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Podcast Goodness: Totem Poles and Odd Town Festivals
by Charles W. Bryant | November 20, 2009
Good morning, SYSK Army. And isn’t it a lovely morning? It sure is here in the ATL. Thanksgiving is just around the corner, which means some nice relaxation for yours truly, along with a few little house projects during my time off. You gotta have life balance, right? Enough about me, how about a little podcast goodness?
Good question – where can you find the best Black Friday deals?
by Marshall Brain | November 20, 2009
Black Friday – a shopper’s paradise. Lots of great deals can be found if you do a little research. And a site like this can really help: Black Friday Ads Also: Black Friday Deals: The Only List You Need Here they have deconstructed the ads into searchable text links. If you use Google you can [...]
You Asked: How does the Chunnel work? — Michael, Olmsted Township, Ohio Marshall Brain Answers: Built between 1988 and 1994, the Chunnel (officially known as the Channel Tunnel) is a 31 mile long link between England and France. It is a rail tunnel underneath the English Channel. This is the station on the England side: [...]
Good question – Should you taser your child when she is really bad?
by Marshall Brain | November 20, 2009
Since I have four kids, there are the occasional days when the one or more of my precious snowflakes are not-so-precious. If you are a parent, perhaps you occasionally experience the same thing. But what would you do if, one day, your child was truly bad, as in completely out of control? This article suggests [...]
In this episode of BrainStuff, Marshall reveals three common techniques for measuring the height of tall objects like towers.
The Pantanal is a large wetland area located in Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay that’s teeming with plant and animal life. Explore the wild, watery world of the Pantanal with Matt and Rachel in this episode of The Coolest Stuff on the Planet.
When Edwin Land’s daughter asked why she couldn’t see a photograph immediately after it was taken, inspiration struck. Learn how this prolific inventor’s Stuff Of Genius polarized light and made every camera user an amateur film developer in this episode.
Between 1799 to 1892, families across New England dug up the corpses of their children, parents and siblings, desecrating the bodies in an effort to prevent them from rising from the grave. Learn more Stuff They Don’t Want You To Know in this episode.
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