Heehee.... About 500 hundred students at Iowa State University froze in place for two minutes from 12:00 Noon to 12:02 PM on November 15, 2010. I don't really know why. I suppose it was just a fun thing to do. They'll do it again next November.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Helicopter Development in US and Germany during WW2
These two color videos show helicopter prototypes in Germany and the United States during WW2. The first is from 1943 in Germany, and the second shows progressive stages of development in the US from 1941 through 1945.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
FDR,s Fala Speech
This is an excerpt from a speech made by President Roosevelt during the 1944 presidential campaign in which he responds to Republican assertions that he had left his dog Fala in the Aleution Islands and had sent a destroyer to pick him up at great cost to the taxpayers.
It is quite obvious in this clip that FDR was in declining health. Although he was reelected for a fourth term he died the following April.
It is quite obvious in this clip that FDR was in declining health. Although he was reelected for a fourth term he died the following April.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
How Baseballs Are Made
This video shows how major league baseballs are manufactured.
Big league baseball teams never use brand new baseballs directly from the box in a game. They're too shiny to play with. Prior to a game umpires, or individuals supervised by the umpires, rub the balls with a rubbing mud, which is smooth and creamy, but with a fine grit. The composition of the mud is a secret, but the base ingredient is known to be mud from a specific site in a tributary of the Delaware River.
A major league baseball costs about $17.25 and has an average life of 7 pitches.
Big league baseball teams never use brand new baseballs directly from the box in a game. They're too shiny to play with. Prior to a game umpires, or individuals supervised by the umpires, rub the balls with a rubbing mud, which is smooth and creamy, but with a fine grit. The composition of the mud is a secret, but the base ingredient is known to be mud from a specific site in a tributary of the Delaware River.
A major league baseball costs about $17.25 and has an average life of 7 pitches.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Odd Vehicle
Check out this strange 1930's bus-like vehicle, the Evans Autorailer, capable of travelling on both roads and rail.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
Word Riddle
I got this video in an Email today from a friend so I don't know its source and can't credit its creator. Before watching the video I tried unsuccessfully to find the English word which continued to be a valid word each time one letter was removed right down until only one letter remained. But I made the assumption that letters would be removed in order, and thus never would have been successful.
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