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Startread by SpaceMarine8 · recorded May 27, 2024 · 0:03:01 · 2.3 MB
Lamellibrachia luymesi1
Lamellibrachia is a genus of tube worms related to the giant tube worm, Riftia pachyptila. They live at deep-sea cold seeps where hydrocarbons (oil and methane) leak out of the seafloor, and are entirely reliant on internal, sulfide-oxidizing bacterial symbionts for their nutrition. The symbionts, gammaproteobacteria, require sulfide and inorganic carbon (carbon dioxide). The tube worms extract dissolved oxygen and…
FAread by Vonfraginoff · recorded August 17, 2006 · 0:12:20 · 8.5 MB
Watchmen is a comic book limited series by the British creative team of writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons, and colorist John Higgins. It was published monthly by DC Comics in 1986 and 1987 before being collected in a single-volume edition in 1987. Watchmen originated from a story proposal Moore submitted to DC featuring superhero characters that the company had acquired from Charlton Comics. As Moore's proposed…
Cread by M4th5 · recorded January 2, 2011 · 0:03:52 · 2.9 MB
The fibreglass TARDIS prop used between 1980 and 1989.
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series first broadcast by the BBC in 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson, follows the adventures of the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being from a humanoid species known as Time Lords. The Doctor travels through space and time using a time travelling spaceship called the TARDIS, which has an exterior that resembles a British…
Startread by Luigi30 · recorded April 15, 2005 · 0:04:59 · 3.4 MB
John of Ibelin (c. 1179 – 1236), called the Old Lord of Beirut, was a powerful crusader noble in the 13th century, one of the best known representatives of the influential Ibelin family. The son of Balian of Ibelin and the dowager queen Maria Comnena, he had close ties with the nobility of both Cyprus and Jerusalem, since he was the half-brother of Queen Isabella I of Jerusalem. Before he was 20, he was appointed…
FAread by Vonfraginoff · recorded August 17, 2006 · 0:16:00 · 11.0 MB
Watchmen is a comic book limited series by the British creative team of writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons, and colorist John Higgins. It was published monthly by DC Comics in 1986 and 1987 before being collected in a single-volume edition in 1987. Watchmen originated from a story proposal Moore submitted to DC featuring superhero characters that the company had acquired from Charlton Comics. As Moore's proposed…
Cread by ZNQriGo0GUGMAibZXgBV · recorded April 2023 · 0:34:56 · 24.5 MB
Bell logo
Bell Canada (commonly referred to as Bell) is a Canadian telecommunications company headquartered at 1 Carrefour Alexander-Graham-Bell in the borough of Verdun, Quebec, Canada. It is an ILEC (incumbent local exchange carrier) in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec; as such, it was a founding member of the Stentor Alliance. It is also a CLEC (competitive local exchange carrier) for enterprise customers in the western…
Startread by Mangst · recorded January 10, 2010 · 0:01:32 · 1.1 MB
Pandora PIA07632
Pandora is an inner satellite of Saturn. It was discovered in 1980 from photos taken by the Voyager 1 probe and was provisionally designated S/1980 S 26. In late 1985, it was officially named after Pandora from Greek mythology. It is also designated as Saturn XVII.
Pandora was thought to be an outer shepherd satellite of the F Ring. However, recent studies indicate that it does not play such a role, and that only…
Startread by Jonathan Coulton & John Roderick · recorded October 2013 · 0:03:22 · 2.6 MB
Jonathan Coulton cropped
Jonathan William Coulton (born December 1, 1970), often called "JoCo" by fans, is an American folk/comedy singer-songwriter, known for his songs about geek culture and his use of the Internet to draw fans. Among his most popular songs are "Code Monkey", "Re: Your Brains", "Still Alive", and "Want You Gone" (the last three being featured in games developed by Valve: Left 4 Dead 2, Portal, and Portal 2 respectively)…
Bread by Kevin F. Story · recorded September 2007 · 0:24:32 · 18.0 MB
Bust of Gaius Iulius Caesar in Naples
Gaius Julius Caesar (12 or 13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general, statesman, and author who was the dictator of the Roman Republic almost continuously from 49 BC until his assassination in 44 BC. A member of the First Triumvirate, he led the Roman armies through the Gallic Wars and defeated his political rival Pompey in Caesar's civil war. He consolidated power and proclaimed himself dictator for life…
Stubread by Nicholas Moreau · recorded January 2016 · 0:00:24 · 0.3 MB
Krini (Greek: Κρήνη) is a small town of approximately 400 year-round inhabitants in Northern Greece. Krini is a community of the municipal unit Triglia, regional unit of Chalkidiki. Krini's main agricultural crops include wheat, olives, onions, grapes, and anise.
Bread by Authors of the article · recorded May 2020 · 0:06:54 · 5.0 MB
Carole Baskin September 2019 (cropped)
Carole Ann Baskin (née Stairs; born June 6, 1961) is an American animal rights activist and the CEO of Big Cat Rescue, a non-profit animal sanctuary. She advocates for the plight of captive big cats.
Baskin was featured in the 2020 Netflix true crime documentary series Tiger King, which follows Baskin's escalating feud with Oklahoma-based private zoo owner Joe Exotic. Following the release of the series, many…
Stubread by Witbcoedus · recorded March 2012 · 0:03:01 · 2.8 MB
Sanford FL Amtrak sign01
Sanford station is a railroad terminal in Sanford, Florida. It is the southern terminus for Amtrak's Auto Train, which runs between this station and Lorton, Virginia. It is Amtrak's busiest station in Florida, as of fiscal 2022, when it served 269,381 passengers.
As of 2022, the Auto Train loads its passengers on two tracks in Sanford, as no single track is long enough for all of the passenger railcars. A railroad…
Bread by Kevin F. Story · recorded September 2007 · 0:19:41 · 14.7 MB
Bust of Gaius Iulius Caesar in Naples
Gaius Julius Caesar (12 or 13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general, statesman, and author who was the dictator of the Roman Republic almost continuously from 49 BC until his assassination in 44 BC. A member of the First Triumvirate, he led the Roman armies through the Gallic Wars and defeated his political rival Pompey in Caesar's civil war. He consolidated power and proclaimed himself dictator for life…
Startread by JohnAnkerBow · recorded December 2019 · 0:08:13 · 5.7 MB
Caged is a 1950 American film noir directed by John Cromwell and starring Eleanor Parker, Agnes Moorehead, Betty Garde, Hope Emerson, and Ellen Corby. It was adapted by Virginia Kellogg from the story "Women Without Men" by Kellogg and Bernard C. Schoenfeld.
The film portrays the story of a young newlywed sent to prison for armed robbery. Her brutal experiences while incarcerated, along with the killing of her…
Stubread by LauraHale · recorded June 2012 · 0:00:41 · 0.5 MB
Chinese Taipei men's national softball team is the national team for Taiwan (Chinese Taipei). The 1988 World Championships were held in Saskatoon, Canada. The team played 13 games in the round robin round. Australia beat Chinese Taipei 2–0 in one game in this round. The 1992 World Championships, the eighth time the event was competed for, was held in Manila. Australia beat Chinese Taipei 9–2 in one game in the…
Bread by Kevin F. Story · recorded September 2007 · 0:19:11 · 14.3 MB
Bust of Gaius Iulius Caesar in Naples
Gaius Julius Caesar (12 or 13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general, statesman, and author who was the dictator of the Roman Republic almost continuously from 49 BC until his assassination in 44 BC. A member of the First Triumvirate, he led the Roman armies through the Gallic Wars and defeated his political rival Pompey in Caesar's civil war. He consolidated power and proclaimed himself dictator for life…
Startread by Alexkillby · recorded September 2007 · 0:01:55 · 1.8 MB
Grave marker of Joseph Fielding Smith.
Joseph Fielding Smith Jr. (July 19, 1876 – July 2, 1972) was an American religious leader and writer who served as the tenth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1970 until his death in 1972. He was the son of former church president Joseph F. Smith and the great-nephew of church founder Joseph Smith.
Smith was named to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1910, when his…
Bread by Caninedoubletake · recorded September 2007 · 0:04:30 · 3.2 MB
Simplified parse tree PN = proper noun N = noun V = verb NP = noun phrase RC =…
"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" is a sentence that is grammatically correct in English that is often presented as an example of how homonyms and homophones can be used to create complicated linguistic constructs through lexical ambiguity. It has been discussed in literature in various forms since 1967, when it appeared in Dmitri Borgmann's Beyond Language: Adventures in Word and…
GAread by CanonNi · recorded January 2025 · 0:07:54 · 5.5 MB
The player must follow strict rules that may conflict with one another, and at…
The Password Game is a 2023 puzzle browser game developed by Neal Agarwal, on the online website neal.fun, where the player creates a password that follows increasingly unusual and complicated rules. Based on Agarwal's experience with password policies, the game was developed in two months, releasing on June 27, 2023. The game went viral and was recognized in the media for the gameplay's absurdity and commentary on…
FLread by Nicholas Moreau · recorded January 2016 · 0:10:40 · 7.6 MB
Jacob Hoggard, the lead singer of Hedley, finished third on the second season…
Canadian Idol was a Canadian interactive reality game show series. The series premiered their first season in 2003 on CTV and was on air for six seasons. Based on the American version of the show, American Idol, it is part of the Idol series. Canadian Idol was the most-watched Canadian English-language television series of 2008. The show began with a tour across Canada, in which singers audition in front of four…
Startread by LauraHale · recorded June 2012 · 0:03:22 · 2.3 MB
Luciano Ercoli (19 October 1929 – 15 March 2015) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, producer and unit production manager. Ercoli's career spanned approximately two decades before his retirement in the late 1970s, and saw him direct several films in the giallo genre, as well producing several Spaghetti Westerns. Ercoli was married to Spanish actress Nieves Navarro, who has appeared in several of the films he…
Startread by Clay2004 · recorded July 2026 · 0:10:08 · 7.0 MB
Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots is a two-player action toy and game designed by Marvin Glass and Associates, and first manufactured by the Louis Marx and Company toy company in 1964.
The game features two dueling boxing robots, Red Rocker and Blue Bomber, which are mechanically manipulated by the game's players. The game is won when one player knocks the opposing robot's head up and off the shoulders. The Marx Company was…
Cread by Matty2025 · recorded September 2007 · 0:02:39 · 2.2 MB
The Matterhorn
Matterhorn Bobsleds is an attraction that consists of a pair of intertwined steel roller coasters running through a fabricated mountain. It is located at Disneyland in Anaheim, California and is modeled after the Matterhorn, a mountain in the Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy. It is the first known permanently-installed tubular steel track roller coaster, though coasters with tubular steel tracks had…
Startread by Warpig · recorded May 2016 · 0:06:31 · 4.6 MB
Microphone covers are occasionally used to improve sound quality by reducing…
Sound quality is typically an assessment of the accuracy, fidelity, or intelligibility of audio output from an electronic device. Quality can be measured to a specific set of standards, such as when tools are used to gauge the accuracy with which the device reproduces an original sound; or it can be measured subjectively, such as when human listeners respond to the sound or gauge its perceived similarity to another…
