?si=fTxE7JB5Q4r0PuIl[/video]

Same reason why if you have a sheet blocking your window with a tiny hole in the middle, you'll see an upside down image of the outside

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_obscura

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/books/article/pinhole-camera

[rachel]

Camels store 1.1 grams of water for every 1 gram of fat they burn because oxygen from the air bonds with hydrogen from the fat and becomes water. So essentially the fat stores more water by volume than if they had a bladder full of water by itself 🤯

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEOdmyE-a7M[/video]

[Diabolizer]

Your grandma's so weird that she's an evolutionary mystery.
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKLwzmjfcW4[/video]

[Fishmé]

[video]https://youtube.com/watch?v=/j7z7HKC3FVc?si=VbT_YQHB7fJJeEz3[/video]

[Fishmé]

[video]https://youtube.com/watch?v=/iJ9ZAL-QbKM?si=K-ZVOPgC5YLBYSA4[/video]