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Wow!
An SI Board Since April 2024
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Emcee:  Sun Tzu Type:  Moderated
Introduction Compact
This is a place to keep all things that made you go "Wow!'. I've been meaning to keep a collection of clips and bits that I've found fascinating, and this is the place for it.

I think it lends itself well to photos and videos. A key difference between here and the photography board is that I think of that thread as place for fine beautiful photos and discussion of cameras and technics. But here is more about impact. It doesn't have to be pretty (though beauty is always appreciated).

There is only one limitation: nothing that would turn off a big chunk of people. So nothing morbid, regardless of how spectacular you think that head chopping scene from Shogun was. And nothing about politics or religious views.

Beyond this, anything scientific from heart surgery to space travel is great. Any amazing videos (e.g. people rushing to save a driver out of a burning car) is fine. Showing Churches as architecture or Lenin's giant statue is fine so long the point is the art and not advocation for a religion or a political opinion.

In short, if it made you think, "Wow, look at that!" and it can be shared with anyone, then this is the place for it.

Cheers,
ST

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PS Whenever possible, please embed your content within your post so that nobody has to go to another site to see it.

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725Now that is something! BTW, I've known people like that deer. The most Wow-Sun Tzu-January 19
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722Be still my heart! Every time I see things like this, I get the urge to build onSun Tzu-January 19
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720Anyone who has taken a formal speedreading course knows that much of your time iSun Tzu1January 15
719[X] Can you read 900 words per minute? Try it. pic.twitter.com/31ubbZWvXH— OliuJ.B.C.2January 15
718Yosemite National Park changes entrance rules ahead of rare phenomenon YosemiteSavant-January 13
717A passing star could fling Earth out of orbit faster than anyone previously predSavant-January 7
71621 Caves That Offer Otherworldly Experiences FrS. maltophilia2January 6
715Why 37, and not 31 or 43? I tried to find an explanation here science.org bS. maltophilia-January 6
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712This subject deserves a serious discussion. Saw a video commercial, which trieArran Yuan212/31/2025
711One simple diet change could prevent thousands of cancer cases, global study finSun Tzu212/31/2025
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709Strikes me that traditional postal service has outlived its useful life. Time akidl-12/26/2025
708Pretty awesome. Love looking at that kind of video. I don't know how I misseStan112/26/2025
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703"A new society was forming in the blocky landscapes of the video game MinecSun Tzu112/22/2025
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