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The Greatest Science Experiment That Never Happened | Answers With Joe

[…] The Superconducting Supercollider was set to be the largest particle accelerator in the world, by a long shot. In fact, it would still to this day be the biggest and most powerful. But history had other plans. This is … Continue reading

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Ancient Egypt: Hieroglyphs and writing systems | National Museums Liverpool

Join our Egyptologist, Ashley Cooke, as he takes us on a 5,000-year journey uncovering the many mysteries and hidden stories that lie within the Ancient Egypt gallery at World Museum! In this episode of our mini series we take a … Continue reading

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The Peter Principle

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Designed for Leisure, Sarah Ross’ ‘Archisuits’ Question the Inhospitable Environments of American Cities | Colossal

NOVEMBER 2, 2022. GRACE EBERT All images © Sarah Ross In 2005, artist Sarah Ross designed four absurdly bulging leisure suits to illuminate how public infrastructure is not built for bodies. Among American cities, Los Angeles has a reputation for … Continue reading

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About the Tamil language

Today we’re traveling to the lands of ancient kingdoms and civilizations of Southern India, to the lands where they speak languages old as time itself. Tamil is an official language and one of the 6 classical languages of India. It … Continue reading

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How Libya Built Brand-New Rivers Across the Sahara

[…] Select video clips courtesy of Getty Images Select video clips courtesy of the AP Archive Special thanks to MapTiler / OpenStreetMap Contributors and GEOlayers 3 […]

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50 Fun And Interesting Geography Facts

In this video we’ve got 50 interesting, fun and utterly bizarre geography related facts. If you are watching this video then chances are you are interested in geography and therefore you may already know a lot of these facts but … Continue reading

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Reaction ferries are really clever

On the river Rhine in Switzerland, there are reaction ferries: boats with no engine, no paddles, no onboard motive power at all. Here’s how they work — and a question about what other simple ideas are out there. I’m at … Continue reading

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Earth’s submarine fiber optic cable network visualized | H0W_THlNGS_W0RK 

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The average cost of groceries in Britain vs America

Today we look into the cost of basic groceries like onions and cornflakes to find surprising results in the US and the UK. […]  

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