You probably haven’t heard of the poor guy, but Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–1687) was the first documented conductor. Before him, most musical groups just followed the lead of their first violinist or their keyboard player. picked by leopoldogolba 10 months ago

Documented proof here. The Beatles plug the joys of Marlboro cigarettes. picked by dOntEAtpOOp 1 month ago

Oh, yes - he did. Graham has harvested his belly button lint since 1984. Of course he has it all documented on his website.
aaaack picked by gnikgnok 1 year ago

In one instance, a Scientology security guard attempted to deny a disabled senior citizen from walking to her home; this was documented on a popular YouTube video which has spawned a new internet catch phrase to describe Scientology: “Bad People“. picked by kissmenow 3 months ago

GREENSBURG, Kan. - A time capsule found in the wreckage of tornado-ravaged Greensburg High School documented the town's past through 70-year-old newspapers and membership lists from a church, a band and the American Legion post. picked by bevissimo 1 year ago

Ten years after the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps, filmmaker Alain Resnais documented the abandoned grounds of Auschwitz. Night and Fog is one of the first cinematic reflections on the horrors of the Holocaust, and also one of the most important. It is still available from the Criterion Collection Night and Fog contains disturbing images of the Holocaust. Posted in remembrance of... read full post picked by buddha 6 months ago

It’s the first documented demonstration that ordinary cells from an adult human can be used to make cloned embryos mature enough to produce stem cells. picked by MandolinOrange 9 months ago

Ari Versluis and stylist Ellie Uyttenbroek, inspired by a shared interest in the striking dress codes of various social groups, have systematically documented numerous identities over the last 13 years. They call their series Exactitudes: a record of people's attempts to distinguish themselves from others by assuming a group identity. picked by queenofhearts 1 year ago

These are the incredible pictures which show the first ever leopard attack on a crocodile. Hal Brindley snapped the amazing moment a leopard snatched a crocodile at a South African game reserve on the only occasion this behaviour has ever been documented worldwide. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

A journey through religeon and drug use throughout history. Well documented book of philosophy that points to psycho-active plants for bringing about self awareness during evolutionn. picked by donteatpoop 1 year ago

Evolution is supposed to inch forward over eons, but sometimes, at least in the case of a little fish called the threespine stickleback, the process can go in relative warp-speed reverse, according to a study led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and published online ahead of print in the May 20 issue of Current Biology. picked by mutil8or 5 months ago

For those of you who just saw Cloverfield and were wondering a bit about where the monster came from. This video is the first documented attack by the monster.

If you haven't seen the movie yet, this is NOT a spoiler, and will add a bit of backstory for when you do go see it. picked by tvirus 9 months ago

This is a pretty horrifying look at the Japanese fishing industries capture and butchering of families of dolphins, (in front of school children). It's important to remember how intelligent dolphins are, with a social culture second only to humans, and the pain and fear they are in as this happens. This is not for those with a weak stomach. picked by jaxomlotus 2 years ago

Jupiter's volcanic moon Io is veiled by a thin atmosphere, but how much its volcanoes and chunks of frozen gas contribute to its atmosphere has puzzled scientists for decades. The New Horizons spacecraft recently documented the moon's glowing aurora, however, giving researchers a chance to solve the atmospheric mystery. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Sexual selection can’t explain the homosexuality that’s been documented in over 450 different vertebrate species. This means that same-sex sexuality—long disparaged as a quirk of human culture—is a normal, and probably necessary, fact of life picked by misswinkle 1 year ago

Scientists have found life about twice as far below the seafloor as has ever been documented before. A coring sample off the coast of Newfoundland turned up single-celled microbes living in searing temperatures about a mile (1,626 meters) below the seafloor. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Albinism is rare in any wild species, and this is the first documented in the capra ibex. picked by VooDooPeacock 1 year ago

The discovery may represent the first documented instance of a vertebrate self-applying a chemical from a foreign source in order to defend itself against predators. picked by mandolinorange 10 months ago

A woman documented her image year after year and stored the pics in a makeup bag. Then someone bought the bag at a flea market and voila! a post for moi. picked by gnikgnok 1 year ago

Basically, the paraphrased story is: A couple kids pulled a goof on a couple other kids during lunch. The incident was documented and handled by the school. Another guy put a story on a website to parody the situation. FoxNews then took it upon themselves to report the story, based on the satirical site, causing the town to be in an uproar. Fast forward to a lawsuit for slander. picked by arsphidius 4 months ago