And some sad statistics.
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World’s First Mobile Phone (1922). Found by a researcher in the Pathe vaults, this clip from 1922 shows that 90 years ago, mobile phone technology and music on the move was not only being thought of but being trialled.
The latest video from The Midnight Show, a monthly sketch comedy show at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade theater in Los Angeles.
The McGurk effect is a compelling demonstration of how we all use visual speech information. The effect shows that we can’t help but integrate visual speech into what we ‘hear’.
I’m sure you are aware of Pilobolus fungus spore.
This is all very entrtaining but i’ve actually hardly learned anything about the history of the english language.
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The Dune of Pilat, situated at the entrance of the Bay of Arcachon, opposite the Point of Cap Ferret, is the biggest sand formation of Europe.
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A Time-Lapse Map of Every Nuclear Explosion
Japanese artist Isao Hashimoto has created a beautiful, undeniably scary time-lapse map of the 2053 nuclear explosions which have taken place between 1945 and 1998, beginning with the Manhattan Project’s “Trinity” test near Los Alamos and concluding with Pakistan’s nuclear tests in May of 1998.
I didn’t know that the fins are the most notorious coffee drinkers!