Untangling the Devil's Corkscrew

Published 5 years ago in Nature. Submitted by sux2bu

In the late 1800s, paleontologists in Nebraska found huge coils of hardened sand stuck deep in the earth. Local ranchers called them Devil's Corkscrews and scientists called them Daemonelix. It was clear these corkscrews were created by some form of life, but what?

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Lego Train Snow Plow

Published 4 years ago in Other. Submitted by thundersnow

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A near fail

Published 4 years ago in Other. Submitted by thundersnow

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This Guy Builds Mesmerizing Kinetic Sculptures

Published 4 years ago in Other. Submitted by thundersnow

A self-taught artist with a background in physics, David C. Roy has been creating mesmerizing wooden kinetic sculptures for nearly 40 years. Powered solely through mechanical wind-up mechanisms, pieces can run up to 48 hours on a single wind.

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C7 Corvette Z06 crashes into tree

Published 9 years ago in Accidents. Submitted by Burimi

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