From NYT: "...a really big drain called a spillway. And once you see it full of spiraling water, it is hard to take your eyes off it. For the first time in a decade, January and February have brought... continue reading
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Extreme Ownership | Jocko Willink | TEDxUniversityofNevada From YouTube: War is hell, but war is also a brutal teacher. War teaches you about brotherhood, honor, humility, and leadership. In this riveting... continue reading
posted by chicchorea 7 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 115 views • 13:50We have a very special episode today! Brian Nagel, from Genesee Country Village & Museum in Mumford, NY, takes us on a tour of The 1803 Walter Grieve's Brewery located on the site. Brewing beer played... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 7 months ago • 395 views • 9:54"Urushiol oil in poison sumac, poison oak, and poison ivy may produce a severe skin rash. Timely urushiol removal can prevent poison ivy skin reaction. The key is to understand how poison ivy works... ... continue reading
posted by ant 7 years 10 months 1 week ago • 1,239 views • 5:14Taking that internship in a remote mountain lab might not have been the best idea. Pulling that lever with the skull symbol just to see what it did probably wasn’t so smart either. But now is not the... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 8 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 2,095 views • 3:50YouTube 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 1 month 2 weeks ago • 271 views • 6:32YouTube description: I made a batch of charcoal using the mound method then stored it in baskets for later use. Charcoal is a fuel that burns hotter than the wood it's made from. This is because the... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 3 months 1 week ago • 1,003 views • 5:31A'yup YouTube: A new technology could make diseases like Zika a thing of the past. But should we use it? The CDC on Zika: http://www.cdc.gov/zika/ Vox explains Zika virus in 6 charts: http://bit.ly/1POrNjA... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 4 months ago • 123 views • 5:36YouTube: Earlier this week, we covered the difference between brand name and generic drugs. To be honest, we taped that episode a few weeks ago. It takes us some time to work out magic, add graphics, and... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 179 views • 3:22Ugggg ... I hate when the time changes [espcially in the Spring!] YouTube: Daylight saving time is the practice of setting the clocks forward one hour during the spring and back again in the fall in... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 7 months ago • 351 views • 2:20Flatulence is a daily phenomenon. In fact, most human beings pass gas 10-20 times a day (yes, that includes you). Where does your bodily gas come from? Purna Kashyap takes us on a journey into the intestines,... continue reading
posted by Fantomas 9 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 31 views • 4:57Neatorama: DIY fanatics like myself consider Adam Savage (of Mythbusters fame) to be one of the gods of DIY. The man can build really cool stuff out of a pile of random stuff, and his diverse skillset,... continue reading
posted by Zawash 1 decade ago • 255 views • 43:41YouTube Description: Why are humans so aberrant - that is to say - why do all human cultures have marriage-like institutions while 90 percent of mammalian species are promiscuous? The neuroscientist... continue reading
posted by Janine V. (Lilithia) 1 decade 4 months 2 weeks ago • 205 views • 4:20When I don't have time to brew one I like to take a packet of Starbucks Via Mocha and add a few drops of peppermint oil ... yummmmmmm YouTube Description: The world's most consumed psychoactive drug... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 1 year 1 month 3 weeks ago • 612 views • 1:45Youtube Description: This 50 minutes long BBC documentary film is aired in the year 2011. The BBC film says it is the first and the most technological advance in the world, ancient chariot racing, the... continue reading
posted by oohlalasassoon 1 decade 1 year 1 month 3 weeks ago • 556 views • 48:32There are 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 possible positions a standard 3x3 Rubik's Cube can get to. And there's 12 times more positions you can make if you take it apart. Here's the math.
posted by messenger 1 decade 1 year 8 months 3 weeks ago • 385 views • 10:14It's the time it would take for a model universe to completely reset itself back to a previous state.
posted by messenger 1 decade 1 year 10 months 2 weeks ago • 636 views • 12:04Since it is Labor Day in a good part of the world, here is a video about the incidents at Haymarket Square following the call for workers to strike on May 1st. It picks up on May 3rd. The events would... continue reading
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