Coffee is bad for you. Coffee is good for you. The benefits or disadvantages of drinking coffee are wildly debated. Countless studies have been published, all claiming to have found the truth about the world’s favorite beverage. We’ve tracked down some of these (not always so) scientific reports in 12 different videos about coffee. Watch, and then have a cuppa. Or not.
Dreaming of a train ride through stunning green landscapes and snow-capped mountain peaks? Join us for an evening watching some of the most picturesque train journeys through the Swiss, German, Italian, and the Austrian Alps.
Cryptocurrencies and NFTs, digital artworks, use a lot of energy. To produce a single NFT, as much as 332 kWh of energy might be needed. That’s the equivalent of charging a smartphone 28,620 times. But there are sustainable alternatives. We’ve found 4 videos that explain what Clean NFTs are – and how all NFTs might soon become clean.
Caramel popcorn has a long history in the United States. It’s one of the country’s absolute favorite snacks. The combination of sugar and popcorn dates as far back as the 1890s when Cracker Jack’s molasses-flavored, caramel-coated popcorn got introduced. There are other ways to enjoy sweetened popcorn, though. We’ve gathered 18 creative popcorn recipes – from Apple Pie Popcorn to Popcorn Cheesecake. While we were at it, we threw in a couple of savory recipes as well – How about Butter Masala Popcorn or Spicy Pad Thai Popcorn? Prepare to binge!
Do you miss walking the streets of Paris, bubbling with life and people? We’ve found 7 great walking videos from Paris, featuring long, treadmill-friendly walks during the day as well as at night. Did you know that Paris is called “the city of light”, or La Ville-Lumière, because of a 17th-century effort to make the city safer? To reduce the after dusk crime rate, lanterns were installed on almost all main streets. The residents of Paris were asked to place lights in their windows. Thus, wrongdoers would have a harder time hiding from the police during the night.
A ferry that travels through the air? That’s essentially what a transporter bridge is. The gondola is usually attached to a tall metal frame by long wires. Electric motors bring the gondola from one to the opposite side of a river. Some transporter bridges carry cars, while others only are used for people and bikes. We’ve found 8 of these ferry bridges that are still in service – Watch them all in action here!
It’s a special feeling to walk into a genuine bookstore or an antique shop for old books. The sound, or rather the silence, the smell – and especially the people. If you haven’t been able to stroll into a physical bookstore for a while, here are a few videos to get you into the mood.
Where there are humans, there are spiders. There is a range of spider species that thrive in or around your house. They are predominantly active during the autumn or winter. Most of these spiders are not harmful to humans, and some actually make quite good pets! Others are great for pest control. We’ve searched walls, cabinets, and YouTube for some of the most common house spiders – Watch and learn!
Women travel solo more than men. A survey done by Booking.com in 2014 found that 65 percent of American women were taking vacations without their partner, a number that for sure is higher today. One report from 2020 claims that 85 percent of overseas solo travelers are women. Solo Travel Society asked their female members on Facebook why they travel solo, and 46 percent said that freedom, independence, and the chance to do what they want when they want was the main driver. We’ve found 14 remarkable women who travel the world – watch their stories here.
So you’ve heard about NFTs, and probably how tech billionaires and nerds buy and sell them for astronomical figures. But what exactly is an NFT? It’s often digital art that lives on the Ethereum blockchain. We’ve found 10 videos that explain from the ground up what NFTs are. We begin with the fundamentals and get into the particulars towards the end.
People live in the coldest places. Imagine taking a walk when the temperature outside is −71.2 °C (or −96.2 °F). That’s the coldest recorded temperature in the Russian village of Oymiakon. Russia is also home to the world’s coldest large city, Yakutsk, where temperatures can drop to –55 °C (–67 °F) during the winter. We’ve found 10 videos about life in 7 freezing places around the world – most of them in Russia.
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