"... 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
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YouTube description: It’s an 1980s pop music cliche that dates back to 1910. If you listen to the first few seconds of Bruno Mars’ “Finesse” (hint: listen to the Cardi B remix) you’ll hear... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 1 week ago • 594 views • 9:26From YT: North America didn’t always have its familiar shape, nor its famed mountains, canyons, and plains: all of that was once contained in an unrecognizable mass, buried deep in Rodinia, a huge supercontinent... continue reading
posted by WeedandWeirdness 7 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 223 views • 4:58... as told by Kevin Spacey. YouTube: How a famed photo of Elvis Presley shaking hands with Richard Nixon inspired Kevin Spacey's newest film.
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 1 month ago • 317 views • 2:28The fascinating video above tells the story of MIT Professor Ioannis Yannas, who was recently inducted into the National Inventor’s Hall of Fame alongside such luminaries as the Wright brothers and Steve... continue reading
posted by enoch 8 years 4 months ago • 1,844 views • 16:57Neatorama: 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 12 months ago • 255 views • 43:41A terrific video from The New Yorker in which famed pickpocket Apollo Robbins reveals some of his favorite tricks. Unlike, say, most magicians, Robbins isn’t shy about sharing his secrets:
posted by truth-is-the-nemesis 1 decade 1 year 4 months 1 week ago • 1,589 views • 6:52A clever 'n' cute little love story told on a Möbius strip by Vi Hart, of "Doodling in Math Class" fame.
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