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Solving Quantum Cryptography
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Starfish Gallop With Hundreds of Tubular Feet | Deep Look
470 views / 1 likes - addedThey may look cute and colorful, but starfish are actually voracious predators. To sniff out and capture their prey, they rely on hundreds of water-propelled tube feet, each with a fiercely independent streak. Watch the new PBS Terra science show, OVERVIE
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Kangaroo Rats Are Furry, Spring-Loaded Ninjas | Deep Look
559 views / 2 likes - addedKangaroo rats use their exceptional hearing and powerful hind legs to jump clear of rattlesnakes or even deliver a stunning kick in the face.Please join our community on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deeplookSUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt
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Why Continents Are High
176 views / 0 likes - addedLearn to use your career to make a difference at https://80000hours.org/minuteearthLots of geological forces need to come together for continents to form, but they all require one ingredient: water.LEARN MORE**************To learn more about this topic, s
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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Birds
187 views / 0 likes - addedThis summer, we partnered with Nate Senner of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Tebughna School in Beluga, Alaska to make this series of videos all about how, why, and where birds migrate. We had so much fun making these videos that we decided t
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The Fatal Physics of Falling Objects
159 views / 0 likes - addedThis video is sponsored by Brilliant. You can get started for free, or the first 200 people to sign up via https://brilliant.org/veritasium get 20% off a yearly subscription. Check out Adam Savage's video: https://youtu.be/h_zytOcMwysA massive thanks to A
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Why Crickets Just Won't Shut Up | Deep Look
362 views / 0 likes - addedMale crickets play tunes non-stop to woo a mate or keep enemies away. But they're not playing their song with the body part you're thinking. Please join our community on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deeplookSUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt
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Birds That Hibernate In Lakes?!
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EXCLUSIVE SHORT: The Better-Than-Bunnies Magic Show! | SPIRIT RIDING FREE
918 views / 0 likes - addedWhen the PALs put on a magic show for their friends, they have a tough time pulling off their tricks. Until suddenly... magic really happens! Look for all new episodes of DreamWorks Spirit Riding Free on Netflix September 8! Directed By: Jim Schumann Stor
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Jupiter's Moons: Crash Course Astronomy #17
811 views / 1 likes - addedBefore moving on from Jupiter to Saturn, we’re going to linger for a moment on Jupiter’s moons. There are 67 known moons, and 4 huge ones that we want to explore in greater detail. Ganymede is the largest - larger, in fact, than any other moon in the sola
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See Sea Slugs Scour Seagrass by the Seashore | Deep Look
296 views / 0 likes - addedEelgrass sea hares may look like lazy, zebra-striped spoonfuls of jello, but these sea slugs are actually environmental heroes. Their voracious appetite for algae helps keep underwater meadow ecosystems in balancewhich is great news for sea otters. Deep L
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How Wiretapping Works
588 views / 0 likes - addedIt’s surprisingly easy to listen to private conversations if you know how to hack satellites, bug devices or tap a phone line. Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://people.howstuffworks.com/wiretapping.htm Share on Facebook: Share on Twitter: Subscribe:
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The Surprisingly Interesting Story Behind the Filet-O-Fish Sandwich
1,080 views / 1 likes - added→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the wate
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The (mostly) true story of ghost photography"
230 views / 1 likes - addedWilliam Mumler claimed he could photograph ghosts ... and no one could prove he couldnt.Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO In the mid-1800s, the development of exciting new forms of communication, like p
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This Dead Star Is Twisting Spacetime
284 views / 0 likes - addedA pulsar has just confirmed another piece of the general relativity puzzle Einstein predicted, and its the first real detection of an effect known as frame dragging. And its kind of a big deal. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more
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The Palm Oil Catastrophe
286 views / 0 likes - addedThe history of palm oil production and how it lead to a climate catastrophe. Facebook: https://facebook.com/nextobserver Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nextobserver Sources Use of U.S. Croplands for Biofuels Increases Greenhouse Gases Through Emissions
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Why Are Stop Signs Red?
1,142 views / 1 likes - addedWhy aren’t stop signs yellow, purple or green? Brainstuff explains the origins of the red, octagonal stop sign and some hints about why red might be the best color to use if you want to throw cold water on somebody’s need for speed. Learn more at HowStuff
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A Flea's Fantastic Jump Takes More Than Muscle | Deep Look
385 views / 0 likes - addedBefore they can bite your cat or dog, these little "itch hikers" make an amazing leap 100 times faster than the blink of an eye. So how do they do it? Follow Lauren Sommer in her new job at NPR: https://www.npr.org/people/803934365/lauren-sommerPlease joi
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Love is bigger than fear Hospital de Amor
778 views / 1 likes - addedWinning the cancer battle is much easier when you are surrounded by care. In over 50 years of history, our institution (Hospital de Cancer de Barretos / Hospital de Amor in Brazil) has always strived to provide highly qualified, humanized and loving care.
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What Happens If A Star Explodes Near The Earth?
136 views / 0 likes - addedPeople have witnessed supernovae for millennia, but what threat do they pose to life on Earth? This video is sponsored by Brilliant. You can get started for free, or the first 200 people to sign up via https://brilliant.org/veritasium get 20% off a yearly
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How do Steam Engines Work?
321 views / 0 likes - addedWe make steam every morning while preparing our morning coffee. But how can it be used to move this massive machine? In this episode, we explore how engineers designed steam engines to turn fire, water, and steam into tremendous amounts of force.This vide
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Nobody Really Knows What A Concussion Is
554 views / 0 likes - addedGo to https://curiositystream.com/minute to get a free month trial with CuriosityStream and get a subscription to Nebula bundled in for free!Experts can't agree on the definition of the term "concussion," which makes it difficult to diagnose, treat, and r
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What Does IQ Actually Measure?
227 views / 0 likes - addedIQ is supposed to measure intelligence, but does it? Head to https://brilliant.org/veritasium to start your free 30-day trial, and the first 200 people get 20% off an annual premium subscription.If youre looking for a molecular modeling kit, try Snatoms a
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Why Is Lyme Disease Getting Worse?
400 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! https://twin-cities.umn.edu/Lyme disease is spreading like wildfire around the world: here's why.Thanks also to our Patreon patrons https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth and our YouTube member
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Can A Thousand Tiny Swarming Robots Outsmart Nature? | Deep Look
608 views / 1 likes - addedHow does a group of animals -- or cells, for that matter -- work together when no one’s in charge? Tiny swarming robots--called Kilobots--work together to tackle tasks in the lab, but what can they teach us about the natural world? ↓ More info, videos, an
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How A Whale And A Bear Beat The System
206 views / 0 likes - addedFor your chance to win two seats on one of the first commercial flights to space with Virgin Galactic all while supporting a great cause enter at https://omaze.com/minuteearth.While the rest of the worlds megafauna are still foundering in the anthropocene
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10 Creatures That Prove Superpowers Actually Exist in Real Life
764 views / 0 likes - addedSuperpowers like living forever, surviving without oxygen and imitating any sound. Bright Side found some creatures with abilities that are even more surprising, funny, weird, and sometimes disgusting than any superhero. Animation is created by Bright Sid
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Our Best View Of Bacteria Is...From Space?!
377 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/Observing the effects of microbes using satellites can give us all sorts of useful information about life on Earth ... and other planets too.Thanks also to our Pat
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Did Dinosaurs Ever Live Alongside Humans?
588 views / 1 likes - addedYou may have been told online or at special interest museums that dinosaurs once lived alongside humans, or maybe even still live today. Here we look closely at this claim, and discover what science can tell us. This animation was based partially on two w
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What Would 24 Hours In The Desert Do To Your Body?
856 views / 1 likes - addedIf you find yourself stranded or trapped in a desert, what would happen to your body in the first 24 hours? Can humans really survive the challenge?Watch more: Trapped In Space https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PevXm5qYCkSubscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNo
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The Facts About Dinosaurs & Feathers
512 views / 0 likes - addedOver the past 20 years, dinosaurs of all types and sizes have been found with some sort of fluff or even full-on plumage. These fuzzy discoveries have raised a whole batch of new questions so we're here to tell you everything we know about dinosaurs and f
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How far back in time could you go and still understand English?
1,139 views / 3 likes - addedIf you had a time machine, how far back could you go and still understand English? AT what point in history would you not be able to understand the English language? If you went back in time to the 1800's and 1700's, you'd probably still be okay. This exc
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Why Is Duct Tape So Strong?
663 views / 0 likes - addedDuct tapes were first invented by a female factory worker during World War II. They were originally called 'duck' tape because it was made out of a cotton duck fabric and it repelled water like a duck's back. Following is a transcript of the video. Narrat
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The Windiest Places on Earth | SciShow Kids
45 views / 0 likes - addedJessi and Squeaks explore two of the windiest places on Earth: Mount Washington in New Hampshire, USA, and Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica.Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castaeda (she/her/they/them)Next Generation Science Standards:Disciplinary Core Ideas:ESS2.D:
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Five Crazy Bridges For Animals
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The Universe is Hostile to Computers
181 views / 0 likes - addedTiny particles from distant galaxies have caused plane accidents, election interference and game glitches. This video is sponsored by Brilliant. The first 200 people to sign up via https://brilliant.org/veritasium get 20% off a yearly subscription.This vi
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Why Malaria Isn’t Just a Tropical Disease
680 views / 0 likes - addedWatch Hot Mess here! ►► http://bit.ly/hotmess_sub Malaria is a global disease that we've beaten back around the world, including in some tropical places, but we’ve had the hardest time in Africa. Thanks to our Patreon patrons https://www.patreon.com/Minut
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The Astounding Physics of N95 Masks
387 views / 0 likes - addedHead to https://brilliant.org/MinutePhysics to sign up for free and get 20% off a Premium subscription to Brilliant!This video was written in collaboration with Aatish Bhatia - https://aatishb.com To learn more about using & decontaminating N95 masks: htt
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Why Is The Very Hungry Caterpillar So Dang Hungry? | Deep Look
729 views / 1 likes - addedBecause it's hoarding protein. Not just for itself, but for the butterfly it will become and every egg that butterfly will lay. And it's about to lose its mouth... as it wriggles out of its skin during metamorphosis. DEEP LOOK is a ultra-HD (4K) short vid
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Where Will The Next Pandemic Come From?
169 views / 0 likes - addedOrder your copy of How To Prevent The Next Pandemic here: https://www.amazon.com/Prevent-Next-Pandemic-Bill-Gates/dp/0593534484 The most likely cause of the next pandemic will be the spillover of a disease from one of a select group of animals with partic
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6 Forensic Technologies of the Future
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What's The Most Expensive Book In The World?
783 views / 0 likes - addedSometimes super-wealthy people like to spend millions on a single book. Which one cost the most? Hint: It’s about water and it's written backwards. Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://www.howstuffworks.com/arts/literature/10-rare-books4.htm Share on F
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You'd Never Guess What an Acorn Woodpecker Eats | Deep Look
670 views / 0 likes - addedOK. Maybe you would. But the lengths they have to go to to stock up for the winter *will* surprise you. When you see how carefully they arrange each acorn, you might just need to reorganize your pantry. Join Deep Look on Patreon NOW! https://www.patreon.c
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What the Fahrenheit?!
908 views / 0 likes - addedThe crazy story of the arbitrary temperature scale used in a tiny minority of countries. Check out Audible: http://bit.ly/AudibleVe Snatoms are available again! http://www.snatoms.com Support Veritasium on Patreon: http://bit.ly/VePatreon Celsius didn't i
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WWII Files - Pigeon Guided Missiles and Literal Bat Bombs
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The Evolution Of CPU Processing Power Part 1: The Mechanics Of A CPU
201 views / 0 likes - addedSERIES LINK - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC7a8fNahjQ8IkiD5f7blIYrro9oeIfJUIn this multi-part series, we explore the evolution of the microprocessor and its astonishing growth in processing power over the decades. In Part 1, we learn about the
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Students Built World's Fastest Electric Monowheel
300 views / 0 likes - addedA small group of students from the Duke University in North Carolina USA, have built the Worlds Fastest Electric, Monowheel, called the EV360, specifically designed to exceed speeds of 70 mph, in preparation for setting a new Guinness World Record.Now the
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Who Owns The Moon?
872 views / 0 likes - added***NOTE*** This video was originally uploaded in 2013 but has been unavailable for more than a year! Basically, a channel I shouted-out in the first version asked to be removed. That's okay! Now, in a slightly re-edited version, the video is back! And spa
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Meet the Marsupials! | SciShow Kids
122 views / 0 likes - addedTeachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Squeaks and Jessi have been having fun learning all about Australia. Squeaks wants to know more about marsupials, the special group of animals tha
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The Similarity Trap
711 views / 0 likes - addedTry Squarespace for free: http://squarespace.com/MinuteEarth And subscribe to MinuteEarth! http://goo.gl/EpIDGd As we try to figure out the evolutionary trees for languages and species, we sometimes get led astray by similar but unrelated words and traits
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Did ancient Troy really exist? - Einav Zamir Dembin
563 views / 0 likes - addedIf you enjoy this lesson, we highly recommend reading "Fallen Glory: The Lives and Deaths of History's Greatest Buildings." Discounted e-book versions available here: https://amzn.to/2LL50Zk Check out our book rec page to learn more: http://bit.ly/2mZ9LQS
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How Does Caffeine Wake You Up?
852 views / 0 likes - addedWhen you get coffee jitters, caffeine has tricked your brain into anticipating danger. Lauren explains how it works. Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://science.howstuffworks.com/caffeine.htm Share on Facebook: https://goo.gl/adWdyH Share on Twitter:
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Why Do All YouTube Videos Look Alike?
88 views / 0 likes - addedDon't make us crabby! Join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/MinuteEarthMany crustaceans from all sorts of starting points evolve to end up looking similar, likely due to outside pressures. Thats sort of like what happens with YouTube videos.LEARN MORE**
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The House Centipede is Fast, Furious, and Just So Extra | Deep Look
651 views / 2 likes - addedPlease follow us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deeplook Take the PBSDS survey: https://to.pbs.org/2018YTSurvey CORRECTION, 9/26/2018: This episode of Deep Look contains an error in the scientific name of the house centipede. It is Scutigera coleoptr
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Why This Enormous Plane Really Exists: The An-225 Mriya
280 views / 0 likes - addedSign up for an annual CuriosityStream subscription and you’ll also get a free Nebula subscription here: http://CuriosityStream.com/mustard The Energia-Buran was the most expensive and ambitious Soviet space project in history. As the Soviet Union&rs
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These Lizards Have Been Playing Rock-Paper-Scissors for 15 Million Years | Deep Look
813 views / 1 likes - addedMale side-blotched lizards have more than one way to get the girl. Orange males are bullies. Yellows are sneaks. Blues team up with a buddy to protect their territories. Who wins? It depends - on a genetic game of roshambo. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://
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How Long Would It Take to Count to a Billion and What’s the Highest Anyone Has Counted?
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Why Do Tumbleweeds Tumble? | Deep Look
650 views / 0 likes - addedYou can learn more about CuriosityStream at https://curiositystream.com/deeplook . The silent star of classic Westerns is a plant on a mission. It starts out green and full of life. It even grows flowers. But to reproduce effectively it needs to turn into
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How Blood Evolved (Many Times)
551 views / 0 likes - addedBlood is one of the most revolutionary features in our evolutionary history. Over hundreds of millions of years, the way in which blood does its job has changed over and over again. As a result, we animals have our familiar red blood. But also blue blood.
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The Invention of the Cardboard Box
785 views / 1 likes - added→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the wate
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What Happens if You Accidentally Damage or Destroy a Priceless Work of Art in a Museum
710 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to Skillshare for sponsoring this video! First 200 people will get a 2 month trial for free here: http://skl.sh/2xwnKCg If you happen to like our videos and have a few bucks to spare to support our efforts, check out our Patreon page where we've go
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Gamma-Ray Bursts: Crash Course Astronomy #40
781 views / 1 likes - addedGamma-ray bursts are not only incredible to study, but their discovery has an epic story all its own. Today Phil takes you through some Cold War history and then dives into what we know. Bursts come in two rough varieties: Long and short. Long ones are fr
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Why Are Old People Taking The Blood Of Young People?
813 views / 1 likes - addedThe older generation is taking the blood of younger people in increasing numbers. Does young blood transfusions really help adults?Watch more: Can You Give Blood After Death? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs7tyYpKDc0&t=22s Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubL
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Explosive chemistry - with Andrew Szydlo
48 views / 0 likes - addedDiscover the evolution of explosive chemical experiments, with the maestro of chemistry Andrew Szydlo.Sign up as a YouTube Channel Member to watch the Q&A here: https://youtu.be/XCeDrmFgrewThis Discourse was recorded at the Ri on 29 February 2024.Go on a
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The Not-So-Secret Secret Elevators of the Haunted Mansion
572 views / 0 likes - addedYou can support this channel on Patreon! Link below Is this haunted room actually stretching? The answer may surprise you! (barf) The stretching rooms at the Haunted Mansion are perhaps my favorite piece of hidden engineering at the Disney Parks. While on
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Why Exercise Is Hard
385 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/Because exercise isn't essential for short-term survival, we don't exercise enough, so we need to reincorporate purposeful physical activity into our lives.Thanks
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Ancient Humans Made Millions Of These - We Dont Know Why
85 views / 0 likes - addedThe Acheulean handaxe was the most common tool of early humans, but we still dont know what the heck they used it for.LEARN MORE**************To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: - Acheulean handaxe: large, chipped ston
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Oldest Footage Of Paris Ever
556 views / 1 likes - addedEnglish: The Oldest Footage Of Paris Ever Historical film production company Yestervid have released their latest video, 'The Oldest Footage of Paris'. It features a stunning collection of the oldest footage of various places around the great city of Pari
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The Island of Shrinking Mammoths
409 views / 1 likes - addedYou can check out Google's Science Journal app at https://g.co/sciencejournal The mammoths fossils found on the Channel Islands off the coast of southern California are much smaller than their relatives found on the mainland. They were so small that they
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The Rubber Band: Holding It Together Since 1820
696 views / 0 likes - added→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the wate
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Debunking Anti-Vaxxers
894 views / 1 likes - addedHere's what to say to anti-vaxxers! Check out Bill and Melinda Gates Annual Letter: http://b-gat.es/2Cfph0j Subscribe, it's free! http://bit.ly/asapsci Created by: Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown Written by: Amanda Edwards, Annik Carson, Rachel Salt, Gr
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Is Bigger Better?
160 views / 0 likes - addedThis video was made in partnership with Popsci! They recently published their "Muscles" issue, and wrote an article to go along with this video that you can read here: https://popsci.com/environment/strongest-animal-by-weightElephants might be strong, but
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How the T-Rex Lost Its Arms
810 views / 0 likes - addedSupport us on Patreon! https://patreon.com/eons Tyrannosaurus rex was big, Tyrannosaurus rex was vicious, and Tyrannosaurus rex had tiny arms. The story of how T-Rex lost its arms is, itself, pretty simple. But the story of why it kept those little limbs,
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When Giant Scorpions Swarmed the Seas
529 views / 2 likes - addedTry Audible for 30 days visit https://www.audible.com/eons or text eons to 500500! Sea scorpions thrived for 200 million years, coming in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. Over time, they developed a number of adaptations--from crushing claws to flatten
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When Humans Were Prey
483 views / 0 likes - addedNot too long ago, our early human ancestors were under constant threat of attack from predators. And it turns out that this difficult chapter in our history may be responsible for the adaptations that allowed us to become so successful. Thanks to Julio La
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