The F-15 was born from the difficult lessons learned during the Vietnam War. In the late 1950s, Air Force planners were confident that the advent of powerful new radars and long-range air-to-air missiles... continue reading
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The American Grumman Hellcat fighter dominated what used to be a feared aircraft in the skies over the Pacific, the Mitsubishi Zero. In this video we look at what made the Hellcat so potent.
posted by eric3579 1 year 1 month 3 weeks ago • 267 views • 12:32Beau talks about the actual benefits of paying for Americans' education... - adds value and strength to our nation - higher quality of applicants (for everything) - improves capitalism (see above) ... continue reading
posted by luxintenebris 1 year 9 months ago • 241 views • 6:30Dorothea Lange’s photos of the incarceration of Japanese Americans went largely unseen for decades. US President Franklin D. Roosevelt passed Executive Order 9066 in February 1942 — two months... continue reading
posted by eric3579 2 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 82 views • 14:39For over a century, one of the most important salmon runs in the U.S. has had to contend with historic dams in Oregon and California. These dams have been responsible for the death of hundreds of thousands... continue reading
posted by newtboy 3 years 1 month ago • 134 views • 3:07"Why some Americans’ votes count more than others. Watch more of our election coverage: http://vox.com/ElectionVideos In the 2000 US presidential election, the Democratic candidate got half a million... continue reading
posted by ant 3 years 7 months ago • 86 views • 8:09For the first time in it's 175 year history Scientific American has endorsed a presidential candidate, Joe Biden. They recognize the importance of basing our actions on fact and science, and the disasters... continue reading
posted by newtboy 3 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 361 views • 3:42In most developed countries, workers have the right to a certain number of paid sick days. It’s a policy that isn’t rooted in just generosity — during pandemics like the novel coronavirus, it can... continue reading
posted by newtboy 4 years 2 months ago • 430 views • 6:33"Why does America's system for picking the president start in Iowa? Before Americans vote on the next president in November, both major political parties have to settle on a nominee. That process is... continue reading
posted by ant 4 years 3 months 1 week ago • 309 views • 8:03From Youtube, "American healthcare is like no other on Earth - needlessly complicated, expensive, and ready for reform."
posted by w1ndex 4 years 7 months 1 week ago • 11 views • 33:34After suggesting that American-born congresswomen should "go back" to where they're from, Donald Trump gets a geography lesson from Wakko of the Animaniacs
posted by newtboy 4 years 10 months 1 week ago • 846 views • 1:13An American explorer has descended nearly 11km (seven miles) to the deepest place in the ocean - the Mariana Trench in the Pacific. Victor Vescovo spent four hours exploring the bottom of the trench... continue reading
posted by newtboy 5 years 2 weeks ago • 1,322 views • 2:14From Youtube, "The Scotch Snap is everywhere in modern hip hop - a metrically accented sixteenth note followed by a dotted eighth note. Why is it everywhere? And where did it come from? The answer lies... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 5 years 2 months 1 week ago • 716 views • 8:12YT: In a field near Elberton, Georgia, USA, sit a set of mysterious standing stones: mysterious not because they're ancient, but because they were funded by someone anonymous in 1980, perhaps as a message... continue reading
posted by Fantomas 5 years 6 months ago • 400 views • 3:08"... A Quiet Place star and deaf actress Millicent Simmonds teaches you how to sign iconic lines from horror movies in American Sign Language..."
posted by ant 5 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 14 views • 2:05They're not the only ones. YouTube: On the 4th of July, Americans like to celebrate the things that make the United States unique, and a lot of those things have to do with our geography. That remarkable... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 6 years ago • 561 views • 3:49"Nearly half of Americans don’t know that Puerto Ricans are US citizens. But they are, and have been since 1917. Watch why Puerto Rico won't have power for months: http://bit.ly/2DBCPVp Read about... continue reading
posted by ant 6 years 4 months ago • 481 views • 3:56