YouTube description: In 2015, what we knew about Iron Age shields all changed. And it changed in a field in Leicester... Iron Age Curator Sophia Adams explains the construction of the first organic... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 10 months ago • 145 views • 15:29

January the 26th, AKA Australia Day, is the anniversary of British ships arriving in Sydney and beginning colonisation in Australia. While traditionally it's been widely celebrated as a national holiday,... continue reading

posted by truth-is-the-nemesis 2 years 1 month 1 week ago • 90 views • 9:59

The story behind the new Terry Pratchett audiobooks - my all time favorite author. Can't wait to hear them! YT: This documentary follows Penguin Audio's ambitious project of turning the entire Discworld... continue reading

posted by Zawash 2 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 32 views • 21:33

What is the Difference Between British Isles, United Kingdom, Great Britain and England? This explains it simply.

posted by newtboy 3 years 1 week ago • 198 views • 2:27

Wondering how to pronounce Frome or Towcester without sounding like an absolute Mousehole?

Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was a well-known British philosopher, writer and speaker, best known for his interpretation of Eastern philosophy for Western audiences.

posted by bobknight33 4 years 1 month ago • 108 views • 12:54

"Ricky Gervais tests his knowledge of British slang. From 'dishy' to 'cheesed off,' the comedian takes you through some 'bog-standard' British words and phrases..." From http://www.cannotunsee.net/post/618953626171375... continue reading

posted by ant 4 years 11 months ago • 17 views • 6:59

Ipley Cross, in the middle of the New Forest, is one of the most dangerous road junctions in Britain. Why? • Thanks to Bez, whoever you are: their definitive article on this junction is here: https://singletrackworld.c... continue reading

posted by eric3579 4 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 622 views • 4:12

YouTube description: Aerosparx are a British aerobatics team that perform displays with fireworks attached to their wings. This is how they do it. More about Aerosparx: http://www.aerosparx.com/ ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 8 months ago • 300 views • 6:32

YT: Two: the inside and the outside (badum tshh)! But taking a more scientific approach, do bananas actually have 5 sides like all the pub quizzes say? Dr Sally Le Page is a British evolutionary biologist... continue reading

posted by Zawash 6 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 53 views • 10:07

In the last few years, wildfires have been getting worse - and, oddly, it's because humans have been preventing them. From a helicopter above the forests of British Columbia, and from the Tree Ring Lab... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 9 months 1 week ago • 125 views • 3:46

A low-tech tank with fragile armour, a tank that never saw the enemy, and the tank used to teach how not to build tanks.

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 9 months 1 week ago • 74 views • 8:50

Irving Finkel talks Mesopotamian demons, ghosts and sprites and how to deal with them.

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 week ago • 605 views • 5:52

Youtube: Many people sent me this story: it covers my favourite topics of power grids and temporal anomalies. But when the mainstream press have already covered it, how could I add something more? The... continue reading

posted by nanrod 7 years 1 month 1 week ago • 493 views • 4:12

The British love tales of their own military disasters. This was their greatest defeat in New Zealand. Artillery against clubs and spades.

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 76 views • 30:04

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"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 7 years 11 months 1 week ago • 132 views • 5:34

YouTube 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 12 months ago • 460 views • 2:18

John Oliver is not afraid to put his money where his mouth is. Back in February, realizing that President Trump gets most of his ideas from cable news, the Emmy-winning Last Week Tonight host purchased... continue reading

posted by newtboy 8 years 1 week ago • 601 views • 1:37