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Engineer. Selecting and curating pictures and videos trying to awaken your sense of wonder. Science, tech, art, weather, space, the unusual around us. Mirror of https://nitter.net/Rainmaker1973 If you own the original, DM linktr.ee/Rainmaker1973

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In 1995, Renault and Williams dropped a Formula 1 race engine into a Renault Espace minivan.
The results were quite incredible.

06.11.2025 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Repost by @Rainmaker1973 from @Rainmaker1973: RT by @Rainmaker1973:
The Pythagorean theorem was known to the Babylonians over a millennium before Pythagoras.
A clay tablet, known as Plimpton 322, dates to approximately 1800 BCE.
This tablet contains a list of Pythagorean triples, which are sets o...

06.11.2025 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The way this cabinet door opens and closes

06.11.2025 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Cuteness of burrowing owls [πŸ“Ή Matt Poole]

06.11.2025 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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An Indian town during festive season.
The Dashashwamedh Ghat in Varanasi, India, during the annual festival of Dev Deepawali.
This festival, known as the "Diwali of the Gods," transforms the 84 ghats along the Ganges River into a luminous and spiritual spectacle.

06.11.2025 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When you realize the intro of the famous song "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple is the intro of Beethoven's 5th Symphony simply played backward.
Mind-blowing.

06.11.2025 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Teatro San Carlo in Naples is the world's oldest active opera house.
It was opened on November 4, 1737.

06.11.2025 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Pythagorean theorem was known to the Babylonians over a millennium before Pythagoras.
A clay tablet, known as Plimpton 322, dates to approximately 1800 BCE.
This tablet contains a list of Pythagorean triples, which are sets of three integers that satisfy the equation aΒ² + bΒ² = cΒ².
Another tab...

06.11.2025 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In Peru, large mesh nets coated with cactus fiber capture dense fog, turning it into clean water for communities in dry coastal and highland areas.
The process uses wind to push fog through the mesh, where droplets condense, merge, and drip into collection pipes, with a single net potentially yie...

06.11.2025 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The 4 km-long stretch of river in the city of Yanagawa, Japan is ideal for a relaxing time on a donko boat.
And sometimes the boatmen can show off their skills in a somewhat theatrical way.

06.11.2025 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A stunning close-up aerial footage of one of the ancient pyramids of Egypt,
paragliding [πŸ“Ή Yanis Terzis]

06.11.2025 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

François Monthoux is a Swiss sculptor who spent three years building a fortified terracotta city deep in the forest near Bière, Switzerland.
[πŸ“Ή fmonthoux]

06.11.2025 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The P900 Floor Tile Paving Robot
is an automated robot
designed for indoor tile laying.

06.11.2025 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Boy vs $4000 RC tug of war [πŸ“Ήschmanke]

06.11.2025 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Flying an RC jet indoors with unbelievable precision

06.11.2025 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The β€œDrift” wooden sculpture
is a stunning creation
by Matthias Pliessnig

06.11.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Colors of autumn πŸ‚

06.11.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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An obese person seen with X-rays
ᴡᡐᡃᡍᡉ α΅ˆαΆ¦α΅αΆ¦α΅—α΅ƒΛ‘Λ‘ΚΈ αΆœΚ³α΅‰α΅ƒα΅—α΅‰α΅ˆ αΆ α΅’Κ³ ᡗʰᡉ α΅ˆα΅’αΆœα΅˜α΅α΅‰βΏα΅—α΅ƒΚ³ΚΈ
"⁷⁰ ˒ᡗᡒⁿᡉ ᴬⁿᡈ ᴬˑᡐᡒ˒ᡗ α΄°α΅‰α΅ƒα΅ˆ"

06.11.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Beginner’s luck, literally.
Just 90 minutes into her very first archaeological dig, a student unearthed a 1,000-year-old gold treasure.
In a remarkable twist of fate, 20-year-old archaeology student Yara Souza discovered a rare 9th-century gold artifact while excavating near the historic Roman ro...

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Beavers built a dam that local authorities had been planning for seven years, saving them $1.2 million.
A project to restore wetlands in the Brdy Landscape Park in Czech Republic had been in development since 2018.
But it turned out to be unnecessaryβ€”local beavers, which have lived in the park si...

06.11.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When the dog usually goes for a walk with the husband and stops at the pub for a beer, then one day the missus takes him for a walk.
[πŸ“Ή andycoxon1]

06.11.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A man in 1835 was digging a duck pond and accidentally uncovered
a 70-foot tunnel made of 2,000 sq ft of mosaic made from 4.6 million shells (mussels, cockles, whelks, limpets, oysters, scallops).
It's the Shell Grotto in Margate, Kent, England.

06.11.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yerka Bike turns its frame into a built-in lock
[πŸ” Yerka Bikes]

06.11.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Repost by @Rainmaker1973 from @Rainmaker1973:
RT by @Rainmaker1973:
In Sibiu, Romania, the rooftops watch like half-closed eyes.
The windows were originally built for ventilation but have earned the city the nickname "The City Where Houses Don't Sleep".

06.11.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Superhero dad leaps onto her daughter
to save her from almost certain death in Egypt.

06.11.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In Sibiu, Romania, the rooftops watch like half-closed eyes.
The windows were originally built for ventilation but have earned the city the nickname "The City Where Houses Don't Sleep".

06.11.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A behind the scenes look
at the world's largest flower auction
in Aalsmeer, Holland.

06.11.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A waterfall of clouds at Hampta Pass, Himachal Pradesh.

06.11.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The perfect mix of style and storage for modern kitchens

06.11.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How to fight someone with a prosthetic leg [πŸ“Ή masterameriken]

06.11.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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