Why Russia Still Owns a Small Piece of Germany
Joseph Pisenti of RealLifeLore explains how Russia came to own a small yet strategic piece of Germany along the coast of the Baltic Sea.
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The Engineering Differences Between US and Soviet Spacesuits From the 1960s
While visiting the National Air and Space Museum, Adam Savage examined David Scott's Apollo 15 A7LB and a Russian Krechet moon suit
Talented Guitarist Adds a Heavy Metal Accompaniment to the Wordless ‘Trololo Guy’ Song
Guitarist André Antunes (previously) stepped slightly away from musically interpreting the rants of various US televangelists to instead add heavy metal accompaniment to Soviet vocalist…
Visiting the Little-Known and Barely Recognized Breakaway Nation of Transnistria
Yes Theory visited the little-known nation of Transnistria, a breakaway state between the borders of Moldova and Ukraine.
A 1997 Commercial Featuring Gorbachev Bringing People Together by Helping Pizza Hut Open in Russia
A surreal 1997 ad for Pizza Hut featured Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev taking his granddaughter to dinner at a Pizza Hut in Moscow.
Baby Yoda Serves As Zero-Gravity Indicator on SpaceX Crew-1 Mission to the International Space Station
As the SpaceX Dragon spaceship with NASA and JAXA crew members traveled to the International Space Station as part of the historic SpaceX Crew-1 mission,…
The Tiny Russian Town Located on a Norwegian Island
The fascinating animated series Half as Interesting by Sam Denby takes a look at Barentsburg, the tiny Russian town that sits on the archipelago of…
A Scientific Explanation of the Tragic Sequence of Events That Caused the Chernobyl Disaster
With the sublime HBO series Chernobyl bringing the catastrophic nuclear disaster of 1986 back into the forefront, ACS Reactions crafted a wonderful animated scientific explanation…
Ohio State Marching Band Performs Incredible Tribute to the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing
The very talented Ohio State Marching Band (previously) paid tribute to the 50th Anniversary of the 1969 moon landing with an incredible halftime show. The…
A Beautiful Map Showing the Wide Array of Languages Spoken Throughout the Five Boroughs of New York City
Linguists at the Endangered Language Alliance (ELA) have spent the past ten years documenting the wide array of languages spoken within New York City and…