Manú National Park, deep in the Peruvian rainforest, is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. The park and surrounding areas are home to some 10 percent of the world's bird species, countless... continue reading
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Enter the world of an undertaker whose family for three generations has cared for both the living and the dead in a small Michigan town, as families navigate loss, grief and mortality. (Aired 2007) ... continue reading
posted by BSR 1 year 7 months ago • 52 views • 53:38YouTube description: Spend a little time with the other amazing photos from this year at https://www.nikonsmallworld.com/ This was really an honor to be a part of. We started with thousands of images... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 8 months ago • 107 views • 3:59YouTube description: Until the mid 1950’s, small short-range airliners like the twin engined IL-14 were really the only type the Soviet Union produced. And that meant flying across the country’s... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 426 views • 10:05YouTube description: On a small island, off the coast of Okinawa in Japan, the world’s most precious kimonos are crafted using a very unusual element: mud. The meticulous technique, which has been... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 2,040 views • 2:50YouTube description: The Ganges River is a highly revered site by Hindus and an iconic, historical epicenter in India. As hundreds of millions of people visit the Ganges each year, there is a dedicated... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 7 months 1 week ago • 149 views • 2:26YouTube description: When the small Japanese seaside town of Susami needed a tourism boost, an unlikely resident came to the rescue: the town’s postmaster. Together with the local diving community,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 450 views • 2:55The reason they need weevil greenhouses is that the Brazilian weevils don't like Texan winters, and tend to die off over winter. If they mentioned it in this video I missed it. YouTube description: ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 976 views • 3:44I built a natural draft furnace to test ideas about how hot a furnace could get without the use of bellows. Natural draft is the flow of air through a furnace due to rising hot air. The hot gasses in the... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 454 views • 5:46This is probably the biggest loophole in German gun law: Because this arrow shooting airgun does not shoot a projetile THROUGH a barrel but OVER a barrel, the BKA (highest German authority on gun assessments)... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 11 months 1 week ago • 333 views • 5:31Via YouTube: Incredible view of the western world from the mind of a small tribe living in the Amazon rain forest.
posted by Gratefulmom 7 years 1 month 4 weeks ago • 1,300 views • 6:30From NYT: "...a really big drain called a spillway. And once you see it full of spiraling water, it is hard to take your eyes off it. For the first time in a decade, January and February have brought... continue reading
posted by chicchorea 7 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 1,883 views • 1:31At the Computer History Museum, in Mountain View, California, there sits a small teapot. It's the world's most famous teapot.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months 4 weeks ago • 921 views • 2:34Join the world’s transition to sustainable energy. Powerwall 2 is a battery for homes and small businesses that stores the sun’s energy and delivers clean, reliable electricity when the sun isn’t... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 279 views • 19:04The Speke’s gazelle is the world's smallest gazelle, and is also one of the most endangered. This Bambi lookalike lives in the semidesert areas in the Horn of Africa. Named after English explorer John... continue reading
posted by blacklotus90 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 202 views • 1:07The 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 1 week ago • 3,374 views • 2:17Published on Mar 11, 2012 Sometimes a single unlikely idea can have massive impact across the world. Sir Harold Evans, the author of They Made America, describes how frustration drove Malcom McLean,... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 8 years 3 weeks ago • 475 views • 4:47In the middle of the Mojave desert lies California City, the largest city never built. It is now a vast network of roads carved into the sand for miles and miles with nothing but tumbleweeds and cacti... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 8 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 1,098 views • 4:55YouTube Description: Jellyfish don’t have a heart, or blood, or even a brain. They’ve survived five mass extinctions. And you can find them in every ocean, from pole to pole. What’s their secret?... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 7 months ago • 170 views • 2:56Cultivate random acquaintances.
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