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11/21/18

By Pure Coincidence, a Ton of People Are Downloading Their Facebook Data Right Now

Last spring, Facebook was confronted with a flood of scandals and new privacy regulations in Europe that reminded…

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Why Are the Windows on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner So Much Bigger Than Normal Airplanes?

The windows in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner are awesome. You can electronically dim them for five different levels of…

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Why Aaron Sorkin's Screenplay for The Social Network Was So Damn Good

The Social Network was a fantastic movie for many reasons: the direction of David Fincher, the music by Trent…

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5 Movie Scenes with Genius Camera Movement

It’s obvious, right? In movies, the camera points us toward what we should look at. We follow the action by…

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Seeing the Explosion Inside a See Through Engine Shows You How Engines Work

This particular engine we’re looking at has four strokes: the intake, the compression, the combustion (or power),…

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The Number of People You Can Fit in the World's Biggest Buildings Is Staggering

Real Life Lore asks a question that I’ve never actually considered before: what if everybody in the entire world…

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Making a Pair of Prescription Eyeglasses From Scratch Is So Damn Hard

Here’s some free advice if you ever find yourself in a post-apocalyptic world and need glasses: squint. Because…

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Watch How Fossils Get Cleaned and Prepared

Fossils don’t exactly come clean and ready to be displayed in museums. Which, duh, of course. They’re a mess because…

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10 of the Most Gorgeous Uses of Color in Film

Directors make so many filmmaking decisions that go unnoticed by casual viewers because we’re not paying close…

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A Quick Animated History of Why We Use the Numbers We Use

I find the history of numbers so much more fascinating than the application of numbers. Who cares about learning…

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Learning About Animal Genitalia Is Really Fascinating Stuff

Meet Patty Brennan, she has one of the most interesting jobs that anyone could possibly ever have because she’s an…

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How Would We Even Make First Contact with Aliens?

There are aliens out there (and if there aren’t any, it’s just more fun to believe that there are). But if they are…

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How the Special Effects of Silent Films Were Done

When you can’t rely on a computer to improve (or fake) a movie scene, you gotta improvise. And back in the days of…

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How Do You Even Edit an Animation Movie?

The concept of editing a live action film is pretty easy to understand, right? There’s a whole bunch of footage that…

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So Why Do Action Movies Make Actresses Fight Like This?

I’ll admit to being dumb and not noticing this before, but action movies seem to make all actresses do the same move…

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Why Cities Are Where They Are in the World

Have you ever wondered why the world’s largest cities sprout up where they sprout up? It has a lot to do with water,…

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Just How Big Can a Tsunami Get?

Tsunamis are very probably the scariest natural disaster out there because they ravage everything in their path. But…

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What If the British Empire Still Existed Today?

Here’s a uselessly amusing idea to wrap your head around: what if history’s largest empire, the British Empire,…

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Why Are We So Damn Nostalgic These Days?

It’s not the fault of Hollywood or Netflix or even the internet. Or, well, it’s not all their fault. We’re to blame…

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Seeing Film Scenes Side-By-Side with the Original Storyboard Drawings Is So Cool

In these wonderful videos by Glass Distortion, you get to see the creative process of filmmaking: you can read what…

Casey Chan

12/21/16 6:20PM

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