A friend e-mailed me the other day with a quote from St. Augustine in his book The City of God.  Admittedly I’ve never read the book (though I have it in my to-read stack, which is currently comprised of 27 partially read books sitting on my nightstand) but I found this particular quote to be [...]

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An adult giraffe’s kick is so powerful that it can decapitate a lion.
The word “lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
The brain continues sending electrical wave signals for 37 hours after death.
Between 1902 and 1907, the same [...]

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I can’t take credit for this one, but it’s so cool I had to re-post it.  Admittedly, I’m a cooking novice.  However, I am a critic of all things delicious.  That’s why this simple and easy recipe for bread has me intrigued.  This might make for a fun weekend project!
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Born in 1867 and disappeared in 1925 while searching for what he called “The Lost  City of Z” with his son, Jack, Col. Percy Fawcett is the inspiration for the character Indiana Jones.
True to form, just like the character he inspired, Fawcett had an equal disdain for snakes.  According to The Museum of Unnatural Mystery
“Though [...]

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You might get hungry after this one, folks…

This was a mini-doc I made with a small group of people for my last production class at Monmouth University.  It is, as the title implies, about all things popcorn.  It was a lot of fun to make, and you might discover some unusual and shocking facts out [...]

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Born in Malawi, and a high-school dropout, William dedicated himself to bettering his family and village by teaching himself to make windmills for energy and water.

You can follow William’s journey on his personal blog.
Via Guinness and Cream Cakes

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A master of longevity, Li Ching-Yuen supposedly died at a staggering 256 years old (just about a quarter of Methuselah!)  From Wikipedia:
Li Ching-Yuen was supposedly born in 1677 in Chyi Jiang Hsie, Szechuan province. He spent most of his life in the mountain ranges gathering herbs and knowledge of longevity methods.
In 1748, when he was [...]

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Savants are so interesting to me.  It makes me reflect upon what our minds are naturally capable of, and how people are wonderously different.

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In yet another amazing TED talk, MIT researched Tod Machover demonstrates some of his newest work in the fields of music and technology.
From TED’s Bio on Tod:
Tod Machover is head of the MIT Media Lab’s Hyperinstruments/Opera of the Future group. He has composed five operas and helped to develop many groundbeaking musical technologies — including [...]

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International News is so much better than American News.  I’d much rather see stories about Mammoths than listen to celebrity gossip plugs and political propaganda in my evening news.  How come we haven’t seen this on American TV at all?
I wonder what cloned mammoth tastes like… mmmm… mammoth burgers…
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This is an excellent mini-doc recently released by the National Geographic Channel, offering insight into what makes some individuals prodigies.  In this video, we follow Marc, a young piano student who’s abilities are extraordinary for that of a child, and the scientists who follow him and children with similar abilities so that they may determine [...]

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I loved watching Bill Nye the Science Guy as I was growing up.  It was one of the most creative shows on TV at the time, filled with humor; making learning very fun.  The distinct visual style of the show was absolutely fantastic. I remember watching this memorable clip when I was a kid, and [...]

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As I was Wikipedia-diving the other day, I came across this interesting list of unsolved problems.  Maybe if you have some time and insight, you can tackle some of these, and in turn contribute to the realm of accessible human knowledge.  I know I’d particularly be interested in neuroplasticity.

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