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How Many Shots From An Assault Rifle Can A Ceramic Body Armour Plate Take Before Breaking?
Can body armour stand up to an assault rifle? Can a ceramic plate not shatter against the bullets of an AR-15 and AK-47 hybrid weapon? Demolition Ranch investigated by shooting the crap out of the body armour to see how long it takes for a bullet to pierce and penetrate through.
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Making A Clay Bottle From Dirt You Find On The Ground Is Messy Fun
In continuing his really awesome hand made series, Andy George of How to Make Everything learns how clay pots and bottles are made from the very beginning (dirt!) to the beautiful end (ceramics). In between, you see him show us every step of the process like digging up the dirt, filtering out the crap in…
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Why Fighting Wildfires Makes Wildfires Even Crazier And Harder To Fight
Here’s an interesting argument from MinuteEarth saying that we should stop fighting wildfires so vigilantly because we’re actually making wildfires even worse and harder to stop. Why? Because by stopping fires it allows trees to grow closer to each other which makes the forest denser and more flammable and the next fire hotter, faster, and…
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The History Of The Treadmill Reveals That It Was Basically A Torture Device
The treadmill is a time stopping torture machine that was made to remind us all of how we’ll never be in as good a shape as we want to be and how we’ll never be even half way good at estimating how many minutes have passed. And it’s ok because treadmills were basically made to…