A must-watch if you're into tabletop gaming of any kind. Prof Finkel is amazingly fun and charismatic.

posted by bigbikeman 6 years 8 months 1 week ago • 332 views • 25:33

Fake framed Time magazine covers featuring Donald Trump dated March 1, 2009 reportedly hang at several of the president's golf courses. Jeff Michael and Sharon Tay report. Time magazine is now asking... continue reading

posted by newtboy 6 years 11 months 1 week ago • 31 views • 32 secs

YT: Inside the beautiful Alnwick Garden, behind a locked gate, there's the Poison Garden: it contains only poisonous plants. Trevor Jones, head gardener, was kind enough to give a guided tour!

posted by Fantomas 7 years ago • 187 views • 4:34

YouTube description: It was fall of 1918. The Allied military’s tactical movements were jeopardized by the German military’s superior espionage capabilities. Not only were the Germans tapping Allied... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 3 weeks ago • 188 views • 1:58

John Oliver is not afraid to put his money where his mouth is. Back in February, realizing that President Trump gets most of his ideas from cable news, the Emmy-winning Last Week Tonight host purchased... continue reading

posted by newtboy 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 601 views • 1:37

YouTube: The person we may find it hardest to be kind and sympathetic to is, surprisingly, ourselves. Yet being a friend to ourselves provides the only viable basis for living an emotionally fulfilled life.

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 2 months 1 week ago • 165 views • 4:11

The killer punch of the mantis shrimp is the fastest strike in the animal kingdom, a skill that goes hand in hand with its extraordinary eyesight. They can see an invisible level of reality using polarized... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 36 views • 4:00

YouTube: People like to say all kinds of things about protein – like, you need to eat lots of it to build muscle and lose weight. The truth is, the science of protein and how your body uses it is much... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 317 views • 4:50

Interesting. I wonder what kind of results could be discovered if there was proper government funding on these substances.

posted by brycewi19 7 years 10 months 1 week ago • 262 views • 5:07

YouTube description: Did you play with glow in the dark toys as a kid? They’re super cool, but kind of mysterious. How do they glow after all? Hank explains the phenomenon in this quick question. ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 10 months 1 week ago • 129 views • 2:37

YouTube: Many of us choose to enjoy the effects of alcohol, and we know that drinking too much is a bad thing, but what kinds of things can actually happen when you drink too much for too long?

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 280 views • 4:22

It seems like every few months, there’s some kind of news about problems with the scientific publishing industry. Why does this keep happening? And what can be done to fix the system?

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 11 months ago • 409 views • 9:11

Tom Scott: "Continuing the occasional Weird European Infrastructure Tour: an Italian lift that switches direction from horizontal to vertical. And honestly, until someone pointed it out to me, I could... continue reading

posted by blacklotus90 8 years 2 weeks ago • 704 views • 2:29

YouTube description: There is extreme fishing and then is going to such extremes that you have a rod and a worm-like lure fused to your face. Quite frankly it's the type of commitment we admire. Meet... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 271 views • 6:32

"Do you even know what superdelegates are?" YouTube: Shadowy, unaccountable threats to the democratic process or, you know, kind of the opposite?

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 405 views • 6:08

YouTube: It’s also worth remembering that education is kind of economically weird. It’s not just another thing you buy. Education isn’t only about individual gain. There’s a social aspect as well.... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 82 views • 6:36

YouTube: Fireflies, crustaceans, jellyfish -- lots of living things glow, and they do it for all kinds of reasons, some of which we haven’t even discovered yet.

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 8 months ago • 76 views • 4:24

YT: In which John Green teaches you about nation building and nationalism in Latin America. Sometimes, the nations of Latin America get compared to the nations of Europe, and are found wanting. This is... continue reading

posted by RedSky 9 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 207 views • 12:14

He's on to something here. I forgave the Sifters who were certain that I was a sock puppet. And boy howdy, I felt better. Full disclosure, a smidgen of valium was instrumental in helping me achieve nirvana... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 164 views • 4:13