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Monday – January 21, 2019
Listen to the New Tzar Spangled Banner.
New National Anthem for the Цпited States Фf днлпerica (or more correctly Юнайтед стеитс ов америка)
Categories Comedy Humor Interesting Music Videos
You Matched With Someone Really Great Online. This Is Her Ghostwriter.
Meredith Golden charges a small clientele $2,000 a month to help them win at dating apps. Outside of the $2,000 package (“the …
Categories Gender Interesting Interview
Sunday – January 20, 2019
The Backup Singer Saves the Day
During the last song of the last performance of 1984’s “Chess The Musical”, the female lead fell ill backstage and didn’t show …
Categories Interesting Music Unexpected Videos
Despotism (1946) – Anything Look Familiar?
Released after WWII, this amazing film illustrates the thesis that all communities can be ranged on a scale running from democracy to …
Categories Documentary Government History Interesting Videos
Thursday – January 17, 2019
DNA Discounts – Aeroméxico
To inspire more travelers to visit Mexico, Aeroméxico revealed some surprising information to Americans about their own heritage.
Categories Humor Interesting Thinking Unexpected Videos
Kingfisher Keeping Its Head Perfectly Still While Observing Prey
Steady as a ChickenCam! via Gfycat
Categories Animals Interesting
The Lucky Rabbit Foot Charm – Is Yours Legit?
The belief in North American folklore may originate in the system of African American folk magic known as “hoodoo“. A number of …
Categories Animals Fact Check Interesting Urban Legends
This Is Why MLMs Get Called Cults
Are MLMs a cult? Multi-Level Marketing schemes like Lularoe, Young Living Essential Oils, Doterra, Kyani, Herbalife, and Amway are scams for sure, …
Categories Fact Check Interesting Science Thinking Videos
Wednesday – January 16, 2019
The REAL Reason Cannabis Was Prohibited (Hint: Corporations)
It’s sad to see how much our world has been destroyed over the past 70 years as well as the health & …
Categories Corporations Documentary Fact Check Government History Interesting Videos
Tuesday – January 15, 2019
Search for Meanings & Distribution of 26 Million Surnames
Forebears have added the ability to map surname distribution across around 20,000 second-level administrative divisions (subregions) in sixty-six countries; from Australia to …
Categories History Interesting
Saturday – January 12, 2019
Jimi Hendrix On An Acoustic Guitar
The only 2 known videos of Jimi playing them online. “Apologies for the stopping image in the first half that features ‘Hear …
Categories Documentary Interesting Music
Friday – January 11, 2019
Ryan Reynolds Says Blade: Trinity Is To Thank For Deadpool
Blade: Trinity may not be the most beloved comic book movie adaptation of all time, but fans should appreciate at least one …
Categories Comics Interesting Videos
Thursday – January 10, 2019
Baby Duck Syndrome – or – “Why You’re a Luddite”
So, in a nutshell, take the leap! Update from Windows Vista. In human–computer interaction, baby duck syndrome denotes the tendency for computer …
Categories Interesting Technology Thinking
Wednesday – January 9, 2019
How Salmonella-Tainted Food Gets in Your Fridge
The USDA knows it’s there!
Categories Food Interesting
Tuesday – January 8, 2019
Link Between Brain Damage and Religious Fundamentalism Established
A study published in the journal Neuropsychologia has shown that religious fundamentalism is, in part, the result of a functional impairment in a brain region known …
Categories Interesting Religion Science Thinking
“Kobe Beef” is Marketing – Other Japanese Beef Has the Same Standards
Real Wagyu actually imported from Japan is quite rare in the United States. The export of cattle and cattle DNA from Japan …
Categories Animals Fact Check Interesting TIL
Sunday – January 6, 2019
The Problem with Chiropractors
Joe Rogan discusses the problems with going to chiropractors with Yvette d’Entremont. Pretty much nails it. MOST Chiropractors mean well, but Science …
Categories Fact Check Interesting Interview Science Thinking
The Gospel Truth: Sometimes A Little Hazy
What is the story of Jesus’s birth? How did Judas die? What did Jesus say when he was crucified? It depends on …
Categories Fact Check Interesting Interview Religion
Saturday – January 5, 2019
Friday – January 4, 2019
A Fine Beer Served in a “Chalice” in the United States
But in England it has a very different nickname and socio-economic consumer base.
Categories Fact Check Humor Interesting
Wednesday – January 2, 2019
The Streets are Alive, with the Sound of Hitler
During the filming of the Sound of Music, the city of Salzburg refused to allow Nazi flags to be hung off buildings …
Categories Documentary History Interesting TIL
Tuesday – January 1, 2019
Monday – December 31, 2018
Green Dragontail Butterflies
Nature is LIT! Here’s some more information, a slo mo gif, and the full video of the OP if you want to …
Categories Animals Interesting
The New Year’s Eve Song, Explained
The U.S. associates “Auld Lang Syne” with the New Year, but not everyone does.
Categories Documentary Interesting Videos
Sunday – December 30, 2018
People Have Found a Hidden Video Game in Bandersnatch (Black Mirror)
A loading noise made by a ZX Spectrum, the computer used by the show’s protagonist Stefan (whose life people have been ruining …
Categories Interesting Unexpected Videos
Neil deGrasse Tyson on Joe Rogan
Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, and science communicator.
Categories Interesting Interview Science Thinking Videos
Saturday – December 29, 2018
China Builds Fake Paris, London and Jackson Hole
Tianducheng, or “Sky Capital City,” is a real estate development modeled after Paris, complete with its own Eiffel Tower.
Categories Documentary Interesting Videos