This is interesting but ugh! So many extinctions...

[ddstory.livejournal.com]

The 25 biggest turning points in Earth's history



Our planet has existed for 4.5 billion years, and it has been a busy few eons. Here are the 25 biggest milestones in Earth's history. From leaps forward in evolution to devastating asteroid impacts, these were the turning points that shaped our world.

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[nairiporter.livejournal.com]

That's interesting. Bookmarked!

[dexeron.livejournal.com]

Very neat!

I don't know if it's ever been shown/advertised outside of the U.S., but a great series that touches on a lot of these events (including the many various extinctions) is the recent "Cosmos" hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson (a followup to the wonderful earlier "Cosmos" series hosted by the incomparable Carl Sagan.) In some ways it's really just a survey course, a brief journey into some of these things, the people who discovered them, and how it all happened, but it's also designed for folks who haven't majored in/work in the scientific fields. I really strongly recommend it to anyone interested in the history of our world and its place in the universe.

[ddstory.livejournal.com]

I don't know if it's ever been shown/advertised outside of the U.S.

It has. ;)

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

People here download this kind of stuff from our awesome pirate websites. The episodes usually pop up there in high quality on the very next day after they've aired in the US, already translated, etc.

[yes-justice.livejournal.com]

I hear the interwebs was designed for sharing data. This is a good thing.

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

You're preaching to the choir. :-)

[yes-justice.livejournal.com]

Awesome link. Played for an hour.