What Coke Contains — Editors' Picks — Medium

 

The number of individuals who know how to make a can of Coke is zero. The number of individual nations that could produce a can of Coke is zero.  Modern tool chains are so long and complex that they bind us into one people and one planet.  Every can of Coke contains humanity’s choir.

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Slauerhoffbrug Bridge in Leeuwarden, Netherlands

This a "tail bridge" in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, which uses two arms to swing a section of road in and out of place within the road itself. It is also known as the “Slauerhoffbrug ‘Flying’ Drawbridge”.

A tail bridge can quickly and efficiently be raised and lowered from one pylon (instead of hinges). This quickly allows water traffic to pass while only briefly stalling road traffic.

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Blade Runner pulp cover by Timothy Anderson

A Physicist Wet Dream

OK, so let me see here, we've got: Einstein,  Schrodinger, Heisenberg, Planck, Curie & so many more...  Somewhere there's a physicist making an "O" face.

Cat Barbershop (Catbershop)

Australians don't know how lucky they are

While the rest of the world lurches from crisis to economic crisis, the land of Oz is powering ahead, enjoying an Aussie dollar at a record high, unemployment at near-record lows (5.4%) and basking in more sunshine than the rest of us can dream up. So what does its Labor government do? Attempt suicide.

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The Trigan Empire

The Trigan Empire was a science fiction comic series that told the story of an alien culture which contained an educational blend of science and Earth-like ancient civilisations.  This stylish comic series was featured in the childrens magazine "Look and Learn.

Look and Learn contained a wide spectrum of features ranging from articles on history, science, geography and geology, art, nature, literature (The Arabian Nights was edited by Sir Richard Burton) and travel.  Look and Learn finally folded in 1982 after 1049 issues.

Asterix first appeared in Look and Learn under the title "In the Days of Good Queen Cleo", with the Gauls turned into Ancient Britons, with Asterix and Obelix renamed "Beric" and "Doric".

The Solar System

What Do You Do With (I Dunno) 10,000 Empty Bottles?

Cool Scientists Wallpaper

How Cool was Louis Armstrong?

The Hindenburg floating past the Empire State Building in 1936

The Potato Eaters (1885) - Vincent Van Gogh