In this educational video, Dr. Quantum attempts to explain the Double Slit Experiment. It’s a rather interesting experiment. I heard of it somewhere actually. I think someone was trying to explain to me this in army. It just seemed so familiar.
Dr Quantum - Double Slit Experiment
It’s interesting, isn’t it? It leaves me feeling that there is just so much we don’t know about science. Science sure is an exciting field. 
Did you know that a typical artificial strawberry flavor, like the kind found in a Burger King strawberry milk shake, contains the following ingredients: amyl acetate, amyl valerate, anethol, anisyl formate, benzyl acetate, benzyl isobutyrate, butyric acid, cinnamyl isobutyrate, cinnamyl valerate, cognac essential oil, diacetyl, dipropyl ketone, ethyl acetate, ethyl amylketone, ethyl butyrate, ethyl cinnamate, ethyl heptanoate, ethyl heptylate, ethyl lactate, ethyl methylpheylglycidate, ethyl nitrate, ethyl propionate, ethyl valerate, heliotropin, hydroxyphenyl-2-butanone (10 percent solution in alcohol), α-ionone, isobutyl anthranilate, isobutyl butyrate, lemon essential oil, maltol, 4-methylacetophenone, methyl anthranilate, mythyl benzoate, methyl cinnamate, methyl heptine carbonate, methyl naphthyl, ketone, methyl salicylate, mint essential oil, neroli essential oil, nerolin, neryl isobutyrate, orris butter, phenethyl alcohol, rose, rum ether, γ-undecalactone, vanillin, and solvent?
Well, I guess now you do. Still want your strawberry milkshake? Maybe not. [Source: Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation, the dark side of the all-american meal, page 124.]
Some history that you probably aren’t aware of.
Thomas Edison is known as the world’s greatest inventor. His record output - 1,093 patents - still amazes us, over a century later. Astonishing, except for one thing: he didn’t invent most of them. Most Edison inventions were the work of his unsung technicians - and his most famous invention, the electric light, didn’t even belong to his laboratory. Four decades before Edison was born, English scientist Sir Humphry Davy invented arc lighting (using a carbon filament). For many years, numerous innovators would improve on Davy’s model. The only problem: none could glow for more than twelve hours before the filament broke. The achievement of Edison’s lab was to find the right filament that would burn for days on end. A major achievement, but not the first.
Christmas is meant to celebrate the birth of Jesus, but there is no evidence whatsoever, biblical or otherwise, that He was actually born on that day. Nor is there anything to suggest that He was born in a manger, or that there were three wise men (although, as any nativity play will remind you, three gifts were mentioned). There are differing views as to why December 25 was chosen as Christmas day, but one of the most interesting is that the day was already celebrated by followers of Mithras, the central god of a Hellenistic cult that developed in the Eastern Mediterranean around 100 BC. The followers of this faith believed that Mithras was born of a virgin on 25 December, and that his birth was attended by shepherds…
Which brings us to the number one historical myth - something that is drilled into the heads of nearly all American schoolchildren…
Everyone “knows” that Washington was the first of the (so far) 43 Presidents of the US. However, this isn’t strictly the case. During the American Revolution, the Continental Congress (or the ‘United States in Congress Assembled’) chose Peyton Randolph as the first President. Under Randolph, one of their first moves was to create the Continental Army (in defence against Britain), appointing General Washington as its commander. Randolph was succeeded in 1781 by John Hancock, who presided over independence from Great Britain (see myth #6). After Washington defeated the British at the Battle of Yorktown, Hancock sent him a note of congratulations. Washington’s reply was addressed to “The President of the United States”. Eight years later, as a revered war hero, Washington himself became America’s first popularly elected President - but strictly speaking, the FIFTEENTH President!
Here are 20 of the most common historical myths, which have misled and misinformed people for years, decades, or centuries.
Scientists believe the position in which a person goes to sleep provides an important clue about the kind of person they are. So what does your sleeping position actually say about you?
I sleep in either the soldier or the starfish.
*Soldier*
Lying on your back with both arms pinned to your sides. People who sleep in this position are generally quiet and reserved. They don’t like a fuss, but set themselves and others high standards.
*Starfish*
Lying on your back with both arms up around the pillow. These sleepers make good friends because they are always ready to listen to others, and offer help when needed. They generally don’t like to be the centre of attention.
I don’t really know how to describe this, I guess you guys have to see this for yourself, it’s pretty cool but I can’t really see much applications for it except for a much cooler toy for kids.
*MIT sketching*
Or maybe a computer game or something.
Some one tries to use animals to solve a physics problem. It is easy to use and can be applied to almost all physics questions.
_(No there is an elephant in the way.)_
It’s just pretty funny to watch them running round and round on non-newtonian fluid.
They filled a pool with a mix of cornstarch and water made on a concrete mixer truck. When stress is applied to the liquid it exhibits properties of a solid.
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