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The Amazing Life-size LEGO Technic Bugatti Chiron that DRIVES! - YouTube

When we say with LEGO Technic you can BUILD FOR REAL, we really mean it! Here’s our amazing 1:1 version of the iconic Bugatti Chiron. Not only does it look like the real thing, it also drives as well – and to prove it we took it for a spin on the same German track where Bugatti do their testing The Amazing Life-size LEGO Technic Bugatti Chiron that DRIVES! - YouTube

Arms Sales: USA vs Russia on Vimeo

U.S. and USSR/Russian arms sales from 1950 through 2017. The underlying data comes from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's Arms Transfers Database. Units are expressed in trend indicator values (TIV). Each dot on the map = one TIV. Visualization by Will Geary (@wgeary). Want Arms Sales: USA vs Russia on Vimeo

The snapback effect: Richard Feynman’s famed physics puzzle finally gets so

Here’s a fun experiment to try. Go to your pantry and see if you have a box of spaghetti. If you do, take out a noodle. Grab both ends of it and bend it until it breaks in half. How many pieces did it break into? If you got two large pieces and at least one small piece you’re not alone. The snapback effect: Richard Feynman’s famed physics puzzle finally gets so

Information is Beautiful

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Unknown Unknowns: The Problem of Hypocognition - Scientific American Blog N

In 1806, entrepreneur Frederic Tudor sailed to the island of Martinique with a precious cargo. He had harvested ice from frozen Massachusetts rivers and expected to make a tidy profit selling it to tropical customers. There was only one problem: the islanders had never seen ice. Unknown Unknowns: The Problem of Hypocognition - Scientific American Blog N

Ironman 2017 - Maastricht

After I had read the Wikipedia page about the Ironman triathlon, my mind went from "insane" to "let's do that before I'm 40". I started running in September 2011, gradually increasing the mileage. In the process switching from regular running shoes to Vibram barefoot shoes. As the big 4-O came closer, it was time to up the game and get serious. Here was not something I was able to accomplish by myself. Exactly two years to the date of the IM I send an email to AVtriathlon, the tri club in my hometown requesting if I could give the running training a whirl. And whirl it was, thanks, Bert, Gert, Wouter and Joop for teaching me to run and having the patience to cope with my very sub-par motor skills. After six months things got better, I could finally do all of the running drills; learned a lot about heart rate, running technique, and pacing. Training for the swim started the same month as the running training. Twice a week, at 6 am, on Mondays and Fridays.