Turbulence: One of the Great Unsolved Mysteries of Physics

What is turbulence and why does it happen? Explore the phenomenon that has perplexed physicists for over a century.

You’re on an airplane when you feel a sudden jolt. Outside your window nothing seems to be happening, yet the plane continues to rattle you and your fellow passengers as it passes through turbulent air in the atmosphere. What exactly is turbulence, and why does it happen? Tomás Chor dives into one of the prevailing mysteries of physics: the complex phenomenon of turbulence.

 

 

A Brief History Of Dogs

Trace the history of how wolves, one of humanity’s oldest rivals, evolved into the domesticated dogs we call “man’s best friend.”

Since their emergence over 200,000 years ago, modern humans have established communities all over the planet. But they didn’t do it alone. Whatever corner of the globe you find humans in today, you’re likely to find another species as well: dogs. So how did one of our oldest rivals, the wolf, evolve into man’s best friend? David Ian Howe traces the history of humanity’s first domesticated animal.

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What Made George Washington Great?

There would have never been a United States of America without George Washington. John Rhodehamel, author of “George Washington: The Wonder of the Age,” details how Washington successfully guided the budding nation through war and nurtured her in peace.



Did You Know Native Americans Owned Slaves?

A fact that is conveniently overlooked by those calling for reparations.

Did You Know Native Americans Owned Slaves?

Elizabeth Warren got some ‘splaining to do!

The 13th Amendment did not free all slaves in the boundaries of modern-day US. Members of five Native American nations, the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole Nations (known as the Five Tribes), owned black slaves. Located outside the territorial boundaries of the US in a region known as Indian Territory (modern-day Oklahoma), these sovereign nations were not affected by proclamations or constitutional amendments. Instead, separate treaties had to be made between the US and these Native American nations not only to free slaves, but also to formally end the American Civil War battles and antagonism between American and Native American troops.

Don Cheadle finds out Native Americans owned his ancestors:

Don Cheadle discovers his ancestors were never owned by white people, but instead by Native Americans. Slaves weren’t freed from Native American ownership until 3 years after the Civil War when the white US government forced them to.

Did You Know Native Americans Owned Slaves?

An Ancestry of African-Native Americans



Smart Tricks To Open Anything

These incredibly handy life hacks will help you open almost anything around you!

Cans, tight lids on the jars, wine corks, beer bottles, and not to mention opening of the handcuffs and locks without using a key!

You’re gonna be surprised as much as delighted, let’s give these awesome hacks a try! ;)

I had no idea you can open a beer bottle with paper! Now I’ll share this secret hack with you! Or you can open glass bottle with another bottle, plastic one.

And if you’re struggling with opening tight preservation lids I know how to help:

4. Heat it first with a hair dryer or hot water
3. Use scotch tape
2. Use rubber band and glove
1. Hit it with kitchen spatula and then open up.

I’ll teach you how to open a can with a silver spoon and make cookie cutters from soda cans. It’s gonna be fun! ;)

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7:07 Do it right

 

 

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