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Toasts Around the World | 100,000 Subscribers | Thank You!
Thank you all so much for your curiosity and willingness to share your stories with me!
Boiúna | A Book of Creatures
Variations: Anaconda, Boi-úna, Cobra Grande, Cobra-grande, Eunectes murinus, Mae-d’agua, Mae-do-rio, Mboia-açu (“Large Snake”), Mboiúna; Mru-kra-o (Kayapo); Vai-bogo (Desana) Boiúna or Cobra Grande is one of the most widespread and polymorphic myths of the Amazon basin. The name is applied to concepts … Continue reading
Yan, Tyan, Tethera and other sheep related historical facts…and a cross stitch sampler
Traditionally shepherds counted their sheep in scores – or lots of twenty – twice a day, morning and evening, just to check that they hadn’t lost any in the night. When the shepherd got to twenty he or she would place … Continue reading
Sheep in British Folklore & Superstition
Welcome to my channel! Here you’ll find folklore from across the British Isles. In this video I look into the folklore of sheep and shepherds from across Britain. I start by looking at the origins of some of their oldest … Continue reading
Top 10 Nursery Rhyme Dark Origins
Most nursery rhymes that date far back, if not all of them, seem to carry a dark part of history with them.
Barbara Windsor: you’re more likely to hear a cockney accent in Essex than east London now
Jo Adetunji Managing Editor Barbara Windsor was the Cockney queen of EastEnders but you’re more likely to hear her famous accent in Essex now rather than London. The word “cockney” conjures up a plethora of London-based cultural expectations. Maybe you … Continue reading
SAOIRSE
Dublin is a city in the midst of a property development boom and with the gentrification of the inner city, working-class horse culture is being marginalised. It’s something quite unique to the city and likely won’t exist in fifteen years. … Continue reading
Learn Some Black American Sign Language | Kottke
After a video Nakia Smith did with her grandfather went viral, Netflix asked her to explain what Black American Sign Language is, how it came about, and how it differs from American Sign Language. Black American Sign Language is a … Continue reading
China’s Vanishing Muslims: Undercover In The Most Dystopian Place In The World
China’s Uighur minority live a dystopian nightmare of constant surveillance and brutal policing. At least one million of them are believed to be living in what the U.N. described as a “massive internment camp that is shrouded in secrecy,” while … Continue reading
Revenge of the tribes: How the American Empire could fall | Amy Chua | Big Think
Yale professor Amy Chua has two precautionary tales for Americans, and their names are Libya and Iraq. “We’re starting to see in America something that I’ve seen in other countries that is not good,” says Chua. “We don’t want to … Continue reading
AEON VIDEOS l The Ray Cat Solution
How to create a symbol that travels through time? Nuclear waste lasts for millennia but stone, symbols and language can fade beyond recognition. In 1981 semiologists proposed the idea of a cat genetically engineered to change colour in the presence … Continue reading
WHY ARE ALL THE HOUSES IN SWEDEN RED?
Why in the world are all the Swedish houses red? Well, let me tell you a story.. It all began back in the 1400-century when the King at that time wanted his castle to have the same beautiful copper roof … Continue reading
