From the Otherwords series produced by PBS Digital Studios, this is a video of Dr. Erica Brozovsky discussing some of the many English expressions that came from sailor jargon and nautical terms, and how they all came to be. I actually thought it was a really interesting watch, and not
This is a video of TikTok user sanxyra providing the correct pronunciations for a handful of road names in Iceland, which all look suspiciously like they were chosen by pouring out Scrabble tiles. Because I have a curious mind, I went to Youtube to find a video of a GPS
I’ve been meaning to post this for the past week but it got unjustly buried in tabs, but I just unearthed it again, so here it is, a great end to the week. This is a video of Wheel Of Fortune contestant Tavaris Williams guessing “Right in the butt” for
PROTIP: Do not listen to at work if you like your current job. If you’re looking for a career change, go full volume. This is a video from a Renaissance Faire unlike any I’ve ever been to of a beer wench pouring a cold one down some poor peasant’s throat
A number of artistically designed restroom signs have recently drawn controversy in China, with the confusing signs ranging from geometric shapes to animals to abstractions. Several people who have needed to pee have even expressed being unable to distinguish which restroom they’re supposed to use. Wow, that’s when you really
This is a full-length edit of The Wizard Of Oz cut by Matt Bucy so that every spoken word appears in alphabetical order, beginning with a ton of ‘a’s’ and ending with ‘zipper’, uttered by the Tin Man. Matt says the entire edit only took about 20 hours of work,
This is a video of biblical scholar/The Flash fan Dan McClellan discussing where the H in Jesus H. Christ likely came from. You know I love a good origin story! Basically, it’s believed it came from a christogram (a letter symbol used to represent ‘Jesus,’ ‘Christ,’ or ‘Jesus Christ,’ e.g.
As a good riddance to 2023 *spits for dramatic effect, hits pant leg*, this is a 32-minute compilation of news bloopers from the year. There are some goodies in there. There are also some not-so-goodies. Still, it’s a great way to waste 30 minutes at the office like I just