BYD Yangwang U9: the Chinese supercar leaps over road hazards.
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Sardinia has over 200 beaches and not one of them disappoints.
Look how spectacular the Cavalry Group’s carousel of Spain's Guardia Civil looks from above.
[📹 guardiacivil062]
Free fall through a cloud
[📹 nash_5_tigram]
Tradition knows no borders.
From the 19th-century Jacquard looms still running in Paris at Passementerie Verrier to this stunning traditional wooden Jacquard weaving in Kyoto.
The fire of craftsmanship burns on. 🔥
They are not moving, your brain is tricking you
[🎞️ jagarikin]
Another beautiful reminder of Roman mosaic mastery.
12 million hand‑placed tesserae.
3,500 square meters of ancient storytelling.
Villa del Casale, Italy 🇮🇹
How dice switching works
[🎲 Zack D. Films]
This is Palais Daun-Kinsky 🇦🇹
One of Vienna’s finest Baroque palaces, built between 1713–1719, lavishly decorated with frescoed ceilings, mirrors, and statues.
Roman ceremonial chariot from the 4th century
The Tensa Capitolina.
Rebuilt from hundreds of bronze pieces with Trojan War scenes all over it.
Absolute masterpiece!!
It looks like a fairytale castle, right?
Now imagine it wasn’t built for kings — but for soldiers.
St. Martin in Dresden was their garrison church, and it even held two faiths under one roof:
Protestant on one side, Catholic on the other.
LEGO engineers spent over 13,000 hours and used 1 million pieces to build a fully functional, life-size Bugatti Chiron.
Think this 3rd-century AD Roman marble Hercules is impressive?
The Greeks did it 500 years earlier.
In bronze.
Farnese Hercules: Roman copy of a 4th-century BC Lysippos original.
Strong winds creating the reverse waterfall in the Grand Canyon
[📹 rjhooperphoto]
A gem from the 1960s.
The HAFF Präzision 155c Dotting Line Tool — a rare antique drafting set used to create perfect dashed lines by hand. Precision, craftsmanship, and timeless engineering in one beautiful instrument.
[📹 yakbay & pergelistan]
One of the most iconic and oldest churches in Ecuador, blending Spanish colonial architecture with indigenous artistry.
📍 La Iglesia San Francisco de Quito 🇪🇨
Crystal clear ocean colors of this Aquamarine
[📹Arek Varjabedian]
One of the wildest examples of medieval Armenian architecture.
Geghard Monastery is a 4th century complex built around a sacred spring inside a cave, with churches and tombs literally carved straight into the mountain.
[📹 sweetcsdesigns]
See how road bike brakes have changed over the decades
A 4K remaster of the 1978 FIFA World Cup Final between Argentina and Netherlands, widely regarded as one of the most violent World Cup finals in history.