Fig pollination is so interesting – female wasps have to climb inside the fruit to pollinate it.
How to spread hepatitis around the world without leaving your house
I found a great way to demonstrate what gravitational waves look like!
No One Knows Why This Happens. #science
They say you are not supposed to put metal in a microwave. Is that true, though? #funnyfacts #microwave #sciencefacts #metal #experiments
Ice cold water can actually make hot water boil, and it’s all down to pressures and temperatures. #sciencefacts #icewater
What is the purpose of a Pythagoras Cup? #science #funnyscience #funnythings
If you’ve ever noticed how chimneys are spiral, it’s not just for decoration – it’s vortex shedding. #science #interestingfacts
Why can’t tape measure manufacturers make a tab that doesn’t jiggle? #tapemeasure #solutions #funnyideas
Glass syringes are really weird…
If you run your fingernail across the grooves of this strip of red plastic, it says something! #funfacts #weirdfacts #funny #science
This microscope uses touch. How cool is that? #science #sciencefacts #interestingfacts #didyouknow
When this toy ballerina sees herself in the mirror, she starts to spin like crazy! #science #sciencefacts #mirrors
I thought I understood how electric kettles work. I was pretty wrong, though! #science #sciencefacts #kettle #interestingfacts
This Rod Fountain finally proves me right. Mehdi and I made videos with different takes on the chain fountain. More people sided with Mehdi, so I did a follow-up. Did it convince Mehdi? Watch the video on my YouTube channel. #chainfountain
Kids have shorter arms (surprise, surprise!). There is a way for all the small kids who struggle to put their jackets on in the traditional way. #science #funnyscience #kids #funnyfacts
If my wife needed a kidney transplant, I would be the first to volunteer one of mine… Apparently, I wouldn’t be able to, though. #science #transplant #sciencefacts
I can roll this board around freely without the height of the board changing. How come? #constantwidth #science #scientific #scienctificfacts
Did you know this security feature of the British £20 note? 💸 #british #scientificfacts #funfacts
Have you ever seen a braid puzzle? #funnyobjects #puzzle #braidpuzzle
Warbling bird water whistle… how does it work? I made a 2D version to find out.
Did you know that your poison detecting mechanism can be tricked? Listen to the full episode of ‘Live and Kicking part 3’ from the Podcast of Unnecessary Detail, or even better: come see us at our next show in London on the 9th of September! (details and tickets in the link in bio)
What makes a siphon empty quickly when it’s been filled slowly? That’s what public urinals have solved using a hidden powered timer. Obviously, I made a 2D model of it- find out how this work in my latest YouTube video. #science #toilet
The experiment that revealed the atomic world: Brownain motion. I made a video showing how it connects the atomic and macro worlds. You can watch the full video in my YouTube to see how Einstein used it to figure out the mass of atoms. #BrownianMotion #Einstein
