Link Latte 249

#249 - Week of September 3, 2017 Perhaps the most epic sky I've seen do far - [extreme weather] The Biggest Things Ever to Be Transported by Sea - [wow ships] The Biggest (Underwater) Waterfall in the World - [wow nature] 500-meter Temple/Monument in Hong Kong - [almost built in 1945] The Largest Known Formation in the Universe - [discovered in 2013] Great SF Art from Yann Souetre (see) - [amazing portfolio] Stirling Engine: 50% efficiency - [almost forgotten?] Grandiose Ceremonies in Ancient Egypt - [fascinating] Deepest Fish Ever Recorded (at 8,178 m in Mariana Trench) - [wow nature] Os Lusiadas: Fantastic Epic Poem about Vasco Da Gama - [Medieval scifi] More of Awesome 1500s Epics: "Jerusalem Delivered", "Orlando Furioso" - [wiki] SS Vestris: Sunk with huge loss of life in 1912 - [shipwreck] Ill-fated BBC Domsday Project: a Million People contributed - [obsolete] Domsday Project Launch in 1986 Promo Video - [extreme concept] Look at England in the 1980s: Domsday Project is back online - [geek, retro] Japanese Ancient Swordmaking - [truly amazing article] IBM Watson Supercomputer in 2011 - [pizza-box size today] Video 2000: anybody remember this format? - [vintage, geek] Wallis Simpson: she caused the abdication of the King of England - [femme fatale] When Nature Moves In: Overgrown Architecture - [abandoned] Man-eating Stymphalian birds with beaks of bronze - [wow myths] Truly Great Art Deco Rolls-Royce & Avions Voisin - [wow video] Why don't oil and water mix? - [funny explanation, animated] Amazing Beer Flip - [wow video] Close... Very close... Almost a Hit - [fun video] Huge American Cars in a 1973 Movie Chase - [cool video] Stuck in a weirdest place! - [fun video] Impressive Acapella Arrangement - [music video] Hood flies up, they keep going?! - [wow video] Hamster's Epic Fail at the Wheel - [fun video] LEGO Food? Yes, LEGO Food - [cool video] SEE ALL OTHER LINK LATTE ISSUES HERE