YouTube description: People use boats for all kinds of reasons, and in the same way, there are all kinds, shapes, sizes, and ages of locks used for waterway navigation across the world. Freight is big... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 month 4 weeks ago • 228 views • 10:37

One for the ages - Samuel L Jackson revisits an old classic with an important message - and reads "Stay the F*** at Home". YT: While Jimmy is in quarantine, he checks in with the great Samuel L. Jackson... continue reading

posted by Zawash 2 months ago • 272 views • 8:35

Funerals in the Age of Coronavirus - Ask A Mortician

posted by BSR 2 months 1 week ago • 238 views • 15:27

For three centuries, farmers living in the remote mountains of northern Turkey have communicated great distances by whistling. It’s a language called kuş dili that is still used to this day, though... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 4 months 1 week ago • 96 views • 2:41

Scientists like Prof Sinclair have evidence of speeding up, slowing, and even reversing aging.

posted by Mordhaus 5 months 3 weeks ago • 132 views • 21:10

As the saying goes, you get what you pay for. (via digg.com)

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 months ago • 1,014 views • 7:10

YouTube description: I got to see an Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) up close and personal at the Monterey Bay Aquarium recently and I fell in love. These things are the superlative of superlatives. They... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 11 months ago • 1,832 views • 3:58

From Youtube, "Is it possible that butter dry aged steak can be better than a real dry aged steak? Today I am dry aging one whole rib roast for 60 days, one half was in butter and the half other is the... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 1 year 3 months 1 week ago • 225 views • 12:58

Kurzgesagt on why we feel lonely in this modern age.

posted by w1ndex 1 year 3 months 2 weeks ago • 417 views • 12:30

YouTube description: "People complain a lot about the space that I take up". Lutenist Elizabeth Kenny explains how and why the theorbo was developed in the 17th century, what it was used for, and... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 4 months 3 weeks ago • 764 views • 9:59

YouTube description: From the dynamic Choy Li Fut martial art—made world famous by Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee—to the stunning dragon dance, Pun Keng Man takes great pride in building community through... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 5 months 3 weeks ago • 257 views • 3:18

YouTube description: Ross MacDonald makes his paper by making paper. For the last 25 years, he’s created tens of thousands of paper props for movies and television shows like “Baby’s Day Out,”... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 7 months 3 weeks ago • 2,135 views • 5:31

From youtube: UV at ground level is non-ionizing but it damages DNA and causes photoaging - how? Also, it turns out glass doesn't block all UV (specifically UVA passes through). This is something I learned... continue reading

posted by nanrod 1 year 9 months ago • 367 views • 4:46

YouTube description: For thousands of years, the people of Hungary have soaked in the rich, thermal waters that lie below the country’s surface. From Roman emperors to Turkish kings, Budapest’s... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 11 months 2 weeks ago • 422 views • 2:45

"Why we love this nerdy role-playing fantasy game. ... In an age of virtual reality, video games, and smartphones, more and more people are getting into this magical, nerdy tabletop fantasy role-playing... continue reading

posted by ant 1 year 11 months 3 weeks ago • 16 views • 10:13

Mr. Samuel J. Seymour, the last living eyewitness to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. was the mystery guest on the February 8, 1956 episode of the I've... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 2 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 10 views • 7:18

The European Space Agency (ESA) is part of an international effort to monitor and – ultimately – tackle space debris. This junk – accumulated in orbit since the dawn of the space age sixty years... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 133 views • 3:37

For many years, archery was part of warfare, but with the introduction of guns in the late Middle Ages and Renaissance, it started its long decline.. The "archery" of today is more like playing with... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 2 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 809 views • 5:06

A more light hearted episode. On that solar eclipse hype train. I've never been so excited to literally not see something. Btw before someone's who's played aged of mythology chimes in, Mercury is a Roman... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 2 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 304 views • 3:20