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The Chimp Who Believed She Was Human
381 views / 0 likes - addedA social experiment goes awry when a couple adopts a baby chimpanzee and raises her as their daughter. Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/571318/lucy-chimp/ "Lucy" was directed and animated by Elisa Chee. It is part of The Atlantic Selects
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The Mayor of a Ghost Town (Population: 1)
654 views / 0 likes - addedWelcome to Ballarat, California, population one. Located in the heart of the unforgiving Death Valley, the former mining supply town has been abandoned for nearly 100 years. Were it not for Rock Novak, the town’s only resident, Ballarat would belong to th
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Technology for communication with the Deaf
447 views / 0 likes - addedAt #MLBerlin, Media Lab Director's Fellow Christine Sun Kim and Joi Ito discuss the app her team built for improving communication with the Deaf by crowdsourcing a data set for American Sign Language. Video by Elisa Cucinelli. More information at: https:/
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Watch These Frustrated Squirrels Go Nuts! | Deep Look
597 views / 2 likes - addedHumans aren’t the only creatures that get frustrated. Squirrels do too. One researcher wants to know, could there be an evolutionary benefit to losing your cool? SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt DEEP LOOK is a ultra-HD (4K) short video series
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Thief in The Creek Craig of the Creek Cartoon Network
384 views / 0 likes - addedSecret Keeper, otherwise known as Cat Burglar, tries to stop Elisa from revealing his secret diary by stealing items of other Creek-goers. But what happens when the Cat Burglar gets tired of burgling? Watch Craig of the Creek on Cartoon Network and HBOMax
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KEiiNO - Spirit in the Sky (OFFICIAL Music Video)
206 views / 2 likes - addedOfficial Music Video of Norway's ESC entry Spirit in the Sky by KEiiNO. Find it on https://ampl.ink/dZR81/ www.keiino.com and www.fb.com/keiinomusic for more info . P&C Hugoworld AS Director: Martin Sofiedal Producer: Alice Asplund Dancer: Kyle Patric
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New Yorkers Love Maman's Nutty Chocolate Chip Cookies | Legendary Eats
425 views / 0 likes - addedEven as restaurants shut down in response to the novel coronavirus, we still wanted to profile some of our favorite places and check in on what they're facing during this challenging time. We caught up with one of New York City's most loved cookie spots,
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Joints: Crash Course A&P #20
974 views / 0 likes - addedWe continue our look at your bones and skeletal system, skipping over the silly kid's song in favor of a more detailed look at your your axial and appendicular skeleton. This episode also talks about the structural and functional classifications of your j
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Titanic: The ONLY Genuine Footage - Verified By Experts
2,066 views / 15 likes - addedIncredibly rare, genuine & authenticated. This stunning footage is the OLDEST AND ONLY known remaining film of Titanic above water. Combined with footage from the wreck - utterly beautiful and heartbreaking. Ever since Titanic was lost at sea that fat
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How Do Squirrels Find Nuts?
807 views / 0 likes - addedTry Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/okaytobesmart You’d have to be nuts not to love this video! ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Special thanks to Jason Goldman (@jgold85) for help with this episode! References: Jacobs, Lucia F., and Emily R. Liman. "G
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How to increase your happiness
25 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the benefits of practicing gratitude in your everyday life, and discover how being thankful can impact your happiness.--Many people would say the connection between happiness and gratefulness is very simple: when you are happy, you are grateful.
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How to increase your happiness
28 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the benefits of practicing gratitude in your everyday life, and discover how being thankful can impact your happiness.--Many people would say the connection between happiness and gratefulness is very simple: when you are happy, you are grateful.
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These animals can hear everything - Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard
115 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the extraordinary auditory adaptations in the animal kingdom, and find out which creature has the best hearing.--The world is always abuzz with sounds, many of which human ears simply cant hear. However, other species have extraordinary adaptation
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The battle that formed the universe - Fabio Pacucci
2,698 views / 0 likes - addedExplore what happened after the Big Bang and how the battle between gravity and pressure shaped the structure of our universe.--Its time for the biggest battle in the Universe: the Big Bang. In one corner is gravity the force that brings all matter togeth
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Can you solve the Trojan War riddle? - Dennis E. Shasha
677 views / 1 likes - addedPractice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd--On Olympus, youve been waiting for an opportunity to bring the bloody Trojan War to its conclusion. The two sides have agreed to a brief truce, and when you consult the Fates, they advise: shou
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How humanity got hooked on coffee - Jonathan Morris
64 views / 0 likes - addedTrace the history of coffee, from its first known origins to its rise in popularity due to trade routes and cultivation.--One day around 850 CE, a goatherd observed that his goats started acting abnormally after nibbling on some berries. The herder tried
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Can you solve the risky disk riddle? - James Tanton
232 views / 0 likes - addedPractice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd--Your antivirus squad is up against a code thats hijacked your mainframe. What youve learned from other infected systems, right before they went dark, is that it likes to toy with antivirus agen
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Why is this black square famous? - Allison Leigh
114 views / 1 likes - addedDiscover the symbolism of Kazimir Malevichs Black Square, and how it pushed the boundaries of what art is and what it can be.--In 1915, an exhibition of radical artworks opened in Russia. Many pieces pushed the boundaries of form and style, but one was pa
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This tool will help improve your critical thinking - Erick Wilberding
229 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the technique known as the Socratic Method, which uses questions to examine a persons values, principles, and beliefs. --Socrates, one of the founding fathers of Western philosophical thought, was on trial. Many believed he was an enemy of the sta
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The rise and fall of Italys warriors-for-hire - Stephanie Honchell Smith
88 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the history of the elite mercenaries known as condottieri, who were soldiers for hire for Italy's rich and powerful.--During the 14th and 15th centuries, mercenaries known as condottieri dominated Italian warfare, profiting from and encouraging t
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How to prevent political corruption - Stephanie Honchell Smith
54 views / 0 likes - addedExplore common types of corruption and find out what we can do to combat it and promote transparency in our institutions.--Corruption is often defined as misuse of a position of power for personal gain. And while corruption in politics is nothing new, it
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Why is it so hard to escape poverty? - Ann-Heln Bay
259 views / 1 likes - addedExplore the paradox of welfare programs, and learn how they inadvertently reinforce generational poverty, and what we can do to fix them.--Imagine that youve been unemployed for months. Government benefit programs have helped you cover your expenses, but
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Is inequality inevitable?
161 views / 0 likes - addedExplore how economic inequality can be measured and how it is impacted by different governmental policy choices.--Income and wealth inequality are not new. In fact, economists and historians who have charted economic inequality throughout history havent f
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Is it possible to lose weight fast? - Hei Man Chan
176 views / 0 likes - addedIs it possible to lose weight fast in a healthy way? Dig into how different forms of dieting affect your body. --In the wealthiest circles of Victorian England, dieters would swallow an unhatched tapeworm and let it grow inside them by consuming undigeste
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Seeing things that aren't there? It's pareidolia - Susan G. Wardle
162 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the phenomenon of face pareidolia, which is the tendency of our brains to see faces in everyday objects.--Imagine opening a bag of chips, only to find Santa Claus looking back at you. Or turning a corner to see a building smiling at you. Humans s
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Can you solve Dongle's Difficult Dilemma? - Dennis E. Shasha
447 views / 1 likes - addedPractice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd--According to legend, three galactic terraformers shaped your planet into a paradise. When their work was done, they left the source of their power behind: three golden hexagons, hidden in dunge
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The animal architecture visible from space - Glynnis Hood
103 views / 0 likes - addedExplore how beavers build their impressive dams, and what impact these structures have on the surrounding environment. --Nestled in the forests of Canada sits the worlds longest beaver dam. This 850-meter-long structure is large enough to be seen in satel
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The myth of Gawain and the Green Knight - Dan Kwartler
223 views / 1 likes - addedDig into the myth of the Green Knight, who comes to King Arthurs court to challenge the honor and bravery of Camelots knights. --It was Christmas in Camelot and King Arthur was throwing a party. In the midst of the revelry, a towering knight proposed a ga
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The rise and fall of the Lakota Empire - Pekka Hmlinen
216 views / 0 likes - addedTrace the rise and fall of the Lakota Empire which, at their height, were the most dominant power in the American West.--In 1776, a powerful empire was born in North America. The Lakotas had reached the Black Hills, the most sacred place and most coveted
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Is capitalism actually broken?
188 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the different types of capitalism, how they operate, and how they impact issues like climate change and rising inequality.--People have become increasingly worried that the threats we face today, like climate change and rising inequality, cant be
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What is a gig economy?
185 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the benefits and drawbacks of the gig economy, and find out the key factors of becoming a successful freelancer.--A 2016 survey of freelancers in six countries found that those who freelance by choice 70% of respondents were happier than people in
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Would you raise the baby that ate your siblings? - Francesca Barbero
80 views / 0 likes - addedExplore how the offspring of parasitic butterflies trick their way into ant colonies for food and protection.--You might not guess it, but Alcon blue butterflies are just one of over 200 parasitic butterfly species, all of which target ants. And their off
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How did South African Apartheid happen, and how did it finally end? - Thula Simpson
59 views / 0 likes - addedExplore how Dutch and British colonization of South Africa led to Apartheid, the strict national policy of racial segregation.--For 46 years, South Africans lived under Apartheid, a strict policy of segregation that barred the countrys Black majority from
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The underground cities of the Byzantine Empire - Veronica Kalas
43 views / 0 likes - addedUncover the history of the ancient underground cities beneath Cappadocia, which were built during the Byzantine Empire.--The breathtaking geological formations of Cappadocia are one of the most astonishing landscapes on Earth. Also known as fairy chimneys
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The Fijian myth of the greedy god - Raiana McKinney and Esther Wozniak
70 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the Fijian myth of Dakuwaqa, the shape-shifting shark god who is determined to take over all of Fiji's islands.--Long ago, the ancestral gods of Fiji settled on the Pacific archipelago. They eventually metamorphosed into various forms, with the g
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The one thing stopping jellyfish from taking over - Mariela Pajuelo & Javier Antonio Quinones
143 views / 0 likes - addedDig into why jellyfish populations have increased, and how leatherback sea turtles can help get their numbers under control.--Over the past two decades, jellyfish have begun to overwhelm our oceans. If things stay on their current trajectory, we could be
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How you survive the coldest place on Earth - Nadia Frontier
153 views / 0 likes - addedExplore how marine creatures survive the frigid waters of Antarctica, and what traits allow them to live in such conditions.--The vast, white surface of Antarctica stretches for over 3 million square kilometers. On the coast of this expanse, just a few me
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The true cost of gold - Lyla Latif
180 views / 0 likes - addedDig into how foreign corporations exploit African nations like Mali for their gold mining, and often rob them of proper compensation.--In 2020, Mali produced over 71 tons of gold an amount worth billions of dollars. But Mali saw only $850 million dollars
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4 epidemics that almost happened (but didn't) - George Zaidan
99 views / 0 likes - addedWhat makes for an effective outbreak response? Explore successful systems from around the world that prevented epidemics.--In 2013, an Ebola outbreak began in Guinea. The country had no formal response system and the outbreak became the largest Ebola epid
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Why don't "tough" and "dough" rhyme? - Arika Okrent
21 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the evolution of English spelling conventions throughout history, and find out why it's such an inconsistent language.--Spelling reformers have been advocating for changes to make English spelling more intuitive and less irregular. One example of
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The Chinese legend of the butterfly lovers - Lijun Zhang
214 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the Chinese myth of Zhu Yingtai, who disguises herself as a boy in order to attend school, and her love Liang Shanbo.--Although only boys were allowed at the Confucius Academy, what Zhu Yingtai wanted was to go to school. She begged her parents t
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The dark history of the suburbs - Kevin Ehrman-Solberg and Kirsten Delegard
175 views / 0 likes - addedDiscover the dark history of the American suburbs, and how practices like racial covenants restricted access to home ownership for people of color.--Beginning in the 1800s, people began writing clauses into property deeds that were meant to prevent all fu
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How we can detect pretty much anything - Hlne Morlon and Anna Papadopoulou
809 views / 0 likes - addedExplore how scientists use environmental DNA (eDNA) in a technique called DNA metabarcoding to find and track species.--Scientists have been staking out a forest in Montana for an animal thats notoriously tricky to find. Camera traps havent offered defini
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4 things all great listeners know
239 views / 0 likes - addedDig into different strategies that can improve your listening skills so you can become a high quality listener.--Its easy to tell when someones not paying attention, but it can be surprisingly tricky to know what good listening looks like. Good listening
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What if you experienced every human life in history?
237 views / 1 likes - addedExamine the ethical stance known as longtermism, which is the idea that we should be doing more to protect future generations.--Imagine that your life began as one of the planets first humans. After dying, you're reincarnated as the second human ever to l
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Why do we eat popcorn at the movies? - Andrew Smith
146 views / 0 likes - addedTrace the history of popcorn, from its origins in the Americas to its explosion of popularity in the 20th century.--Soft percussion and a toasty scent mark the violent transformation of tough seeds into cloud-like puffs. This is the almost magical process
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A brief history of toilets - Francis de los Reyes
311 views / 2 likes - addedExplore the history of the toilet and how waste management has evolved from from ancient Mesopotamia to modern day.--On sunny days, citizens of ancient Rome could be found exchanging news and gossip while attending to more urgent business at the public la
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What's missing in medical research? - Greg Foot
123 views / 0 likes - addedDig into why ethnic diversity is so important to medical research when creating new treatments and medicines for diseases.--While all humans share 99.9% of our DNA, differences in the remaining 0.1% hold important clues about the causes of diseasesand the
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Can the economy grow forever?
137 views / 0 likes - addedIs infinite economic growth possible on a planet with finite resources? Explore how countries can balance efficiency with sustainability.--Many economists think that an eternally growing economy is necessary to keep improving peoples lives, and that if th
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The history of poker: Bluffing, betting, and busting - James McManus
31 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the history of poker, from the games invention in the American South to its explosion of popularity across the world.--From its earliest incarnations, poker has always been a contest of guile, guts, and gambling. The game first emerged around 180
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What really happened during the Attica Prison Rebellion - Orisanmi Burton
304 views / 1 likes - addedDig into the Attica Prison Rebellion, where prisoners took control of the facility in response to inhumane living conditions, and the violent retaking that followed.--On September 9th 1971, a spontaneous uprising began in a New York State prison. A group
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Can you outsmart the slippery slope fallacy? - Elizabeth Cox
499 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the slippery slope fallacy, which assumes that one step will lead to a series of events that lead to an extreme often bad scenario.--Its 1954. Vietnamese nationalists are on the verge of securing an independent Vietnam under communist leader Ho C
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The rebel radio that brought down a war criminal - Diana Sierra Becerra
145 views / 0 likes - addedGet to know the story of Radio Venceremos, an underground radio collective that fought US-backed fascism during the Salvadoran Civil War.--Since the 1800s, a handful of oligarchs had controlled nearly all of El Salvadors land, forcing laborers to work for
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The biggest mistakes in mapmaking history - Kayla Wolf
194 views / 0 likes - addedTravel through the history of mapmaking and discover what big mistakes cartographers made about the worlds geography.--For thousands of years, people made both functional maps and what are known as cosmographies, illustrating the earth and its position in
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Can you steal the most powerful wand in the wizarding world? - Dan Finkel
180 views / 0 likes - addedPractice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd--The fabled Mirzakhani wand is the most powerful magical item ever created. And thats why the evil wizard Moldevort is planning to use it to conquer the world. You and Drumbledrore have finally
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What you can do with an extra jaw - Darien Satterfield
191 views / 1 likes - addedDiscover the adaptation of the pharyngeal jaw, a secondary set of jaws that allow fish to capture and eat their prey at the same time. --After stalking a cuttlefish, a moray eel finally pounces. As the eel snags the mollusk in its teeth, its prey struggle
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The twins who tricked the Maya gods of death - Ilan Stavans
376 views / 1 likes - addedDive into the Maya myth of twins Junajpu and Ixbalanke as they descend into the underworld to play the gods in a ballgame.--One day, twin brothers Junajpu and Ixbalanke discovered their fathers hidden ballgame equipment and began to play. Hearing their vi
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How one of the most profitable companies in history rose to power - Adam Clulow
214 views / 0 likes - addedDiscover what happened when one company's attempt to dominate a key global trade ended in violence.--During the 17th century, the Dutch East India Company cornered the booming spice market and pioneered trade routes between Asia and Europe. It is widely c
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The gory history of barber surgeons - Stephanie Honchell Smith
89 views / 0 likes - addedTrace the history of barber-surgeons, and find out what led to barbers performing medical procedures in medieval Europe.--Its a cold morning in 15th century France and youre off to the barber for a shave and haircut. You hear the familiar sound of singing
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What is the rarest color in nature? - Victoria Hwang
536 views / 0 likes - addedDiscover what colors are the most rare to see in nature, and how physics and evolution drive their scarcity.--Plants, animals, or minerals found in nature bear almost every color imaginable. There are two factors that influence what hues you see in the wi
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A day in the life of a medieval teenage pilgrim - Birte Kristiansen and Petra Sijpesteijn
110 views / 0 likes - addedJoin siblings Hisham and Asma in medieval Baghdad as they prepare and gather supplies for the hajj, a holy pilgrimage to Mecca.--Its 791 CE. As the morning sun shines on the Golden Gate Palace, brother and sister Hisham and Asma prepare for the journey of
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What is a poop transplant, and how does it work? - Kathryn M. Stephenson and David L. Suskind
176 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the science of fecal microbial transplantation, where doctors transfer feces into a patient to help reset their gut microbiome.--1,700 years ago, Chinese alchemist Ge Hong was renowned for his soup that could cure diarrhea-stricken patients. It h
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A year in the life of one of Earth's weirdest animals - Gilad Bino
283 views / 2 likes - addedTrace a year in the life of a platypus, and explore how the animals unique adaptations ensure its survival.--Waddling along the parched Australian earth, a female platypus is searching for fresh water. Over the past year, a severe drought turned rivers an
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Why are cockroaches so hard to kill? - Ameya Gondhalekar
178 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the genetic adaptations of cockroaches, and find out what makes it so hard to get rid of these tenacious creatures.--In ancient Egypt, there was a spell that declared, Be far from me, O vile cockroach. Thousands of years later, were still trying
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Whoever builds something here will be rich beyond measure - Fabio Pacucci
2,018 views / 0 likes - addedDownload a free audiobook version of Project Hail Mary" and support TED-Ed's nonprofit mission: https://www.audible.com/ted-ed--Since the 1950s, governments, companies, and researchers have been planting flags among the stars. But while it might seem like
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*If We Aren't Too Late
264 views / 0 likes - addedThis video was made in partnership with Bill Gates. To learn more about his work on clean energy, visit https://gatesnot.es/3dSVdurWell each have at least $100,000 more in our piggy banks, on average, if we stop climate change than if we dont.Thanks also
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The Plant Thats Full Of Metal
387 views / 0 likes - addedSpecial Christmas Deal! Use the link https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/MinuteEarth to support our channel and get 3 years + 2 months free for $79. Just $2.08 for a MONTH!The amount of metal some special plants are able to take up from the soil would b
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Teenager Puts VIDEO GAMES Over SCHOOL, What Happens Next Is Shocking | Dhar Mann Studios
241 views / 1 likes - addedDownload Dragon City for free to play with the NEW Scarlet Dhar Mann Dragon and get a free starter pack: https://dragoncity.onelink.me/DDHl/dm3#Ad Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to my channel by clicking here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_hK9fOxyy_TM8FJGX
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How Kittens Go From Clueless to Cute | Deep look
810 views / 2 likes - addedPlease support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deeplook Take the PBSDS survey: https://to.pbs.org/2018YTSurvey Fluffy kittens chasing a ball are beyond adorable -- but they sure aren't born that way. Practically deaf and blind, in their first few w
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Reusable handwarmers that get hot by freezing
272 views / 0 likes - addedThese things are so cool they're hot.Here's some links.Technology Connextras (the second channel that stuff goes on sometimes):https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClRwC5Vc8HrB6vGx6Ti-lhATechnology Connections on Twitter:https://twitter.com/TechConnectifyThe
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Why Biodiversity Is Good For The Economy
980 views / 0 likes - addedResearch suggests that more diverse ecosystems are better for the bottom line. Thanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/ Credits (and Twitter handles): Script Writer: Peter Reich Script Editor: Kate Yoshi
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