What is going to happen when this tiny egg is discovered at a pet shop? Watch as the egg is incubated and hatched. What a fascinating thing to watch this little parakeet hatch and grow!
https://youtu.be/Kd2srYijPhc
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Need some beauty and adventure in your social feed? PlanetFervor has you covered! It provides gorgeous videos of insanely beautiful and exciting travel locations including some daredevil activities you can try while on your adventure. Scroll through and see where you want to travel to next.
https://www.instagram.com/planetfervor
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Meet Erik Singer a dialect coach and his fellow Linguists in this video from Wired about the history behind accents of the English language in North America. What an interesting profession!
https://youtu.be/H1KP4ztKK0A (21 mins)
“Dialect coach Erik Singer takes us on a tour of different accents across English-speaking North America. Erik and a host of other linguists and language experts (Nicole Holliday, Megan Figueroa, Sunn m’Cheaux, and Kalina Newmark), take a look at some of the most interesting and distinct accents around the country.”
– Wired
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Remember Hit Clips? Tiny MP3 players from Tiger Electronics that played clips of popular songs from small micro chips that you could clip together as well as to your clothes or backpack? These were popular about 12 years ago in the early 2000s. The nostalgia is overwhelming! Here is an original commercial for this rad electronic micro music system with the MONSTER sound!
https://youtu.be/5j6j7HL6U_s
Video courtesy of iRemember That on YouTube.
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Watch as sneaky croc cameras from “Spy in the Wild” – BBC capture incredible footage of a mother crocodile’s first moments with her hatchlings on the banks of the Nile River.
https://youtu.be/_bVZeOt7bCw
See more clips from BBC’s Spy in the Wild – https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b088t67m/clips
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You know those life like wax figures you see in museums of famous figures, presidents, movie stars? Have you ever wondered how they are made and how can they possibly look so life like? Check out this video from the Science Channel’s show “How It’s Made.” The process is fascinating!
https://youtu.be/7B2yDuitwTY
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Need a good belly laugh? Watch this bear family discover the joys of a hammock. We “double dog dare” you not to laugh!
Video from The Dodo: Woman buys a hammock for the bear family that comes by her yard … and they LOVE it. https://youtu.be/mm8WXtrmjjg
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Ever consider a career in Interior Design? It can be lucrative profession. $$$ Check out this Pirate themed room from House8 Media & HGTV’s show Spaced Out. It comes complete with a sea floor, brig, gangway, pirate ship, crows nest and a super luge that takes you down to a rock climbing wall and game room! https://youtu.be/XWq3YsGOV5U
Check out more videos from House8 Media …
https://youtube.com/c/House8Media
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Ever wonder how Lava Lamps are made? It is an interesting lesson in glass blowing and chemistry! Watch this video from Business Insider to find out how these groovy lamps are made.
https://youtu.be/Gs-cOlrvNwI
“Since their invention in 1963, millions of lava lamps have been sold across the globe.” -Business Insider
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“John Edmark’s sculptures are both mesmerizing and mathematical. Using meticulously crafted platforms, patterns, and layers, Edmark’s art explores the seemingly magical properties that are present in spiral geometries. In his most recent body of work, Edmark creates a series of animating “blooms” that endlessly unfold and animate as they spin beneath a strobe light.” – SciFri
Check out SciFri ARTS’ video of John Edmark’s memsmorizing spirals and never ending blooms … https://youtu.be/B5p2A5mazEs
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