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Study Finds That Biking Like the Dutch Would Lower Global Emissions | My Modern Met

By Madeleine Muzdakis on September 5, 2022 Amsterdam is a city of bikers. (Photo: OLGACOV/Depositphotos) People in the Netherlands cycle an average of 1.6 miles per day. The city of Amsterdam is known for many things, one of which is … Continue reading

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Tuning of Gamelan and Sensory Dissonance

n this video I focus on unique tuning systems Slendro and Pelog used in Gamelan music. I go through how they are different from chromatic scale and how they naturally emerge from timbre of Gamelan metallophones, similar to how chromatic … Continue reading

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WW2 ‘Brown Babies’: A little-known part of British 20th Century history – BBC World Service podcast

“I just wanted to be accepted for who I was”: The story of the children born from relationships between British women and African-American soldiers during World War Two. Subscribe – https://www.youtube.com/bbcworldservice The US first began sending troops to the UK … Continue reading

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Accent Expert Gives a Tour of U.S. Accents – (Part One) | WIRED

Dialect coach Erik Singer takes us on a tour of different accents across English-speaking North America. Erik and a host of other linguists and language experts (Nicole Holliday, Megan Figueroa, Sunn m’Cheaux, and Kalina Newmark), take a look at some … Continue reading

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COLOUR WORDS: The astounding origins of “blue”, “black”, “orange”, “red” & other colors

Prepare to be amazed by the surprising origins of the English words for colours (or colors for our American friends). I promise you’ll have at least one “wow” moment as I reveal: 🔵 Why the Ancient Greeks had no word … Continue reading

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Wowww. Tell me how can I order it🗺 | Tansu YEĞEN @TansuYegen

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NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL 2022,

NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL 2022 Feel free to support my channel: PaNOTTING HILL CARNIVAL 2022yPal Donations: https://www.PayPal.me/GirlinParadise or become a member – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1lv… https://www.instagram.com/best_street… What places to see in London in no particular order: Westminster Abbey Tower of London St Paul’s … Continue reading

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Iceland’s Deserts Are Turning Purple – here’s why

In this video, we are putting the Icelandic Lupin debate under the microscope to try and find out the good and the bad about this invasive species. […]

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“When We All Have Pocket Telephones”: A 1920s Comic Accurately Predicts Our Cellphone-Dominated Lives | Open Culture

by Colin Marshall Much has been said lately about jokes that “haven’t aged well.” Sometimes it has do to with shifting public sensibilities, and sometimes with a gag’s exaggeration having been surpassed by the facts of life. As a Twitter … Continue reading

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