Daily Video — “The Story of Festivus“
“It’s a Festivus for the rest of us!!” — A fun look at this alternative holiday that we celebrate today. Please feel free to air your grievances and I’m getting ready for those feats of strength.
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Video of the Day – 11/29/16 (The Simple Solution to Traffic)
Daily Video — “The Simple Solution to Traffic”
Today’s video comes from CGP Grey and finishes our traffic and car theme for today. It helps walk through some of the most common traffic related problems and why we can sometimes experience backups that appear out of nowhere! If you’ve ever driven (or will drive!) you’ll have to deal with traffic sooner or later. Maybe knowing why it pops up can make it a little easier to deal with? …no, I didn’t really buy that either.
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Video of the Day – 11/23/16 (Bet You Didn’t Know: Thanksgiving)
Daily Video — “Bet You Didn’t Know: Thanksgiving”
From the History Channel YouTube Channel “Bet You Didn’t Know” is a nice little snapshot of facts and figures about different events. This installment gives a nice, quick little history and some trivia about the Thanksgiving holiday.
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Video of the Day – 11/22/15 (Disease in History)
Daily Video — “Disease!”
From the Crash Course YouTube Channel today’s video looks at the role communicable diseases have played in history. From how they were dealt with and treated (or not) to the role they have played in shaping major events, these little bugs are more powerful than you can imagine!
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Video of the Day – 11/20/15 (Civil War Veterans Demonstrating the Rebel Yell, 1930s)
Daily Video — “The Rebel Yell” (1930s)
“It was the ugliest sound that any mortal ever heard—even a mortal exhausted and unnerved by two days of hard fighting, without sleep, without rest, without food and without hope.” – Ambrose Bierce, “A Little of Chickamauga” (1898)
Today’s video comes from a rare film in the Library of Congress, and presented on YouTube by Smithsonian Magazine where Confederate veterans demonstrate the “Rebel Yell”, the ear piercing scream(?)/shriek(?) that they could make whilst charging Union lines in the Civil War. It is a sound unique to the Confederate soldier, never heard before or since. Thanks to OpenCulture for the information and links.
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Video of the Day – 11/19/15 (The Pentagon Papers)
Daily Video — “The Pentagon Papers”
From the Newseum YouTube Channel: “On June 13, 1971, The New York Times began publishing stories based on the Pentagon Papers, a classified document about the controversial Vietnam War that had been leaked to the Times by Daniel Ellsberg, a military analyst.” A nice, concise history of these documents, what they contained, and some of the controversy surrounding their release. Many compare Ellsberg’s 1971 leak to those of Edward Snowden in the past few years.
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Video of the Day – 11/18/15 (Steamboat Willie, 1928)
Daily Video — “Steamboat Willie, 1928”
Happy 87th Birthday MICKEY MOUSE! On this date in 1928, according to the Disney Wiki, Steamboat Willie, the first cartoon starring the famous mouse, and arguable, the first cartoon ever with synchronized sound, was released. From these humble beginnings, an entertainment empire was born. As Walt always said, “”I only hope that we don’t lose sight of one thing – that it was all started by a mouse.”
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Video of the Day – 11/17/15 (Duck and Cover)
Daily Video — “Duck and Cover” (1951)
Pulling from deep in the vaults today, we have the old Cold War film “Duck and Cover” (1951) from the Civil Defense Department and starring “Bert the Turtle”. In this we learn just what to do in the case of a nuclear attack! This is from the amazing site archive.org and is in the Public Domain, so feel free to spread this where ever you like!
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Video of the Day – 11/16/15 (Why Is the Solar System Flat?)
Daily Video — “Why Is the Solar System Flat?”
From the MinutePhysics YouTube Channel, this video explains why the planets in our solar system orbit on a flat plane, rather than zipping around the sun in any direction they choose.
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Video of the Day – 11/13/15 (The Biggest Organism on Earth)
Daily Video — “The Biggest Organism on Earth“
From MinuteEarth, this very interesting video tries to answer the question, “What is the biggest living thing on Earth?” It turns out that the answer is really based on how you define “biggest” and how you define an organism. I found the answer very surprising and informative!
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