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starkebn posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97Ob0xR0Ut8 I took an astronomy class some years back, and the teacher had set up a similar accurate distance chart outside using painted golf balls. The terrestrial planets were just a few steps away from each other, then you hit the asteroid belt (which in itself is pretty goddamn huge) and the gas giants, and we just kept on walking and walking until we hit Pluto and the Kuiper belt... at a shopping center some two miles away  It was actually pretty cool and blew my mind since I thought I was somewhat well versed in the solar system.
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bimmian posted:"The Calcio Storico – ‘historic football’ – is an ancient form of football from the 16th century, which originated from the ancient roman ‘harpastum’, and is played in teams of 27, using both feet and hands. While things like sucker-punches and kicks to the head are prohibited, headbutting, punching, elbowing, and choking are all allowed." Why is this not on tv?
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:8 year old kid with cerebral palsy completes a triathalon, decides to run the last 20m without his walker That kid is awesome, made me cry at the end there.
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thewireguy posted:Why is this not on tv? Because as a sport it's actually really boring to watch more than once
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thewireguy posted:Why is this not on tv? Only happens once a year, and Florence is the only place hat does.
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Can I have death race 2015 at least?
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Rabhadh posted:Because as a sport it's actually really boring to watch more than once You could say that about all ball sports then
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Took me a second to see the surfer on that thing. Wow.
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Say Nothing posted:
But he doesn't like Star Wars?!
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tribbledirigible posted:But he doesn't like Star Wars?! But he does love gigantic black helmets pressed against his bathing suit area.
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Nebelwerfer posted:You could say that about all ball sports then Ugh, don't talk to me about sports.
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starkebn posted:
As far as "scarred for life" goes, this one is up with those lightning strike scars. This kid's going to be the most baddass in the 3rd grade.
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He should just get all his tats like that. Be cheaper in the long run.
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Isn't Queensland the redneck state of Australia? That's basically the best thing that's happened to him so far.
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Phlegmish posted:Isn't Queensland the redneck state of Australia? That's basically the best thing that's happened to him so far. Queensland is like a lot of the worst parts of Florida, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi. He's basically most  five year old in his county right now.
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Every Australian I've ever met has a streak of Florida in them.
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Pook Good Mook posted:Every Australian I've ever met has a streak of Florida in them. I used to be cool with an Aussie transplant here in States that occasionally played WoW with me until he randomly went off on a tangent about "those loving Abos and Lebos."
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starkebn posted:
Wouldn't it just fade or get more disfigured as he grew up?
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Calaveron posted:Wouldn't it just fade or get more disfigured as he grew up? Yeah, he'll want to get that touched up every now and then.
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Useless posted:As far as "scarred for life" goes, this one is up with those lightning strike scars. This kid's going to be the most baddass in the 3rd grade. His name is Cannon. He's got badass for life locked up.
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Khazar-khum posted:His name is Cannon. He's got badass for life locked up. I almost feel bad for the kid- He has to be a total badass his entire life. "Hey, you know that guy Cannon with the dragon scar over in accounting?" just doesn't work.
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bimmian posted:I almost feel bad for the kid- He has to be a total badass his entire life. "Hey, you know that guy Cannon with the dragon scar over in accounting?" just doesn't work. This is exactly what is going to happen. My friend's middle name is "Danger" and he is an IT nerd.
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Ah, the reverse "Boy named Sue" effect.
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bimmian posted:I almost feel bad for the kid- He has to be a total badass his entire life. "Hey, you know that guy Cannon with the dragon scar over in accounting?" just doesn't work. Why the hell not? "... Don't ever let him catch you faking an expense claim!"
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Graphene Aerogel. http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/153063-graphene-aerogel-is-seven-times-lighter-than-air-can-balance-on-a-blade-of-grass  
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Almost mistook this for a Vogon Constructor Fleet vessel (on account of it hanging in the air in exactly the way bricks don't).
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I was expecting it to turn around, belch guns at me, and tell me how my dick is evil
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Perfect picture for an SCP entry.
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amityville anus posted:I was expecting it to turn around, belch guns at me, and tell me how my dick is evil Wait for version 2.0. 
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amityville anus posted:I was expecting it to turn around, belch guns at me, and tell me how my dick is evil Thank god I'm not alone in this
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it must be as trippy to hold that as it is to look at the blacker-than-black material
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starkebn posted:it must be as trippy to hold that as it is to look at the blacker-than-black material What?
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Nevermind I found it. That's pretty cool.News article posted:If it was used to make one of Chanel's little black dresses, the wearer's head and limbs might appear to float incorporeally around a dress-shaped hole. Wanta venture bros character called phantom torso now
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Say Nothing posted:Graphene Aerogel. That kind of stuff is cool as hell, but am I reading this wrong? quote:Chinese material scientists have created the world’s lightest material: A graphene aerogel that is seven times lighter than air, and 12% lighter than the previous record holder Doesn't that mean it should be floating away, rather than just resting on the top of flowers?
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Shrapnig posted:Ugh, don't talk to me about sports. shut up nerd
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Gromit posted:That kind of stuff is cool as hell, but am I reading this wrong? I think they meant that it's lighter than air in a vacuum. Its structure creates a lot of empty space which is filled with air. I may be phrasing this poorly, but the structure is lighter than air, the material the structure is made of (largely if not entirely carbon) is obviously heavier than air, resulting in it not floating away. If you filled the structure with a gas that is lighter than air (instead of air) is would likely float away (depending on the gas, temperature, pressure, etc.) similarly to how a balloon floats until you pop it.
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