In this episode of Forgotten Failures, I take a look back at the long forgotten TV spinoff of "Blazing Saddles". This sitcom tried to capture the humor and success of the film that inspired it but would... continue reading

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In the debut episode of the Logistics of D-Day we explore the logic and planning that resulted in Normandy being chosen as the location for the largest amphibious invasion in the history of human kind. -yt

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In the fast-flowing streams of eastern Tennessee, Emilly Nolan is working hard to reestablish a population for a strange looking animal with an even stranger array of nicknames. The Eastern hellbender—aka... continue reading

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A recent study had a lot of negative things to say about diet sodas, but how seriously should we take that study? Observational research can be powerful and useful, but it can also lead to shaky outcomes.... continue reading

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The Ondophone - the dream of a sound that never was... At least for now, there might be a future where the Ondophone will come to real life. In this weeks episode we are taking a closer look at the first... continue reading

posted by newtboy 9 months ago • 37 views • 17:11

https://youtu.be/vfWUorR8D60 Christmas isn’t just a time for presents, cookies, and holiday cheer, but the hunting period of Iceland’s murderous monster feline, the Yule Cat. This giant, fluffy... continue reading

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LARB IS THE GREATEST SALAD OF ALL TIME! PLEASE DO NOT FRY WET PIGS EARS IN YOUR HOME! I LOVE YOU AND GOOD LUCK!

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From Youtube, "In this episode of 'Price Points,' Epicurious challenges whiskey expert Heather Greene to guess which one of two whiskies is more expensive. Heather breaks down Scotch, rye, Irish, Bourbon... continue reading

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From Youtube, "In today's episode of Some More News, Cody explores how easy it is to elect lawmakers who make it easier to elect lawmakers who don't have to answer to the people who elect them."

posted by w1ndex 1 year 4 months 3 weeks ago • 13 views • 18:04

In this episode of "What Makes This Song Great?" we explore the music of RUSH.

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YouTube description: After being diagnosed with a rare, potentially fatal brain condition known as Moyamoya, Jennifer Lee was forced to face her own mortality and consider the things in life she held... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 7 months 3 weeks ago • 587 views • 10:01

From Youtube, "In this episode of 'Price Points', Epicurious challenges tea expert Emeric Harney of Harney & Sons to guess which one of two teas is more expensive. Emeric breaks down five in total before... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 1 year 7 months 3 weeks ago • 19 views • 16:08

YouTube description: Engineers need to be able to predict how water will behave in order to design structures that manage or control it. And fluids don’t always behave the way you’d expect. On this... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 8 months ago • 749 views • 8:43

YouTube description: On August 8th, 1918, Allied forces in France launched the Hundred Days Offensive, one of the first combined arms operations of the war that included hundreds of tanks, airplanes,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 10 months 1 week ago • 392 views • 3:15

Computer-generated videos are getting more realistic and even harder to detect thanks to deep learning and artificial intelligence. As WSJ’s Jason Bellini finds in this episode of Moving Upstream, these... continue reading

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YouTube description: Less than 2 percent of the ocean floor has been explored by scientists. “Every time we go to the deep sea, we find new species of organisms,” explains geobiologist Victoria... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 11 months 4 weeks ago • 128 views • 9:46

"Brexit Britain is fed up with experts. These days we only listen to the bloke down the pub. So in this controlled experiment, we put three experts in a pub and recorded the results for your viewing pleasure. ... continue reading

posted by radx 2 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 68 views • 58:34

YouTube description: Huttese, Klingon, Dothraki—it’s all Greek to me. Just a bunch of sounds. Right? Not if you listen closely. Some of these constructed languages, or “conlangs,” pass as real... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 4 months ago • 547 views • 4:32

"We've all seen TV snow. Whether because the TV is detuned, or just because we're trying to tune our Mega Drive into a new channel. But why, on a colour TV is this static still presented in a monochrome... continue reading

posted by ant 2 years 4 months ago • 147 views • 7:20