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Brian of Colby, Wisconsin who is taking part in our 50 yard challenge mowed his 3rd lawn !

@BaronDestructo Big nope (allergic) but thanks for asking.

Kalamar Tava? Yes/No

Darryl of Lincoln, Nebraska just got his safety glasses, ear plugs, and white shirt in the mail—he’s officially ready to start the 50 Yard Challenge! Let’s show him some love! What words of advice would you give Darryl as he begins his journey?

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Moms everywhere …

This water has been running for almost 2,000 years, and nobody turns it on. The Romans found a spring up a hill and ran a stone channel down to their city. Then they walked away. The spring never dried up, so the water never stopped. You can find it under an old Roman market in İzmir, Turkey, and the channel is big enough to climb into and walk down. There is no pump and no machine anywhere in it. The Romans just used gravity. They found water sitting higher than the city, then cut a channel that sloped downhill the whole way, gentle enough that the water kept moving without tearing up the stone or sitting still and going stale. Get the slope right one time, and the water carries itself for good. They got it right. The same trick is still working over in Rome. The water in the Trevi Fountain, the one tourists toss coins into, is fed by a Roman channel called the Aqua Virgo that was finished in 19 BC. Rome once had eleven of these water lines running into the city. Ten of them eventually broke down and died. That one never did, and it has carried water for more than two thousand years without a break. Part of why any of this still stands is the concrete. In 2023, MIT scientists broke open a chunk of old Roman concrete to see what made it last. It heals itself. The Romans had mixed in little lumps of lime that earlier scientists wrote off as careless work. When a crack opens and rain gets in, the lime dissolves, then hardens back into fresh stone and seals the gap before it spreads. It is the same concrete in the dome of the Pantheon, which has held up with no steel inside for nineteen centuries. So that video is really just good math and a spring that outlived everyone who ever knew its name. The empire that built the channel fell more than 1,500 years ago. The water is still moving, the same way it always has, downhill and on its own.

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@Akamamom Nooooooooooooooooooooooo 🫪

I love it when I’m cruising through Home Depot looking for plumbing supplies and a song from the 80s that I had completely forgotten about comes through the sound system and now that’s the only song I can hear in my head. Forever. youtu.be/ngQ6FenjcPg?si…

@BaronDestructo The only way I’m voting for Scorpius is if he has a guard 24/7/365. That’ll happen. Scorpius

The search for our ship's Unlikely Ally begins (The Thrilling 32)! Choose -

Colby of Canada has stepped up to make a difference, committing to mow 50 free yards for those in need in his community. This is what it’s all about. Welcome to the family, Colby !

Family , Please help me in congratulating Emmett of Yorktown , IN on completing our 50 yard challenge , by mowing 50 free lawns for the elderly, disabled , single parents and veterans in his community .

The Largest Planet in the Universe HD 100546 b, the largest known exoplanet, was discovered using the Very Large Telescope in Chile. It is located 337 light-years from the Solar System. The exoplanet is a gas supergiant. Its mass is 20 times that of Jupiter, and its radius is 6.9 times greater.

Kyle Busch was driving down the road when he noticed the woman in the passenger seat next to him was wearing his hat and her reaction is priceless when she realizes

After filming of The Lord of the Rings ended and the horses were auctioned off, Liv Tyler’s stunt double Jane Abbott couldn’t afford the horse she loved, so Viggo Mortensen bought it for her because he “understood.”

Golden retriever puppy heals rescued kitten in just three days..🐕🐾🐈😊

@samismymuse Can’t decide if he’s reacting to Bratac, putting on his “I’m a bored general” face, or trying to dislodge the last of his candy bar.

Today's random #stargate gif - Jack in "Sacrifices".

This is probably the best look at the shockwaves I’ve seen from the latest Starship flight. Captured from a GoPro I clamped onto a proper camera to record simultaneous video. (I’ll show you the photo the better camera took in the reply)

The donut vortices of this #tornado in Nebraska last week are a classic characteristic of violent tornadoes. They are induced by the powerful updraft of the tornado cyclone with a sheath of subsidence just outside. I first saw this feature with the Manchester, South Dakota F4 of June 24, 2003 #stormchasing #Dominator

Small objects can show that gravity is real. The Cavendish experiment proved that even tiny masses pull on each other, showing gravity works everywhere, not just between planets.