The EPIC OF GILGAMESH is the earliest great work of literature that we know of, and was first written down by the Sumerians around 2100 B.C. Ancient Sumer was the land that lay between the two rivers,... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 weeks 2 days ago • 14 views • 3:56

YouTube 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) 2 years 3 months 1 week ago • 149 views • 2:26

Johnny Knoxville breaks down all the injuries of his career. From pepper spray and taser guns, to breaking his ankle crossing the LA river, to getting shot by a rocket over a lake and getting landed on... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 2 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 119 views • 10:04

He's given a TED talk too, https://www.ted.com/talks/andres_ruzo_the_mythical_boiling_river_of_the_amazon YouTube description: When Andrés Ruzo was a boy, his grandfather would tell him tales of... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 2 months 4 weeks ago • 2,020 views • 2:34

YouTube description: What do all those bodies of water really mean? In this episode of Vox Almanac, Phil Edwards travels through the map to define bodies of water. Find Phil Edwards on Facebook... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 3 months ago • 1,330 views • 5:15

YouTube description: On the river Rhine in Switzerland, there are reaction ferries: boats with no engine, no paddles, no onboard motive power at all. Here's how they work -- and a question about what... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 599 views • 2:30

Believe it or not, off-roading is actually illegal in Iceland - they'll lock you up. There is an exception, though, in the form of the outrageous Icelandic Formula Offroad Championship. Strapped into home-built... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 4 months 1 week ago • 245 views • 7:24

There's a tiny island on the East River that you've probably never heard of, and you're not allowed to visit it.

posted by Mordhaus 3 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 1,628 views • 3:56

I built a prawn trap from lawyer cane, sticks and vine. Then I caught some prawns and ate them. Prawn (and fish) traps are simple traps designed to catch aquatic life due to their shape. It consists... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 4 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 252 views • 7:16

As a wildfire rages through the grasslands, three lions and three wildebeest flee for their lives. To escape the inferno, they must cross over to the left bank of a crocodile-infested river. Can you help... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 4 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 104 views • 4:19

Every year, local communities on either side of the Apurimac River Canyon use traditional Inca engineering techniques to rebuild the Q'eswachaka Bridge. The old bridge is taken down and the new bridge... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 4 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 29 views • 3:16

The Most Dangerous Stretch of Water in the World: The Strid at Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire I know, I know, it's a clickbait title^. But I stand by it, because the water is so deceptive, and so pretty, and... continue reading

posted by eric3579 4 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 3,370 views • 2:17

In Wuppertal, Germany, there's the Schwebebahn: a suspended monorail that carries 80,000 people a day above the streets of the city, and above the river Wupper. It's a wonderful thing: but it wasn't the... continue reading

posted by blacklotus90 4 years 12 months ago • 926 views • 1:52

In this video you are going to learn about some amazing dolphin facts that are mentioned step by step. Please subscribe to our channel for more updates. Subscribe here http://bit.ly/1HVj6gh Visit... continue reading

posted by abubakker21 5 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 23 views • 3:33

"Highly" informative YouTube: SciShow News shares new research into how music festivals can lead to high levels of drugs in your drinking water, and celebrates the man who created the world’s first... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 5 years 12 months ago • 30 views • 4:20

"What do the martians call them?"

posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 2 months ago • 863 views • 2:57

YT: Water in rivers, in a glass, or falling from clouds obeys gravity. It's going to fall towards the ground because of the physical pull of the earth. But, what if we told you that you could turn a glass... continue reading

posted by Zawash 6 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 109 views • 1:06

When wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in the United States after being absent nearly 70 years, the most remarkable "trophic cascade" occurred. What is a trophic cascade and how exactly... continue reading

posted by eric3579 6 years 11 months 1 week ago • 4,772 views • 4:34

... no Moon River either [or a bad moon on the rise]

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 63 views • 1:57