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"Joe Biden put an empty picture frame in the Oval Office and it's got a lot of people asking questions. Has a photo been removed? Is something being censored and hidden from the public? I have the answer!... continue reading
posted by ant 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago • 41 views • 7:34There's a bit more to this song than I thought!
posted by BSR 1 year 4 months 2 weeks ago • 153 views • 10:39The Smithsonian Natural History Museum houses 147 million specimens — everything from pickled animals to priceless gems to dinosaur bones. But less than 1% of it's on display. The rest is hidden behind... continue reading
posted by eric3579 2 years ago • 59 views • 12:15From Youtube, "NERC's Space Geodesy Facility, hidden away in the English countryside, fires lasers at satellites. Because it turns out that knowing a satellite's position exactly is really, really difficult.... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 2 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 612 views • 3:17You use those things pretty often but I bet you've never paid attention to some important detail. Here's a list of 65 everyday objects with hidden purpose most of us don't know.
posted by BSR 2 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 23 views • 18:38Gricean Maxims are a vital part of how we understand each other: a set of... well, maybe "rules" is a bit strong. They're guidelines that we follow without realising it. And it's the reason that "asbestos-free... continue reading
posted by eric3579 4 years 2 weeks ago • 1,082 views • 5:33https://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 3 weeks ago • 571 views • 10:04YouTube description: This translucent Deepstaria jelly unfurled as it whorled and shapeshifted in currents created by ROV Hercules' thrusters. Its bright red resident isopod, a relative of the pillbug,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 793 views • 5:43The Hunt-Lenox globe is the second-oldest surviving terrestrial globe and also the oldest known globe to depict the Americas. The globe is covered in hidden details, including the Latin phrase, HC SVNT... continue reading
posted by newtboy 5 years 3 months 1 week ago • 497 views • 2:26YouTube description: Ross MacDonald makes his paper by making paper. For the last 25 years, he’s created tens of thousands of paper props for movies and television shows like “Baby’s Day Out,”... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 7 months ago • 2,158 views • 5:31YouTube description: With Dr Holly Krieger from Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge. More Numberphile videos with Dr Krieger: http://bit.ly/HollyKrieger Her Twitter: https://twitter.com/hollykrieger ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 243 viewsYouTube description: Why say a whole sentence when just a word will do? You might never have noticed that these English words contain whole phrases within them. Produced for Mental Floss... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 2 months ago • 428 views • 1:53YouTube description: There's a hidden market in the supermarket — Vox's Phil Edwards explains. Read the article here: http://www.vox.com/2016/11/22/13707022/grocery-store-slotting-fees-slotting-allowances... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 130 views • 6:59YouTube description: Ever wonder what a dinosaur might have looked like? Well, we might have an answer for you and the result is hidden in plain sight. Hosted by: Hank Green... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 8 months ago • 289 views • 5:11Yay Bees! Just don't come buzzin' around yours truly if you please. YouTube: Most flowering plants are more than willing to spread their pollen around. But some flowers hold out for just the right partner.... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 10 months ago • 450 views • 3:49A "ballroom" hidden under a mansion lake built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial
posted by newtboy 8 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 23 views • 3:21"A look at the hidden power of film props. And how filmmakers use the everyday (and not so everyday) objects in their scenes to enhance cinematic storytelling." -Vimeo
posted by Randy Perry (youdiejoe) 8 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 964 views • 10:23Watch 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
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