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Where the colors of fireworks come from
The Works is a kids science and tech museum in Bloomington, Minnesota, just a few miles from where I live in Minneapolis. Today, they had this cool chart up on their Facebook page, explaining which...
View ArticleHappy 4th: Joe Sabia plays Horowitz, on piano
[YouTube link]. Joe collaborates with us on our in-flight television channel on Virgin America airlines, and runs the music experiment project CDZA.
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Reagan on a Velociraptor
"Ronald Reagan Riding a Velociraptor," by *SharpWriter on DeviantArt. You can buy prints of this image, and other awesomely weird works by SharpWriter, at his Etsy store. FDR Transformer, Teddy...
View ArticleFireworks Fail: the ultimate video compilation
[Video Link] Compiled by WorldWideInterweb (via OneCoolThingADay).
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Dogs and cats hate holiday fireworks. Here are 3 tips to protect your pet on...
[caption id="attachment_401725" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Image: Shutterstock[/caption] Fireworks displays are fun for most humans, but pretty terrifying for pets. (more…)
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Redneck Fireworks: DIY launcher shoots 8,500 bottle rockets
A 4th-of-July-themed 2007 vintage YouTube of who knows whom, doing something crazy in lord knows where. “These crazy rednecks start drinking beer, then they decide to try and make a rocket launcher....
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WATCH: Patriotic fireworks safety supercut
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission just released a very dry safety video about not blowing yourself up with fireworks for the holidays, so we made a peppier patriotic supercut. (more…)
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Home Bartending: Celebrate July 4th with these 1776-era cocktails
Although the word "cocktail" wasn't coined until the 1800s, mixed drinks were all the rage when America got its independence. Many were made with rum or whiskey, and punch was the term du jour. Both...
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The geometry of fireworks
“Enjoy the parabolic envelopes that form while those bright, sparkling, parabolic curves are etched into the sky tonight.” —Visualizing Math.
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LA cityscape with fireworks goes full Blade Runner
Video editor Mike Dent posted this video to Twitter showing the LA skyline on July 4th, fireworks ablaze, to the tune of Vangelis' 1982 Blade Runner soundtrack. The footage was from KTLA. More LA as...
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