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• EUscreen

  

  offers free online access to videos, stills, texts and audio from European broadcasters and audiovisual archives. Explore selected content from early 1900s unti... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2011 CULTURE

• You're Never Bored With A Gourd!

  

  image credit It's strange how traditions start. In the late 1960s Ralph Upton, a farmer from the small, picturesque English village of Slindon in the county of... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2011 FOOD & DRINK

• American Hotels That Shaped History: Then Vs Now

  

  image credit Did you know Mark Twain wrote two of his books in The Willard Washington D.C. hotel? Or that The Plaza in New York City was the setting for Barefoo... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2011 CULTURE, HISTORY, TRAVEL

• 7 Billion: How Did We Get So Big So Fast?

  It was just over two centuries ago that the global population was 1 billion - in 1804. Now there are 7 billion. How did we get so big so fast? Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2011 SCIENCE

• Spooky Deep-Sea Creatures

  

  image credit From frightful fangtooth fish and vampire squid to coffinfish and spiky, sinister sea urchins, plenty of strange and scary creatures lurk in the... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2011 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• How Blind People Cross The Street Alone

  Tommy Edison shows us how someone who is blind or visually impaired crosses the street alone. This video features a crosswalk in Connecticut that is accessible... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2011 RANDOM

• 7 Billion

  

  The global population is expected to reach 7 billion today, just 12 years after hitting 6 billion. How much is 7 billion? Seven billion seconds ago, the year... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Children Are Spending More Time With Screen Media Than Books

  

  image credit What's happening to the bedtime story? A study carried out by Common Sense Media has found that children aged between 0 and 8 now spend more than... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2011 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Baby Chewbacca

  

  The First ever Baby Chewy. A Wookie/Chewbacca inspired reborn baby. (via Everlasting Blort)The Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Android Dreams

  by Samuel Cockedey is a tribute to Ridley Scott and Vangelis. It's a time-lapse movie of Shinjuku, Tokyo, set to Blade Runner music. Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Mangyongdae - The Last Funfair In North Korea

  

  image credit Have you ever wondered what there is for entertainment in a totalitarian Stalinist dictatorship with a dead but nevertheless eternal president? Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2011 CULTURE, SOCIETY

• What Is The Truth About The Enfield Poltergeist?

  

  There was a period of apparent poltergeist activity in a house in London, England, between August 1977 and September 1978, with an added outburst in August 1980. Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2011 HISTORY

• How To Quickly Cook Pasta In A Frying Pan

  Harold McGee, author of 'Keys to Good Cooking: A Guide to Making the Best of Foods and Recipes,' shares a handy way to speed your pasta dinner along. Plus it's... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2011 FOOD & DRINK

• Groan My IP

  

  Let one of the Village People moan out your IP address in a 'sexy' voice. No bad intentions here, it's just funny. (via b3ta)The Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2011 TECH

• Live From The Golden Torch

  

  The Statue of Liberty celebrated its 125th birthday on 28 October 2011, and marked the occasion with the turning on of 4 Torch Cams, webcams actually inside... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Curious Cubic Houses Of Rotterdam

  

  image credit The Cubic Houses are a curious and magnificent architectural wonder located in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. They were conceived and constructed by... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2011 ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE

• Halloween Light Show 2011

  This Is Halloween from The Nightmare Before Christmas. Four singing pumpkin faces, tombstones, hand carved pumpkins, strobes, floods and thousands of lights. Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Hidden Haunted History Of 7 American Landmarks

  

  image credit The stories of presidential ghosts in the White House are pretty well known. But plenty of other landmarks have their own ghost stories. What... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2011 CULTURE, HISTORY, RANDOM

• Iranian Boeing 727 Lands Without Front Wheels

  An Iranian pilot lands a Boeing 727 with no nose gear at Mehrabad airport, Tehran. The plane was carrying 94 passengers and 19 crew members. Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• 10 Deadliest Tsunamis In Living Memory

  

  image credit The idea of the earth tearing itself apart is terrifying enough, but the devastation that earthquakes cause is only intensified by the huge waves... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2011 ENVIRONMENT, WEATHER