Secret Service Most Wanted Man Explains How He Swindled Millions from Banks

posted by bobknight33 1 week 1 day ago • 13 views • 15:38

From Youtube, "Well, looks like it's that time of year again. When Ben Shapiro (or anyone else) argues that rap and hip hop aren't technically considered music, they're flying in the face of basically... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 3 weeks 4 days ago • 15 views • 13:55

YouTube description: It's an often told story about Apollo 12 getting struck by lightning, crippling the command module in flight and John Aaron in mission control figuring out the exact switch to flip... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 months ago • 233 views • 13:55

YouTube description: It's been a decade since the first hybrid victory in F1, at the 2009 Hungarian GP. How has hybrid technology evolved since then? Andy Cowell, Managing Director of Mercedes-AMG High... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 months 2 weeks ago • 624 views • 4:21

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) 4 months 1 week ago • 845 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) 4 months 3 weeks ago • 1,632 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 4 months 3 weeks ago • 463 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) 7 months 1 week ago • 889 views • 4:52

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

posted by eric3579 7 months 1 week ago • 409 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 9 months 2 weeks ago • 208 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) 9 months 2 weeks ago • 370 views • 2:07

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

posted by bobknight33 9 months 2 weeks ago • 25 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) 10 months ago • 213 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) 10 months 1 week ago • 747 views • 9:59