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A rather awesome documentary covering the rich history of the Moors’ occupation in Europe.

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BBC documentary on the life of Jean-Paul Sartre.

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On the eve of the Firefox 3 release it’s only appropriate to view the kick-ass documentary Code Rush, which follows the burnout pace of a Silicon Valley superstar company on the verge of bankruptcy… and the beginnings of the open source Firefox codebase. Not available anywhere else, so see it now!

Via Waxy

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150 years after Charles Darwin predicted the existence of a moth with an insanely long tongue, footage is captured proving him correct.

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The Rotten Library has a great article covering the more unsavory aspects of Chess… it’s pretty darn funny so go check it out.

(Link may be NSFW)

Spock is better at 3D Chess than you

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Instrumental Transcommunication is the practice of giving spirits a pallet to make pictures for you.

It was pioneered by Klaus Schreiber, a grieving parent who discovered a picture of his deceased daughter after he was “directed” to focus a video camera on a television filled with static.

Modern practitioners use far more sophisticated techniques as illustrated by the video below.

Via this informative post.

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The two famous alcoholics face off on a 1968 episode of Firing Line, and come to a consensus of incoherence.

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masthead photo courtesy of inlumino.com