Matt Varian

Links

• https://bangshift.com/bangshiftxl/mack-super-pumper-system-locomotive-engine-powered-pumper-extinguish-hell-often/ This is a wildly powerful fire engine from the 1960’s, capable of move 8,800gal/min
• https://www.iflscience.com/the-fall-of-icarus-you-have-never-seen-an-astrophotography-picture-like-this-81570 There are alot of neat telescope photos, this one is certainly that capturing a skydiver with the backdrop of the sun
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpQ_HQdJvCs This is a neat collection of links ranging from sticker printing to metal casting
• https://www.ntsb.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/NR20251118.aspx One of the causes for the Francis Scott Key bridge came down to a small wire label being installed incorrectly, causing a blackout on the bridge lights
• https://amenzwa.github.io/stem/ComputingHistory/HowSlideRulesWork/ Slide rules are largely a thing of the past, but they still are a wonder of math capable of so many functions
• https://objectiveunclear.com/airloom.html Flight trackers are neat showing you what planes are above, this website does that but in 3D showing you not only where but how high each plane is
• https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/for-decades-cartographers-have-been-hiding-covert-illustrations-inside-of-switzerlands-official-maps/ Map making can be a pretty tedious task, especially when they were all hand drawn, this article shows some easter eggs hidden by some official Swiss cartographers

Cool historical fact

• https://www.openculture.com/2020/03/paris-had-a-moving-sidewalk-in-1900.html We see moving sidewalks in airports all the time and probably dont think anything about them, but turns out they have been around for over 125yrs