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I was going through my DVD collection earlier today and I have them sorted as to categories.
I have a section called EDUCATIONAL and I have to tell you, some of them were very good at imparting their knowledge onto me.
The list is long and good, but I have to say, the short series "How The STATES Got Their Shapes" has to have been the most entertaining and educational of them all.
For instance;
How a guy with money bribed Congress to let him keep some land of his in Missouri that created the famous Missouri boot heel.
How a swath of states all had to be 3 degrees of latitude, and another swath of western states had to be 4 degrees of latitude....and if you look at them on a map, you can see a pretty uniform thickness to them all.
How some states were lengthened or shortened to gain them access to bodies of water.
The funniest was COLORADO. It looks like it was superimposed over all of its surrounding states, and in actuality it was. It seems all of its surrounding states were agricultural, and CO was mostly mining. The miners drink too much, gamble and whore too much, so each surrounding state gave up a small amount to give those damned miners their own state so they would not bother the good farmers of the other states.
Anyway, what was or is your best educational TV show or DVD that has taught you a lot. I know most of us think we are all geniuses to begin with, but there is always room for more knowledge.
Maybe your choice will help to educate and/or entertain the rest of us.
I have a section called EDUCATIONAL and I have to tell you, some of them were very good at imparting their knowledge onto me.
The list is long and good, but I have to say, the short series "How The STATES Got Their Shapes" has to have been the most entertaining and educational of them all.
For instance;
How a guy with money bribed Congress to let him keep some land of his in Missouri that created the famous Missouri boot heel.
How a swath of states all had to be 3 degrees of latitude, and another swath of western states had to be 4 degrees of latitude....and if you look at them on a map, you can see a pretty uniform thickness to them all.
How some states were lengthened or shortened to gain them access to bodies of water.
The funniest was COLORADO. It looks like it was superimposed over all of its surrounding states, and in actuality it was. It seems all of its surrounding states were agricultural, and CO was mostly mining. The miners drink too much, gamble and whore too much, so each surrounding state gave up a small amount to give those damned miners their own state so they would not bother the good farmers of the other states.
Anyway, what was or is your best educational TV show or DVD that has taught you a lot. I know most of us think we are all geniuses to begin with, but there is always room for more knowledge.
Maybe your choice will help to educate and/or entertain the rest of us.