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December 14, 2017

Chinese History in 3.5 Minutes [Repost]

Both Gary and I have taken courses where we had to memorize a LOT of Chinese history – and when we saw this video from Globe & Mail journalist Mark…..

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December 6, 2017

Akber Batada’s Cosmic Cab [Repost]

If you haven’t already heard about Toronto’s Cosmic Cab then you’ll certainly be on the lookout for him after you see this short video by CityTV. While a driver with…..

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November 24, 2017

Cayman Islands 1932 hurricane [Repost]

Perhaps one of the worst hurricanes to hit the Cayman Islands until Hurricane Ivan in 2004, the hurricane of November 1932 wreaked havoc over the 8th and 9th caused widespread…..

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November 20, 2017

World’s first human-powered helicopter [Repost]

The Atlas Human-Powered Helicopter was designed and constructed by the University of Toronto AeroVelo’s alumni team and on June 13th 2013 it sustained sufficient altitude of 3.3 metres remaining aloft…..

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November 16, 2017

CSA rover tour and demonstration [Repost]

During the 2012 August long weekend here in Ontario we had the chance to go out to the Canadian Space Agency headquarters in St. Hubert, Quebec for their #CSAtweetup of…..

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August 24, 2017

Remixes of Thrones [Repost]

One thing Gary and I don’t talk a lot about is taking ballroom dance – it’s not because we feel this is something embarrassing, but because we feel we suck……

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August 10, 2017

Istanbul Sites: Yerebatan Sarnici tour [Repost]

During our visit to Istanbul in November 2011, we had the opportunity to visit the largest and oldest of the cisterns beneath the city. Our apologies for the poor quality…..