Reaction of iodine with aluminum powder
An experiment showing the direct synthesis of aluminum iodide.
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Jet-powered truck

How to accelerate an old 1985 Peterbilt up to 600 km/h? That's right, to scrap the old engine and strap three turbines to it.

The result is the Shock Wave racing car, which is able to beat an airplane on the runway. It successfully does it for show, burning waste cars with fiery exhaust at the same time.

However, it needs about 454 liters of fuel for this very mile (1.6 km).
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Mammatus clouds are a very beautiful natural phenomenon that is associated with thunderstorms.

If you see such clouds - it is better to find shelter, as they are the harbingers of ball lightning
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People in Pakistan are stocking gas in plastic bags instead of cylinders for cooking as prices are skyrocketing. Gas is sold by filling bags inside the shops connected to the gas pipeline network.
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Formation of an underwater icicle
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A master class from the U.S. Army.
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Percentage of women in parliament
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AI designs its own robots

RoboGrammar is the name of an AI project from researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The algorithm, devoid of the modern engineers' traditional approach, is able to assess the particular conditions in which the future robot will be used, as well as propose a number of bot design concepts and test them in virtual reality.

The AI doesn't care whether the robot has four legs or seven. Or maybe it shall be a combination of wheels and wings. What matters is efficiency!
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Charlie Chaplin at the age of 27, 1916.
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Flying Kiss
China
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Looks like a snake, doesn’t it?

Scientists from the Harvard used the ancient Japanese art of KIRIGAMI to create their robot snake SEAS.

Scientists carved scales into the paper body of the bot, so these scales become flexible as it moves, clinging to the surface in the same way as its natural twins – snakes.
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Night Robbery of a Carriage with Humanirtarian Aid from Red Cross by Ivan Vladimirov, 1922
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Praha
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Behold... the stinky penis mushroom!

We're not kidding. This stinkhorn species is called Phallus rubicundus, and as you can maybe guess from the collection of flies on the 'tip', it has quite the odor. Our editor -  who took this photo - called it an ‘oh god the world is ending’ smell. 

These beautiful stinky specimens grow around the world, from southern and eastern United States to Australia! 
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