In the 1830s, two French brothers, François and Joseph Blanc, pulled off the first telecoms scam in history. The optical telegraph, a line of semaphore towers stretching from hilltop to hilltop, was for... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 526 views • 5:49

YouTube description: Canned fish has been around for over a century and has been enjoyed around world. Still, no one loves their fish more than Portugal, where old traditions of fishing, canning and... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 449 views • 3:30

Meet two of the first catastrophic spinal cord injury patients in the world able to take steps on their own following epidural stimulation and rehab. Researchers at the University of Louisville are making... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 20 views • 3:01

YouTube description: Jide Ipaye loves sneakers. Growing up, he had a hard time finding cool ones in his size, so he learned to make his own. But why keep a good thing to yourself? His Keexs line, with... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 72 views • 2:28

Jadon Anderson on his career sat diving. "My deepest was 621 feet" "When you drop out into the unknown- and you know, I could be the first person that’s actually stood here. You’re in a different... continue reading

posted by nanrod 5 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 664 views • 3:18

The Lamborghini Miura is regarded by many to be the world’s first supercar. It set the car world on fire with its groundbreaking mid-engine layout, monster performance, and looks that could kill. Join... continue reading

posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 5 years 9 months ago • 94 views • 12:42

"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 5 years 9 months 1 week ago • 72 views • 58:34

Stumpy Brown is a Wangkujanka woman who lives at Christmas Creek in the Kimberley. Stumpy has seen many changes throughout her lifetime but nothing so dramatic, when as a teenager, she saw a white man... continue reading

posted by newtboy 5 years 10 months 1 week ago • 795 views • 5:21

YouTube description: Giant Mine sits near Yellowknife, in the Northwest Territories of Canada. Once it was a productive gold mine, but after the gold ran out, the mining company went bankrupt and left... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 10 months 4 weeks ago • 470 views • 4:34

If you're in Canada, you need good winter boots. But how do you know whether they're actually safe, or whether you'll fall over the first time you step on ice? This is WinterLab, part of the Challenging... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 11 months 1 week ago • 36 views

How long does it take to learn guitar? Here is my first 1 year guitar progress from absolute beginner. I'm adult beginner and start my learning at March 27 2017 when I took the guitar for the first time... continue reading

posted by b4rringt0n 5 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 1,630 views • 6:08

YouTube description: It’s an 1980s pop music cliche that dates back to 1910. If you listen to the first few seconds of Bruno Mars’ “Finesse” (hint: listen to the Cardi B remix) you’ll hear... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 12 months ago • 594 views • 9:26

World Chase Tag presents the first match of the WCT2 Qualifiers at Release the Movement in Swansea. Rules: 2 teams, 12 rounds per game I didn't know Competitive Tag was a thing! Source: World... continue reading

posted by b4rringt0n 6 years 2 months ago • 56 views • 6:46

A few Scottish friends go snowboarding for the first time and have a bit of trouble with the surface lifts. Eventually invents a new way to go up the ski slope. Source: Scottish Craic facebook page.

posted by b4rringt0n 6 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 359 views • 2:32

YT - Everyday Astronaut Published on Jan 24, 2018 It’s ALIVE!!!!! For the very first time, the Falcon Heavy has successfully lit all 27 of its mighty Merlin engines in preparation for its maiden launch.... continue reading

posted by Buck 6 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 175 views • 8:38

YouTube description: When the small Japanese seaside town of Susami needed a tourism boost, an unlikely resident came to the rescue: the town’s postmaster. Together with the local diving community,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 450 views • 2:55

YT: I built an A frame hut as a large work space for projects. First I made a celt hatchet to cut timber for the hut. The axe head was made of amphibolite and the handle was made of a species of wattle.... continue reading

posted by nanrod 6 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 524 views • 9:05

The landscape of Iceland has changed a lot in a thousand years. When the Vikings first arrived in the ninth century, the land was covered in 25 to 40 percent forest. Within a few centuries, almost all... continue reading

posted by newtboy 6 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 801 views • 5:22

At this time of year we have to start being extra watchful – our lambs are vulnerable to attack from this silent killer.. Not everyone is going to agree with this thesis – but I’ve been rescuing... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 4 months ago • 1,496 views • 3:32

A point I forgot to mention in the video - The car pictured in the thumbnail was La Jamais Contente. All electric, and the first vehicle to go over 100 km/h (62 mph) in 1899! (coldfusion's yt comment)

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 158 views • 8:44