In 1864, Jourdon Anderson and his wife escaped a life of slavery and moved to Ohio. A year later, he received a desperate letter from the man who used to own him, in which he was asked to return to work... continue reading
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Wildfires in Hawaii fanned by strong winds burned structures in areas including the historic town of Lahaina, forcing evacuations and closing schools in several communities. Rescuers pulled a dozen people... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 months 1 week ago • 112 views • 2:14Enter the world of an undertaker whose family for three generations has cared for both the living and the dead in a small Michigan town, as families navigate loss, grief and mortality. (Aired 2007) ... continue reading
posted by BSR 1 year 4 months 4 weeks ago • 52 views • 53:38--MSNBC held a town hall in Kenosha, Wisconsin labeled "Trump Country" and Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) debunked the Trump supporters' arguments so thoroughly they end up on his side without realizing it.
posted by newtboy 1 year 11 months ago • 442 views • 59 secsScientists have long been marveled by the secrets of the Universe. However, the more they discover, the much more they realize they haven't even started scratching the surface! Much of the limitation... continue reading
posted by BSR 1 year 11 months 4 weeks ago • 48 views • 10:32Live Drawing • Daymare Town • Mateusz Skutnik
posted by BSR 3 years 5 months ago • 98 viewsOn April 3rd, 2018, resident Mark Robinson gave an impassioned speech at the Greensboro, NC, city council meeting in support of the Second Amendment. This speech is the best four minutes you'll ever watch... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 4 years 6 months 4 weeks ago • 19 views • 4:21YouTube description: Skiing and sledding down a mountain? Amateur hour. Try rolling through on a wooden bike. Say hello to the Velogemel, a snow bike local to the Swiss town of Grindelwald. Named for... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 3 weeks ago • 376 views • 3:08As America becomes more and more multicultural, Rich Benjamin noticed a phenomenon: Some communities were actually getting less diverse. So he got out a map, found the whitest towns in the USA — and... continue reading
posted by Ashenkase 5 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 582 views • 13:02YouTube description In 1800s, miners began working in exposed deposits of mud near the town of Messel, Germany. They were extracting oil from the rock and along with the oil, they found beautifully... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 8 months ago • 521 views • 8:34In Quebec, Canada, there's a town called Asbestos. It's an alarming name, one that conjures up images of lung disease and mesothelioma. So now that the town's asbestos mine, once the largest asbestos mine... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 5 years 9 months 4 weeks ago • 46 views • 4:30YouTube description: When the small Japanese seaside town of Susami needed a tourism boost, an unlikely resident came to the rescue: the town’s postmaster. Together with the local diving community,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 450 views • 2:55YouTube description: The village of Kamikatsu in Japan has taken their commitment to sustainability to a new level. While the rest of the country has a recycling rate of around 20 percent, Kamikatsu... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 2 months 4 weeks ago • 482 views • 4:13YouTube description: In Calipatria, California, the town is below sea level -- but their flag pole isn't. But what does "sea level" mean? Is it just theory, or is there more behind it?... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 495 views • 2:58In Crawfordsville, Indiana, there's a rotary jail: an invention that, with hindsight, should probably never have been built. But it was, here and in other towns across the United States. It might have... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 6 months ago • 753 views • 3:17Robert Freeman is a man with strong opinions, a hair trigger on his belt, and a penchant for foods so fatty they put you to sleep. The Itis, Robert's catastrophic soul food franchise, so effectively renders... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 94 views • 6:17YouTube description: Chemical weapon attacks aren’t the only reason to pay attention to Syria. When Syrian-American author and civil rights lawyer Alia Malek woke up to the images of Syrians dying... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 11 months 1 week ago • 279 views • 3:02Yttrium, terbium, erbium and ytterbium were all named after one small town on the Stockholm archipelago. But it could have been different, and there could have been many other names. From a snowy bit of... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 weeks ago • 17 views • 2:16An influx of women helped turned barren wild west camps into bustling towns.
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