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Did you know mercury was once used as medicine?

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The health risks associated with the “liquid metal” mercury are well known these days, but that wasn’t always the case.

Believe it or not, mercury was actually once used over a time span of several centuries to treat a wide variety of illnesses and physical ailments.

And we’re not talking ancient history either. In fact, according to this article by the US National Library of Medicine mercury was still being used for medicinal purposes well into the 20th century!  [Read more…]

Video: The ten greatest inventions of Nikola Tesla

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The brilliant mind of Nikola Tesla created hundreds of successful inventions, several of which would end up literally changing the world.

Although he was awarded 300 patents for his inventions, many of his ideas were decades ahead of their time so they never really panned out in the commercial sense.

However, several of the ones that did pan out are still in widespread use today, eight decades years after his passing.  [Read more…]

Video: Could this be the most snow you have ever seen?

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If you enjoy watching it snow and getting out in it after it stops falling, you’re going to love this video.

One winter day it began snowing in the tiny community of Soda Springs, California. It snowed and snowed, then snowed some more.

To the folks who live there, it seemed like the snow would never stop falling.  [Read more…]

Do giants really exist? The answer is actually yes.

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Chances are you’re familiar with several stories about giants, including the biblical Goliath who the young lad David slew with a single stone hurled from his trusty slingshot.

According to his description in 1 Samuel 17, Goliath’s incredible height was “six cubits and a span”. That equates to a mind-boggling 9 feet and 9 inches.

I know, it’s hard to imagine a human being ever managing to grow to a height of 9 feet. After all, even the tallest NBA players are over a foot shorter than that.

But truth be told, on extremely rare occasions humans do grow to about that height.  [Read more…]

Video: How Boston Dynamics is Building a Robot Empire

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As you probably know, robots have been working in factories and warehouses for decades now, performing tasks ranging from assembly line construction to precision welding, and more.

But the robots being developed by a company called Boston Dynamics are an entirely new breed.

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