See the latest educative, quirky or amusing videos from YouTube star Tom Scott. He particularly makes educational videos about technology, language and history.
Tom Scott: “Many people sent me this story: it covers my favourite topics of power grids and temporal anomalies. But when the mainstream press have already covered it, how could I add something more? The answer: by adding another pet topic, Unnecessary British Patriotism. And a teasmade.” … Read the full post »
London City Airport’s getting a new control tower: but it’s just going to be a large mast with 14 high-definition cameras on it. The actual tower will be 80 miles away, in the headquarters of NATS near Swanwick. … Read the full post »
William Lyon Mackenzie King was a sexually repressed, hypocritical, guilt-ridden, prostitute-visiting momma’s boy who was exceptionally weird. He was also, perhaps, Canada’s greatest prime minister. … Read the full post »
Let’s talk about how science works – and have a look at one of the teams flying in a zero-gravity plane. … Read the full post »
The European Space Agency offered Tom Scott a seat on their zero-G plane: it’s an Airbus A310 that flies parabolic manoeuvres, pulling up into the sky and then arcing back down, giving its passengers about 20 seconds of weightlessness (or “microgravity”) at a time. … Read the full post »
There’s a link from a 13th century legend, to a 16th century insult book, to a 19th century writer, to a 20th century comic book hero. Here’s why Batman comes from Gotham City. … Read the full post »
In Lancaster, California, there’s a musical road. When you drive over it, it plays the William Tell Overture. Unfortunately, it’s out of tune. Here’s why. … Read the full post »
The Multi Elevator from Thyssenkrupp: an elevator goes sideways. With bonus footage of an elevator test tower. … Read the full post »
In Helsingborg, Sweden, the Museum of Failure has just opened. It’s just one room, but inside, curator Samuel West has assembled some of the world’s greatest commercial disasters – and also a few things that just didn’t work out the way anyone planned. … Read the full post »
The Jelling Stones, thousand-year-old Viking runestones, sit in the town of Jelling in Denmark. They tell the tale of Harald Bluetooth: one of the first kings of Denmark. Here’s why his name is on your phone. … Read the full post »