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The Impressive Engineering Behind Duct Tape
Ever wondered what makes duct tape so incredibly versatile? In his latest video, Bill Hammack, the Engineer Guy, demonstrates and explains the impressive engineering behind the legendar tape. By dissolving duct tape in solvent, Bill reveals its three core components: plastic backing, adhesive, and cloth reinforcement. The plastic backing provides durability and flexibility. The adhesive is a viscoelastic substance that can behave both like a liquid and a solid, adhering with light pressure and holding tight. Finally, the cloth reinforcement adds strength and tear resistance to the tape.
Bill also shares several interesting facts about duct tape’s history, from its invention in the 1940s to seal ammunition boxes to its important role in the Apollo 13 Moon mission, where it helped repair a critical carbon dioxide filter.
Surprisingly, despite its name, duct tape should never be used on ducts! I’ve personally used it to fix my recycling bin after the recycling truck cracked the bin’s cover. It’s been holding together with tape for several years now!
Recreating Jell-O Cake, Nuka Cola & Cram from Fallout in Real Life
If you’re a fan of the Fallout series, get your empty bottles of Nuka Cola ready, because Andrew Rea from the Babish Culinary Universe is tackling some of Fallout’s most iconic foods in his latest video! From the colorful Jell-O Cake from Vault 33, to the refreshing taste of Nuka Cola perfect for quenching your thirst in the wasteland, and even the infamous Cram that every survivor knows all too well, Andrew brings these post-apocalyptic treats to life. He even ends up drinking his Nuka Cola in glass made from Uranium glass from the 1930s. Whether you’re a vault dweller scavenging for ingredients or a curious survivor looking to add a touch of the wasteland to your meals, this episode is a must-watch!
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Today’s Hot Deals: Sony Wireless Headphones, Raycon Wireless Earbuds, 40oz Tumbler, Blink Video Doorbell, and MORE!
For today’s edition of “Deal of the Day,” here are some of the best deals we stumbled on while browsing the web this morning! Please note that Geeks are Sexy might get a small commission from qualifying purchases done through our posts. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
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When Deadpool & Wolverine Create a Beer Commercial: Best Bubs [Video]
When Deadpool “borrows” adamantium from Wolverine to crate beer cans. I’m not sure if this is a real ad or a parody since Heineken Silver really exists and Ryan Reynolds says “does not actually exists. Don’t sue us?” It’s probably all about the adamantium cans.
In any case, this should have aired during the Super Bowl.
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The Sun’s Fluffy Corona Seen in Exquisite Detail
From ESA:
This otherworldly, ever-changing landscape is what the Sun looks like up close. ESA’s Solar Orbiter filmed the transition from the Sun’s lower atmosphere to the much hotter outer corona. The hair-like structures are made of charged gas (plasma), following magnetic field lines emerging from the Sun’s interior.
The brightest regions are around one million degrees Celsius, while cooler material looks dark as it absorbs radiation.
This video was recorded on 27 September 2023 by the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) instrument on Solar Orbiter. At the time, the spacecraft was at roughly a third of the Earth’s distance from the Sun, heading for a closest approach of 43 million km on 7 October.
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John Cleese (Monty Python) on Stupidity [Video]
Watch as John Cleese from Monty Python explains why extremely stupid people do not have the capability to realize how stupid they are. If you want to watch the full interview from which this sequence was taken from, you can do so right here.
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