H O N K

Welcome to one of the big unsolved problems in physics

Anyone who swims out to it gets immunity from elimination

Literally was telling my friends about the loopy water slide while we were looking at this

Terrible coffee

Ooh neat, think that’s from the same root as troth/betrothal in English too, proto German for truth & fidelity

I get that, but also, it’s always seemed like the purpose of the ring is to signify the state of being, so engagement ring to show the state of being engaged, wedding ring shows the state of being married, or wed, I guess it works both ways

Not a strongly held view by any means 😆

French as well - le bague de mariage

We all have a bean hall in our houses, building regs say you have to

A man did this in London in 1810, but with everything - chimney sweeps, piano deliveries, priests, lawyers, coal carts, doctors, undertakers, the archbishop of Canterbury…

It brought the whole area to a standstill and the guy won a guinea in a bet and ran away to the countryside

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berners_Street_hoax

Just awful, 10/10

If not friend why friend shaped??

A fire? At a sea parks?

Huge if true

Nah I’ve got something similar - not exactly like this but the glass tube with heat exchanging mesh and space underneath for a burner is pretty distinctive - then searched “Stirling engine heart arrow” and tons of these came up

It’s a mini Stirling hot air engine, never seen one that shape before but here’s a video of one working

https://youtu.be/t1dT6kTxojc

Something janky about the wheels, smells like AI…

Bhhaaa the French

Getting a bit “Nautilus from League of Extraordinary Gentlemen” vibes