The stereotypical modern playground — with its bright colors and rubberized flooring — is designed to be clean, safe, and lawsuit-proof. But that isn't necessarily the best design for kids. US playground... continue reading

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From Youtube, "Well... this took longer than expected. I am sorry you had to wait so long for me to finish this video, I had some reading to do, then write the video, record the audio, and then the... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 3 months ago • 15 views • 1:09:23

In the debut episode of the Logistics of D-Day we explore the logic and planning that resulted in Normandy being chosen as the location for the largest amphibious invasion in the history of human kind. -yt

posted by eric3579 3 months 1 week ago • 784 views • 14:54

On a hike looking for rare limestone endemic plants in Death Valley, we spotted the wreckage of a plane! After several hours of hiking and many interesting plants, we managed to scramble over to the wreck.... continue reading

posted by eric3579 3 months 1 week ago • 1,763 views • 5:01

Michael Osterholm is an internationally recognized expert in infectious disease epidemiology. He is Regents Professor, McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in Public Health, the director of the Center for... continue reading

posted by eric3579 5 months ago • 1,268 views • 6:59

From Youtube, "In nearly every corner of the Earth, ants wage war against each other. Their weapons are what nature gave them. Some have strong armour, deadly stingers or sharp mandibles. And then there... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 10 months 2 weeks ago • 459 views • 9:23

YouTube description: In 1951, the American F-86 Sabre went head-to-head with the Soviet MiG-15 in the skies above North Korea. Both sides wanted to capture examples of each others aircraft. The Soviets... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 10 months 4 weeks ago • 819 views • 6:07

After more than four decades of forced silence, some of the last surviving atomic soldiers share their unfathomable experiences of the atomic bomb tests in the 1950s

posted by bobknight33 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago • 116 views • 22:53

US China Trade War: This is a War of Values’—Curtis Ellis Curtis Ellis, who was special advisor to the Secretary of Labor in the Trump-Pence administration, and is now a Senior Policy Advisor... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 1 year 2 months 3 weeks ago • 22 views • 38:22

After fourteen years of pretty much uncontested domination, Goodyear saw their reign challenged by a small band of Indiana tire makers named Hoosier Racing Tires. What ensued was one of the bloodiest conflicts... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 1 year 3 months ago • 66 views • 18:28

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

posted by newtboy 1 year 5 months 4 weeks ago • 18 views • 56 secs

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) 1 year 7 months ago • 415 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) 1 year 8 months 3 weeks ago • 389 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 1 year 8 months 3 weeks ago • 525 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) 1 year 11 months 3 weeks ago • 544 views • 7:11

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

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