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Why Carbon Nanotubes Are Coming to Hockey Sticks

(via Popular Mechanics) Every time an NHL slap shot results in a broken stick, the player loses more than a

(via Atlas Obscura) Large boulders shaped like nearly perfect spheres can be found in a handful of places around the

(via The Verge) Last weekend, a group of six people emerged from a white dome on the slopes of Hawaii’s Mauna

(via Popular Science) For all of 2016, Andrew Taylor ate only potatoes. There were a few caveats: He ate both white

(via Popular Science) Quickly glance at an analog clock. You might find that the second hand seems stuck at first.

(via The Atlantic) Wiffle ball is a variant of baseball played with a plastic perforated ball. Eight three-quarter-inch, oblong holes

(via Great Big Story) Fun fact of the day: “Iron Man,” “Star Trek” and even “Batman vs. Superman” have plenty

(via Atlas Obscura) A massive ship that cruises the vast oceans creating intense lightning storms might sound like something out

(via Popular Mechanics) As Hurricane Irma barrels towards the United States mainland with 185 mph winds that put it squarely

(via Princeton) In the mid-1990s, 1,000 truckloads of orange peels and orange pulp were purposefully unloaded onto a barren pasture

(via Atlas Obscura) Since they were patented in 1845, rubber bands have been put to a staggering variety of uses.

(via mental floss) Fear ye not, stargazer. That solar eclipse doesn’t mean that you’re going to die, that some higher