"Atlantis, The Palm" hotel opening

Published 15 years ago in Documentary. Submitted by Jos

The opening ceremony of the hotel Atlantis, The Palm in Dubai, including the most expensive fireworks show in history.

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"Betel Nut"

Published 10 years ago in Documentary

My friend just published this documentary on Taiwan's most sold legal drug "Betel Nut". It's sold by scarcely clothed girls on the side of the road and is the primary cause of oral cancer in Taiwan.

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"Russian Woodpecker", Duga 3

Published 12 years ago in Documentary. Submitted by Sizzlik

Yuriy and Sergei get inside once extremely secret military base with it's famous Russian Woodpecker - over the horizon radar - also known as a "Steel Yard"
From "Off the Beaten Track of Chernobyl Exclusion zone"

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"Ten Meter Tower"

Published 7 years ago in Documentary. Submitted by manro

In this documentary short titled Ten Meter Tower, Swedish filmmakers Maximilien Van Aertryck and Axel Danielson paid 67 people $30 to climb to the top of a ten meter (33 foot) high dive for the very first time all while being filmed. Would they decide to jump? Would they be too s…
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"ZBV" - Z Backscatter Van

Published 14 years ago in Documentary. Submitted by kazannova

When is the line drawn between security and privacy intrusion?

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'Accurate' lie detector

Published 16 years ago in Documentary

Over 1500 Police Departments in the US use this polygraph to question crime/terror suspects...

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'We're just covered in lava.' Couple on boat tour describes moments after lava bomb hits

Published 6 years ago in Documentary. Submitted by sux2bu

This could have been much worse...

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10 Conspiracy Theories That Turned Out To Be True

Published 8 years ago in Documentary. Submitted by Geekster

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10 Days in North Korea

Published 8 years ago in Documentary. Submitted by Geekster

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10 Incredible Survival Stories

Published 12 years ago in Documentary. Submitted by aravind7

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10 Questions for Neil deGrasse Tyson

Published 13 years ago in Documentary. Submitted by coolname

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10 Secrets of Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh

Published 3 years ago in Documentary. Submitted by ringmaster

To Geekster: May you add a new category? Art and Culture?

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10 Signs China's Military Is Weaker Than You Think

Published 9 years ago in Documentary. Submitted by sux2bu

Sure China has the largest standing army in the world, with 2.3 million people, a military budget of 120 billion dollars, and experimental spider tanks. But it turns out that China's People's Liberation Army might not be as powerful as you think. And here are 10 reasons why.

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10 signs of alien life?

Published 12 years ago in Documentary. Submitted by ChewableYeti

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10 Strongest Materials Known To Man

Published 12 years ago in Documentary

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10 Things You Didn't Know About Germany

Published 8 years ago in Documentary. Submitted by thundersnow

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10 Things You Didn't Know About SPAM

Published 8 years ago in Documentary. Submitted by sux2bu

Since it does not spoil easily and does not require refrigeration, SPAM was the ideal food for soldiers fighting in World War II. During the war, the United States shipped more than 100 million pounds of the meat to its allies in Europe. Former Russian president Nikita Kruschev o…
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10 Unexplained Discoveries

Published 11 years ago in Documentary. Submitted by mmmendal

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10 Unsolved Mysteries Of The Human Body

Published 9 years ago in Documentary. Submitted by ringmaster

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10 Useless Human Body Parts

Published 12 years ago in Documentary. Submitted by Sizzlik

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