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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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
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 7 months 1 week ago • 303 views • 2:46"Skid Row hurt me in ways I can't ever explain. It made me do things and made see things I wish I would have never seen."
posted by Mordhaus 5 years 9 months 1 week ago • 518 views • 8:56My dad smoked and drank. He worked in a high stress job. He died at age 49 from stomach issues. YouTube: In 1984, Dr. Barry Marshall had a theory about ulcers that he couldn't convince the science community... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 11 months ago • 86 views • 4:17The Lahti L-39 is a Finnish 20 mm anti-tank rifle used during the Second World War. It had excellent accuracy, penetration and range, but its size made transportation difficult. It was nicknamed "Norsupyssy"... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 140 views • 10:14YouTube description: Greenford, Middlesex. An item about the manufacture of wallpaper. C/U on stuffed birds. C/U of an artist painting the birds in a design. Various shots of artists designing... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 446 views • 2:52YouTube description: It’s probably the most well known peacetime battle between the USA and the Soviet Union, in both technological and ideological terms of the 20th century. Although the USA won... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 812 views • 14:23"Justin Schmidt is an entomologist who studies stinging insects. Through the course of his work, he estimates that he has been stung more than 1,000 times, all in the name of science. In fact, Schmidt... continue reading
posted by blacklotus90 7 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 392 views • 2:31From YT: Congrats to Bruce, our latest recruit to pass his Initiation Test into the Cave of Adullam Transformational Training Academy. We decided to share this part of his Initiation Test to encourage... continue reading
posted by iaui 7 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 699 views • 5:26YouTube Description: And how it got its name. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO El Niño is a weather phenomenon that occurs irregularly in the eastern tropical Pacific every... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 5 months ago • 1,145 views • 2:59It was the change that no-one saw coming: the idea that we could take a book, a painting or a song and send it through cables and wires and even thin air to the other end of the world - and it would be... continue reading
posted by Trancecoach 9 years 10 months 1 week ago • 653 views • 5:43Neatorama: DIY fanatics like myself consider Adam Savage (of Mythbusters fame) to be one of the gods of DIY. The man can build really cool stuff out of a pile of random stuff, and his diverse skillset,... continue reading
posted by Zawash 9 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 255 views • 43:41YouTube Description: Guest Star: Elsie the cat. Music by http://www.youtube.com/JakeChudnow and from http://www.audionetwork.com FLAVOR NETWORK ARTICLE (the cool food network graphs): http://www.nature.com/srep... continue reading
posted by Janine V. (Lilithia) 1 decade 3 months 3 weeks ago • 270 views • 10:13With no special skill or expertise, Greg Packer has been quoted by media outlets nearly a thousand times. Since his name first appeared on newsprint, in 1995, he’s spoken to reporters on subjects ranging... continue reading
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