YouTube description: Compliant mechanisms have lots of advantages over traditional devices. SimpliSafe is awesome security. It's really effective, easy to use, and the price is great. Check out SimpliSafe... continue reading

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YouTube description: The Colombian group Ghetto Kumbé puts on a show you’re unlikely to forget. It’s an experiment, a ritual and an ode to the band’s diverse Colombian roots. Combining traditional... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 months 3 weeks ago • 44 views • 2:37

Thanks to a weird golden goal rule. YouTube description: Barbados needed to win by two, but they were only up one. So instead of scoring in the traditional way they intentionally kicked in an own... continue reading

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YouTube description: At 30-years-old, Yu Kikuchi was tired of his job. Working in an assembly line that made turbines, he was aching to find a new lease on life. So when he heard about 80-year-old master... continue reading

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YouTube description: Canned fish has been around for over a century and has been enjoyed around world. Still, no one loves their fish more than Portugal, where old traditions of fishing, canning and... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 months ago • 439 views • 3:30

YouTube description: Kakigori is a traditional Japanese shaved ice dessert dating back to the late 1800s. Originally meant for Japan’s elite, today it’s become a summer staple for everyone. Some,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 months 1 week ago • 156 views • 2:48

YouTube description: The type of sushi you’re probably most familiar with is haya-nare, a quick form of sushi made and consumed within a day using vinegared rice and raw fish. But there’s a second... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 11 months 1 week ago • 553 views • 2:55

YouTube description: Shemika Campbell hails from a long line of limbo. Both her mother and her grandmother were limbo dancers, carrying on the traditionally Trinidadian form of dance. Shemika is keeping... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 2 weeks ago • 1,033 views • 2:44

YouTube description: The kaffiyeh is a traditional Arab headdress and a symbol of the Palestinian struggle. Today, it continues to represent an important part of Palestinian heritage. Unfortunately,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 4 months 2 weeks ago • 343 views • 2:13

YouTube description: Real indigo-dyed clothing is not like the blue you know. Richer than the chemical blues used on most fabrics today, real indigo dye comes from a plant and has a surprising range... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 4 months 3 weeks ago • 1,380 views • 3:05

YouTube description: On the little island of Kihnu, seven miles off the coast of Estonia, women run the show. The island still functions as one of the last matriarchal societies left in the world. Historically,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 6 months 1 week ago • 653 views • 2:54

The history of eating one's fellow man is rich with culinary tradition and innovation, carried on in no small part by Dr. Hannibal Lecter. In this pivotal scene, he gives a fellow killer a taste of his... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 1 year 6 months 3 weeks ago • 83 views • 6:42

YouTube description: When dancer David Chanishvili is on stage, he believes that he can fly. Indeed, he appears to glide through the air with ease while performing for the traditional Sukhishvili Georgian... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 9 months 3 weeks ago • 1,308 views • 2:33

YouTube description: In Mexico, seniors are traditionally cared for in the homes of relatives. But a boom of foreign retirees, many of them Americans, have begun moving to Mexico to live out their years,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 10 months ago • 789 views • 7:52

For nearly 700 years, the shrimpers of Oostduinkerke, Belgium, have been training draft horses to help them pursue the local catch. Typically weighing more than 2,000 pounds, these horses are well suited... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 1 year 10 months 3 weeks ago • 92 views • 2:39

The traditional practice of soap making in the Nablus soap factory (zero automation).

YouTube description: In the high-altitude city of La Paz, Bolivia, rates of heart problems dwarf those of cities at sea level. But an unexpected partnership between medicine and art is helping address... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 4 weeks ago • 55 views • 3:08

YouTube description: In 1971, sushi was not widely consumed in North America. In fact, it wasn't popular at all. Chef Hidekazu Tojo, a Japanese chef new to Vancouver, British Columbia, needed to find... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 4 weeks ago • 454 views • 2:18

The Christmas Number One is a British tradition: but it's one that's having to go through some changes -- because not many people buy music any more. Here's how the charts are calculated these days, and... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 2 years 5 months ago • 506 views • 3:21