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ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Co-Founder Pat Quinn Hears His Own Recreated Voice For the First Time
ALS has lost this round In 2013, a young man in Boston named Pat Quinn had just received a devastating diagnosis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis…
Jackson Browne Opens Up to Sam Jones About Songwriting, Audience Selfies and Flying Tortillas
In 2016, the great Jackson Browne sat down with Sam Jones of the interview series Off Camera and spoke about his songwriting process, how he…
How People Pleasers Endanger Everyone Around Them by Not Being Honest About Their Feelings
In a helpful animated essay, the very insightful School of Life gently explains how people pleasers do themselves and others around them a disservice when…
How Secondary Chords, Syncopated Rhythms and Functional Harmony Make Toto’s ‘Africa’ So Iconic
Doodling music theorist and musician 12tone analyzed the “internet’s favorite song“, namely “Africa” by Toto. As notes from the song play, the narrator explains how…
The Streets of Israel Come to a Complete Stop Upon the Sounding of the Holocaust Remembrance Siren
At 10:00 AM local time on April 12, 2018, the streets of Israel were flooded with the sound of a two minute siren commemorating Yom…
A Lone Male at Coachella Drunkenly Contemplates His Flip-Flop in a Hilarious Planet Earth Parody
In a particularly funny segment presented as a Planet Earth parody on The Ellen Show, a lone male human who got separated from his group…
The Specific Chemical Structure That Makes Plastic So Strong But Impossible to Biodegrade
Emily Elert from Minute Earth offered a quick explanation of the specific carbon-carbon chemical structure that makes plastic products so strong and useful, but also…
How the Advanced Byzantine Empire Was Felled by an Inept Leader Who Owed Money to Crusaders
In a prescient Ted Ed lesson written by educator Leonora Neville and animated by Remus Buznea and Kyriaki Kyriakou, narrator Addison Anderson recounts the history…
Artist Creates Imaginative 360-Degree Black and White Drawing Inside of Inflatable Vinyl Dome
For his latest solo exhibition at JAPAN HOUSE in São Paulo, titled “Oscar Oiwa in Paradise – Drawing the Ephemeral,” artist Oscar Oiwa and five…
How the Story of Aliens Landing in Roswell Originated With Debris Found in a Ranchers Field
The wonderfully informative animated video series The Infographics Show posits the question “Is There Evidence That Aliens Did Come To Roswell?”. In an attempt to…