We all know Richard Hammond loves a 4x4, and they don’t come much more legendary than the first ever road-going Land Rover, known affectionately as ‘JUE’. Richard takes us through the story of rediscovering... continue reading
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YouTube description: If you grew up watching “Sesame Street,” you know Jim Henson’s characters well. The late puppeteer brought Kermit and Ernie and so many others to life before he went on to... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 1 month ago • 439 views • 4:58Inspired by military vehicles, Audi designed a revolutionary all wheel drive system that would take their coupes and sedans where they had never gone before: off road. Join James as he explores the history... continue reading
posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 5 years 10 months 4 weeks ago • 83 views • 14:32YouTube description: Live long and prosper? Nichelle Nichols sure has. At the height of the American civil rights movement, she played “Star Trek’s” Lieutenant Uhura—then one of television’s... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 350 views • 2:58Legendary actor Denzel Washington says a recent movie role hasn’t changed his views on America’s criminal justice system and that black incarceration finds its roots in fatherless homes.
posted by bobknight33 6 years 3 months 4 weeks ago • 933 viewsYouTube description: He was inside Jabba the Hut in “Return of the Jedi,” helped make “The Muppets” come alive and has been pulling the strings on Yoda since he was 19 years old. Meet Dave Barclay,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 285 views • 3:12YouTube description: Chi-Tien Lui is an electrical engineer and technician whose craft has evolved to the realm of high art. Born in China, he trained as a technician in Taiwan before moving to the... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 6 months 1 week ago • 1,047 views • 4:22"... Ever since Macauley Culkin smashed his hands against his face and screamed, audiences have loved the film HOME ALONE. It has become a Christmas classic; played along side other holiday pictures that... continue reading
posted by ant 6 years 11 months ago • 25 views • 14:01YouTube description: From bee sting to cobra bites, we measure the deadliest substance known to mankind and see how much it takes to kill a person. Everything from the top 10 deadliest substance, most... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 4 months 1 week ago • 2,401 views • 3:24The Ulfberht swords were made during a brief period of the MIddle Ages, roughly around 200 years. The quality of the steel and forging techniques were not rediscovered in Europe until the industrial age... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 473 views • 19:15There are a few communities, up in northern Canada, with a dark history and a worrying future. Resolute is one of them, sat at the east of the once-legendary Northwest Passage. In a few years, it might... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 8 years 1 month ago • 503 views • 4:28The Velvet Ant, which is actually a species of wingless wasp, is well known for possessing one of the most painful stings in the insect kingdom. In fact, this legendary sting is so painful it has even... continue reading
posted by blacklotus90 8 years 1 month ago • 110 views • 15:02YouTube description: So...why does all the writing in comic books look like that? Vox's Phil Edwards looked into it and found an aesthetic shaped by comics culture, technology, and really cheap paper. ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 1 month 4 weeks ago • 555 views • 8:33YouTube description: Approaching the Unknown, Mark Elijah Rosenberg's film about an astronaut whose Mars journey does not go according to plan, combines old school non-CGI special effect techniques... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 5 months ago • 1,234 views • 5:40"Michael Jordan’s legendary slam dunk from the free throw line has been calculated at 0.92 seconds of pure hang time. But how many seconds could Jordan have gotten were he doing the same jump on Mars?... continue reading
posted by messenger 9 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 42 views • 3:46Inspired by the writings of William S. Burroughs, Anthony Bourdain travels to Tangier in his quest to learn how Majoun is made. On entering the Cafe Baba, "It smells like my dorm room in 1972."
posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 1 year 5 months 3 weeks ago • 560 views • 8:09The lucky number "sieve" was developed by the legendary Stanislaw Ulam, who was born and died on the 13th of the month (lucky number) at the age of 75 (lucky number)... and his birth year of 1909 saw the... continue reading
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