YouTube description: In a dusty, crowded shop in Milan, Italy, artist Osvaldo Menegazzi toils, as he has for decades, designing intricate decks of tarot cards. Every card a handmade work of art, Mengazzi... continue reading
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YouTube description: More than five million people die every year from pollution-related illnesses, and nearly 10,000 of those deaths occur in London. But Romain LaCombe has made it his mission to change... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 170 views • 3:27There’s no mammal in the world quite like the tree pangolin. Covered in reptilian-like scales that protect it from predators in the wild, the pangolin will curl into a ball when threatened. Unfortunately,... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 2,218 views • 1:48Meet the binturong, aka "bearcat." With a face like a cat, a body like a bear, and a tail like a monkey, these reclusive creatures are pretty strange looking, and the strangeness doesn't end with their... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 7 months 1 week ago • 531 views • 1:25YouTube description: Originally built by the Incas, the manmade salt pans in Maras, Peru, have endured for over 500 years. Beneath the Qaqawiñay mountains runs a salty fresh spring, which empties into... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 7 months 1 week ago • 1,535 views • 1:20YouTube description: In the high-speed world of rally car racing, you’re only as good as your co-driver. As these racers speed around hairpin turns on unpaved, narrow roads, drivers must rely on the... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 540 views • 4:06For a few months each winter, Harbin, China, turns into a fantastical "city of ice." From January 5 through February 25, this chilly provincial capital plays host to the Harbin International Ice and Snow... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 432 views • 2:53YouTube description: Colorado is known for its beautiful Rocky Mountains, but with mountains come snow and with snow come avalanches. Breckenridge Resort has a group of 6 dogs and handlers trained specifically... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 189 views • 2:42YouTube description: These days, giant wind turbines are supplying more and more of our clean energy. And when they break down, they need to be fixed fast. It's a job only a few people are equipped... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 559 views • 5:44YouTube description: Lost for decades beneath the streets of Naples, Italy, the Galleria Borbonica is a time capsule of the city's history. The system of tunnels and caverns was originally created in... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 9 months 4 weeks ago • 139 views • 1:28Most of the time, the wasabi you get in a restaurant or buy in a store is fake. It’s actually horseradish that’s colored green. Why? Well, wasabi is a notoriously difficult plant to grow. In fact,... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 125 views • 3:04YouTube description: The song “American Woman” by The Guess Who wasn't ever supposed to happen. It wasn't planned, staged or pre-meditated. Yet you all know the iconic riff. Sometimes all it takes... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 1,835 views • 3:02YouTube description: On La Gomera, a small island in Spain’s Canary Islands, the last speakers of a language without words reside. "El Silbo," a whistled communication used in rural and isolated areas,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 2 months ago • 197 views • 3:53"Game of Thrones is one of the great stories of our time. But with the recent ending of Season 6, a question comes to mind. How will it end? We reveal how George R.R. Martin is likely to finish this epic... continue reading
posted by ant 8 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 22 views • 13:20YouTube description: Remember the childhood hours of fun spent blasting your friends with neon-tinged water cannons? You can thank a NASA scientist for that. In 1982, Lonnie Johnson designed the Super... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 6 months ago • 504 views • 2:31The fascinating video above tells the story of MIT Professor Ioannis Yannas, who was recently inducted into the National Inventor’s Hall of Fame alongside such luminaries as the Wright brothers and Steve... continue reading
posted by enoch 8 years 8 months 1 week ago • 1,844 views • 16:57"Can movement tell a story? Sure, if you’re as gifted as Akira Kurosawa. More than any other filmmaker, he had an innate understanding of movement and how to capture it onscreen. Join me today in studying... continue reading
posted by blacklotus90 9 years 6 months 1 week ago • 1,094 views • 8:25Via Brainpickings. Part 1. All of history's greatest figures achieved success in almost exactly the same way. But rather than celebrating this part of the creative process we ignore it. This missing... continue reading
posted by Trancecoach 1 decade 2 months 3 weeks ago • 496 views • 5:49Smithsonian channel short story about a great white shark being eaten by a super predator.
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