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Somehow, Bernie Sanders' record of fighting for equal rights for minorities and women has come into question by the Clinton campaign when we have footage of him IN CHAINS fighting for and risking his freedom... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 957 views • 2:40On this episode of Breaking Trail, Coyote receives the WORST animal bite of his life when he is accidentally bitten by the only venomous lizard in the United States, the Gila Monster! Known for having... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 8 years 1 week ago • 400 views • 5:38This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths
posted by newtboy 8 years 2 months ago • 41 views • 1:59A "ballroom" hidden under a mansion lake built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial
posted by newtboy 8 years 2 months ago • 23 views • 3:21YouTube: Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand. ― Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 2 months 1 week ago • 19 views • 15:33In Wuppertal, Germany, there's the Schwebebahn: a suspended monorail that carries 80,000 people a day above the streets of the city, and above the river Wupper. It's a wonderful thing: but it wasn't the... continue reading
posted by blacklotus90 8 years 3 months 1 week ago • 927 views • 1:52Where Dylan of Atlas Obscura tells you about his favorite places on the planet! Credits for this episode: https://www.flickr.com/photos/5388826... https://www.flickr.com/photos/sandro_... https://www.flickr.com/p... continue reading
posted by newtboy 8 years 4 months ago • 28 views • 1:58YouTube: In Egypt's sandy silence, all alone, Stands a gigantic Leg, which far off throws The only shadow that the Desert knows:— "I am great OZYMANDIAS," saith the stone, "The King of Kings; this... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 17 views • 12:03Must have been wonderful growing up Rashida Jones! YouTube: Actress, screenwriter, comic book author and documentarian, Rashida Jones, muses on the unheralded benefits of a nerdy upbringing, law vs.... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 8 months ago • 222 views • 3:42"As a grad student, Cynthia Breazeal wondered why we were using robots on Mars, but not in our living rooms. The key, she realized: training robots to interact with people. Now she dreams up and builds... continue reading
posted by ant 8 years 9 months 4 weeks ago • 21 views • 14:04"Also, yeah ...we had to make the internet shark proof." YouTube: Ever wondered what it would take to bring down the Internet? Well, not much.
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 866 views • 4:17YT: For six months, Suki Kim worked as an English teacher at an elite school for North Korea's future leaders - while writing a book on one of the world's most repressive regimes. As she helped her students... continue reading
posted by Zawash 8 years 11 months ago • 133 views • 12:33A man punches another driver in a road rage incident with the police across the street, then calmly waits to be arrested. I wonder what happened to his car, they just left it running unattended in the... continue reading
posted by newtboy 9 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 966 views • 3:25Have you ever wondered why mirrors appear to flip things horizontally but not vertically? Me either.
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 704 views • 3:48Jeremy Howard: The wonderful and terrifying implications of computers that can learn. "What happens when we teach a computer how to learn? Technologist Jeremy Howard shares some surprising new developments... continue reading
posted by ant 9 years 3 months ago • 36 views • 19:50Ever wonder how hamsters store so much food in their little mouths? In the first episode of the BBC’s new show, Wild At Heart, narrator David Tennant takes a look at just that in a way never seen before.
posted by Grimm 9 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 958 views • 1:55Do you believe? YouTube: Happy Holidays! Ever wonder how Santa could possibly manage to deliver all those presents in a single night? Or what gives red-nosed reindeer the ability to fly? And why do... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 4 months 1 week ago • 85 views • 5:56YouTube Description: Tuning forks are wonderful tools for teaching physics. In this video and accompanying article, James Lincoln, Physics Teacher at Tarbut V Torah High School highlights 10 enriching... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 207 views • 5:16YouTube Description: I have narcolepsy with cataplexy, and it can be very frustrating to try to explain what it's like to people who have never seen narcolepsy in real life, and how much of a struggle... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 1,480 views • 4:46