TOLKIEN explores the formative years of the orphaned author as he finds friendship, love and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts at school. This takes him into the outbreak of World War... continue reading

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YouTube description: Follow along as Julian Baumgartner of Baumgartner Fine Art Restoration in Chicago works to conserve and restore this icon of Ave Maria. This piece was likely created in a workshop... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 months 1 week ago • 412 views • 11:31

YouTube description: On August 8th, 1918, Allied forces in France launched the Hundred Days Offensive, one of the first combined arms operations of the war that included hundreds of tanks, airplanes,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 months 3 weeks ago • 340 views • 3:15

This is the story of America's massive forging presses built during the cold war used to build America's most advanced machinery - the Heavy Press Program. Modern airplanes, missiles, helicopters, turbines... continue reading

posted by nanrod 3 months 3 weeks ago • 508 views • 12:48

YouTube description: What happens when you fire a Civil War mortar at a caravan? We invited YouTuber Tom Scott to find out. The mortar used is a replica of Roaring Meg, which destroyed large parts... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 months 4 weeks ago • 542 views • 7:11

Why did soldiers in World War Two get issued with clips of ammunition instead of magazines? The reasons are quite practical.

posted by Mordhaus 8 months 3 weeks ago • 16 views • 6:44

They didn't get the memo about the removal of the electrified fences.

posted by Mordhaus 9 months 1 week ago • 110 views • 7:03

YouTube description: He was inside Jabba the Hut in “Return of the Jedi,” helped make “The Muppets” come alive and has been pulling the strings on Yoda since he was 19 years old. Meet Dave Barclay,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 10 months ago • 247 views • 3:12

"... Each of the Marvel Infinity Stones reveals secrets about the movie it’s in. This series will explain them all, starting with the Reality Stone in ‘Thor: The Dark World.’..."

posted by ant 10 months 4 weeks ago • 7 views • 6:47

We show you all the six types of charisma in MCU that seems so irresistible to women. One of the most common misconceptions of charisma is that one size must fit all. The truth is that while there are... continue reading

posted by wifidogs 11 months 1 week ago • 18 views • 15:49

This is the story of a rock. It was once worth fighting wars over. Now its just a rock.

posted by Mordhaus 11 months 1 week ago • 145 views • 6:37

Adam debunks the notion that the Soviets caused the Cuban Missile Crisis.

posted by Mordhaus 11 months 2 weeks ago • 98 views • 1:05

They called it that because it lasted 9 years.

posted by Mordhaus 12 months ago • 107 views • 10:40

YouTube description: In Göttingen, Germany, there's a four-tonne steel ball that can be raised up a 14-metre tower -- and then dropped in less than two seconds, crashing back to earth. It makes tiny,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 1 month ago • 722 views • 3:34

*updated, I posted the wrong video After finding out his father, Alfred, suffered from shell shock, Patrick Stewart meet Robert Bieber to find out more about the effects of shell shock and how it was... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 1 year 1 month 1 week ago • 1,612 views • 3:15

Tiffany Haddish tells the story of Rose Valland, an assistant curator in Paris who helped recover thousands of works of art stolen by the Nazis during World War II.

posted by newtboy 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago • 249 views • 5:40