"With over 1.7 billion followers worldwide, Islam has grown into the second largest religion in the world. But just how much do you know about it. Find out more facts in Islam In Numbers..."
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I built this grass hut up on a ridge. It's roughly parallel with the tiled hut and wattle and daub hut that are a couple of hundred meters away down in a valley. I built it on a ridge to get away from... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 10 months ago • 567 views • 4:17YouTube description: This video is a mini-documentary about the Finnish Language. First I investigate the history of the Finnish language before dissecting some of its important features. Special... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 264 views • 9:57This is an amazing visual exploration of hip-hop that looks one level deeper into how rap is a beautifully intricate weaving of rhymes and rhythm into something that is greater than the sum of its parts.... continue reading
posted by blacklotus90 7 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 572 views • 12:44I made a rough type of textile from bark fibre. This is the same tree I use for making cordage though I don’t know its name. It has been raining a lot here lately (the video also shows how well the hut... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 8 years ago • 639 views • 4:48Pinballs can move at speeds of up to 5 yards per second! You need to have quick reflexes in order to be a pinball wizard! Source: YouTube
posted by lolz 8 years 1 week ago • 142 views • 2:03YouTube description: There is extreme fishing and then is going to such extremes that you have a rod and a worm-like lure fused to your face. Quite frankly it's the type of commitment we admire. Meet... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 2 weeks ago • 271 views • 6:32YouTube: What if you couldn’t remember anything past 30 seconds? Let us introduce you to a man named Henry Molaison who was diagnosed with anterograde amnesia. He couldn’t form new memories.
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 1 month 4 weeks ago • 19 views • 4:44Terry Whin-Yates from Mr. Locksmith demonstrated how easy it is to open a Sentry Electronic Safe is less than 5 seconds with no damage or "Signs of Entry" for the Kitsilano Business Leaders Meetup. ... continue reading
posted by newtboy 8 years 2 months 4 weeks ago • 3,116 views • 5:48From OutdoorHub: "opens a Master Lock by simply applying tension and gently tapping it with a hammer. This is a particularly worrisome exploit for two reasons. First, this type of lock is one of the most... continue reading
posted by chicchorea 8 years 5 months ago • 1,617 views • 1:13"Michael Jordan’s legendary slam dunk from the free throw line has been calculated at 0.92 seconds of pure hang time. But how many seconds could Jordan have gotten were he doing the same jump on Mars?... continue reading
posted by messenger 8 years 10 months ago • 42 views • 3:46While they don't quite cause a Y2K-scale of disaster, leap seconds can cause some serious glitches. Here's why computers have trouble with something that should, in theory, be pretty simple.
posted by blacklotus90 8 years 10 months 1 week ago • 18 views • 3:09This hack should help you get the upper hand in the dark. Of course it wouldn't hurt if you had a gun, split second decision capabilities and lightning fast reflexes. Just sayin' ...
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 2 months ago • 75 views • 2:39Okay and what with the cleaning up???
posted by bjornenlinda 9 years 5 months ago • 1,573 views • 1:01YouTube Description: British physicist Brian Cox is challenged by the presenter of Radio 4's 'Life Scientific', Jim Al-Khalili, to explain the rules of quantum mechanics in just a minute. Brian succeeds;... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 7 months 1 week ago • 1,281 views • 1:25The FLAG? I did not know that.
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 267 views • 4:30Via Brainpickings. Part 1. All of history's greatest figures achieved success in almost exactly the same way. But rather than celebrating this part of the creative process we ignore it. This missing... continue reading
posted by Trancecoach 9 years 10 months ago • 496 views • 5:49For 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 • 3:19"You learned this in the third grade. Unless you're in the second grade..." From http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&boardid=1&threadid=149176 ...
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