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The Secret Behind the Mysterious Girl in ‘My Neighbor Totoro’ Posters | Spoon & Tamago
the original poster art for My Neighbor Totoro, created for the 1988 theatrical release and still used to this day My Neighbor Totoro was created by Hayao Miyazaki and released as a film in 1988. It’s one of our … Continue reading
The world is poorly designed. But copying nature helps.
[…] Japan’s Shinkansen doesn’t look like your typical train. With its long and pointed nose, it can reach top speeds up to 150–200 miles per hour. It didn’t always look like this. Earlier models were rounder and louder, often suffering … Continue reading
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ROW: Signals for Space
Celebrating the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s first human spaceflight with a special documentation of ROW audiovisual installation shot-in-one take using industrial robot, moved in sync with realtime generative content emphasising parallax effect of five individually controlled spinning led fans. … Continue reading
The Origins of Hebrew
As the name suggests, the Hebrew Bible is written, mostly, in Hebrew. But what is the earliest history of this language? What language did the ancient Israelites speak? This episode examines the origins of Hebrew and its relationship with Canaanite … Continue reading
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Homeowners Remove Old Floor & Find Giant Monopoly Board Underneath | My Modern Met
While tearing up their carpet, my in-laws found a giant monopoly board byu/Yamaha234 inpics What are the CHANCEs? From dated tiles to antique windows, many old houses have unusual features that tell their history. However, some of these characteristics remain … Continue reading
Experience Footage of Roaring 1920s Berlin, Restored & Colorized with Artificial Intelligence | Open Culture
Based in Seoul, Colin Marshall writes and broadcasts on cities, language, and culture. Offered the chance to travel back in time to any city in any period, surely more than a few would choose Berlin in the 1920s. Ideally it would be … Continue reading
The REAL Answer To The Viral Chinese Math Problem “How Old Is The Captain?”
Media outlets around the world went crazy over a 5th grade math exam question in China. But they all missed the real story! The problem actually dates back to French researchers in 1979. In this video I present the real … Continue reading
Stranded: Striking Aerial Footage Flies Over Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall Volcano as It Erupts | Colossal
A few weeks ago we shared these dramatic photographs of Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall volcano as spews molten rock into the air, and a new short film by French director Stéphane Ridard hovers over the Geldingadalur landform to capture the eruption, which … Continue reading
Does the Universe have Higher Dimensions? Part 1
What do physicists mean when they talk about higher dimensional spaces, or space-times? How could we possibly not have noticed if space was not three-dimensional? In this first part, we will talk about the history of spaces with extra dimensions … Continue reading
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