In 1864, Jourdon Anderson and his wife escaped a life of slavery and moved to Ohio. A year later, he received a desperate letter from the man who used to own him, in which he was asked to return to work... continue reading
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1:03 / 11:37 "Don't Come To NY" | NY Mayor In Mexico To Warn Migrants New York Is Full.
posted by bobknight33 7 months ago • 15 views • 11:38In 2011, The Metropolitan Museum of Art opened the New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia, which house the Museum's renowned collection of Islamic... continue reading
posted by newtboy 1 year 3 months 3 weeks ago • 60 views • 17:44New York Nuclear PSA tells citizens what to do in case of an attack NYC Emergency Management shares important steps for New Yorkers to follow if a nuclear attack occurs.
posted by BSR 1 year 10 months ago • 295 views • 1:36Dr. Matthew Walker and Dr. Andrew Huberman discuss how marijuana affects sleep. Dr. Matthew Walker is a professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley and is the... continue reading
posted by eric3579 2 years 7 months ago • 21 views • 9:40Officials in Buffalo, New York, want an investigation into the firing of a black police officer who intervened when a white colleague had a suspect in a chokehold. The incident happened in November 2006.... continue reading
posted by newtboy 3 years 11 months ago • 646 views • 5:14YouTube description: It sounds ridiculous, but it's true. At the Cooper Union Foundation Building in New York, there's the world's first elevator shaft: constructed four years before the safety elevator... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 731 views • 5:10YouTube description: Bob Ross painted more than 1,000 landscapes for his television show — so why are they so hard to find? Solving one of the internet’s favorite little mysteries.... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 10 months ago • 434 views • 10:50Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election will be read live in New York City. According to Reuters, there will be around 20 actors performing the reading. Those include,... continue reading
posted by newtboy 4 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 132 views • 33 secsYouTube description: The Citicorp Center repair is a classic engineering case study of how mistakes must be avoided in engineering and construction of public works. A skyscraper in New York City needed... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 11 months 1 week ago • 1,280 views • 8:24YouTube description: The moon is looking more full than ever. The director Todd Douglas Miller assembles beautifully restored archival footage, blends that with audio from the astronauts and a vibrant... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months ago • 311 views • 2:41The Hunt-Lenox globe is the second-oldest surviving terrestrial globe and also the oldest known globe to depict the Americas. The globe is covered in hidden details, including the Latin phrase, HC SVNT... continue reading
posted by newtboy 5 years 3 months ago • 497 views • 2:26This video is equally a promo for Google Cloud, and a really interesting story about the digitizing the photo library of the New York Times. YouTube description: Google Cloud is helping the New York... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 6 months ago • 475 views • 3:56The bizarre and convoluted tale of Liberty Island
posted by ChaosEngine 5 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 648 views • 7:29"It’s more than just dancing around. ... If you’ve ever seen an orchestra perform you’ve probably had a difficult time looking away from the person dead center on the stage – the conductor. It’s... continue reading
posted by ant 5 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 16 views • 4:42YouTube description: What do you do if you're lost in Central Park? How to always find your way out with the secret code in New York City 1800s street lights. (via laughingsquid)... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 1,860 views • 2:20