• 2012
Thoughty2

Summary Arran Lomas explores various topics in science, history, and society. View more details

  • 2012

Thoughty2

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Arran Lomas

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8.5

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Oct 15, 2012

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : Official site, not YouTube channel where videos are uploaded Official YouTube Channel

Language : English

Summary Arran Lomas explores various topics in science, history, and society. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Oct 15, 2012

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : Official site, not YouTube channel where videos are uploaded Official YouTube Channel

Language : English

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Arran Lomas in Thoughty2 (2012)

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Feb 08, 2015
Top 10 Strangest Elements
Add or remove a proton from an atom and you have an entirely different element with an entirely different set of properties and behaviors. Some of these behaviors are quite unusual. For example; the metal gallium melts in your hand. Melt yellow sulfur and it becomes a red liquid. Curium glows in the dark. And we're just getting started.
Oct 25, 2017
These Ancient Relics Are so Advanced They Really Shouldn't Exist
The Antikythera Mechanism and Voynich Manuscript are relics from 2000 and 600 years ago that continue to baffle experts. The Antikythera Mechanism is an compact, ancient Greek, mechanical clock-calendar with precision and complexity that is know nowhere else in the next 1500 years. The Voynich Manuscript is a large handwritten book that is apparently encoded and remains the only text before 1800 that has not been decrypted.
Feb 27, 2020
Can't Focus? It's Not Your Fault, You're Being Tricked. This is How.
Apr 28, 2020
Why Martial Arts Are Suddenly Being Exposed as Fake
The emergence of Mixed Martial Arts disclosed that the traditional martial arts are far too specialized for personal protection being only effective against a short list of other techniques. A skilled Mixed Martial Arts fighter can readily take advantage of the limitations of the specialty arts.
Nov 30, 2020
Ever Had Deja Vu? This Is Why.
Deja Vu has been extensively studied by scientists as you probably recall. But you probably don't recall that these scientists have developed a multitude of theories about why it happens so hear's another run down.
Apr 27, 2021
Meet the Greatest Sniper Who Ever Lived
In 1939 the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany signed a non aggression pact and agreed a division of Europe. To claim their spoils the Soviet Union launched an invasion of Finland. But the Finns were well prepared for a guerrilla war. One of their most prominent combatants was Simo Hayha who averaged over five kills per day, including the Soviet snipers who were hunting him, until he was wounded in the final days of of the war.
May 09, 2021
The Terrifying Story of the Real Moby Dick
Arran recounts the ill fated whaling voyage of the Essex. Rammed and sunk by a giant sperm whale, the crew survived on meager supplies for months at sea in the ship's whale boats. Eventually crew members began to succumb to starvation and the surviving crew members turned to cannibalism leaving Hermann Melville a story line for a new book.
Jul 13, 2021
Why Was This Monkey Hanged?
Legend has it that the monkey statue at the harbor of Hartlepool England is a tribute to the sole survivor of a French shipwreck during the Napoleonic wars. The locals, having never seen, and thinking it was, a Frenchman hanged it as an enemy combatant. But there are any number of other version of the legend running all the way up to the Scottish coast. And you better be careful about which version you favor because deviations from the local story are not well received.
Jul 15, 2021
Step Inside the Weirdest Cult in History
In case you hadn't heard, Pythagorus was weird. And he had a weird cult of followers.
Jul 15, 2021
The Old Question Nobody Has Been Able to Answer
Arran discusses George Berkeley's 'idealistic' question "If a tree falls in the forest but know one is their to hear it does it make a sound?" Rather than taking a purely philosophical approach to the question he uses a physical/semantic approach beginning with "What is sound?"
Aug 19, 2021
Waves Are Getting Bigger and We Don't Know Why
In 1978 the MS Munchen disappeared in a storm it was supposed to be capable of handling. Experts were baffled. Then in1995 the Draupner Oil Platform was struck by a rogue wave that was only expected to occur very ten to twenty thousand years. So the ESA launched project MAXWAVE using orbiting satellites to see often monster waves really occur. Their conclusion: every day.
Oct 17, 2021
What Happened When America Tried to Invade Britain?
During the American Revolution John Paul Jones commanding a single ship sailed to Whitehaven England intent on annihilating a fleet of 400 British ships. All was going to plan until his crew developed a thirst in the local pubs and an ungrateful stowaway raised the alarm. But Jones did manage to sink a few ship and inspire the rebel colonists.
Oct 21, 2021
Welcome to the Most Powerful Secret Society in the World
The bohemian club was founded as a club for journalists and artists in 1872. It was gradually co-opted by rich and powerful American men who now enjoy the club's carefree fortnight in the redwood forest of California with drinking and whatever else.
Nov 07, 2021
Changing the Weather Is Much Easier Than You Think
Altering the whether is not a new endeavor but it's beginning to look like scientists are starting to get a handle on it. Which raises the question, is it really a good idea. After all, inducing rain just makes it fall in one place instead of another that may also need it. And then there are the side consequences.
Dec 19, 2021
Why the True Story of the Exorcist is Much Worse
If you're writing a novel there's no better place to look that real life especially if you're writing a really strange book like "The Exorcist". And if the real life account isn't quite true, it doesn't really matter.
Jan 02, 2022
Can You Find These Mutations on Your Body?
We owe humanity to millions of mutations. But some of these mutations are kinda useless these days.
Jan 09, 2022
Why Did All the Children in This Village Suddenly Disappear?
Historians are convinced that in the year 1284, 130 children in the town of Hamelin disappeared. How this happened is still a mystery but there are some better theories than a disgruntled flutist.
Jan 27, 2022
This Is the Most Dangerous Object Ever Created
Slated for a third atomic bomb to drop on Japan, the "deamon Core" was instead used for critically research after Japan's surrender. But it still proved lethal.
Feb 10, 2022
Meet the Most Mysterious Woman Who Ever Lived
Here's the still (2022) unsolved mystery of the Isdal Woman found burned to death in the Norwegian mountains in 1970.
Mar 03, 2022
Why Did the World's Best Chess Player Go Insane?
Bobby Fischer was likely the best chess player whoever lived. Ultimately it wasn't a better chess player but his troubled mind that defeated him.
Sep 05, 2024
This Underwater Waterfall Is Confusing Everyone
Pardon the equivocation 'but' let's take a look at a couple underwater waterfalls, sort off. Curiously the one you can look at isn't really a waterfall but the one you can't see kind of is.
Nov 17, 2024
There's a Strange Stone in the Middle of London and Nobody Knows Why
A fanciful monologue about a mystical stone from the unknown in the majestic city of London.
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