We should use this amazing mechanism that's inside a grasshopper leg

2024-04-30

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Mechanical power amplification is found throughout nature and humas use it in tools and devices.

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00:00 Intro

02:30 Obtaining Skyrim's most broken weapon

08:00 The rest of the video