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The Man Who Put the Pee in Phosphorus
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- The Man Who Put the Pee in Phosphorus
- Runtime
- 1:54
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- In the 1660's, German alchemist Hennig Brand thought he knew the secret to making solid gold: pee. So set was he on these golden ambitions, he dehydrated 1,500 gallons (gallons!) of human urine to make it happen. Though pee ultimately failed to produce gold, Brand didn't have to flush all his hard work down the toilet. In a surprise twist, he discovered a glowing substance we now call phosphorus.
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- Meet the Godfather of the Lowrider Bicycle
- Runtime
- 2:10
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- You know those custom bicycles that Snoop Dogg and other rappers rode with swagger in countless music videos? The ones that ooze that West Coast style? They all came from one place: Manny's Bike Shop in Compton, Calif. Joe Manny Silva is the godfather of lowrider bicycles.
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- Meet the Monks Behind a Wicked Hot Sauce
- Runtime
- 2:34
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- The monks at Subiaco Abbey in Arkansas know how to bring the heat. Led by Father Richard Walz, the Benedictine monks make Monk Sauce, a spicy habanero pepper sauce. Walz says making Monk Sauce is a perfect way to find balance between work and prayer ... and to add spice to a simple life.
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- This Man Runs a Micronation of 32 People
- Runtime
- 2:26
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Welcome to the Republic of Molossia: Population 32. Although not officially recognized by the United States, Molossia is a self-declared nation in the middle of the Nevada desert. This micronation has its own post office, bank and space program. Its president (and benevolent dictator), Kevin Baugh, has found the perfect way to combine politics with a sense of humor.
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- Waddle Along with the 'Jackass Penguin'
- Runtime
- 1:18
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- This is Lilly, an African penguin. She’s a jackass. No, really. African Penguins are commonly known as “jackass penguins” because of the donkey-like sounds they make. African penguins feed mostly on fish and squid. Due to competition from commercial fishing, they have to swim further out to find enough to eat. That, plus encroaching human development and oil spills are taking a toll on this penguin population.
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- Why the Mother of Mother's Day Hated Mother's Day
- Runtime
- 2:17
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Anna Jarvis LOVED her mom. She loved her mother so much that when her mother died, she devoted herself to campaigning for a national holiday to celebrate mothers. So why did Anna become so angry when President Woodrow Wilson made the holiday official in 1914?
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- Love Beyond Borders: Mom and Daughter Wait Nine Years for a Hug
- Runtime
- 3:30
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Jannet Castanon and her mother Rosario Vargas Flores live only a few miles apart, but have been separated by the U.S.-Mexico Border for nine years. Castanon, a legal U.S. resident who is awaiting a green card, left Tijuana to move to San Diego with her husband, and she hasn't seen her mother since she left. Mother and daughter finally had the opportunity to embrace for a few precious moments when the U.S. Border Patrol opened the border's steel fence for the third time in its history.
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- This Dog Raises Baby Cheetahs and Wallabies and Ocelots
- Runtime
- 2:05
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Meet Blakely, the Australian shepherd who mothers orphaned baby animals at the Cincinnati Zoo (too cute, we know). This patient rescue pup shows baby cheetahs, wallabies, foxes and the occasional warthog how to play and socialize like real, well, animals.
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- Title
- The Friends Who Planted 10,000 Trees
- Runtime
- 2:47
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- In the village of Yeli, China, two men have formed an unlikely team to improve their community. Sixteen years ago, Jia Haixia lost his eyesight. His best friend, Jia Wenqi, lost his arms as a child. Together, the two have planted 10,000 trees around their village and have become an inseparable duo.
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- Sharpen Your Axe for Varsity Lumberjacking
- Runtime
- 2:11
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- If you could letter in lumberjack-ing, Jack Cearley would be top flannel. He's tried football and basketball, but prefers competing with an axe in hand. This college senior loves forestry so much that he regularly competes in lumberjack tournaments. He’ll be your guide through the wild, woody world of collegiate timbersports.
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- The Clinician Who Makes House Calls for the Homeless
- Runtime
- 2:52
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Brett Feldman chose an unlikely route in medicine—serving his city's homeless population. The concept of Feldman's street medicine program comes from the idea that everybody matters. As program director, Feldman travels the streets of Allentown, Penn. to provide free on-site care where patients feel comfortable. That's doing the good work.
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- Pro Fingerboarder: Unleashing Insane Tricks!
- Runtime
- 2:56
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- It turns out that fingerboards weren't just a passing elementary school fad, and Mike Schneider is proof. We sat down with the 23-year-old owner of Flatface Fingerboards to check out his skills, fans and custom made boards. Nice finger flip Mike!
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- Title
- 55 Generations of Sake: One Family's Sacred Art
- Runtime
- 2:21
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- For more than 850 years, the Sudo family has been making sake in Obara, Japan. Their sake distillery is the oldest in the country. After the 2011 earthquake and nuclear meltdown, they feared the water in their ancient wells had been poisoned and they would have to close. Luckily, the water was deemed safe and today they carry on their time-honored tradition.
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- More Precious Than Ivory: The African Elephant
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- 1:15
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- The African elephant is the largest land mammal in the world, and it eats a lot to maintain that size. Every day it consumes up to 600 pounds of leaves, roots, fruits, grasses and bark. But size offers little protection from the threat of poaching for this giant.
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- Title
- Building Hollywood's Monsters By Hand
- Runtime
- 2:40
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Meet Tom Woodruff Jr. and Alec Gillis—they've been making movie monsters for Hollywood movies for the last 35 years at their company, Amalgamated Dynamics Inc. But you won't find any computer-generated effects at this studio. Tom and Alec design and create REAL creatures with their own two hands—and they also perform them.
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- Title
- What It Takes to be a Hula Champion
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- 5:21
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Hula is a dance of illusions. Behind the grace and the sway there is grit, athleticism, and a knee-breaking, blister-inducing effort to leave everything you have on the dance floor. Every year, the best compete at the Merrie Monarch Festival, the world’s most prestigious hula competition. Kayli Ka’iulani Carr, who is in her last year of eligibility for the contest, is trying to win the festival’s solo competition, Miss Aloha Hula. Does she have what it takes?
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- Unlocking Secrets Of The Universe One Mile Below Earth’s Surface
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- 2:27
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- 11 years ago
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- One mile below the Earth’s surface, in a converted South Dakota gold mine, scientists are unlocking secrets to how the universe was created. Physicists in this Nobel Prize-winning lab hope that continued data collection on some of the tiniest particles in the universe will lead to better understanding of how every star, galaxy and planet was formed.
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- Flying Fast With a Family of Drone Racers
- Runtime
- 3:24
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- When Conrad Miller turned in his motorcycle for a radio-controlled drone, he felt he was making an even trade. What started as an outlet for his adrenaline addiction became an all-consuming passion, one that he now shares with his 12-year-old son, Sorell. The family duo is now traveling the United States as Conrad competes in the inaugural season of the Drone Racing League.
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- These Little Books Connect Inmates to Loved Ones
- Runtime
- 2:28
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Without access to the internet or social media, inmates miss a lot of the special moments shared between family and friends online. To make up for some of these missed moments, artist Liza Tudor began making flipbooks for people to share with their incarcerated loved ones. YouTube, meet your low-tech stand-in.
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- The Poison Supper Club That Made Our Food Safe
- Runtime
- 2:15
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Before the FDA came around, there was some pretty gnarly stuff in our food: additives like formaldehyde, borax, and copper sulfate—poisons! To prove these toxins weren't good for us, Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, a chemist, organized a volunteer supper club to document the effects of these poisons on the body. His findings launched the food regulations that keep our meals safe today.
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- Title
- Mapping Our Cultural Heritage in 3D
- Runtime
- 2:40
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- What if there was a way to explore historic monuments long after natural disasters or human aggression have wiped them from the map? Scott Lee and his team at CyArk are using 3D mapping technology to create a detailed digital archive of endangered world heritage sites so that future generations can experience sites as they exist today.
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- Title
- Blimp My Ride: Making It Big With a Blimp Tycoon
- Runtime
- 2:38
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Igor Pasternak has always dreamed BIG. He came to the United States in the mid-1990s with a suitcase full of technical books and a quest: to make blimps. Today, he's the CEO of a successful airship company and has dreams of building a massive cargo airship that could save us from natural disasters.
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- Title
- An Elegant Gazelle Fights Off Extinction
- Runtime
- 1:12
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- This slender desert denizen is the addra gazelle. It travels in large groups to avoid predators, and grazes on grass and leaves. Sadly, the addra faces an uphill battle to survive. Once spread across the Sahara desert, it is now only found in small pockets of Chad, Mali and Niger.
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- Queen of the Ring: The Champion Wrestler Who Competes in Drag
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- 3:32
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Cassandro El Exotico, a Mexican wrestler, owns a championship belt. But the biggest difference between this lucha libre wrestler and his opponents is his garb. In a sport of rampant machismo, Cassandro stands apart. With an outfit that mixes masculine and feminine styles, and a fierce determination to win, the openly gay wrestler defies stereotypes and looks great doing it.
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- Title
- The Ghost Army That Helped Defeat Hitler
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- 1:47
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- During WWII a secret division known now as the "ghost army" conducted over 20 tactical operations and saved tens of thousands of lives. These were no normal soldiers, it was an army of 1,000 men made up mostly of artists, engineers, actors and advertisers. Their mission was to misdirect the enemy using inflatable tanks and large speakers projecting military sounds. Here's how they did it.
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- Title
- Channel Your Inner Knight With the Ultimate Combat Sport
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- 2:18
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- MMA not hardcore enough for you? Why not spend the afternoon bludgeoning an adversary with medieval arms and armor before you join 'em for beer and a steak? Enter: Armoured Combat League, the sports organization to make all your period combat dreams come true. It's time to get medieval.
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- Title
- A Sword Fit For Kings: Forging Real Life Valyrian Steel
- Runtime
- 2:23
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- If you're keen to live out your own "Game of Thrones" battle fantasy (ahem, good luck), see Richard Furrer. The Wisconsin-based blacksmith forges Ulfberht style swords, the name given to a group of uncommonly strong ninth century Viking blades. No one knows who made the original swords, but Furrer's blades are deadly works of art.
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- Title
- Taste the Poison Puffer Fish
- Runtime
- 2:12
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- To eat fugu is to put your life on the line. That's why Japanese chefs must train for years before serving the notoriously poison puffer fish to the public. For more than 45 years, chef Sasaki has served this potentially lethal delicacy to patrons in his Tokyo restaurant. Feeling hungry?
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- Title
- The Planetarium In My Backyard
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- 2:08
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Frank Kovac always loved the stars. Not satisfied with simply watching the night sky, he built the world's largest mechanically-operated planetarium in his backyard. While most planetariums use projectors, Kovac painstakingly painted thousands of stars on the roof of the rotating building. This is a testament to one man's dedication and desire to get closer to the stars.
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- Title
- How 'Puff The Magic Dragon' Came to Be
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- 2:33
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Unwinding on this magical holiday with some stoner anthems? Here's the story behind one of our favorites: "Puff the Magic Dragon." We'll let Puff's creator, Lenny Lipton, tell you how it went down.
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- Title
- The Spy With No Hands: Living Legend Jay J. Armes
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- 2:47
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- A living legend of El Paso, Texas, Jay J. Armes is something out of a comic book or Bond movie. When it comes to sleuthing, he's the real deal. In his five decades of work as a private investigator, he's solved hundreds of cases around the world and worked for famous clients like Marlon Brando, Elvis and Elizabeth Taylor. He achieved all of this after overcoming a childhood accident that left him without hands.
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- Title
- Claudette Colvin: The Original Rosa Parks
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- 2:30
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Around the same time Rosa Parks famously protested segregation by refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger, a teenager named Claudette Colvin went to jail in Montgomery, Ala., for doing the exact same thing. This is her story.
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- Title
- This Friendly Green-Winged Macaw Is Losing Its Home
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- 1:16
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- This beautiful tropical bird is known to many as the "gentle giant" of the parrot world. It's docile behavior renders it friendly toward humans and other birds. But these lovable qualities also make it a target for poaching and illegal trade.
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- Title
- The Instrument That Lets You Play the (Electromagnetic) Field
- Runtime
- 2:12
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- It's the only instrument in the world that you play without physically touching it, and its siren call has lured Hollywood and musicians alike in pursuit of its eerie, otherworldly sound. The Theremin, named for its inventor, Leon Theremin, is a synthesizer controlled by electromagnetic fields. Pamelia Stickney is one of its best players.
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- Title
- A Shark Attack Survivor Jumps Back In the Water
- Runtime
- 2:42
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- "A shark attack has been the greatest thing that's ever happened to me." Mike Coots, a surfer and photographer, didn't let a life-threatening encounter with a tiger shark dampen his love for the ocean. Not only did he get right back in the water as soon as he could, he is now a pioneer of amputee surfing and pushes the limits of prosthetic technology.
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- Title
- Unlikely Emcees: The Muslim Hip-Hop Artists Bridging Worlds
- Runtime
- 1:56
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Poetic Pilgrimage is a hip-hop duo from the U.K., and their music is influenced by their Muslim faith, Jamaican background and British upbringing. Not only is their music giving a voice to Muslim women, it's become an unexpected bridge between the global hip-hop community and Islam.
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- Title
- How Art is Changing India's Biggest City
- Runtime
- 2:59
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- In a bustling city of millions, how do you capture people's attention long enough to spark a conversation? Get them on the go, of course! That's how one graphic designer is approaching social change in Mumbai: by targeting taxis. He and a team of local artists are reupholstering taxis and rickshaws with social messaging about everything from women's rights to treatment of the deaf and mute.
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- Title
- Uncovering the Mystery of the Magic 8 Ball
- Runtime
- 1:50
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Does she like me? Will I pass this test? If you've ever gazed into inky depths of an oversized plastic billiard ball with a pressing question, then you know the power of the Magic 8 Ball. But where did this fortune-telling favorite of the toy chest come from? And does it really work? Concentrate and ask again.
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- Title
- The Hotline For Hollywood's Science Nerds
- Runtime
- 2:52
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Fun fact of the day: "Iron Man," "Star Trek" and even "Batman vs. Superman" have plenty of real science behind them (no, really!). We tracked down the team that's responsible for making sure that your favorite superhero movies have the hard science to back them up. Mission: Possible.
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- Title
- The Hidden Camera Network That's Helping Conserve The Jungle
- Runtime
- 2:11
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Conservationists at La Selva Biological Station in Costa Rica are getting help from the animals themselves in documenting the rainforest’s incredible variety of species. Park managers set up motion activated cameras to capture photographs of the forest’s inhabitants in order to document the health of the environment. Thanks to the data processing capabilities at Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, conservationists have a faster way to categorize, summarize and share the big data.
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- Title
- This Man Protects the World's Rarest Colors
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- 2:35
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- The materials collection, at the Harvard Art Museums in Cambridge, MA, houses thousands of pigments, including some of the world’s rarest. Dragon's blood, mummy, Indian yellow: these are but a few flashy highlights from the museum's collection.
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- Title
- Drawing NYC's Subway Stations One at a Time
- Runtime
- 3:05
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- To put it lightly, Philip Ashforth Coppola loves New York City's subway stations. For the past 38 years, the New Jersey-based illustrator has been exploring the Big Apple's underground stations and sketching its mosaics in amazing detail with just a ballpoint pen. In 1984, Copp published his first volume of subway drawings, "Silver Connections." He continues to document the city's underground, but doesn't expect to finish until 2040. Keep at it Phil!
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- Title
- The Plunge and the Spike: Spearfishing the Caribbean Blue
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- 3:25
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Antonio Negron is a freediving fisherman who spears each catch on a single breath. Join him on a dive into the waters of Culebra, Puerto Rico and understand the importance of catching only what you need to survive.
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- Title
- A Pint-Sized Alligator Disappearing From The Wild
- Runtime
- 1:08
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- This little guy is a Chinese alligator. With less than 150 left in the wild, he's a rare find. Known as the Yangtze alligator, this is also one of the smallest crocodilians in the world. But with human encroachment on this gator's natural habitat, the survival of his species is on the line.
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- Title
- The Teen Sneaker Dealer to the Rich and Famous
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- 2:43
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Benjamin Kapelushnik, aka "The Sneaker Don," knows a thing or two about shoes. He's done nearly $1 million in sneaker sales and his clientele includes DJ Khaled and Chris Brown. Oh, and did we mention that he's still in high school? NBD.
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- Title
- The Mystery of Shell Grotto
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- 1:08
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Less than six feet beneath a residential neighborhood in the English seaside town of Margate lies a mysterious underground cavern. Nicknamed Shell Grotto, the subterranean passages wind for 70 feet and are adorned by millions of seashells. Who built the cavern and for what purpose remain a mystery.
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- Title
- Meet the Scientist Behind "Frozen's" Snowflakes
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- 1:52
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- You may not know Dr. Kenneth Libbrecht by name, but if you've seen "Frozen," you know his work. He's a snowflake scientist (unofficial title) at Caltech and served as an ice crystal consultant for that "Let it Go" movie.
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- Title
- The Horse and Buggy Fruit Sellers of Baltimore
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- 2:09
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- For several generations, young men in Baltimore have been earning a living by selling fresh produce from horse-drawn carriages. The vendors, known to locals as "arabbers," provide an essential service to their communities. Now, there are all but a dozen left who continue the tradition.
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- Title
- Throwing Paper Airplanes With the World Record Holder
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- 1:53
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- John Collins, the “Paper Airplane Guy,” studied origami and aerodynamics in a quest to design the world's most sophisticated paper projectiles. His record-breaking plane flew 226 feet. To Collins, paper airplanes aren't just for making a ruckus in class, they can teach us a lot about science. Buuuut class disruption is an added bonus.
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- Title
- Infiltrating the Committee That Controls Your Emojis
- Runtime
- 1:55
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Jenny Lee was on a mission: to spice up her texts with some new food emojis. Little did she know she'd face a multinational consortium of internet power brokers like Facebook and Microsoft before she'd taste emoji success.
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