YouTube description: It varies from town to town, or even within families. Part of the problem with the word pecan has to do with the way it came into the English language. Produced for Mental Floss,... continue reading
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Triton is an underwater breathing apparatus that looks from a James Bond or Star Wars movie. Problem is - it cannot possibly work. Massive debunkage in the video. YT: So over the last couple of weeks... continue reading
posted by Zawash 8 years 1 month ago • 234 views • 17:43The fascinating video above tells the story of MIT Professor Ioannis Yannas, who was recently inducted into the National Inventor’s Hall of Fame alongside such luminaries as the Wright brothers and Steve... continue reading
posted by enoch 8 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 1,844 views • 16:57The iBookGuy delves into how systems engineers and software developers solved the problem of creating rich graphics in systems where memory is scarce.
posted by iaui 8 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 3,237 views • 7:08Mind your face holes! YouTube: Lead is really useful when you add it to things like paint and gasoline. Problem is, it’s also poisonous.
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 9 months ago • 7,222 views • 4:54Lack of ability to cry was why I didn't gel with antidepressants. Horrid. YouTube: Dr. Julie Holland argues that women are designed by nature to be dynamic and sensitive – women are moody and that... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 1 month ago • 302 views • 6:51OOOHHHHH MUUUHHHH GAWD. Either I shit too much or not enough, there is no balance with Crohns disease. Thinking a garden hose up the ass and turning the valve would be a good remedy. Why not... continue reading
posted by BoneRemake 9 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 665 views • 57 secsAddiction is less prevalent and problematic than we have been led to believe, and drugs have been scapegoated for problems related to poverty and race. Carl Hart, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and... continue reading
posted by cricket 9 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 683 views • 21:17Now that's what I call a true bird brain!
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 197 views • 4:09For nearly all of human history, most people were very, very poor. But something happened after 1800. Average wages began to rise. For example, in the past 200 years, the average wage in the United States... continue reading
posted by Trancecoach 1 decade ago • 999 views • 3:19Could floating nations help us solve political problems without fighting? Patri Friedman co-founded the Seasteading Institute with billionaire Peter Thiel because he believes we can. The Seasteading Institute... continue reading
posted by Trancecoach 1 decade 3 months 3 weeks ago • 97 views • 5:58(Description via YouTube) In a robot lab at TEDGlobal, Raffaello D'Andrea demos his flying quadcopters: robots that think like athletes, solving physical problems with algorithms that help them learn.... continue reading
posted by Procrastinatron 1 decade 8 months 3 weeks ago • 1,723 views • 16:09What has happened to us? Despite the most advanced medical technology in the world, we are sicker than ever by nearly every measure. Two out of every three of us are overweight. Cases of diabetes are... continue reading
posted by eric3579 1 decade 11 months 2 weeks ago • 599 views • 2:12YouTube Description: The world's roundest object helps solve the longest running problem in measurement -- how to define the kilogram.
posted by Zifnab 1 decade 1 year 1 month 1 week ago • 2,553 views • 11:44YouTube Description: French numbers can pose problems for non-native speaker - especially when you move beyond 70. Also discussing problems with phone numbers and commas!Featuring Dr Paul Smith from... continue reading
posted by Zifnab 1 decade 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago • 469 views • 9:56YouTube Description: Just how hard was the second problem cracked by Will in Good Will Hunting? Matt Damon!And who doesn't love Homeomorphically Irreducible Trees?This video features Dr James Grime -... continue reading
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