Double pendulum

This kind of pendulum is a simple physical system that exhibits a variety of dynamic behavior with significant dependence on initial conditions.

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Skylodge Hotel

It's a project that's not found anywhere else in the world. And a dream come true for a pair of climbers: Peruvian Ario Ferri and Colombian Natalia Rodriguez. The three glass capsules, are on top of a cliff in Peru's Sacred Valley of the Incas. They received their first guests in June 2013.

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Rare footage of the amazing mating dance of the hooded grebe (Podiceps gallardoi).

The bird nests on several basalt lakes in southwestern Argentina.

The species is on the verge of extinction due to predation by the introduced American mink and Dominican gull. In addition, the population status is threatened by low breeding rates.

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Not every glass can withstand the test of strength.

That is why pedestrian crossings are made of triplex - a multi-layered glass material. The surface of the glass plates is coated with a special composition to prevent slipping. Inside between the layers of glass are dense transparent fillers. They are needed to increase the strength and reduce the weight of the building material.

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In Germany, every stretch of road has a warranty: if the planned life of the road is not over, but surface defects have appeared, the company repairs it at its own expense.

Just so you understand, they don't just fill in potholes, they completely replace all the asphalt in the damaged area.

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An unusual C-130 aircraft.

Which was modified with an acceleration and braking jet system specifically for convenient landings and takeoffs at the stadium.

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To make it easier for the knight to move, some of the armor consisted of several movable plates.

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American drew sneakers just for fun and posted them in the Adidas metaverse store. They were bought for $30k 🤷

Metaverses are a new trend that even a lazy person will earn on. How to go into them if you're not very great at this topic?

Check out the MetaWorlds channel. Everything here is for beginners. How to buy a piece of digital land for a dollar and sell it for $8,000? Or maybe draw a meta-apartment and sell it for a real price?

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The U.S. has released a beer for dogs.

It is a non-alcoholic mix that can be used as a substitute for dog food.

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There is a windy season on Mars, when persistent atmospheric currents form here.

Despite the low density of the Martian atmosphere, they raise so much sand and dust that from space Mars begins to look like a muddy red-brown spot.

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The windiest continent on Earth is undoubtedly Antarctica.

In its center, sustained winds blow almost constantly, reaching a fairly high speed of 50-60 km/h, and all this is combined with severe frosts to -70 °C. In such conditions, a person, even appropriately dressed, most likely will not last an hour.

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In 1950, the Guinness Book of World Records named Klaus from San Francisco the fattest cat.

At 8 years old, he weighed 18 kg and was 91 cm around the waist.

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People say "before you can blink your eye," because it is the fastest muscle in the body.

A blink lasts about 100 to 150 milliseconds, and you can blink 5 times per second.

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The New Zealand lightfly mosquito.

The name Arachnocampa translates as spider larva, because in the larval stage mosquitoes weave nests of silk on the ceilings of the caves in which they live.

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Aesthetics through science

Prototype glass faucet that creates a whirlpool when you open the faucet.

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The rarest American albino alligator. Only 12 of them live in the world. Albino alligators do not survive in the wild - they are too conspicuous.

A baby albino was caught in Louisiana. The alligator lived in the Louisiana Zoo for a while, and then it was moved to Gatoland Preserve, where there were four more creatures like it.

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One of Istanbul's beauties

The Bosphorus and the suspension bridges over it

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This mosquito met its doom.

The insect is digested by the Drosera capsa. Its brightly colored tentacles secrete sticky mucus that traps and digests its prey.

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It is impossible to catch a cold at the North and South Poles.

And you can't get the flu. The reason is obvious: at the poles it is so cold that ordinary viruses simply do not survive there.

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