When humans first populated North America and how they arrived has long been a matter of spirited debate. A recent study detailing what archeologists believe are the oldest known footprints in the United... continue reading
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YouTube description: Ahmed Darwish el Fakhouri spends his days surrounded by olive oil soap stacked up high—each precious bar waiting to be wrapped and sold after a drying out period of two to three... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 351 views • 2:24The Hunt-Lenox globe is the second-oldest surviving terrestrial globe and also the oldest known globe to depict the Americas. The globe is covered in hidden details, including the Latin phrase, HC SVNT... continue reading
posted by newtboy 5 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 497 views • 2:26YouTube description: At 15 years old, Tan Wei Tian already has a prolific 12 year opera career behind her. By day, she’s your average high school student, balancing schoolwork and friends; by night,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 296 views • 2:41YouTube 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 5 months ago • 150 views • 3:20The 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 8 months 2 weeks ago • 624 views • 2:50Stupid brain ... YouTube: Scientists think that evolution may not have prepared our brains for donuts, and an international research team has found out that some of earth’s oldest, largest trees are... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 5 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 436 views • 5:59YouTube description: Vanguard 1 was the 4th satellite launched, after being beaten by Sputnik 1, 2 and Explorer 1, it also suffered from multiple high profile launch failures. However, 60 years on it's... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 1 month 1 week ago • 410 views • 6:41YouTube 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
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 week ago • 304 views • 2:11YouTube: It’s been a pretty cool year for science around the globe, and we here at SciShow like to highlight the superlatives: some of the biggest, oldest, fastest, and most amazing discoveries of 2016.
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 21 views • 4:26At the age of 74, Meena Raghavan is the oldest known practitioner of Kalaripayattu, an ancient martial art from southern India. Since she was 7 years old, Raghavan has trained with the best of them. While... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 6 months ago • 1,407 views • 2:22In this MUNCHIES special, we meet owner Joe Cooke, great-grandson of Robert Cooke, who opened London’s first pie shop in 1862. Joe shows us how to prepare a proper plate of pie and mash, complete with... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 8 months ago • 348 views • 7:50In Eastern Nevada on the top of Wheeler Peak in the Great Basin National park sit some of the oldest living organisms in the world. - https://facebook.com/atlasobscura
posted by newtboy 7 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 43 views • 3:57YouTube: You might think of national parks as a nice place to see a geyser, or a big ol’ canyon, but over the past 100 years, US national parks have produced some of the biggest, oldest, deepest, and... continue reading
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