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Concerning free online lectures... if you want to access them all in one place, go to http://www.academicearth.org - recently launched site, it has all of those lectures up, ranging from history and economics to anatomy and biology

Wow, that tidbit about parsley is pretty interesting, I wonder why that is? Anyway, we have a lot of good ones here, so I'm going to go ahead and post the link. I put a couple up on there that I found interesting enough to research more - if I didn't put yours up, don't hesitate to submit it, but be sure to fully explain what you're talking about. At this moment we don't have very many features (browsing and searching are needed), but we should get those working soon. The URL is: http://www.sharetolearn.net You can submit new ones there or keep posting them in this thread... or both!

Wow, these are all great! I'd like to ask that you do explain yourself, though.. for example, Severian, where is this supergiant Antares? Is our sun particularly smaller than most other stars, or is that one just so massive? Keep 'em coming!

Hi there, This thread is similar to one that's been posted already in that I have a website, and am currently looking to fill it with content. The goal behind the site is to allow people to share the knowledge they've gained through their experiences with the world. Most of them are a couple sentences long, and they describe some phenomenon, fallacy, misconception, etymology, or otherwise rare, interesting piece of knowledge. Here's an example from the site: So, I'd like you to post any of yours here. If you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer them. If you're having trouble thinking of good examples, just try to think of something that would blow someone's mind - someone who doesn't know anything about the field you study or work with. A biologically immortal jellyfish, for example. I'll try to post ones you come up with on the site, unless you request not to. I'll also paste the website address if we get a lot of responses (otherwise I'll just PM the responders - I don't want to have unwanted advertising). So by all means - tell me something I don't know! Sean