In 1886, a competition was announced in Paris. The winner would get the right to design and build the centerpiece for the World’s Fair of 1889. The company of Gustave Eiffel proposed a project that won among 107 others. The first project of the architects from Eiffel’s company was a tower with stonework pedestals, monumental arches between the columns, halls with glass walls on each level, the top shaped like a bulb, and plenty of ornaments. That project was too complicated so they changed it. The Eiffel Tower looks revolutionary where it stands even today, but back in the late 19th century, it was a real sensation, for which a lot of people criticized it. Famous writers called it a tragic street lamp, a half-built factory pipe, and a giant skeleton. They weren’t too wrong. The tower really has something in common with a human skeleton: it was inspired by a thighbone! So, today, we're talking about absolutely amazing inventions inspired by Mother Nature. #brightside TIMESTAMPS:
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What biomimicry is 2:58
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The great day is finally upon us — the record-breaking hole-boring team is finishing their job today! Spectators have gathered from all parts of the continent just to look at the greatest borehole in the world, and even the Guinness World Records commission is officially dumbfounded. The hole is more than 1,000 miles in diameter and goes almost as deep as the Earth’s core — no one achieved this depth before! But wait, what’s going on? People all around suddenly begin fainting. More and more of the spectators fall unconscious on the ground, their faces white. Did the diggers hit some dangerous gas pocket? Oh no, we’re getting messages from all over the world that people start falling just where they stood! So this is the scenario you get if you dig a hole in the ground deep and wide enough to fit the whole atmosphere inside it. So how deep can you dig a hole? And what's the deepest human-made hole in the world? #brightside
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Do you know the place you live in really well? I'm talking about Planet Earth here. Do you expect anything mysterious and quite inexplicable to happen on Earth? And there're dozens of weird places, strange natural phenomena that science fails to explain.  For example, there're places with zero gravity: like the Stone of Davasco in Argentina. It's a huge 270-ton boulder that balances relative to its own foothold on the steep edge of the rock. It's pretty impressive and no rules of logic apply to this massive stone.
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Megalodon became extinct 3 million years ago but is still considered the largest and most dangerous predator in the ocean. We can only guess at the real size of megalodon. The only remains found of this ancient shark are teeth and vertebrae. But with the help of calculations and computer modeling, scientists have concluded that its length could be about 50 feet! It’s like a New York City subway car! The size of the Mosasaurus also remains a subject of discussion, but it’s believed that the average length of this monster was about 36 feet. That’s the size of a school bus! But in 2016, scientists found the largest Mosasaurus ever. Its length was 59 feet! Compare this to the tallest person ever: 8 feet. Mosasaurus is seven times larger! So what if Megalodon comes face to face with Mosasaurus? Who would win? #brightside TIMESTAMPS:
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Megalodon became extinct 3 million years ago but is still considered the largest and most dangerous predator in the ocean. We can only guess at the real size of megalodon. The only remains found of this ancient shark are teeth and vertebrae. But with the help of calculations and computer modeling, scientists have concluded that its length could be about 50 feet! It’s like a New York City subway car! The size of the Mosasaurus also remains a subject of discussion, but it’s believed that the average length of this monster was about 36 feet. That’s the size of a school bus! But in 2016, scientists found the largest Mosasaurus ever. Its length was 59 feet! Compare this to the tallest person ever: 8 feet. Mosasaurus is seven times larger! So what if Megalodon comes face to face with Mosasaurus? Who would win? #brightside TIMESTAMPS:
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The Kraken is a colossal squid, a legendary sea monster. The biggest hunk of calamari you ever saw! And if this monster had existed, the world would have changed beyond recognition. The Kraken has powerful tentacles. Solid muscles with suckers at the end, they're impossible to escape. The Kraken can break a ship in half, or just pull it down into the depths. But the worst thing about the Kraken is its size. According to old sailor stories, the Kraken reached 5,000 feet in length. That's almost 10 soccer fields! The Kraken legends said the monster was so giant that sailors mistook it for a small island. Such a big creature can easily grab a ship with its tentacles and drag it to the bottom of the ocean! In past centuries, it would have been impossible to defeat such a beast. But what if giant squids, which is what a Kraken actually is, existed today? #brightside Music by Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com/ Subscribe to Bright Side : https://goo.gl/rQTJZz
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What's more surprising than all the weird stuff happening on Earth? Right! All the incredible stuff happening above our heads, in Space. Do we know everything about the Planets, celestial bodies, and galaxies? Of course, we don't! But we keep exploring new things happening out there.  For example, did you know that there're planets where it's permanent night and absolutely no day time? Or that there're planets covered with lava and burning because they're too close to the Sun? Y
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What's more surprising than all the weird stuff happening on Earth? Right! All the incredible stuff happening above our heads, in Space. Do we know everything about the Planets, celestial bodies and galaxies? Of course we don't! But we keep exploring new things happening out there.  For example, did you know that there're planets where it's permanent night and absolutely no day time? Or that there're planets covered with lava and burning because they're too close to the Sun? Yup, Space is all about surprise!
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Do you sometimes feel guilty for being lazy all day? It might seem like you’ve worked for several hours, but still haven't really done anything. Perhaps you urgently need to complete an important task, but you deliberately put it off, or you can't focus. If this sounds familiar, it’s probably not your fault, but your smartphone's. Well, that plus your brain and a unique substance inside it called dopamine. So how to train yourself to check your phone less? Life without smartphones seems impossible. Talking to friends, likes, YouTube, movies, photos, games – we love all the stuff they provide. But we’re so into our phones that we don't notice the bad sides: short attention spans, poor work capacity, and stress. Are there any ways to use your phone less? We’ve got a solution. #brightside TIMESTAMPS:
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