Pillaging Vikings, huge runestones, protective amulets... Discover the linguistics behind the Norse Runes

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Not in my case ... YouTube: Okay- you lost weight, but what actually happened to those fat-storing cells?

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Despite our best intentions, giving gifts leads to billions in lost value.

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YouTube 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 5 months ago • 139 views • 1:28

Youtube - The military coup in Turkey is over and President Recep Erdogan’s crackdown is in full swing. As of this writing, the government has already detained over 10.000 servicemen, among them more... continue reading

posted by RedSky 7 years 8 months ago • 21 views • 12:38

How come some words only have a grumpy, negative version? Here are a few that used to have happier counterparts, but we stopped using them.

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The eight glasses of water a day is a myth! YouTube: How much water should you drink every day? Not as much as you've been told. This summer, like many summers before it, has seen a rash of articles... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 793 views • 6:46

YouTube: Hank shares losses and finds this week, including a huge amount of Antarctic ice that’s lost for good, and 10 cool new species that are last year’s top finds.

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 91 views • 5:14

YouTube: 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

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YouTube 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 • 15:38

YouTube Description: Joe Bongiovanni discusses our monetary system and why fixing it is the single most important issue facing people and the planet. Joe explains how money is created as debt by private... continue reading

The brain that changed everything. Einstein's brain was removed a few hours after he deceased. Then it was stolen / lost. And then recovered. And researched lots to see if there was something about it.

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YouTube Description: Neil deGrasse Tyson, an American astrophysicist and Director of the Hayden Planetarium, discusses how Islamic scholars contributed to the Islamic Golden Age and how over time ... continue reading

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Neuropsychologist Brian Butterworth describes patients who have lost their capacity to use words, but not numbers; or numbers but not words, always with the interesting twist that numbers spelled out,... continue reading

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