I’ve been waiting for The Pacific, HBO’s and Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks‘ sequel miniseries to the fantastic Band of Brothers. Tonight the wait is over. Found at YouTube from HBO. Found at YouTube from HBO. Found at YouTube from HBO. Found at YouTube from HBO. Found at YouTube from HBO. Found at YouTube from HBO. [...]

A Vietnam vet has uploaded his home movies shot during his service in the Vietnam War and set to classic songs by Johnny Cash, Credence Clearwater Revival, The Trashmen, and The Tokens. Found at LiveLeak.com from Old_Sloop.

The remains of an extraordinary fossil unearthed in 67-million-year-old sediments from Gujarat, western India reveal that snakes preyed on hatchling dinosaurs. The snake was coiled around a recently hatched egg adjacent to a hatchling sauropod. The discovery was made by in international team of scientists led by the University of Michigan’s Jeff Wilson and the [...]

Art student Jamie Bell wanted to wrap up his art course with a bang and so he decided to tell the history of everything in flipbook form. Found at YouTube from DispleasedEskimo via Holy Kaw!

On this day in 1988, televangelist Jimmy Swaggart confessed to unspecified sins that turned out to be having sex with a prostitute. Swaggart was believed to be behind the rumors of sexual infidelities that brought down his televangelist rival, Jim Bakker. Hypocrites. Found at YouTube from WhatYaGottaKnow.

General Alexander Haig, a top adviser to Presidents Nixon, Ford and Reagan has died. As Anthony Mason reports, he made his mark during two critical periods in the White House. Found at CBS News.

A group of University of Kansas researchers working with Chinese colleagues have discovered a venomous, birdlike raptor that thrived some 128 million years ago in China. This is the first report of venom in the lineage that leads to modern birds. Found at YouTube from KU.

A visit to Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia home, Monticello, reveals Jefferson’s precious belongings. Jefferson designed the house, which he retired to after the presidency. Found at Hulu.

The discovery of the ruins of George Washington’s childhood home reveals the man behind the myth. Found at YouTube from NationalGeographic.

A reconstructed life story of Nacht, one of workers who was part of building king Kufu’s great pyramid, courtesy of a BBC special. Found at YouTube from cheegum.