One of the only Christmas movies I want to watch yearly is the BBC adaptation of Terry Pratchetts The Hog Father

What are you driving that gets 60 MPG?

Yeah, I’m actively sourcing a laser welder for my work and one of the requirements is the ability to fit a part that is ~24 inches long and pretty much the only way we’ve found to do it in our budget is to have an opening in the enclosure that uses curtains and brushes to allow that part to stick out but still protect from the light escaping, and we’re only talking 300 watts

I’ll have to see if I can find where I read this to cite the source.

The National Ignition Facility is researching using insanely huge lasers to start a nuclear fusion reaction. They are currently the most powerful laser in the world.
Want to know what the second most powerful laser in the world is? The reflection of the NIF laser.

Found it, SciShow. https://youtu.be/gqPlVUuXiYY

Two drums and a cymbal fall off a cliff… Ba-dum tish

Gravity is also ultimately why the winds blows, hot air rises by being less dense only because colder denser air is pulled down displacing the hot air up. Burning a candle in microgravity is very different than on the surface of Earth

Yes, but the line from Carl Sagan is if you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe

Oh boy do I have some news for you about what makes stainless steel be stainless.

It’s chrome

So that’s how the mythical “up hill both ways in the snow” works, live at the top of a hill, school is at the top of a hill on the other side of a valley, yes there is downhill but there is up hill in both directions

Oh shit I used to play these games all the time in school, thanks for the hit of nostalgia

Weight loss scams hate this one weird trick!
If you drink cold water it’s like negative calories because you have to spend energy as it warms up to body temperature.