"Duolingo is an educational app that helps you to learn foreign languages. But what if it already existed in the 1980s? Well, here it is, Duolingo in 1980's style! ..."
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YouTube description: The history of the Earth from its formation to present day, covering major events throughout its 4-billion-year history. Estimates of average temperature, atmospheric composition,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 807 views • 11:36If you irritate Godzilla by talking or texting while he's telling his stories, you get the Atomic Breath. Got it? That goes for you too, Minilla. This magnificent stop-motion masterpiece was created... continue reading
posted by newtboy 4 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 1,468 views • 1:48YouTube description: This is the story of one of the best, and also one of the worst, text messages I've ever received. It's about harm, about consequences, and about the responsibilities that designers,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 608 views • 6:16A game of swingball in a pubic space that teaches you how to say iambic Pentameter. A famous Shakespearian text is on the lamp-post, people say two words each, hitting the ball on the accent only.
posted by harriet 5 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 172 views • 1:09Computers store text (or, at least, English text) as eight bits per character. There are plenty of more efficient ways that could work: so why don't we use them? And how can we fit more text into less... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 8 months ago • 64 views • 6:31Beginning Sept 1, 2017, knife laws in Texas are changing. We teamed up with Bryan Wilson, the Texas Law Hawk, to explain how these new laws affect you. You’ll now be able to carry knives longer than... continue reading
posted by newtboy 6 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 484 views • 58 secsPillaging Vikings, huge runestones, protective amulets... Discover the linguistics behind the Norse Runes
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 450 views • 6:59"A quick look at the work of the most influential writer in children's literature..."
posted by ant 7 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 809 views • 2:32YouTube description: Cashews are a member of the same family as poison ivy, Anacardiaceae. Like poison ivy and many other members of the family, part of the cashew plant contains an oily chemical called... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 6 months ago • 1,154 views • 2:07Today's recipe is for a traditional "Pound Cake." This comes from Amelia Simmons's 1796 cookbook, "American Cookery." While it's called a cake, there are clues in the text that this was intended to be... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 9 months ago • 29 views • 9:38Why can we find geometric shapes in the night sky? How can we know that at least two people in London have exactly the same number of hairs on their head? And why can patterns be found in just about any... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 136 views • 4:36The Most Dangerous Stretch of Water in the World: The Strid at Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire I know, I know, it's a clickbait title^. But I stand by it, because the water is so deceptive, and so pretty, and... continue reading
posted by eric3579 8 years ago • 3,374 views • 2:17Watch these charismatic creatures shoot their tongues out like arrows to catch an insect, mimic leaves swaying in the wind, and display their hidden colors—and learn just how they do it. Click here... continue reading
posted by newtboy 8 years 9 months ago • 7,071 views • 3:39Happy October, Month of the Hexaflexagon! Oct. 21st is the annual Celebration of Mind, in honor of Martin Gardner. Maybe you'd like to host or attend a flexagon party sometime around then, or learn about... continue reading
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