December 31, 2022
Cambrian Chronicles - The Mysterious Story of a Missing Medieval Kingdom
December 30, 2022
La Planète sauvage / Fantastic Planet (1973)
"In the distant future, the gargantuan blue humanoid Traags (in French and Czech spelling: Draag) have brought human beings (who are called Oms as a play on the French word for "man", homme) from Earth to the planet Ygam, where they maintain a technologically and spiritually advanced society."
December 28, 2022
Tom Scott - Is the most northern part of Iceland still there?
"Kolbeinsey is the most northern part of Iceland, a tiny island that, according to Wikipedia, is due to disappear due to wave erosion 'probably around the year 2020'. Which raised an obvious question: is it still there?"
December 27, 2022
Cuddle Buddies - Capybara Found a Human Friend And Introduces Him to the Whole Family
December 26, 2022
Charles V to his ambassador
"In 1547, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V penned a letter to his ambassador, Jean de Saint-Mauris, part of which was written in the ruler's secret code. Nearly five centuries later, researchers have finally cracked that code, revealing Charles V's fear of a secret assassination plot and continued tensions with France, despite having signed a peace treaty with the French king a few years earlier."
December 24, 2022
BBC REEL - Extinct tree from the time of Jesus rises from the dead in Israel
Re the Crusades and date cultivation:
"Asaph Goor, in his 21-page article History of the Date through the Ages in the Holy Land, never mentions any such Roman devastation of the date palms, but rather cites numerous contemporary accounts attesting to the continuing extent of date cultivation through the Roman period. Goor only detects a decline in date cultivation through the period of Early Arab rule and especially during the Crusades, when he notes that the devastation of the region was particularly hard on the palm plantations. However, despite this, extensive cultivation persisted in Jericho and Zoara, until the agrarian economy collapsed during Mamluk rule around the 14th century, which he attributes to a change in the climate."
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So Chateaux TV - This French doctor just bought a chateau, tour before renovation
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Why our generals were more successful in World War II than in Korea, Vietnam or Iraq/Afghanistan
"Thomas E. Ricks is a Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). Concurrently with his duties at CNAS, Ricks writes an online blog for ForeignPolicy.com called, 'The Best Defense,' serves as contributing editor for Foreign Policy."