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Zlatan Ibrahimović carrying the Olympic torch through the streets of Milan ahead of the Winter Olympics opening ceremony today

Did you know that ski ballet was a demonstration sport at the 1988 and 1992 Winter Olympics? Enjoy Conny Kissling's winning performance from Albertville 1992.

Fun fact. Today's Winter Olympics opening ceremony could be the last global event held at the iconic stadium of San Siro.

Team Haiti’s Winter Olympics uniforms

Boomerang [📹 cotrams]

Ever seen a house that floats instead of standing on land?

The Pacific Ocean sits approximately 8 inches (20 cm) higher than the Atlantic Ocean at the Panama Canal — a difference that might seem surprising since the oceans are connected and water naturally seeks its own level. In reality, global sea level is not perfectly flat. It varies by as much as 10...

From nonverbal at 3 to speaking nine languages at age 7. Rafael is rewriting what’s possible for children with severe autism. Diagnosed with severe nonverbal autism at age two, Rafael’s parents were told he might never speak. For years, conventional therapies produced almost no progress. Then a n...

The Hadzabe language, spoken by one of East Africa's last hunter-gatherer tribes, is hard to transcribe due to its rich complexity in sound, breath, and rhythm.

A family of wild Pallas's cats living in the grasslands of Qinghai Province, China.

This is what a gigabyte actually means [🎞️ Jared Owen Animations]

Perspective [📹 ninja_yari / riley.gnat]

LEGO 6 speed gearbox

Perfect rainbow light refraction.

Sweden’s 6.5×25mm CBJ round is no joke — it can punch through APC armor. Even better, it shares the same dimensions as a 9mm, meaning most 9mm platforms can use it with just a barrel swap.

Atlas from Boston Dynamics showing advanced agility with a cartwheel followed by a clean backflip. This is insane.

In 1961, London’s Zidpark became the city’s first fully automated robot parking garage, using conveyor belts, lifts, and pulleys, before closing due to high maintenance costs and technical complexity.

Have you ever seen rice growing? This 16 day timelapse show you what happens to a grain of rice in water.

Walking a narrow via ferrata ledge in the Brenta Dolomites in northern Italy. [📹igoravanture]

Everything was actually real.

A toilet that’s also a sink. [📹reyyy_adventures]

A rare tail walk by a northern right whale dolphin off Monterey Bay, California

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This 1952 New York Stock Exchange cartoon explains how the stock market works. [full video, New York Stock Exchange, 1952]

Saffron is the most expensive spice in the world and it's often subject to adulteration or substitution with cheaper materials. This is what fake saffron looks like in water vs the real one.

Which animal could kill you with one punch? [🎞️ beastmetrics]

Amazing attic transformation. A secret room with a roof balcony window [📹 theaverycottage]

Night in Texas, where stars meet storms and magic fills the sky.

Cormorants have eyes that are bigger than their stomachs [📹 Mark Smith Photography]

A family of tarsiers

The most expensive military aircraft in the world, the B-2 Spirit bomber, costs 2.1 billion dollars and features cutting-edge technology [🎞️ Machine Knowledge]

Whoever this man in a Meegatron costume is, he needs a raise.

Whoever this man in a Meegatron costume is, he needs a raise.

In 1581, Yasuke became the first known African samurai in Japan

Chinese company AutoFlight held a public demonstration of its 5-tonne V5000 Matrix flying car. The aircraft can carry up to 10 passengers, and the company claims its operating costs are only one-tenth that of a traditional helicopter.

She left her GoPro unattended at the bottom of the ocean to film a sunset underwater with no human around. [📹 divedivelive]

Snowy peaks glowing under warm sunrise light

Geometry turning into a flower-like design

Pop up headlights weren’t just cool, they hid bulky lights, making cars faster and more efficient before modern lighting tech existed.

Rehabilitation of a baby giraffe

You just won $500M What’s the very first thing you buy?

Singer Craig David found a flying fish during dinner and tried to save it… But this happened.

Star Wars mall performance with orchestra [🎶 Violin_Phonix]

Using static electricity to light a stove

Iconic female leads then vs now

Which Bond duo shocked you the most?

Turtles with algae growing on their shells. Algae are generally harmless and provide some camouflage for the turtle in the wild.

In China, a factory worker Bao's upside down sewing mistake has created China's best selling toy ahead of this Lunar year and has been rewarded with an annual bonus of 8,888 yuan (1,230 USD) for the next 12 years (till 2038, completing full 12 year zodiac cycle)

Redheads Festival, held annually in Ireland and the Netherlands.