YouTube description: People get nervous when they see Märten Ajne ice skating. He intentionally skates on extremely thin ice. Ajne has pursued this dangerous hobby for 40 years and has skated on more... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 8 months ago • 861 views • 2:34

In which Half as Interesting explains the Machine Identification Code covertly printed in yellow dots by virtually all colour printers.

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 1,648 views • 5:45

Hank explains in moderate detail why HBO's Chernobyl explanation of "control rods with graphite tips" is misleadingly simplistic. Learn about how the RBMK design of the Chernobyl reactor was stable,... continue reading

posted by fuzzyundies 5 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 513 views • 13:30

YouTube description: Even though you can see purple, there's no purple light. This also explains why we can use a colour wheel when the electromagnetic spectrum is linear. (H/T @eric3579)... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 11 months ago • 897 views • 4:52

Sir David Attenborough explains how humans can take charge of our future and save our planet. -yt

posted by eric3579 5 years 11 months 1 week ago • 421 views • 8:28

I've heard a lot of discussions about Banksy, but this does a really good job of explaining it from all sides as well as giving it thorough philosophical and historical context. Good stuff.

Beau explains why victims of domestic violence don't just leave.

posted by w1ndex 6 years 1 month ago • 210 views • 6:41

YouTube description: Hi there! I'm (finally!) back with the first video of 2019 explaining what is Reggaeton, one of the most popular music genre today, now a real global phenomenon that regularly... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 1 month 1 week ago • 378 views • 2:07

Wernher von Braun explains the possibility to reach the Moon. "Man and the Moon", Dec. 28, 1955

posted by bobknight33 6 years 1 month 1 week ago • 29 views • 28:17

Eric Bazilian was explaining 4 track recording to a friend, and in the process wrote this song. YouTube description: The story behind the song One Of Us by Joan Osborne, written by Eric Bazilian.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 216 views • 6:37

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) 6 years 2 months ago • 783 views • 9:59

This is amazing. I learned the Fourier series in university and I never understood it like this.

posted by ChaosEngine 6 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 536 views • 8:25

YouTube description: Hi there! I'm (finally!) back with a new video explaining what is swing, a form of popular music developed in the United States that dominated in the 1930s and 1940s. The amazing... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 465 views • 2:01

Former Chief of Disguise for the CIA, Jonna Mendez, explains how disguises are used in the CIA, and what aspects to the deception make for an effective disguise.

posted by Ashenkase 6 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 31 views • 9:25

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) 6 years 5 months 1 week ago • 129 views • 9:46

"How can you make a video on something you've never done?"

posted by Mekanikal 6 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 100 views • 4:01

In which Cliff Stoll enthusiastically explains the geometry of his 5 sided square. (H/T @eric3579)

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 7 months ago • 692 views • 9:15