Here’s another surprisingly interesting little micro-documentary from YouTube, this one about the U.S. one-cent coin, or penny: An aside: The coins of most countries clearly show their value in numbers. American coins give the value in English words: one cent, … Continue reading
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Or given that failures are called “fails” on the Internet, maybe successes should be called “succeeds.” Either way, here, for a change, is a compilation of things that actually went right. There’s even a successful cat in it. by … Continue reading
A nicely done, occasionally funny rundown of 8 commonplace misconceptions about animals: When viewing this I noticed one semi-mistake and was going to mention it here in keeping with my usual tendency toward obsessive pedantry, but then I happened to … Continue reading
An amusing debunking of some common false notions about history: by … Continue reading
A brief set of clips from interviews with physicists answering the question what confuses them about physics. It turns out, unsurprisingly, that it’s lots of things. The universe is a (delightfully) mysterious place. by … Continue reading
Entertaining and informative, from Britain’s Open University: by … Continue reading
You might suppose that a short video on the original pronunciation of Shakespeare might tend toward the dull and scholarly, but in fact the original pronunciation reveals a lot of very naughty puns. Elizabethan teenagers must have loved this stuff. … Continue reading
Hilarious Irish comic Dara O’Briain gives takes on religious matters. Usual modern comedy alert to those sensitive about naughty language. On the other hand, the criticism of religion is mild enough some are apt to be disappointed. On biblical literalism: … Continue reading
From the team behind the overdosed wizards in an earlier post: (Note that those are all the same dog.) by … Continue reading