YouTube description: In Mexico, seniors are traditionally cared for in the homes of relatives. But a boom of foreign retirees, many of them Americans, have begun moving to Mexico to live out their years,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 9 months 1 week ago • 792 views • 7:52Videos (128) | Sift Talk (0) | Blogs (0) | Comments (1000) |
In the vast pantheon of American hamburgers, the smashed burger holds a special, cult-like status among patty purists. It's the Fourth of July, and to help Sean Evans understand this all-American classic,... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 285 views • 6:11YouTube: Go see if Eons is for you: http://www.youtube.com/eons Other cool things about Trilobites People have been collecting them for at least tens of thousands of years, as they've been found in... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 9 months 4 weeks ago • 103 views • 3:39YouTube description: The average American consumes more than 3,600 calories daily – a 24% increase from 1961, when the average was just 2,880 calories. Americans haven't increased their consumption... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 10 months ago • 697 views • 1:37Americans tend to smile more often than people in other countries. Olga Khazan digs into a couple scientific findings why — it turns out, American smiles signal excitement, confidence, and also have... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 11 months ago • 1,057 views • 3:16"We're all familiar with Pomp & Circumstance, the graduation song that's the official soundtrack of almost every commencement. But how did it get so big? In this episode of Vox's Almanac, Phil Edwards... continue reading
posted by ant 6 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 132 views • 5:34YouTube description: It was fall of 1918. The Allied military’s tactical movements were jeopardized by the German military’s superior espionage capabilities. Not only were the Germans tapping Allied... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 188 views • 1:58The US signed the metre convention and bases all customary units on SI standards. As an aside, the Utah constitution from 1895 required the metric system to be taught in schools. This requirement was repealed... continue reading
posted by eric3579 6 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 1,012 views • 8:52Maybe one of the most delicious food plots of the 90s, or any decade for that matter, hails from a lesser-known sitcom called 'Seinfeld'. This scrappy little American comedy featured a so-called "Soup... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 298 views • 10:43I did not know that! Thanks @eric3579 YouTube: There's a reason that a lot of planets in American science fiction look the same: they're all filmed in the same places. But why those particular locations?... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 1,694 views • 2:08YouTube description: In 1971, sushi was not widely consumed in North America. In fact, it wasn't popular at all. Chef Hidekazu Tojo, a Japanese chef new to Vancouver, British Columbia, needed to find... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years ago • 460 views • 2:18YouTube description: Chemical weapon attacks aren’t the only reason to pay attention to Syria. When Syrian-American author and civil rights lawyer Alia Malek woke up to the images of Syrians dying... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 week ago • 279 views • 3:02Published on Feb 19, 2016 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia delivers opening statement before a Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on the Role of Judges under the U.S. Constitution. Remarks delivered... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 7 years 2 weeks ago • 211 views • 7:22Via YouTube: Triquet Island, 500 km northwest of Victoria, is painting a picture of how our civilization began – and it was discovered by a student.
posted by Gratefulmom 7 years 2 weeks ago • 642 views • 2:08It was just a routine workers’ compensation fraud case for Ken Sheppard. Show up for a spot check, do some surveillance of the subject and keep it pushing. But on March 3, 2014, it was anything but routine... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 2 weeks ago • 1,157 views • 5:01"When I was a kid I used to see like 40% alcohol by volume and get really confused, but like the bottle's full."
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 4 months 1 week ago • 156 views • 3:47YouTube: Many are still unhappy with Obamacare.The main intent of the Affordable Care Act was to expand the safety net (Medicaid), regulate the non-employer-based private insurance market (the insurance... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 440 views • 5:08This reputed business genius appears to know nothing about business This anti tax, anti government genius just gave away $7 million of tax dollars (per year?) to Carrier with no guarantee of anything... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 901 views • 5:12Note to Breitbart: Earth is not cooling, climate change Is real and please stop using our video to mislead Americans.
posted by newtboy 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 1,206 views • 1:57