Fwd: Why Your Favorite Musicians Are Broke

https://youtu.be/2Ad1sNtqQ5Y

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Alexandre Dumas - Wikipedia

The Google Doodle is devoted to Alexandre Dumas, who wrote The Count of Monte Cristo, and The Three Musketeers.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Dumas

What activity does magniloquent describe?: Speaking | Word Genius

https://www.wordgenius.com/answer/what-activity-does-magniloquent-describe/XzQL3aM8tFaEB0tm

Second Oldest Trick in Sleight of Hand

This guy is funny and amazing.  I watched this 4 times I was so impressed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XoCvn4fnXw

Days of the week

'There is one major theme that binds together all the days of the week—all of them are named after gods. Furthermore, out of the seven days of the week, six of the days are named after Germanic and Norse gods.

Sunday is named after the Germanic sun goddess Sunna. Monday is named after the Germanic moon god, Máni. Tuesday is named after the Norse god of combat, Týr. Wednesday is named after Germanic god and soul-tender, Woden. Thursday is named after the Norse god of thunder, Thor. Finally, Friday is named after the Norse goddess of foresight and wisdom, Frigg.

This leaves us with Saturday, the only day of the week whose name cannot be traced back to either Germanic or Norse deities. It's the only day of the week that retains its Roman origin in English and is named after the Roman god Saturn. As it stands, Saturday is "Saturn's Day", which is a far more noble name than we would have had if we had retained the old Norse designation—Saturday would instead be laugardagr or, literally, "washing-day".'

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HISTORY OF IDEAS - The Renaissance - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI1OeMmwYjU

Forte vs. Forte (Italian vs. English)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSpM0GpWOmI

puzzle

I had to explain this one to a ton of people on Facebook.  I got it on the first try.  The guy who posted said that it took him 6 or 7 tries.

What I don't like about these problems is that they change the pictures in the last line, requiring us to infer the values and confusing the solver. It is not just a matter of simple algebra.  

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Your plan

My plan as well.

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You Have Died of... Cannibalism | Oregon Trail

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-aA3FtE1QE

The US electrical system is not 120V

Most people might not be interested in this, but this relates to electric cars.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMmUoZh3Hq4

Man Tracks Down People He Photographed in the Street 40 Years Ago to Recreate Their Pictures

These are interesting. Forty years ago I was taking my first college class during the summer.

https://mymodernmet.com/chris-porsz-reunion/

GE 450-Watt EQ Warm White LED Light Bulb at Lowes.com

https://www.lowes.com/pd/GE-450-Watt-EQ-Warm-White-LED-Light-Bulb/1002741378

First of all, who needs a 450-watt equivalent light bulb? What would you use it for? Second, why does it cost $265?

Happy Father's Day

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You Shouldn't Exist. So Why Do You?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDq5DXlvpGE

Robot lawnmower giveaway

https://tinyurl.com/y92b9gc5

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Quote by Dwight D. Eisenhower: “Leadership consists of nothing but taking respo...”

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/815997-leadership-consists-of-nothing-but-taking-responsibility-for-everything-that

7 Outdoor Objects I Never Saw Before Moving to America

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDXXXsMOkUo

Super Mario World Review and Retrospective SNES

https://youtu.be/mgQUAbiIUuo

Can This Deadly New Virus Destroy the Human Race?

Many of the recent scary diseases have come from China, which makes sense given the large population base and population density. More than half the world's population lives within a circle in Southern Asia including China and India.

https://youtu.be/-Jhz0pVSKtI

The original Game of Life was incredibly dark

https://youtu.be/fXdBZWyiSLA



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The Fat Acceptance Plague Is Now Hitting Retailers, And It Scares Me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNQCiPhEGuk

Has Any Passenger Ever Landed a Commercial Airliner and How Likely is it...

https://youtu.be/bP_XPLFEMng

The Celebrities Who Were Spies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peElrjxyOs0

George Lucas' Advice

https://youtu.be/sCP2SGTIz28

Ringworld - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringworld

Just finished the audiobook for this on YouTube.  Great book.    https://youtu.be/4DMkDqIjEuI

I read the novel around 30 years ago. The YouTube version of this is a little uneven on quality.  I suspect that it was copied from audio tape. 

I already have listened to the next two books on Audible.  I may listen to them again.  I started with the 4 prequels on Audible and I'm slowly  working my way through the entire series. 

Multiple authors have contributed to the "Known Space" universe that Larry Niven created.  There may be as many as 40 books. 

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7 World Cities Most Likely to Experience an Earthquake | Travel Trivia

https://www.traveltrivia.com/most-earthquake-prone-cities/?utm_source=FL&utm_medium=FL01&utm_campaign=1059238816&utm_content=7057354&utm_term=1011069039

Why Snatch Blocks are AWESOME (How Pulleys Work) - Smarter Every Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2w3NZzPwOM

High-level equilibrium trap - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-level_equilibrium_trap

You can launch a balloon mission to the stratosphere for about the cost of an iPad. | Space

https://www.space.com/20089-near-space-balloons-science.html

I have been wondering for a long time why couldn't you have a space capsule that is lifted by multiple hydrogen-filled balloons, and when it reaches the maximum altitude, it would pump the hydrogen out of the ballons and use it for fuel to continue its journey upwards?  At the maximum balloon height, air resistance would be minimal.  The temperatures would be cold making it easier to store gasses under compression if you need to.

I assume that ordinary balloons will break or be fragile.  Perhaps tougher materials can be devised for this.

You will also need oxygen.  The only question is if you can get enough from the atmosphere when you need it, or if you have to store it.  I'm thinking that maybe you could work out a process to acquire and store it as you rise.

To get a better technology, we need a really dense energy source, such as nuclear power, nuclear fusion, or antimatter.  The last two are beyond our capability, for now.