John Nese shows us around Galco's Soda Pop Stop in LA, which sells over 700 varieties of soda
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I love the sound of breaking glass. YouTube: A special thank you to Dr. John Skinner, who is part of the Smarter Every Day Research team via Patreon for helping come up with the "tree explanation" of... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 11 months 1 week ago • 1,993 views • 8:51A beautifully produced video in which we follow John, a motor protein, who has to transport his package to the right destination in the nerve cell, illustrating the relevance and mechanisms of proper intracellular... continue reading
posted by blacklotus90 9 years 1 week ago • 447 views • 5:14YT: In which John Green teaches you about nation building and nationalism in Latin America. Sometimes, the nations of Latin America get compared to the nations of Europe, and are found wanting. This is... continue reading
posted by RedSky 9 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 207 views • 12:14YouTube: Finally, after what seems like eons and eons, the end is nigh. We're talking not only about the end of Crash Course Big History, but also the end of everything. The end of humanity and the end... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 71 views • 13:31YouTube: A Colorado man made history at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) this summer when he became the first bilateral shoulder-level amputee to wear and simultaneously control... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 675 views • 4:33YouTube: In which John Green investigates war, and what exactly it may or may not be good for. Was war a result of human beings organizing into larger and more complex agricultural social orders, or did... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 9 months ago • 281 views • 12:48"... war is a pretty big deal in world history so we better spend some time talking about it, at least in the abstract."
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 9 months 1 week ago • 256 views • 10:37YouTube Description: In which John Green teaches you about the United States as it was in the 1990s. You'll remember from last week that the old-school Republican George H.W. Bush had lost the 1992 presidential... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 3 months 1 week ago • 247 views • 15:38Try to remember at least a few of these to break out in party conversations! Be that awesome guys that knows everything! Or... Be that annoying guy that knows everything. Either way, You're knowing stuff!
posted by Unsung_Hero 1 decade 4 months 1 week ago • 985 views • 7:04I'm kinda feeling like an Old Fashioned right now.
posted by brycewi19 1 decade 4 months 4 weeks ago • 191 views • 8:28Where do nicknames come from? Why are Ellens called Nellie and Edwards Ned? It's all a big misunderstanding from the early days of the English language, a misunderstanding that even the word nickname itself... continue reading
posted by randeepsamra 1 decade 7 months 1 week ago • 51 views • 4:57What do Game of Thrones’ Dothraki, Avatar’s Na’vi, Star Trek’s Klingon and LOTR’s Elvish have in common? They are all fantasy constructed languages, or conlangs. Conlangs have all the delicious... continue reading
posted by randeepsamra 1 decade 7 months 1 week ago • 214 views • 5:21"A weekly show hosted by John Green, where knowledge junkies get their fix of trivia-tastic information. This week, John looks at common spelling and grammar errors such as 'Stationery vs. Stationary,'... continue reading
posted by ant 1 decade 12 months ago • 297 views • 9:42YouTube Description: A weekly show hosted by John Green, where knowledge junkies get their fix of trivia-tastic information. This week, John discusses 50 surprisingly illegal activities such as throwing... continue reading
posted by Zifnab 1 decade 1 year 3 weeks ago • 471 views • 6:48Happy October, Month of the Hexaflexagon! Oct. 21st is the annual Celebration of Mind, in honor of Martin Gardner. Maybe you'd like to host or attend a flexagon party sometime around then, or learn about... continue reading
posted by eric3579 1 decade 1 year 7 months ago • 2,201 views • 4:45