The Dailies

Word of the Day

Percipient (adj./n., purr-SIP-ee-ent)

Being able to understand things well or someone who is able to see things, especially ones that are ethereal. A percipient person will probably pick up on the foot of this word, as well as what we did at the beginning of the sentence. (They may also see ghosts.)

Gif of the Day

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Link of the Day

Railroad car under pressure

An oldie but a goodie from Jason Kottke, this railroad car implodes dramatically:

In the clip, the tanker car is filled with steam and the safety valves are disabled. The steam cools, then condenses, the pressure inside drops, and the pressure difference is big enough to crumple that huge railcar like a napkin.

Crazy. The moral of the story, as always, is safety first.

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