If Dutch does not equal Deutsch, then why do we call them “Pennsylvania Dutch”? Check out this video to learn this and other interesting facts like how people in the Gulf of Mexico can be born Europeans.
What is the Difference Between Holland and the Netherlands?
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I came across this clip of Back to the Future Part III– and now I can not unsee it. If you watch the clip again, Verne’s expression when we’re first introduced to him has a thick palpable nefarious layer of in-the-future-I’m-a-gonna-go-back-to-the-past-and-do-terrible-things-to-you, irrespective of his age…
The Science of Hipster Music
Priceonomics created a chart that scientifically measures the hipster factor of music. This is an application of their data crawl service. They used ratings data from the independent music review site Pitchfork and correlated it against the number of Facebook ‘likes’ of the review.
Felix Baumgartner & Joe Kittinger talk about Red Bull Stratos
Felix Baumgartner and Joe Kittinger talked about the Red Bull Stratos mission for an interview with CNN this morning at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum. Felix will…
Redskins Rule Predicts a Win for Romney on Tuesday
The Carolina Panthers beat the Washington Redskins, with a final score of 21-13, breaking their five game losing streak. If the Redskins Rule holds true, it’s a prediction that Mitt Romney will beat the incumbent, Barack Obama to become the next POTUS…
Starcadian and DJ Meegs to Perform at Red Rocks on H Street for Yuri’s Night DC 2014
Organizers for the Yuri’s Night DC event previously held at Science Club will be hosting a free event at Red Rocks on H Street this year. The event celebrates the first human in space Yuri Gagarin who orbited Earth on April 12, 1961 aboard Vostok 1. Interestingly, April 12 also marks the anniversary of the first shuttle launch in 1981.
Awesome Animated GIFs of Movie Stills
Tumblr user Tech Noir has taken the cinemagraph to high art by using iconic images from movies and distilling the essence of a scene into a continuous loop. Here are some of our favorites.
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