YT: Discover the world’s largest organism: Pando, an enormous and ancient quaking aspen, and find out how it became so huge.
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YT: Discover the world’s largest organism: Pando, an enormous and ancient quaking aspen, and find out how it became so huge.
posted by Zawashhttps://www.iter.org/ In southern France, 35 nations* are collaborating to build the world's largest tokamak, a magnetic fusion device that has been designed to prove the feasibility of fusion as a... continue reading
posted by eric3579In the debut episode of the Logistics of D-Day we explore the logic and planning that resulted in Normandy being chosen as the location for the largest amphibious invasion in the history of human kind. -yt
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posted by newtboyFrom Youtube, "Dianna from Physics Girl visited CERN in Geneva Switzerland to find out what the detectors at the LHC are looking for, and dive into the fundamental question: what are particles? Creator/Host:... continue reading
posted by w1ndexNestle, the world’s largest food and beverage company, bottles Michigan’s water for next to nothing and sells it at great profit. And the state has just approved its request to pump even more, despite... continue reading
posted by MordhausYouTube description: The Yucatan peninsula is one of the busiest tourist destinations in the world and every year just offshore from Cancun, the largest fish in the ocean aggregates in vast numbers to feed. ... continue reading
posted by Aard VarkYouTube description: On August 8th, 1918, Allied forces in France launched the Hundred Days Offensive, one of the first combined arms operations of the war that included hundreds of tanks, airplanes,... continue reading
posted by Aard VarkYouTube description: The Ganges River is a highly revered site by Hindus and an iconic, historical epicenter in India. As hundreds of millions of people visit the Ganges each year, there is a dedicated... continue reading
posted by Aard VarkI may be one of the largest repositories of random, useless knowledge but I had absolutely no idea this happened.
posted by MordhausYouTube description: For thousands of years, the people of Hungary have soaked in the rich, thermal waters that lie below the country’s surface. From Roman emperors to Turkish kings, Budapest’s... continue reading
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posted by PlayhousePalsYouTube description: How do you cool a building without air conditioning? Using an approach called biomimicry, see how architect Mick Pearce harnessed the ingenuity of termites to design a natural cooling... continue reading
posted by Aard VarkIn Quebec, Canada, there's a town called Asbestos. It's an alarming name, one that conjures up images of lung disease and mesothelioma. So now that the town's asbestos mine, once the largest asbestos mine... continue reading
posted by MordhausFeaturing conductor Paige Dashner Long and the Florida Flute Orchestra, playing "Tico Tico No Fuba."
posted by MordhausYouTube description: Standing nearly 300 feet tall, Europe’s largest monument is a dedication to the army that defeated Napoleon. Named after the battle that took place in 1813, The Monument to the... continue reading
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