cut. cut. cut.
dissection
my primary objection in muscle training is to get good at drawing muscles, but artists in the past didn't just do that— they did dissections as well. patrick kelly has a good few videos that focus on the history of dissection, including mentioning this aspect of artists such as michelangelo who cut open cadavers to examine their muscles and tendons.
vivipary
a tomato's seeds don't distinct between the moistness of soil and the moistness of a tomato itself. vivipary is what happens when a seed starts developing within its parent and it looks seriously revolting in a fascinating way. i feel like vivipary in a tomato captures why disgust in horror is such a good, engaging emotion. but i suppose it's not that different from viviparity, like how humans give birth to live young.
power tools
i always have to research power tools for work and forget their use cases right afterwards. in this day and age when every google text result is a SEO-optimized AI-generated article, video is actually a more trustworthy and straightforward medium. the honest carpenter's videos are direct and easy to understand, so i recommend watching him if you need to know what certain power tools do.