A historian in Huntington Beach, California, schools and destroys a religious nutjob that views books in libraries as "pornographic" and "inappropriate" because they're not the "word of God." The historian... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 8 months 1 week ago • 438 views • 3:05

YouTube description: It sounds ridiculous, but it's true. At the Cooper Union Foundation Building in New York, there's the world's first elevator shaft: constructed four years before the safety elevator... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 731 views • 5:10

From Youtube, "Who FILES A LAWSUIT UNDER THE SEA? A depressed Plankton wakes up and goes to the Krusty Krab one morning without a plan to steal the Krabby Patty secret formula, telling Karen that... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 5 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 50 views • 23:21

A lot of things happen on Earth, but there are still some things that just don't ever happen here. But, that doesn't mean that what's impossible here is impossible everywhere else in the universe. ... continue reading

posted by BSR 5 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 486 views • 7:24

YouTube description: I got to see an Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) up close and personal at the Monterey Bay Aquarium recently and I fell in love. These things are the superlative of superlatives. They... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 8 months 1 week ago • 1,838 views • 3:58

YouTube description: If you're sitting on a boat in Lake Constance, are you in three countries at once? Or just in one? Does it even matter? Because strangely, it turns out there are parts of the world... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 2 months 1 week ago • 556 views • 2:32

YouTube: Octopuses are smart! They play with toys, pull off daring escapes, and are masters of disguise. But they're also smart in a lot of ways that the human mind probably can't comprehend. For example,... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 167 views • 4:26

YouTube: There aren't as many rules to naming a scientific discovery as you might think-- and that has led to some pretty outrageous names.

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 520 views • 8:07

YouTube Description: What would you see if you were drifting through space, looking back at the sun? Well its light intensity would decrease as the inverse square of distance from the sun. And you would... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 2 years 1 week ago • 569 views • 3:06