Educated Earth shares an under 45 minutes five parts YouTube video (#1, #2, #3, #4, and #5) that shows an educational howto guide on how to survive a flood in a house, office, and car.

VideoSift shares a 7.25 minutes YouTube video showing the beginning of the very first episode of 3-2-1 Contact in 1980. It also shows the music recording of its theme song

GameTrailers share a few short (more are coming soon and weekly?) videos showing "The Science of Games With Dr. Michio Kaku" -- "... world renowned physicist and the co-founder of string field theory, tackles some of the biggest topics in contemporary science. Now he's set his sights on the world of video games, as he disentangles science fact from fiction

Boing Boing shares A Moment of Science artic

Educated Earth, with its playlist, shares a five parts YouTube video (#1, #2, #3, #4, and #5; 58.5 minutes in total) of an old documentary titled "The Fantastic World of M.C.

Neatorama shares a mental_floss blog on "The Stories Behind 8 Back-to-School Essentials"

Neatorama shares a GOOD article on the history of "dude" word/term

BBC News report on "How the internet is changing language. 'To Google' has become a universally understood verb and many countries are developing their own internet slang. But is the web changing language and is everyone up to speed? ..."

VideoSift shares a 2.25 minutes YouTube video showing one of That Mitchell And Webb Look series 4 episode 1's skit on "Proper Language Use".

Neatorama shares its Neatobambino article on "Parenting through History: A Look at Childrearing in Five Historic Societies" -- "Perhaps your parents or grandparents had different approaches to raising children than you are using in bringing up your own children. These weren't necessarily bad means of parenting -- but different because they reflected cultural values that have changed over the generations.

Boston reports words and phrases like "friend, Google, TiVo, log in, contact, barbecue (BBQ), unlike, concept, text, Photoshop, leverage, party, Xerox, reference, architect, parent, improv, transition, diligence, host, chair, gift, heart, and impact have all been declared--by someone, somewhere, whether a usage expert or just a self-appointed language cop--'not verbs.'

Boing Boing and Mario Vittone report that "the kind of drowning you see on television/TV--think thrashy, screamy--doesn't have much in common with what real drowning looks like...

5min has a three minutes and six seconds video showing Penn & Teller explaining cups and balls.

Digg shares a two minutes Discovery News video on a brief history of Uncle Sam and who he was

VideoSift shares a short/nine minutes and seven seconds YouTube video on "Disney World Underground Tunnels"

VideoSift shares a 5.25 minutes educational YouTube video showing how "toilets are made -- the process of making the most important piece of furniture in our homes

Boing Boing shares Forbes' interactive map showing "where Americans are moving.