Sarina Petersen, who studies social psychology, explains how “Bluey” keeps viewers of all ages hooked with a unique blend of humor, authenticity and nostalgia.
[TED]
Where Did Cringey Corporate Jargon Come From?
Dr. Erica Brozovsky, PhD and Otherwords circle back to do a deep dive into why we all talk like the same giant dork at work.
[Storied]
Harvard Law School’s “Copy” of Magna Carta Revealed As An Original From 1300
“The discovery by leading Magna Carta experts from King’s College London and the University of East Anglia (UEA) means the document, which Harvard Law School acquired in the 1940s, is just one of seven from King Edward I’s 1300 issue of Magna Carta that still survive.”
The World’s Most Remote Brewery
“Welcome to Svalbard, one of the world’s northernmost inhabited places, where brewing beer was illegal for nearly a century. That all changed in 2015 when local pioneer Robert Johansson led the charge to change the law, and Svalbard Brewery was born.
Today, this trailblazing Arctic brewery makes high-quality beer in one of the planet’s most remote and extreme environments, using 2,000-year-old glacier water – one of the purest sources on Earth!”
Why Dora the Explorer Is The Best Representation Of Paleoanthropology On Film
“Of every single film based in archaeology, paleoanthropology, anthropology I have ever seen in my life, Dora the Explorer, did the best job of representing the science.” – Paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi
Why Does The UK Have So Many Accents?
Patrick Foote of Name Explain looks into why a relatively small area like the United Kingdom has so many accents. Interestingly enough, the number of different accents is so large that the total count isn’t actually known.
Honest Trailers: Snow White
Screen Junkies gives quite possibly the death of live action remakes an honest trailer.
What If You Literally Had All The Money In The World?
If you had all the money in the world, what would you be able to do with it?
[xkcd’s What If? via The Awesomer]