YouTube description: On a small island, off the coast of Okinawa in Japan, the world’s most precious kimonos are crafted using a very unusual element: mud. The meticulous technique, which has been... continue reading
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YouTube description: Kittie Weston-Knauer loves a challenge, so best not get in her way. She started BMX racing at 40 years old, initially competing against men and later working with the sport’s... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 150 views • 3:20YouTube description: There is a revolution in the Type 1 diabetes community and thousands of people are now hacking their insulin pumps for better blood sugar management. CNBC's Erin Black, who was... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 761 views • 7:09❤️❤️The kindergarten class in Tennessee learned "Happy Birthday" in sign language to celebrate the 60th birthday of their custodian. James Anthony, who is hard of hearing, has been working with... continue reading
posted by newtboy 5 years 7 months 1 week ago • 421 views • 28 secsYouTube description: Ross MacDonald makes his paper by making paper. For the last 25 years, he’s created tens of thousands of paper props for movies and television shows like “Baby’s Day Out,”... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 2,158 views • 5:31YouTube 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 Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 149 views • 2:26YouTube description: At 30-years-old, Yu Kikuchi was tired of his job. Working in an assembly line that made turbines, he was aching to find a new lease on life. So when he heard about 80-year-old master... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 303 views • 2:46Grama bay is gorgeous! Also, conversely, a place to see thousands of years of low-quality tagging from people of all backgrounds. From Pompeii Magnus to modern Albanian beach-goers, the walls ripple... continue reading
posted by nanrod 5 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 177 views • 8:27YT: What wiped out the dinosaurs? Most of us were taught it was a killer asteroid—which is true. But it turns out there was more than one disaster movie playing at the cineplex that was Earth 66 million... continue reading
posted by Lumm 5 years 9 months ago • 122 views • 10:45China’s economy has indisputably grown enormously over the past thirty years, it has been merged with waste, fraud, and theft of public resources by who is who is the government. Chinese yuan debt has... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 5 years 9 months ago • 195 views • 11:52YouTube description: Watch a time-lapse video of the installation and deinstallation (rotation) of large carpets and mounted textiles in The Met's galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 9 months 1 week ago • 337 views • 1:21YouTube description: In the last 20 years it's been surprisingly common for space probes to end missions early because reaction wheels have failed, moreover there's been a large number of failures associated... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 565 views • 7:10YouTube description: View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-really-happened-to-the-library-of-alexandria-elizabeth-cox 2,300 years ago, the rulers of Alexandria set out to fulfill a very... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 824 views • 4:53The White Horse, in Uffington, is one of the oldest surviving works of art in Britain: carved into a hillside in Oxfordshire 3,000 years ago. Every year, it's rechalked by volunteers co-ordinated through... continue reading
posted by nanrod 5 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 624 views • 2:50YouTube description: For the past 30 years, Paul Francis has been crafting the perfect sound, honing his skills at a company that has been in the business of making cymbals for 400 years. Making cymbals... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 10 months ago • 831 views • 2:41Larry Elder, delivers a moving and powerful testimony about reconciling with his father after years of not speaking to him. Larry also discusses the state of black men and race relations.
posted by bobknight33 5 years 11 months ago • 160 views • 32:59YouTube 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
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 422 views • 2:45YouTube description: The type of sushi you’re probably most familiar with is haya-nare, a quick form of sushi made and consumed within a day using vinegared rice and raw fish. But there’s a second... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 562 views • 2:55YouTube description: Ferrofluid is a bizarre, NASA-engineered material that was created for spaceships but never used. In this “lab practical” video, we’ll put ferrofluid through its paces, and... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 674 views • 4:26YouTube description: He was inside Jabba the Hut in “Return of the Jedi,” helped make “The Muppets” come alive and has been pulling the strings on Yoda since he was 19 years old. Meet Dave Barclay,... continue reading
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