SKELETON PANDA SEA SQUIRT: A new species of sea creature that has a distinctive skeleton-like body structure and black spots that resemble a panda has been discovered in Japan. The "skeleton panda sea... continue reading
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The American Grumman Hellcat fighter dominated what used to be a feared aircraft in the skies over the Pacific, the Mitsubishi Zero. In this video we look at what made the Hellcat so potent.
posted by eric3579 1 year 2 months ago • 267 views • 12:32Dorothea Lange’s photos of the incarceration of Japanese Americans went largely unseen for decades. US President Franklin D. Roosevelt passed Executive Order 9066 in February 1942 — two months... continue reading
posted by eric3579 2 years 5 months ago • 82 views • 14:39YouTube description: About 25 generations of one family have made roasted rice cakes at Ichimonjiya Wasuke in Kyoto, Japan. Worshippers praying for good health at the Shinto shrine next door eat them... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 2 months 1 week ago • 160 views • 8:01Kiwami Japan back at it again with the sharpest knives...in the world, this time made of a crab shell.
posted by w1ndex 3 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 11 views • 16:08https://www.iter.org/ In southern France, 35 nations* are collaborating to build the world's largest tokamak, a magnetic fusion device that has been designed to prove the feasibility of fusion as a... continue reading
posted by eric3579 3 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 930 views • 7:59Zefrank gives his True Facts about Macaques. From Youtube, "CREDITS: MUSIC: https://soundcloud.com/querflote Thanks to Dr. Erin Riley, Dr. Kathryn Devaney, and Dr. Lauren Brent for their time helping ... continue reading
posted by w1ndex 3 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 378 views • 10:20Each season has its own distinctive flowers, and in Japan early May sees the wisteria blossom. Many people travel at that time to see fine examples of wisteria, a spreading vine that can be arranged over... continue reading
posted by newtboy 4 years ago • 388 views • 4:28Is Japan the perfect nation? -Rare Earth
posted by eric3579 4 years 5 months 4 weeks ago • 440 views • 12:43YouTube description: Some of the top-selling car brands in the United States are Japanese — Toyota, Honda, and Nissan especially. But the reverse isn't true – General Motors, Ford, and Fiat Chrysler... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 731 views • 7:13The Japanese have some interesting machinery used for rice cultivation.
posted by newtboy 5 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 581 views • 10:36ASM = Anti-Ship Missile. An interesting look into missile design and behaviors across the globe. From YT: Russia has got them... so does Japan, India, Taiwan, and others. So why doesn't the US?
posted by admiralronton 5 years 3 months ago • 491 views • 17:52"Conan’s Japanese etiquette instructor doesn’t like his eyes, face, or body. But she does like his watch..."
posted by ant 5 years 6 months 1 week ago • 23 views • 8:51YouTube description: On a small island, off the coast of Okinawa in Japan, the world’s most precious kimonos are crafted using a very unusual element: mud. The meticulous technique, which has been... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 2,040 views • 2:50An interesting an detailed animated account of how the attack at Pearl Harbor unfolded in 1941 with real footage and photos. Source: Montemayor
posted by b4rringt0n 5 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 50 views • 17:58YouTube description: At 30-years-old, Yu Kikuchi was tired of his job. Working in an assembly line that made turbines, he was aching to find a new lease on life. So when he heard about 80-year-old master... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 8 months ago • 303 views • 2:46YouTube description: Kakigori is a traditional Japanese shaved ice dessert dating back to the late 1800s. Originally meant for Japan’s elite, today it’s become a summer staple for everyone. Some,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 10 months ago • 163 views • 2:48A low-tech tank with fragile armour, a tank that never saw the enemy, and the tank used to teach how not to build tanks.
posted by Mordhaus 5 years 11 months ago • 74 views • 8:50Kiwami(extreme) Japan with the worlds sharpest plastic bottle knife.
posted by w1ndex 5 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 148 views • 11:11