The original Star Wars trilogy was groundbreaking for its special effects, its world building, its action, and so, so much more. But if you ask George Lucas, it isn't the action, nor the performances,... continue reading
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"... In 1971, three student teachers in Minneapolis, MN created a little computer game about westward expansion in the United States. Over 50 years later, The Oregon Trail series has sold more than 65... continue reading
posted by ant 1 month 1 week ago • 5 views • 1:26:56Mike Judge, creator of Beavis and Butthead and King of the Hill tells the story of how King of the Hill started.
posted by newtboy 11 months 2 weeks ago • 57 views • 3:02This moment comes from 2016 offshore of Los Angeles in the in NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Our Corps of Exploration originally guessed this purple orb could be a pleurobranch sea slug... continue reading
posted by newtboy 1 year 1 month 3 weeks ago • 89 viewsSam Harris speaks with Matt Ridley and Alina Chan about the origins of the COVID pandemic. They discuss the evidence of a lab leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, media and academic censorship of... continue reading
posted by eric3579 1 year 2 months 4 weeks ago • 273 views • 58:27Original bandmembers of A Flock of Seagulls show how they perform their hit. Super clean presentation how YouTube vids should be done.
posted by oblio70 1 year 8 months 3 weeks ago • 72 views • 5:30Exploring the origins of extreme unicycling
posted by newtboy 2 years 2 weeks ago • 355 views • 17:21In this video we dive deep into some of the more glaring errors in the design of Champlain Towers South and explore the most likely origin of the collapse from a structural engineering perspective. The
posted by BSR 2 years 9 months 1 week ago • 17 views • 41:17"The idea came to me in a dream I had this morning. I didn't really like how the classic Sesame Street "Ladybug's Picnic" song (a staple from my childhood) was performed on the new stop-motion version... continue reading
posted by ant 2 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 34 views • 57 secs"With the first documentary from MinnMax, we travel back to 1971 to tell the surprising story of how a college project from Bill Heinemann, Paul Dillenberger, and Don Rawitsch was donated to the state... continue reading
posted by ant 3 years 7 months ago • 8 views • 23:08This pair is finally done, used all original nails on the heels and the waist. My favorite shoes, Florsheim
posted by BSR 3 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 367 views • 58:23The 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
posted by BSR 4 years ago • 112 views • 5:44https://youtu.be/vfWUorR8D60 Christmas isn’t just a time for presents, cookies, and holiday cheer, but the hunting period of Iceland’s murderous monster feline, the Yule Cat. This giant, fluffy... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 4 months 4 weeks ago • 571 views • 10:04While testifying before the House Financial Services Committee, comedian Hasan Minhaj called out members of Congress for the student loan crisis by comparing current tuition costs to what they originally... continue reading
posted by newtboy 4 years 8 months 1 week ago • 470 views • 3:05YouTube description: 1.8 billion years ago, a cell ate another cell, but it didn't digest it, and without that happening, we would not exist. This week we explore the origins of eukaryotic cells and... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 10 months ago • 335 views • 10:00YouTube description: At the University of Canterbury, in Christchurch, New Zealand, the team at Mars Bioimaging are using detector equipment originally developed for the Large Hadron Collider, and putting... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 week ago • 639 views • 5:41YT: The Forbes Pigment Collection, at the Harvard Art Museums, is a collection of pigments, binders, and other art materials for researchers to use as standards: so they can tell originals from restorations... continue reading
posted by Fantomas 5 years 2 months ago • 446 views • 5:13YouTube description: What do Skrillex, David Bowie, Salt-N-Pepa and basically every drum and bass track have in common? They've all used the Amen break, a four-bar drum solo that has become the most... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 3 months 4 weeks ago • 427 views • 4:05