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Jamie Lee Curtis on Turning Off the Juice - 19 comments

Video: Inside the Chernobyl "Zone of Alienation" - 12 comments

Chicago Gang Business Cards - 10 comments

The Late Movies: "Dust in the Wind" Covers - 5 comments

"Deadliest Catch" Star Captain Phil Harris Dies - 11 comments

Inside Antiques Roadshow - no comments

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How To Report the News - 9 comments

Tonight on NOVA: Ghosts of Machu Picchu - 3 comments, and I learned how to spell Machu Picchu

Garry Kasparov on Chess, Computers, and Grandmasters Using Computers - no comments

The Late Movies: The Day the Music Died - 6 comments

That's Not Art - 10 comments

Neil deGrasse Tyson "Not the Boss of the Solar System," Says News Industry - 5 comments defending deGrasse Tyson

How to Rock Out, Even if You Don't Play an Instrument - 4 comments

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Adventure Science: Kon-Tiki, 1950 - 2 comments

Designer Saul Bass: "I don't give a damn whether the client understands that [beauty] is worth anything." - 1 comment

Confessions of a Book Pirate - 17 comments

The Late Movies: Covers of Morrissey & The Smiths - 31 comments (!) and picked up by USA Today's Pop Candy

Wes Anderson Accepts Award Via Stop-Motion Animation - 3 comments

Do You Remove Book Jackets? - 57 comments (!!)

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Crayola Evolution: 1903-2010 - 7 comments

Tonight on PBS: NOVA - Riddles of the Sphinx - 4 comments

Tim Burton's VINCENT, a Tribute to Edgar Allan Poe and Vincent Price - 10 comments

The Late Movies: The Hitchcock Interview, 1973 - 1 comment

8 Amazing Octopus Videos - 4 comments, and a Digg front page!

OkCupid Analyzes Online Dating Data; Surprising Conclusions Revealed - 10 comments

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Netflix Rental Patterns, or, Minnesotans Love to Rent "The Bucket List" - 5 comments

Vonnegut's Letter to His Family About His Imprisonment in Slaughterhouse Five - 12 comments

Ren & Stimpy Creator Sends Awesome Letter to Kid - 5 comments

The Late Movies: Jay Leno Impressions - 4 comments

How Long Will You Live? - 11 comments

How to Boil Water - 7 comments

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What Really Motivates Us - 12 comments

Is Your Child a Dandelion or an Orchid? - 12 comments

The Last Decade According to 9-Year-Olds - 27 comments

The Late Movies: Top 10 Antiques Roadshow Valuations - 16 comments

Symphony of Science: "The Unbroken Thread" (Attenborough, Goodall, Sagan) - 1 comment

The Largest Record Collection in the World, Still for Sale - 6 comments

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Required Viewing: "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace" 70-min Critique - 10 comments

The Last Living American Veteran of WWI - 15 comments

Creepy Animated Short "Alma" Online Now - 15 comments

The Late Movies: Kim Peek, the Original "Rain Man" - 3 comments

Best Sesame Street Videos We Posted in 2009 - 8 comments

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Sesame Street + Philip Glass = Crazy Brain Explosion - 12 comments

How Rapper MC Frontalot is Quitting Smoking Using Dungeons & Dragons - 6 comments

What Not to Eat: Chain Restaurant Pasta - 23 comments, boy, some people really hate the CSPI

The Late Movies: Bloopers A-Plenty - 10 comments

10 Years and 1 Day - A Decade in Polaroids - 9 comments

Get Happy: "The Rainbow Connection" - 18 comments

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Giant Leopard Seal Brings Penguins to Photographer - 7 comments

4-Year-Old Urges: "Give a Chance 4 Peace" - 8 comments

Pee-Wee Herman's 1988 Christmas Special: Streaming Online! - 5 comments

The Late Movies: Rock On, Wesley Willis - 11 comments

Documentaries I Like: Wesley Willis's Joy Rides - It's A Rock-You-Mentary - 8 comments

Dr. Who Sells Computers - 3 comments

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Symphony of Science: 'Our Place in the Cosmos' (ft. Sagan, Dawkins, Kaku, Jastrow) - no comments?

Time Lapse: 5 Years of Graffiti in 2 Minutes - 3 comments

The Original LOL Cat? (UPDATE: An Early LOL Cat) - 8 comments, and widely retweeted

The Late Movies: Target Women (aka, TV Commercials are Stupid) - 8 comments

Video: How Vinyl Records are Made - 2 comments

"Skullcrusher Mountain" - Sweetest Evil Genius Song Ever - 15 comments, including a micro-flamewar re Dr. Horrible

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Airing Tomorrow on PBS: OBJECTIFIED, a Documentary About Things - 5 comments

Airing TONIGHT on PBS - NOVA: What Are Dreams? - 3 comments

Turkey Tracker: What to Watch (Online) This Thanksgiving - no comments

The Late Movies: The American Budget Shopping Network - 3 comments

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2,000fps Slo-Mo Video of Water Drops - no comments

Inside Oliver Sacks's Brain (As He Listens to Music) - 4 comments

Mel Blanc: Man of a Thousand Voices - 5 comments

The Late Movies: We Love Local Commercials - 8 comments, and seriously worth a look

Bobby McFerrin Makes a Keyboard...Out of People - 6 comments

Required Viewing: "Powers of Ten" - 11 comments

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Star Wars: How the Death Star Computer Graphics Sequence Was Made - 9 comments

Monty Python: Hilarious & Touching Clips from Graham Chapman's Funeral - 7 comments

John Cleese: Create a Tortoise Enclosure for Your Mind - 3 comments

The Late Movies: Ali G - 3 comments

Know Your Meme: Auto-Tune - 1 comment

Seinfeld: Kramer Enters Over and Over - 3 comments

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Mind-Blowing Accordion Performance - Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" Performed Solo - 8 comments

Put This On: Denim - 7 comments

Documentaries I Like: Strange Parallel (Elliott Smith) - 5 comments

The Late Movies: 10 Elliott Smith Songs - 9 comments

State Plates: All 50 States in Convenient Souvenir Plate Form - 15 comments

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Klinginem - Rapping Eminem Songs in Klingon (Seriously) - 8 comments

Turn of the Century: Old Photos - 5 comments

"The Botany of Desire" Documentary, TONIGHT at 8pm on PBS - 12 comments

The Late Movies: Full Length Animated Films - 3 comments

The Mathematical Pi Song - 7 comments

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