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Branches of Government

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The federal government of the United States of America is split into three separate and distinct branches. But what do the Executive, the Legislature and the Judiciary do and why are they necessary?Untold is a free collection of short, compelling, history
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What Did Democracy Really Mean In Athens? - Melissa Schwartzberg

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-did-democracy-really-mean-in-athens-melissa-schwartzberg While we might consider elections to be the cornerstone of democracy, the Athenians...
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Government Regulation: Crash Course Government And Politics #47

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Today, we’re going to wrap up our discussion of economic policy by looking at government regulation. We're going to talk about the government's goals for the U.S. economy and the policies it employs to achieve those goals. Ever since the New Deal, we've s
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How is power divided in the United States government? - Belinda Stutzman

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-is-power-divided-in-the-united-states-government-belinda-stutzman Article II of the United States Constitution allows for three separate branches of government (legislative, executive, and judicial), along w
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Introduction: Crash Course U.S. Government and Politics

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In which Craig Benzine introduces a brand new Crash Course about U.S. Government and Politics! This course will provide you with an overview of how the government of the United States is supposed to function, and we'll get into how it actually does functi
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Thomas Jefferson&His Democracy: Crash Course US History #10

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In which John Green teaches you about founding father and third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson is a somewhat controversial figure in American history, largely because he, like pretty much all humans, was a big bundle of contra
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Banking 12: Treasuries (government debt)

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Introduction to government debt and treasuries. What it means when we say that Federal Reserve Notes are issued by the Reserve bank but are an obligation of the Government. More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=JBWdbzzYbtU
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Democracy, Authoritarian Capitalism, and China: Crash Course World History 230

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In which John Green teaches you about the end of World History, and the end of the world as we know it, kind of. For the last hundred years or so, it seemed that one important ingredient for running an economically successful country was a western-style d
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Market Economy: Crash Course Government And Politics #46

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Today, we’re going to take a look at how the government plays a role in the economy. Specifically, the way the government creates and maintains our market economic system. Now sure, the government’s role in the economy can be controversial, some may even
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Hairy Branches and Ices Other Weird, Wonderful Forms

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Jessi and Squeaks found a branch growing what looked like white hair! So they brought the branch back to the Fort to run some tests and found out that it isn't hair at all... it's ice! ----------Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patr
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Controlling Bureaucracies: Crash Course Government And Politics #17

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In which Craig Benzine tells you how we keep bureaucracy in check. So we've spent the last few episodes telling you all about what bureaucracies are and why they are formed. And throughout we've hinted about this ever-expanding power within the executive
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Mayflower Compact: Roots of Our Democracy

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The Mayflower Compact and William Bradford's "Of Plimoth Plantation" are two documents that give a window into what the men and women of Plymouth Colony went through to survive, and they hold lessons still relevant 400 years later. 1620: Beyond Thanksgivi
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Foreign Policy: Crash Course Government And Politics #50

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Today Craig finishes up our series on U.S. Government and Politics by talking about both the least and most important aspect of government: foreign policy. Foreign policy is important because it has the potential to affect the largest number of people, bu
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Presidential Power: Crash Course Government and Politics #11

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This week Craig looks at the expressed powers of the President of the United States - that is the ones you can find in the Constitution. From appointing judges and granting pardons, to vetoing laws and acting as the nation’s chief diplomat on foreign poli
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Federalism: Crash Course Government and Politics #4

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In which Craig Benzine teaches you about federalism, or the idea that in the United States, power is divided between the national government and the 50 state governments. Craig will teach you about how federalism has evolved over the history of the US, an
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Judicial Decisions: Crash Course Government And Politics #22

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Today, Craig Benzine is going to dive into the factors that influence judicial decisions. As you may have noticed, the Supreme Court recently handed down some pretty big decisions on same-sex marriage (in Obergefell v Hodges) and the Affordable Care Act (
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Freedom Of Speech: Crash Course Government And Politics #25

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Today, FINALLY, Craig is going to talk about Free Speech! Now, free speech is so important because it not only allows you to critique the government, but it also protects you from the government. But it's essential to remember that not ALL speech is prote
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Judicial Review: Crash Course Government And Politics #21

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Today, Craig Benzine is going to tell you about the Supreme Court's most important case, Marbury v. Madison, and how the court granted itself the power of judicial review. Judicial review is the power to examine and invalidate actions of the legislative a
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Presidential Succession Explained: American Government Review

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A super helpful overview of Presidential succession according to the Constitution and Congressional Law. Perfect for AP Government crammers, lost College students and the cray cray on the internets.
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Congressional Delegation: Crash Course Government And Politics #13

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In which Craig Benzine teaches you about delegation, and informal powers. What are all these federal agencies about? Well, the president has a lot of stuff to do as the chief executive, and as much as Americans like to talk about personal responsibility,
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The Benefit Of Government-Owned Lands

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More than a quarter of all land in the United States is owned by the Federal Government. How is it used, and does it benefit Americans? Why Does The U.S. Government Own So Much Land In The West?►►►►bit.ly/1ZQS1TV Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►
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Media Regulation: Crash Course Government And Politics #45

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Today we wrap up our discussion of the media by talking about how the government interacts with and influences the content we see. Now it may be easy to assume that because we live in a free-market capitalist society, the only real regulation of the media
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The government approves of this shark now.

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The Headington Shark, in Oxford, UK, is a local icon: but it was protest art, put up without permission. Now, the local government wants to protect it. The Shark House: https://www.headingtonshark.com/Edited by Michelle Martin https://twitter.com/mrsmmart
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Monetary And Fiscal Policy: Crash Course Government And Politics #48

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Today, Craig is going to dive into the controversy of monetary and fiscal policy. Monetary and fiscal policy are ways the government, and most notably the Federal Reserve, influences the economy - for better or for worse. So we’re going to start by lookin
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This drone has legs: Watch a flying robot perch on branches, catch a tennis ball in mid-air

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Wings arent the only things that make birds so successful. If it werent for their feet, how would pelicans skimming the tips of waves be able to suddenly land on a pier piling, or owls grab a mouse at 64 kilometers per hour without missing a beat? Robot b
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What are the Different Forms of Government?

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Every country on Earth is run by some form of government but there are many different kinds, from autocracies and oligarchies to direct and representative democracies.Untold is a free collection of short, compelling, history videos and animations designed
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Presidential Powers 2: Crash Course Government And Politics

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This week Craig continues our conversation on presidential powers by looking at those NOT found in the Constitution - implied or inherent powers. We’ll talk about how the president uses his or her power to negotiate executive agreements, recommend legisla
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Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances: Crash Course Government and Politics #3

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In which Craig Benzine teaches you about the US Governments Separation of powers and the system of checks and balances. In theory, the Legislative Branch, the Executive Branch, and the Judicial Brach are designed to keep each other in check, and to keep a
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Congressional Elections: Crash Course Government and Politics #6

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This week Craig Benzine talks about the importance of elections. But he isn’t going to focus on presidential elections, but instead those of the strongest part of our government: congressional elections. Craig will talk about the frequency of elections in
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Interest Groups: Crash Course Government And Politics #42

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Today, Craig is going to talk about something you fans out there have been demanding for months - money in politics. Specifically, we're going to talk about special interest groups and their role in the U.S. political system. Special interest groups are g
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Political Parties: Crash Course Government And Politics #40

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Today, Craig is going to talk about political parties and their role in American politics. So, when most people think about political parties they associate them with the common ideologies of the voters and representatives within that party, but the goal
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Public Opinion: Crash Course Government And Politics #33

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So today, Craig is finally going to start talking about politics. Now up until this point we've specifically been looking at government - that is answering the questions of who, what, and how in relation to policies. But politics is different in that it l
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Civil Rights & Liberties: Crash Course Government #23

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Today, Craig is going to give you an overview of civil rights and civil liberties. Often these terms are used interchangeably, but they are actually very different. Our civil liberties, contained in the Bill of Rights, once only protected us from the fede
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Bureaucracy Basics: Crash Course Government And Politics #15

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This week Craig Benzine discuses bureaucracies. Bureaucracies tend to be associated with unintelligible rules and time-wasting procedures, but they play an important, though controversial, role in governing. From the FDA to the EPA, these agencies were es
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Constitutional Compromises: Crash Course Government and Politics #5

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In which Craig Benzine teaches you about the compromises met in ratifying the U.S. Constitution. The United State’s didn’t always have its current system of government. Actually, this is it’s second attempt. Craig will delve into the failures (and few suc
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Freedom Of The Press: Crash Course Government And Politics #26

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Today, Craig is going to finish up our discussion of the First Amendment with freedom of the press. Like an individual's right to free speech, the press has a right, and arguably responsibility, to tell the public what the government is doing. But of cour
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Social Policy: Crash Course Government And Politics #49

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Today, Craig is going to talk about social policy - in the United States this means achieving one of three goals: protecting Americans from risk, promoting equal opportunity, or assisting the poor. Many Americans strongly believe in individualism, that is
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Shaping Public Opinion: Crash Course Government And Politics #34

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So today Craig is going to talk about where our political opinions come from. Of course, most people’s politics are grounded in their ideologies, but there are also other external influences such as the government itself, interest groups, and the media. S
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Sex Discrimination: Crash Course Government And Politics #30

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Today, Craig is going to talk about employment discrimination, and we're going to focus primarily on women in the workforce. Discrimination against women tends to be handled somewhat differently in the courts as they are not a minority. Even so, the court
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Equal Protection: Crash Course Government And Politics #29

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Today, Craig is going to talk about the most important part of the Constitution - the Fourteenth Amendment. In particular, we're going to discuss the "equal protection" clause and how it relates to our civil rights. So we've spent the last few episodes ta
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Why It's So Hard For The Government To Hack Your Phone

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The FBI is currently in a battle with Apple to allow encrypted phones be unlocked, but how does encryption even work? How Powerful Is Apple? ►►►► http://bit.ly/1OBOqRk Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly/1myXbFG How Secure Are Fing
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How the US Government Will Survive Doomsday

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Get 10% off your custom domain or email from Hover at http://www.hover.com/wendover This video was partially based on the book, "Raven Rock" by Garrett Graff: http://a.co/23ud2fa Check out my new podcast with Brian from Real Engineering: https://itunes.ap
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Government Spending and the IS-LM model

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How a change in fiscal policy shifts the IS curve More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=pzQnc_0eZA8
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Government's Financial Condition

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Difference between debt and operating costs. Seeing how large obligations are for social security and medicare More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=LOiw5aBrm4Y
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SchoolHouse Rock Three Ring Government

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The US government is giving out free wasps

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The brown marmorated stink bug is an invasive pest. To help deal with its numbers, the Oregon Department of Agriculture is releasing its natural enemy: the tiny samurai wasp. There's a lot of work that goes into it. Thanks to all the team at the ODA, and
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Why the government drops flies on California

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There's a good reason for it. More about the program: https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/PDEP/prpinfo/Edited by Michelle Martin https://twitter.com/mrsmmartin MORE FROM TOM: https://www.tomscott.com/(you can find contact details and social links there too) WEE
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Discrimination: Crash Course Government And Politics #31

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Today, Craig is going to wrap up our discussion of discrimination by looking more closely at those “discrete and insular minorities” referenced in the 14th Amendment. We’ll talk about instances of discrimination of Asian, European, and Latino immigrants,
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Gerrymandering: Crash Course Government And Politics #37

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Today Craig is going to talk about a topic that makes voters and politicians alike ANGRY! We're going to talk about Gerrymandering - that is the process in which voting districts are redrawn in a way to favor one party during elections. As you'll see, thi
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The time the US government outlawed Sliced Bread.

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The Bicameral Congress: Crash Course Government and Politics #2

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In which Craig Benzine teaches you about the United States Congress, and why it's bicameral, and what bicameral means. Craig tells you what the Senate and House of Representatives are for, some of the history of the institutions, and reveal to you just ho
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Congressional Committees: Crash Course Government and Politics #7

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This week Craig Benzine clears up the role of committees in Congress. We’ll talk about standing committees, joint committees, conference committees, and caucuses (and not the candidate-choosing kinds) as well as the staff agencies that help advise these c
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Congressional Leadership: Crash Course Government and Politics #8

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This week Craig Benzine explores the leadership structure of congress. We’ll break out the clone machine to examine the responsibilities of the speaker of the house, the majority and minority leaders as well as the majority and minority whips in both the
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Congressional Decisions: Crash Course Government and Politics #10

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This week Craig breaks out the crystal ball to try and figure out why our congresspeople do the things that they do. We’ll talk about the three motivating factors of congressional decisions - constituency, interest groups, and political parties - and we’l
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How Presidents Govern: Crash Course Government And Politics #14

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This week Craig Benzine talks about how the president gets things done. Filling the role of the executive branch is a pretty big job - much too big for just one person. It's so big that the president employees an entire federal bureaucracy! Today, we’re j
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Types Of Bureaucracies: Crash Course Government And Politics #16

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This week Craig Benzine breaks down the different types of bureaucracies. I mean sure, they’re all part of the executive branch, but some work more directly with the president than others. Some bureaucracies exist solely to independently regulate industry
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Freedom Of Religion: Crash Course Government And Politics #24

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Today, Craig is going to take a look at the First Amendment and your right to freedom of religion. We’ll examine some significant Supreme Court decisions and talk about how they’ve affected our interpretations of the law with respect to stuff like animal
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Search And Seizure: Crash Course Government And Politics #27

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This week Craig talks about police searches and seizures. Now, the fourth amendment says that you have the right to be protected against "unreasonable searches and seizures" but what exactly this mean? Well, it's complicated. The police often need warrant
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Affirmative Action: Crash Course Government And Politics #32

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So we've been talking about civil rights for the last few episodes now, and we're finally going to wrap this discussion up with the rather controversial topic of affirmative action. We'll explain what exactly affirmative action is, who it is for, and why
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Political Ideology: Crash Course Government And Politics #35

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So today Craig is going to look at political ideology in America. We're going to focus on liberals and conservatives and talk about the influencers of both of these viewpoints. Now, it's important to remember that political ideologies don't always perfect
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Election Basics: Crash Course Government And Politics #36

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This week Craig is going to give you a broad overview of elections in the United States. So as you may have noticed, there are kind of a lot of people in the U.S, and holding individual issues up to a public vote doesn't seem particularly plausible. So to
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How Voters Decide: Crash Course Government And Politics #38

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So today, Craig is going to try to get inside the heads of voters by discussing how voters make decisions. Now obviously, like all decision making, voter decisions are influenced by a multitude of factors, but the three we are going to focus on today (and
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Political Campaigns: Crash Course Government And Politics #39

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So political campaigns are a pretty big deal in the United States. For instance the 2012 presidential election clocked in at the most expensive ever - at around $6 billion dollars! Needless to say, money plays a very big role in American elections. So tod
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Party Systems: Crash Course Government And Politics #41

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Today, Craig is going to dive into the history of American political parties. So throughout most of United States history our political system has been dominated by a two-party system, but the policies and the groups that support these parties have change
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Media Institution: Crash Course Government And Politics #44

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So today we're going to look at the rather thorny issue of the media and its role in politics. Wether you're talking about older forms of media like newspapers and radio or newer forms like television and the Internet, all media serves the same purpose -
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Legal System Basics: Crash Course Government And Politics #18

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This week Craig Benzine takes a first look at the judicial branch. It's pretty easy to forget that the courts, and the laws that come out of them, affect our lives on a daily basis. But how exactly these decisions are made and where each law's jurisdictio
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Structure Of The Court System: Crash Course Government And Politics #19

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This week Craig Benzine is going to talk about the structure of the U.S. court system and how exactly it manages to keep things moving smoothly. We’’ll talk about trial courts, district courts, appeals courts, circuit courts, state supreme courts, and of
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Due Process Of Law: Crash Course Government And Politics #28

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This week Craig is going to continue our discussion of due process. Technically, we started last week with the 4th amendment and search and seizure, but this week we’re going to look at the 5th and 6th amendments and how they ensure a fair trial. We’ll ta
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Interest Group Formation: Crash Course Government And Politics #43

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So last week we talked about what special interest groups are and how they influence the political system, and today we’re going to focus on why we even have them in the first place. As to avoid getting too cynical, we’re going to focus on five benefits o
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School House Rock: Three Ring Government- It's Our Political Circus!!

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Does anyone remember School House Rock?
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How a Bill Becomes a Law: Crash Course Government and Politics #9

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Oh my, Craig has his work cut out for him this week. The process of how a bill becomes a law can be pretty complex, fraught with potential bill-death at every corner. As if just getting through committee isn’t difficult enough, bills have to navigate a se
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S.C.O.T.U.S. Procedures: Crash Course Government And Politics #20

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This week Craig Benzine talks about what happens when a case makes it to the Supreme Court of the United States (or the SCOTUS). We're going to focus on court procedure today. We talk about how to petition to get your case heard, how written arguments, or
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We the People: The U.S. Capitol

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Of the three branches of our government, many believe that the most important is the one directly elected by "We the People": the legislative branch, represented by the two houses of the U.S. Congress at the Capitol building. Join a group of middle school
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State of the Union Address

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The annual State of the Union Address is the only speech that the President delivers in person to the public and all three branches of government at the same time.Untold is a free collection of short, compelling, history videos and animations designed to
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Are We The Only Species That Votes?

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Our Seeker Daily team will be covering the RNC and the DNC! Stay up-to-date by heading over to http://www.youtube.com/seekerdaily! Democracy has given members of a community a voice in decision making. Is this strictly a 'human thing' or do other animals
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Wild Dogs Sneeze to Vote

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African wild dog packs have a sneeze democracy. When a dog tires of napping and is ready to hunt, they sneeze. If enough dogs in the pack join in the sneeze vote, the whole pack sets out. Dominant individuals have influence, but the group can outvote thei
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Japan's mysterious 'keyhole' tombs - BBC REEL

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A sense of mystery surrounds the keyhole-shaped kofun tombs in Japan. Although the iconic Mozu Tombs in Sakai city, Osaka have recently been awarded UNESCO World Heritage status, surprisingly little is actually known about these intriguing monuments, kept
What is social distancing? | CBC Kids News

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Everyone is talking about social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. Heres what that means.***IMPORTANT UPDATE!When this video originally published on March 13, the Canadian government was recommending people stay one metre apart. As of March 19,
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The top secret plan to explode a nuclear bomb in Yorkshire

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In the 1960s, America was running "Operation Plowshare": the idea that perhaps nuclear bombs could be used for peace, not war. At least some British scientists had similar ambitions, and it involved setting off a nuclear bomb under Wheeldale, in the North
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Tax Lever of Fiscal Policy

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How government can effect aggregate demand through tax policy More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=BRXBCxKjiK8
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Activities of a Beaver Family

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I have enjoyed watching this Beaver family for several months. Besides recording their daytime activities such as gathering food, eating, grooming, and, close-up tail slaps, three trail cameras captured video of them cutting trees, and branches to lengths
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Components of GDP

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Understanding the components of the expenditure view of GDP. Consumption, investment, government spending and net exports More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=Rgr1vRjxzFg
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Details on Shifting Aggregate Planned Expenditures

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Showing how a change in government spending can lead to a new equilibrium More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=xF_Z4QK0tsA
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20th Century Capitalism and Regulation in the United States

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Overview of cycles of regulation, de-regulation and government in 20th century US capitalism More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=J33nVRyTeyU
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How a case gets to the US Supreme Court

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The only way is by surviving "the rule of four". Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com t
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Politics and native relations in the New England colonies

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Although the New England colonies differed from the Chesapeake colonies in their economies and environments, both regions shared forms of government that were unusually democratic for the time period, as well as a policy of excluding Native Americans from
Spore Rain (mushrooms reproduction)

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The evolutionary concept has spread through the different branches of human knowledge and spread the spores of mushrooms. Each new season countless spores are released into the air by the mushroom kingdom. For a few days, every body tries to play to the b
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The Voting Rights Act Of 1965 Explained

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An overview of the landmark legislation passed giving the Federal Government enforcement power over the states in relationship to the 15th Amendment. Including Shelby County vs Holder which effectively kills much it. Huh? Watch the video! Visit www.hiphug
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Circuit Analysis: Crash Course Physics #30

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How does Stranger Things fit in with Physics and, more specifically, circuit analysis? I'm glad you asked! In this episode of Crash Course Physics, Shini walks us through the differences between series and parallel circuits and how that makes Christmas li
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Neuroscience: Crammed With Connections

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In a piece of brain tissue smaller than a dust mite, there are thousands of brain cell branches and connections. Researchers from Harvard University in Boston, MA have mapped them all in a new study appearing in Cell. They find some unexpected insights ab
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Snake Robot Climbs a Tree

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From the Biorobotics Lab at Carnegie Mellon University, a snake robot (Snakebot) demonstrates how it can climb a tree and look around. Please keep in mind that this robot climbed a specific tree with a specific trunk width about 1 meter off of the ground.
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Antimicrobial Resistance: The End of Modern Medicine? with Dame Sally Davies

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Antimicrobial resistance is the most complex and pressing challenge since climate change. Chief Medical Officer Dame Sally Davies discusses the problem. Apologies for the audio issues with this talk - we had a few technical difficulties while filming. Wat
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Baker Vs. Carr Explained

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The concept of one man, one vote was set down in the 1962 Supreme Court decision, Baker vs. Carr. In this 5 minute video we slay the case with the sword of meaning. Super duper for flipped lessons for American Government and Political Science classes and
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Why US elections only give you two choices

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We dont like the two-party system. So why do we have it?Help keep Vox free for everybody: http://www.vox.com/give-now Americas two-party system is widely hated. Very few Americans think the two major parties do an adequate job representing us, and most sa
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This town forgot to be a city

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Rochester, in the south-east of England, was a city for nearly 800 years. And then, in 1998, an administrative error took that city status away, likely forever. Here's the story.Research and script assistance from Jess JewellREFERENCES:BBC article: http:/
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Fiscal Policy And Stimulus: Crash Course Economics #8

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In which Jacob and Adriene teach you about the evils of fiscal policy and stimulus. Well, maybe the policies aren't evil, but there is an evil lair involved. In this episode we learn how government use taxes and spending influence the economy. Sometimes t
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The Scientific Problem of Consciousness

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Anil Seth wants to understand how minds work. As a neuroscientist at the University of Sussex in England, Seth has seen firsthand how neurons do what they do but he knows that the puzzle of consciousness spills over from neuroscience into other branches o
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How To Expose The Corrupt - Peter Eigen

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Some of the world's most baffling social problems, says Peter Eigen, can be traced to systematic, pervasive government corruption, hand-in-glove with global companies. In his talk, Eigen describes the thrilling counter-attack led by his organization Trans
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We the People: The Supreme Court

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Article III of the Constitution sets up the third and final branch of our government, the judicial branch. At its head is the Supreme Court. Join a group of middle schoolers on a tour of Washington, D.C. as they learn about the Constitution and what it me
A day in the Secret Annex | Anne Frank House

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What was the daily routine of the people hiding in the Secret Annex, how did they fight boredom, and what were the dangers they faced? No two days were the same, but in her diary, Anne tried to describe an average day in the Secret Annex.Subtitles: EN, NL
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What's Hidden Among The Tallest Trees On Earth? - Wendell Oshiro

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-s-hidden-among-the-tallest-trees-on-earth-wendell-oshiro When Stephen Sillett was a boy, he took to the forests of Pennsylvania with his brother and grandmother. Looking up into the dense branches and leave
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U.S. Nuclear Missiles Are Still Controlled By Floppy Disks

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Forget the big red button, this is how we would actually conduct nuclear war. Declassified Nuclear Films Prove We Were Wrong About Their Explosive Power https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-QVPXBcxLU&t=84s Subscribe now! https://www.youtube.com/user/DNewsCha
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2lbs of Cheese For Every American | Planet Money | NPR

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There is an argument that our country has to be able to produce its own food because if our farmers go out of business and we become reliant on other countries for food, then that is a kind of national security risk.In 1976, Jimmy Carter made a single cam
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Russia, the Kievan Rus, and the Mongols: Crash Course World History #20

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In which John Green teaches you how Russia evolved from a loose amalgamation of medieval principalities known as the Kievan Rus into the thriving democracy we know today. As you can imagine, there were a few bumps along the road. It turns out, our old fri
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Your bodys hidden senses might help treat epilepsy, depression

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When it comes to our senses, we frequently focus on the externalthe crack of thunder, the glare of sunlight, the fragrance of flowersthat captured our attention in the first place. But our bodies also have a whole host of internal senses that tell our bra
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Why Does The Shower Get Hot When The Toilet Is Flushed?

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Were you burned the last time someone flushed the toilet while you were showering? It's a simple plumbing fix. Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com. Share on Facebook: https://goo.gl/kOSMwL Share on Twitter: https://goo.gl/gzs4hs Subscribe: http://goo.gl/ZYI7G
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Tea, Taxes, and The American Revolution: Crash Course World History #28

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In which John Green teaches you about the American Revolution and the American Revolutionary War, which it turns out were two different things. John goes over the issues and events that precipitated rebellion in Britain's American colonies, and he also ex
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How the US counts votes

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Follow the results of the 2020 presidential election at: http://www.vox.com/2020In a normal presidential election year, many Americans go from casting our vote before work in the morning to turning off the TV before bed, secure in our knowledge of who wil
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The real story behind this war poster

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Rosie the riveter is iconic. But whats the real story behind the poster?Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjOIn this episode of Vox Almanac, Voxs Phil Edwards explores the story behind the women riveters of World War II.During World War II, milli
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The Stratford Heist - Staging a false play in front of Shakespeare's gravestone to find a treasure.

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A man staged a false play in front of Shakespeare's gravestone in order to scan it with penetrating RADAR to confirm his suspicion it had a cavity with hidden works, a theory he put together from cryptic clues left by the altar. His RADAR confirmed the ca
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Do Fad Diets Work? - Mia Nacamulli

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/do-fad-diets-work-mia-nacamulli Conventional wisdom about diets, including government health recommendations, seems to change all the time. And yet ads routinely come out claiming to have THE answer about what w
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What is McCarthyism? And how did it happen? - Ellen Schrecker

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-mccarthyism-and-how-did-it-happen-ellen-schrecker In the 1950s, as part of a campaign to expose suspected Communists, thousands of individuals were aggressively investigated and questioned before governm
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How to recognize a dystopia - Alex Gendler

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-recognize-a-dystopia-alex-gendler The genre of dystopia – the ‘not good place’– has captured the imaginations of artists and audiences alike for centuries. But why do we bother with all this pessimism? Al
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Wolves: Can't Live With 'Em, Can't Live Without 'Em

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Humans dont have a great track record of coexisting with top predators, and wolves are no exception. By the early 1900s, wolves were nearly extinct in all of Western Europe as a result of government programs that rewarded people for killing them. While th
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Who Won the American Revolution?: Crash Course US History #7

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In which John Green teaches you about the American Revolution. And the Revolutionary War. I know we've labored the point here, but they weren't the same thing. In any case, John will teach you about the major battles of the war, and discuss the strategies
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Why Is The US Constitution So Hard To Amend? - Peter Paccone

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-is-the-us-constitution-so-hard-to-amend-peter-paccone When it was ratified in 1789, the US Constitution didn’t just institute a government by the people – it provided a way for the people to alter the Consti
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This Is How the Apollo Program Began

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During World War II, German scientists created the first missile capable of reaching space, and it became the catalyst for humanity's venture into the unknown. To celebrate NASA’s 60th birthday, starting October 20th, Seeker is going back in time to reliv
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You can poke a hole in this jacket and it’ll repair itself

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If you're like me and spend a lot of time outdoors, your clothes end up bearing the brunt of your travels. During walks through the woods, jackets tend to get caught on tree branches, leaving little holes all over your clothes. The new Nano Cure Tech clot
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AT&T Archives: The UNIX Operating System

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Watch new AT&T Archive films every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at http://techchannel.att.com/archives In the late 1960s, Bell Laboratories computer scientists Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson started work on a project that was inspired by an operating
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How Aristocracies Rule

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The American fairytale is far from enchanted. Power and wealth are concentrated in an anxious aristocracy, comprised of 10% of the population, that reigns by dividing the lower classes and pitting them against each other so that the poor turn against the
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SciShow: Bees Compilation

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We are in spring! And with spring come bees! In this episode of SciShow Compilation we bring the best episodes of bees and honey! Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ----------
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The fight for America's 51st state, explained

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Washington, DC is closer than ever to becoming a state. Could it actually happen?Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjOOn June 26, 2020, the US House of Representatives voted to make Americas capital city, Washington, DC, the countrys 51st state.
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The real reason American health care is so expensive

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Hint: single-payer won’t fix America’s health care spending. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Americans don't drive up the price by consuming more health care. They don't visit the doctor more than other developed countries: http://internati
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Why so many baseball players are Dominican

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And why so many players are among the best in Major League Baseball.Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Baseball has a long history in the United States, but it also has strong roots in the Caribbean and
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President's Cabinet

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The Presidents Cabinet is made up of the most important people in the Executive Branch of government. But who are they and what are their roles?Untold is a free collection of short, compelling, history videos and animations designed to engage new audience
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Is The World Running Out Of Helium?

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At the National Helium Reserve in Amarillo, Texas, the US government once stored 32 billion cubic feet of helium. There have been breathless news articles recently saying the world's running out: but it's still possible to buy party balloons. What's going
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GOING FISHING. A Stop motion Animation by Guldies

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2500 still pictures (4530 taken) played in 18 FPS. Made in my bedroom on my desk. Shot with a Canon EOS 600D. Animated in Dragonframe, edited in Photoshop and Sony Vegas. Sound effects recorded with a Blue Yeti - a few downloaded from freesound(dot)org. A
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Softstop Barrier System by LASERVISION

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The Softstop™ Barrier System solution was developed from Laservision’s Government endorsed Research & Development facility. The emergency response system was primarily designed for vehicle tunnels and has the key objectives of Safety (prev
Meet Two Galapagos Tortoise Hatchlings at Taronga Western Plains Zoo

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Over the course of their lives these little ones will grow from 80 grams to over 150kg! Watch and learn all about Galapagos Tortoise juveniles as Keeper Jordy introduces us to 6 year old Pena and Turbo.There are lots more behind-the-scenes videos at http:
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Speaker of the House

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As the head of the House of Representatives, the Speaker of the House is one of the most important roles in the United States government.Untold is a free collection of short, compelling, history videos and animations designed to engage new audiences in a
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The New Deal: Crash Course US History #34

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You can directly support Crash Course at http://www.subbable.com/crashcourse Subscribe for as little as $0 to keep up with everything we're doing. Free is nice, but if you can afford to pay a little every month, it really helps us to continue producing th
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Department of Justice

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Established in 1870, the Department of Justice not only provides legal advice to the US government, it also ensures the fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans.Untold is a free collection of short, compelling, history videos and ani
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Why Disney World is in Florida

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Disney World really is a kingdom.Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Have you ever wondered why Disney World is located where it is? Or how it came to be such a massive, self-contained universe? Its a sto
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The Attorney General

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The top legal officer in the country, the Attorney General advises the US government on legal matters, including the President. But how did the role come about and what are his or her responsibilities?Untold is a free collection of short, compelling, hist
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How they saved the holes in Swiss cheese

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Agroscope is a Swiss government-backed agricultural research lab. It's got a lot of other resarch projects too, but it also keeps a backup of the Swiss cheese bacterial cultures... just in kse. Agroscope: https://www.agroscope.admin.ch/agroscope/en/home.h
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Where Did We Come From?

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Ready to untangle the branches of the human family tree? Part 1 of our special series on Human Ancestry. Watch it all: http://bit.ly/OKTBSHuman ↓↓↓More info and sources below ↓↓↓ In part 1 of our special series on human ancestry, we tour through our famil
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Why This British Crossroads Is So Dangerous

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Ipley Cross, in the middle of the New Forest, is one of the most dangerous road junctions in Britain. Why? Thanks to Bez, whoever you are: their definitive article on this junction is here: https://singletrackworld.com/2018/01/collision-course-why-this-ty
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What Is The Deep Space Network & How Does It Work?

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Satellites and rovers in space use the Deep Space Network to get information back to Earth. What is it and how does it work? How GPS Works ►►►►http://bit.ly/MPpehX Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly/1myXbFG Read More: Deep Space N
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The Hardest Mandelbrot Zoom in 2017 - New record, 750 000 000 iterations!

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A Mandelbrot is a mathematical formula that can be represented mathematically as:The Mandelbrot set can be explained with the equation zn+1 = zn2 + c. In that equation, c and z are complex numbers and n is zero or a positive integer (natural number). Star
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Why 23 million Americans don't have fast internet

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Buffering... Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO /// Sources: FCC 2015 Notice of Inquiry: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-15-10A1.pdf FCC 2016 Broadband Progress Report: https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/reports/broadband-p
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Meet the Man Building Human-Sized Nests

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In the forestry hills of Big Sur, California, Jayson Fann weaves, bends and shapes eucalyptus and willow branches into incredible human-sized nests. Each of these “earthly temples” weighs in at over 100,000 pounds, often requiring heavy-duty equipment to
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Tunneling With A Mechanical Worm On Steroids

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Mexico City was founded on an unstable lake bed at the bottom of a volcanic crater. The soil is so soft that the city has sunk thirty feet in the last century alone. Blasting to create tunnels would topple buildings, so the government turned to giant tunn
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This Abandoned Nuclear City is Trapped Under Ice, What Happens if it Thaws?

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Tons of nuclear waste from a secret military operation are hiding underneath Greenland's Ice sheet. Special thanks to William Colgan & the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Never-Before-Seen Footage Uncovers Antarctica’s First Scientific Missions
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Dare to Eat the Philippines’ Delectable Woodworms

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Deep in the Bakawan Forest, under the rotting trunk of a dead mangrove tree, lies a delectable delicacy. Tamilok, better known as “woodworms” for their slippery, slimy appearance, are a sweet, oyster-like mollusk that makes its home in the trunks and bran
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Can All The Universes Fit In The Multiverse? - with Sean Carroll

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Getting your head around the implications of the many worlds theory can be an almost incomprehensible task.Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibeIn this short clip from the Q&A following his talk on quantum mechanics, theoretical
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How to Make Lemon Batteries!

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Got some lemons? Let's make a lemon battery! With just a few household items, you can generate electricity and light an LED. Join in this hands-on activity to learn about electricity. It is great for all ages and cheap to build. You need 3x lemons, copper
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Something weird happens when you keep squeezing

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Under extreme pressures, matter defies the rules of physics as we know it.Help keep Vox free for everybody: http://www.vox.com/give-now Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications () so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOPhysicists have
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Why American public transit is so bad

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Most Americans have no choice but to drive. How do we change that?What do you wish the presidential candidates would talk about? http://vox.com/ElectionVideosIn the middle of the 20th century, the US government made a decision that would transform America
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These Wildcats Need the Forest to Survive

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This little old lady is Button, a 21-year-old margay at the Santa Ana Zoo. Native to the dense forests of Central and South America, these wildcats are tree-dwelling creatures whose wide feet and flexible toes allow them to climb, jump and hang from branc
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Can I Get My Face On Currency?

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Forget the normal 15 minutes of fame – the real ticket to immortalizing your legacy is to get your face on currency. But how does it work? Join Cristen to learn more. Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://money.howstuffworks.com/currency.htm Share on Fa
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How Nature Recycles Individual Atoms | Earth Lab

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Decomposition allows nature to break down everything back to its most basic components. Best of Earth Lab: http://bit.ly/EarthLabOriginals Best of BBC Earth: http://bit.ly/TheBestOfBBCEarthVideos The Doctors Are In The House: http://bit.ly/TheDoctorsAreIn
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Oldest Footage Of A President - US

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Who was the first US President on film? This clip is the first known and oldest surviving footage of a US President, the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The inaugural procession of William McKinley was filmed on March
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The Speed of Sound & How does Sound Travel? A Fundamental Understanding

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Sound moves incredibly fast! You snap your fingers, and it can be heard almost instantly throughout an entire room. But how does sound travel so quickly? Do you know how sound travels? Also, how does pushing a table relate to sound? This video goes into t
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One of the most "dangerous" men in American history - Keenan Norris

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Get to know the story of David Walker, an abolitionist whose antislavery pamphlet made him an enemy of the US government.--In 1830, David Walker sewed a pamphlet into the lining of a coat. The volume was thin enough to be hidden, but its content was far f
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The Industrial Economy: Crash Course US History #23

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In which John Green teaches you about the Industrial Economy that arose in the United States after the Civil War. You know how when you're studying history, and you're reading along and everything seems safely in the past, and then BOOM you think, "Man, t
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Could Dinosaurs Have Been Warm-Blooded?

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For a long time, scientists have debated whether dinosaurs were warm-blooded or cold-blooded. Turns out, they were probably somewhere in between. Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't m
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Can Slime Mould Solve Mazes? | Earth Lab

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We think of mould as a simple organism, but it's a fungus that can perform cleaver tricks to get to its objectives. Best of Earth Lab: http://bit.ly/EarthLabOriginals Best of BBC Earth: http://bit.ly/TheBestOfBBCEarthVideos The Doctors Are In The House: h
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88,000 tons of radioactive waste – and nowhere to put it

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The United States produces 2,200 tons of nuclear waste each year…and no one knows what to do with it. The federal government has long promised, but never delivered, a safe place for nuclear power plants to store their spent fuel. This means that radioacti
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My Grandfather, Who Raised Me, Met Napoleon: Bertrand Russell Interview 1952 - Restored Video/Audio

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Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell (18 May 1872 2 February 1970) was born in Trellech, Wales. His parents died when he was three years old. He is best known for being a British philosopher, logician, and social critic. Bertrand's grandfather, John Russell
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The Army Sandwich that Lasts for Years | Earth Lab

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Can a food scientist devise a clever way to make a sandwich moist but not soggy? Best of Earth Lab: http://bit.ly/EarthLabOriginals Best of BBC Earth: http://bit.ly/TheBestOfBBCEarthVideos The Doctors Are In The House: http://bit.ly/TheDoctorsAreInTheHous
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NASA is running out of spacesuits and it could jeopardize future missions

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A new government audit reveals that NASA is running low on spacesuits and new ones might not be available in time. Astronauts have been using the same suits since 1981. The suit were only designed to last 15 years, but NASA was able to extend the lifetime
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Paranormal Roommates | Original Shorts | Cartoon Network

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When government office clerk Harvey Underwood is called in to work he must leave his roommates Nessie (the Loch Ness Monster) and Bigfoot alone in his apartment, allowing the cryptozoologic duo to get into mischief while he is gone. CN GAMES: http://bit.l
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Can you Eat Mouldy Food? | After Life: The Science of Decomposition | Earth Lab

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Fungi and bacteria all try to conquer a piece of rotting bread. Which mould will come out a winner between penicillium and the toxic aspergillus? And most importantely - can it be dangerous for us to eat mould? Best of Earth Lab: http://bit.ly/EarthLabOri
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Wynton at Harvard, Chapter 9: The Evolution of the Trap Drum Set

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Delve into Wynton Marsalis's six-part Harvard University lecture series, covering a range of topics including jazz, what it means to be American, and the importance of cultural literacy and the arts in the liberal arts education. IX. The Evolution of the
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What a Japanese Nursing Home is Like

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In this video, we go on a tour of a couple of Azalee's Nursing Homes in Japan. In Japan, hospitals and clinics must be non-profit and owned and operated by physicians. Health care costs are standardized across the country, with no single physicians able t
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Shark Encounter in 180: Worth More Alive | National Geographic

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Come face to face with several species of sharks at Tiger Beach, while on expedition with conservationist Jim Abernethy. Shark diving generates millions of dollars every year in the Bahamas, where the apex predators are protected by the government and the
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The Constitution, the Articles, and Federalism: Crash Course US History #8

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In which John Green teaches you about the United States Constitution. During and after the American Revolutionary War, the government of the new country operated under the Articles of Confederation. While these Articles got the young nation through its wa
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What does a Star Wars battle actually sound like?

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Have you ever heard that explosions in space don't make a sound? When the Death Star from Star Wars explodes what would happen? Would you be able to hear it? And what would it actually sound like?Well, explosions in space actually do make sounds, and in t
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Diving Into The World Of Sea Turtles | Nightly News: Kids Edition

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We take a look at the different branches of the U.S. military and what they do - just in time for Veterans Day. Blood moon: We share the details of the stunning total lunar eclipse. With nesting season wrapping up, we go diving into the world of sea turtl
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How America fell in love with nuclear bombs - BBC

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SUBSCRIBE to the OFFICIAL BBC YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2IXqEIn LAUNCH BBC iPlayer to access Live TV and Box Sets: https://bbc.in/2J18jYJ In the 1950s, American's went crazy for the nuclear bomb, going as far as to travel out to Atomic hotels in Las
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The Little-Known Patterns on British Streets

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I thought about saying "secret patterns" or "mysterious patterns" in the title, but that'd be a lie: they're just mostly unknown! So let's talk about tactile paving, about design, about accessibility, and about those bumpy bits that you stand on when you'
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Man Born in 1866 Talks About the Late 1800s

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0:00 Introduction1:38 Main VideoThis is Eugene D. Nims, born in 1866. When the United States Government opened Oklahoma for settlement in 1893, he was there and made the run on horseback into the Cherokee strip. Here he got into the lumber business. All t
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Step into This Soviet Arcade Time Machine

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While American teens in the '80s were obsessing over Pac-Man and Donkey Kong, their Soviet counterparts were playing arcade games meant to prepare them for war. At the time, video games weren't easily accessible in the Soviet Union. So the government fash
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What Happens When an Island Completely Disappears?

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A giant hurricane swept an island away in just one night, but is this just a succession of tons of island disappearances all over the globe? Here’s what we know. Why a Half Degree Rise in Global Temperature Would Be Catastrophic - https://youtu.be/teZk3NL
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Why Do Bats Transmit So Many Diseases Like Ebola?

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Subscribe to MinuteEarth! - http://www.youtube.com/user/minuteearth?sub_confirmation=1 And please support us on Subbable! - https://subbable.com/minuteearth ________________________ Video Concept and Writing: Kate Yandell Created by Henry Reich Production
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What happens when Space Junk collides? | Horizon: Space Junk | Earth Lab

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The Kessler Syndrome - the equation to measure what happens when space junk collides and litters our upper atmosphere with space debris. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToEarthLab Best of Earth Lab: http://bit.ly/EarthLabOriginals Best of BBC Earth: htt
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Why do leaves change color? | SciShow Kids

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Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castaeda (she/her/they/them)Arwen Hubbard: WriterKyle Nackers: Fact CheckerAlex Billow: Script EditorMadison Lynn: VideographerStefan Chin: EditorJosef "Tuna" Metesh: Sound DesignerAimee Roberts: Art Director/PuppeteerSam Schultz:
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America in World War I: Crash Course US History #30

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You can directly support Crash Course at http://www.subbable.com/crashcourse Subscribe for as little as $0 to keep up with everything we're doing. Free is nice, but if you can afford to pay a little every month, it really helps us to continue producing th
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The rights you might not realize you have - Shannon Odell

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Do you have a right to a healthy planet? Dig into the movement to hold governments accountable for climate change inaction.--Since 2015, an unprecedented movement has been sweeping courts around the world. Groups of young plaintiffs are suing their govern
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World War II Part 2 - The Homefront: Crash Course US History #36

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Crash Course World History is now available on DVD! Visit http://dft.ba/-CCWHDVD to buy a set for your home or classroom. You can directly support Crash Course at http://www.subbable.com/crashcourse Subscribe for as little as $0 to keep up with everything
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See how these bumblebees squeeze through tiny spaces

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Sridhar Ravi was outdoors with his colleagues on a summer day in Germany when a group of bumblebees grabbed his attention.As the bees made their way from flower to flower, they skillfully flew between obstacles, dodging branches and shrubs. These actions
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What’s Inside Area 51? | COLOSSAL MYSTERIES

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Area 51: a hotbed of extra-terrestrial activity, or just your average, run-of-the-mill maximum security government facility? Images used under license from Shutterstock.com Welcome to COLOSSAL MYSTERIES, the show that explores life's most puzzling mysteri
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Billion Dollar Space Tracking System | Horizon: Space Junk | Earth Lab

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Discover NASA's Space Fence, a billion-dollar system designed to prevent collisions and monitor space junk. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToEarthLab Best of Earth Lab: http://bit.ly/EarthLabOriginals Best of BBC Earth: http://bit.ly/TheBestOfBBCEarthV
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How Singapore Does Farming Without Farmland

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Singapore has only 1% of its land available for agriculture, so it imports 90% of its food requirements. The government is looking to curb this dependence on outside food sources under a program titled 30 by 30, which aims to allow Singapore to grow 30% o
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"Happy Birthday" by Stevie Wonder (Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.)

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For as long as I can remember, we'd sing this at birthday parties after the traditional Happy Birthday song. Not until I was an adult did I learn that it was written by Stevie Wonder as a petition to the US Government to implement a National Holiday honor
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Samurai, Daimyo, Matthew Perry, and Nationalism: Crash Course World History #34

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In which John Green teaches you about Nationalism. Nationalism was everywhere in the 19th century, as people all over the world carved new nation-states out of old empires. Nationalist leaders changed the way people thought of themselves and the places th
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Early Computing: Crash Course Computer Science #1

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Hello, world! Welcome to Crash Course Computer Science! So today, we’re going to take a look at computing’s origins, because even though our digital computers are relatively new, the need for computation is not. Since the start of civilization itself, hum
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The Cold War and Consumerism: Crash Course Computer Science #24

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Today we’re going to step back from hardware and software, and take a closer look at how the backdrop of the cold war and space race and the rise of consumerism and globalization brought us from huge, expensive codebreaking machines in the 1940s to afford
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Let’s face it — American breakfast is really dessert

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Breakfast in America is pretty sweet—literally it contains a bunch of sugar. American breakfast is really disguised dessert eaten in the morning. While the government recommends no more than 12 teaspoons of sugar a day, the average American consumes 23. A
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Deadly Design - RMS Titanic

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Subscribe to Naked Science http://goo.gl/wpc2Q1News about the number of lives lost broke on 16th April 1912, one day after the disaster. Grieving relatives of the victims were desperate to know how the impossible could have happened. The Titanic was desig
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This Crazy Tree Grows 40 Kinds of Fruit | National Geographic

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Sam Van Aken, an artist and professor at Syracuse University, uses "chip grafting" to create trees that each bear 40 different varieties of stone fruits, or fruits with pits. The grafting process involves slicing a bit of a branch with a bud from a tree o
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Price Controls, Subsidies, And The Risks Of Good Intentions: Crash Course Economics #20

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So, during times of inflation or deflation, why doesn't the government just set prices? It sounds reasonable, but price ceilings or floors just don't work. Adriene and Jacob explain why. Subsidies, however, are a little different, and sometimes they even
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Environmental Econ: Crash Course Economics #22

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So, if economics is about choices and how we use our resources, econ probably has a lot to say about the environment, right? Right! In simple terms, pollution is just a market failure. The market is producing more pollution than society wants. This week,
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Stranded on a Glacier in Iceland? Call This Number | That's Amazing

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Iceland is an island of climactic extremes. There, people face a relentless war against the elements, and every year, tourists and citizens alike are caught off-guard by rapidly changing weather. Even well-prepared people have found themselves drifting ou
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Can you solve the fantasy election riddle? - Dennis E. Shasha

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Practice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd--After much debate, the realm has decided dragon jousting may not be the best way to choose its leaders, and has begun transitioning to democracy. Your company was hired to survey the citizens o
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Real-Life Men in Black | COLOSSAL MYSTERIES

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Theyre called the Men in Black: anonymous government officials all around the country who help suppress any info about alien encounters! Its a compelling conspiracy, to be sure, but is there any truth to it? Could the mysterious Men in Black be more than
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What happened when these 6 dictators took over - Stephanie Honchell Smith

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Examine the myth of the benevolent dictator, which is a leader who holds absolute power yet only uses it for the common good.--Under certain conditions, the idea of a dictator can sound appealing, like when a democracy isnt functioning as it should due to
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A day in the life of an ancient Athenian - Robert Garland

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Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-day-in-the-life-of-an-ancient-athenian-robert-garland It’s 427 BCE, and the worst internal conflict ever to occur in the ancient Greek world is in its
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How Pakistan's cricket superstar became prime minister

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Why the world is watching Imran Khan. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Imran Khan was sworn in as Pakistan’s new prime minister on August 18, but he is no ordinary politician. Before rising to power, he was a dashing cricket superstar. He le
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Exploring the Longest Cave System in Asia

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At 148 miles in length, Shuanghe Cave in China’s Guizhou province holds the honor of being the longest cave in Asia. No one knows it better than 61-year-old farmer Zhao Zhongguo. He’s spent the past three decades exploring the cave complex, documenting ov
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The Many Worlds of the Quantum Multiverse | Space Time | PBS Digital Studios

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Is our universe a definitive single reality or is it merely one within an infinitely branching multiverse? Be sure to check out Physics Girl’s Dianna Cowern for more awesome science https://www.youtube.com/c/physicsgirl Get your own Space Time tshirt at
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The Strange History of Soviet X-Ray Records

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Hips dont lie. But a hip x-ray in the Soviet Union of the 1950s might not have been what it appeared to be. In fact, if it was round, it was likely a record. Let us explain. At a time when the Soviet government strictly forbade western music from the like
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Making the stinkiest chemical known to man

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To get started for free, visit https://brilliant.org/nilered or click on the link in the description. The first 200 of you will get 20% off Brilliant's annual premium subscription.-------------------------------------------Thioacetone is something that I'
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Deficits & Debts: Crash Course Economics #9

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What is debt? What is a deficit? And do these things have different outcomes for individuals and nations? Adriene and Jacob answer all these questions and more on this week's Crash Course Econ. Deficit and debt are easy to misunderstand, but luckily, they

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