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You Can Sleep in Gaudí’s Legendary First House ‘Casa Vicens‘ for $1 | My Modern Met

By Samantha Pires on June 24, 2021 For the first time in 136 years, Gaudí’s first house, Casa Vicens, is available to spend the night in for an incredible experience.   If you have always loved the incredible Art Nouveau … Continue reading

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Painted Lady butterflies make an extreme migration across the scorching Sahara desert | CNET

Meara Isenberg June 23, 2021 5:50 p.m. PT Monarchs aren’t the only butterflies with migratory muscle, a new study confirms.   After a 21-year study, an international team of researchers has presented strong evidence to suggest the Painted Lady butterfly … Continue reading

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How quantum mechanics help birds find their way

Some birds can sense Earth’s magnetic field, using it to navigate. But precisely how they do this has long remained a mystery. Now, researchers have confirmed that a protein found in bird eyes displays a quantum mechanical phenomenon which makes … Continue reading

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Herd of Wild Elephants Take an Adorable Nap Together After 500-Mile Journey

After trekking across 300 miles, these elephants are taking a well-deserved nap!   There is nothing like a well-deserved nap after a long day, and these elephants definitely deserved it. This herd of 15 wild Asian elephants embarked on a … Continue reading

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Why Russia is shrinking? | Population decline problem

Why Russia’s young people want out? I asked people in the streets of Moscow! Russia has recorded its largest annual population decline in the previous years. According to Rosstat, the official government statistics service, the number of people permanently living … Continue reading

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Russlandsfarerne 19: The Ket Language – Navajo’s Siberian Cousin?

Professor Edward Vajda tells us about the Kets and their languages. The Ket people live in the middle of Siberia. Despite their isolation, their language might be related to some Native American languages such as Navajo. Русскоязычная версия интервью (The … Continue reading

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Language Connection Between Asia and the Americas? — The Dené-Yeniseian Language Family Explained

This is literally a reading of an essay I wrote in 2018 for college, discussing the most probable linguistic connection between the Americas and the Old World, thus making it a Video Essay.   Works Cited Flegontov, Pavel, et al. … Continue reading

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NPR Pirsing Interview 1991

This interview with Robert Prisig was done just after the publication of Lila, Robert’s 2nd book.

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From Rotterdam to Amsterdam by boat, a time-lapse video | The Kid Should See This

Travel the Netherlands‘ famous waterways by boat with the help of this 11-minute time-lapse video set to the second movement of Antonín Dvořák‘s Symphony no. 9 (From the New World): Sailing Holland. The Timewriters short, filmed from Rotterdam to Amsterdamin … Continue reading

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Why do some Mexicans look Asian?

I’m Mexican and I was living in Vietnam. When I was there, I was asked a hundred of times if I’m Asian. Why do they keep asking this question if there are loads of Mexican with similar features like me? … Continue reading

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