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  • 11:58 Popular Civil Rights and the 1950s: Crash Course US History #39

    Civil Rights and the 1950s: Crash Course US History #39

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  • 01:31 This 1950s car had an extra wheel to help with parking

    This 1950s car had an extra wheel to help with parking

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    The Park-Car was invented by Brooks Walker in the 1930s and patented in the 1950s. The car included a fifth wheel that allowed it to rotate in and out of parking spaces, as well as turn in a full circle. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/sai FACEB

  • 03:50 1950s vs. NOW: Did Mid-Century Futurism Flop?

    1950s vs. NOW: Did Mid-Century Futurism Flop?

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    What kind of future did the people of the 1950s predict? Did people get the tech they wanted?Watch more: Could You Handle Being An Adult In The 70s?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgQwXGubNjgSubscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin | Get your exclusive L

  • 04:13 Mining Literature For Deeper Meanings - Amy E. Harter

    Mining Literature For Deeper Meanings - Amy E. Harter

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/mining-literature-for-deeper-meanings-amy-e-harter Writing a great English paper can be tough because literature doesn't always reveal its deeper meanings immediately. You might not know Mr. Darcy's true feeling

  • 07:00 Popular How and Why We Read: Crash Course English Literature #1

    How and Why We Read: Crash Course English Literature #1

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    In which John Green kicks off the Crash Course Literature mini series with a reasonable set of questions. Why do we read? What's the point of reading critically. John will argue that reading is about effectively communicating with other people. Unlike a d

  • 02:35 Popular London has a toxic air pollution problem. One solution was born in the 1950s | WIRED

    London has a toxic air pollution problem. One solution was born in the 1950s | WIRED

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    London is in the midst of an air pollution crisis, but it’s not a new problem. The Great Smog of 1952 caused the deaths of 12,000 people in just four days. Back then, as London choked on chimney fumes, one project had an innovative solution. Subscribe to

  • 12:27 Shakespeare's Sonnets: Crash Course Literature 304

    Shakespeare's Sonnets: Crash Course Literature 304

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    This week, we're learning about sonnets, and English Literature's best-known purveyor of those fourteen-line paeans, William Shakespeare. We'll look at a few of Willy Shakes's biggest hits, including Sonnet 18, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day," So

  • 12:57 Popular Don't Reanimate Corpses! Frankenstein Part 1: Crash Course Literature 205

    Don't Reanimate Corpses! Frankenstein Part 1: Crash Course Literature 205

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    In which John Green teaches you about Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein. Sure, you know Frankenstein the cultural phenomenon, but how much do you know about the novel that started it all? You'll learn about the Romantic movement in English lit, of which

  • 02:59 Unbelievable Myths From The 1950s DEBUNKED!

    Unbelievable Myths From The 1950s DEBUNKED!

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    Science has come a long way since the 1950's, but what crazy things did we believe back then? Watch more: Should We Let Robots Take Our Jobs? ►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Snj9UufuUFU&list=PL8L0MzSk_V6JtEDRfRMyb6rFd1acqYSlO&index=54 Subscribe: https:

  • 01:01 The 1950s Science Kit That Had Real Uranium

    The 1950s Science Kit That Had Real Uranium

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    The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab was meant to let kids experiment with nuclear physics in the comfort of their own home! Read more: http://bit.ly/2wNN0ER FOLLOW US! http://www.ripleys.com https://www.facebook.com/RipleysBelieveItorNot https://www.twitt

  • 11:32 Popular Langston Hughes&the Harlem Renaissance: Crash Course Literature 215

    Langston Hughes&the Harlem Renaissance: Crash Course Literature 215

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  • 03:04 Intense Footage of Fake Towns Used for 1950s Nuclear Tests

    Intense Footage of Fake Towns Used for 1950s Nuclear Tests

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    To test the impact of an atomic blast on populated areas, technicians built entire fake towns, with houses, shops, and even mannequin families. These settlements went by an ominous name: doom towns. From: A-BOMBS OVER NEVADA http://bit.ly/2nvE0OK

  • 02:11 "Jabberwocky": One of literature's best bits of nonsense

    "Jabberwocky": One of literature's best bits of nonsense

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    Dive into Lewis Carrolls epic nonsense poem, Jabberwocky from his novel "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There."--As Alice wanders through the dreamscape of Looking-Glass Land in Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice F

  • 14:28 1984 by George Orwell, Part 1: Crash Course Literature 401

    1984 by George Orwell, Part 1: Crash Course Literature 401

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    In which John Green returns for a dystopian new season of Crash Course Literature! We're starting with George Orwell's classic look at the totalitarian state that could be in post-war England. Winston Smith is under the eye of Big Brother, and making us t

  • 10:45 LITERATURE - Goethe

    LITERATURE - Goethe

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    Goethe is one of the great minds of European civilisation, though his work is largely unknown outside of the German speaking countries. He deserves our renewed attention. Please subscribe here: http://tinyurl.com/o28mut7 If you like our films take a look

  • 09:33 LITERATURE: Leo Tolstoy

    LITERATURE: Leo Tolstoy

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    Leo Tolstoy was a remarkable novelist in part because he believed in the novel as a tool for social reform, something that would enable us to become kinder, more thoughtful and more generous towards others. If you like our films take a look at our shop (w

  • 12:22 Sula: Crash Course Literature #9

    Sula: Crash Course Literature #9

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    This week, John is talking about Toni Morrison's novel of friendship, betrayal, and loss, Sula. Sula tells the story of two African American girls, the town where they grew up, the tragic even that was central to their youth, and the very different people

  • 11:55 Popular Lord of the Flies: Crash Course Literature 305

    Lord of the Flies: Crash Course Literature 305

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    This week, John i s talking about one of his least favorite novels, The Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Lord of the Flies is a novel of ideas, and John doesn't agree with the central idea of the novel, which diminished his enjoyment of the book. The

  • 11:07 Invisible Man: Crash Course Literature 308

    Invisible Man: Crash Course Literature 308

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    This week, we’re on to reading Ralph Ellison’s great novel about the black experience in America after World War II, Invisible Man. John will teach you about Ellison’s nameless narrator, and his attempts to find his way in a social order that dehumanizes

  • 12:38 Frankenstein Part II: Crash Course Literature 206

    Frankenstein Part II: Crash Course Literature 206

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  • 11:39 Popular Slavery, Ghosts, and Beloved: Crash Course Literature 214

    Slavery, Ghosts, and Beloved: Crash Course Literature 214

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  • 11:18 Popular The Poetry of Sylvia Plath: Crash Course Literature 216

    The Poetry of Sylvia Plath: Crash Course Literature 216

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  • 11:24 Popular Their Eyes Were Watching God: Crash Course Literature 301

    Their Eyes Were Watching God: Crash Course Literature 301

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    In which John Green reads Zora Neale Hurston's novel, "Their Eyes Were Watching God," and talks to you about it. You'll learn about Zora Neale Hurston's life, and we'll also look at how the interpretations of the book have changed over time. Also, this bo

  • 13:35 Popular Fate, Family, and Oedipus Rex: Crash Course Literature 202

    Fate, Family, and Oedipus Rex: Crash Course Literature 202

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  • 13:12 Popular Reader, it's Jane Eyre - Crash Course Literature 207

    Reader, it's Jane Eyre - Crash Course Literature 207

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  • 09:30 Things Fall Apart, Part 2: Crash Course Literature 209

    Things Fall Apart, Part 2: Crash Course Literature 209

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  • 12:07 Popular A Long and Difficult Journey, or The Odyssey: Crash Course Literature 201

    A Long and Difficult Journey, or The Odyssey: Crash Course Literature 201

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  • 11:02 Ophelia, Gertrude, and Regicide - Hamlet II: Crash Course Literature 204

    Ophelia, Gertrude, and Regicide - Hamlet II: Crash Course Literature 204

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  • 11:55 Popular To Kill a Mockingbird, Part I - Crash Course Literature 210

    To Kill a Mockingbird, Part I - Crash Course Literature 210

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  • 12:24 The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn Part 1: Crash Course Literature #302

    The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn Part 1: Crash Course Literature #302

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    In which John Green teaches you about Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This week, we'll talk a little bit about Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who wrote under the name Mark Twain, and how he mined his early life for decades to produce his prett

  • 11:39 100 Years of Solitude Part 1: Crash Course Literature 306

    100 Years of Solitude Part 1: Crash Course Literature 306

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    Our first of two episodes about Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel, 100 Years of Solitude. This week, we're looking at the Buendia family, and their many generations of people with the same names. We'll also look at the fascinating way the author thinks about

  • 12:18 100 Years of Solitude Part 2: Crash Course Literature 307

    100 Years of Solitude Part 2: Crash Course Literature 307

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    In which we continue our exhaustive look at One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://www.patreon.com/crashcourse Thanks to the following Patrons for their gene

  • 11:37 Popular Race, Class, and Gender in To Kill a Mockingbird: Crash Course Literature 211

    Race, Class, and Gender in To Kill a Mockingbird: Crash Course Literature 211

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  • 10:26 PTSD and Alien Abduction - Slaughterhouse-Five Part 2: Crash Course Literature 213

    PTSD and Alien Abduction - Slaughterhouse-Five Part 2: Crash Course Literature 213

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  • 10:48 The Raft, The River, And The Weird Ending Of Huckleberry Finn: Crash Course Literature 303

    The Raft, The River, And The Weird Ending Of Huckleberry Finn: Crash Course Literature 303

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    This week, we're continuing our discussion of Mark Twain's 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.' This is part two of our talk about Huck Finn, and this time we're looking at the metaphors in the book, a little bit about what the metaphors like the Island

  • 11:43 Popular Like Pale Gold - The Great Gatsby Part I: Crash Course English Literature #4

    Like Pale Gold - The Great Gatsby Part I: Crash Course English Literature #4

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    In which John Green explores F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel of the Jazz Age, The Great Gatsby. John introduces you to Nick Carraway, Jay Gatsby, Daisy and Tom Buchanan, and the other characters in the novel, and tries to look beyond the surface story to figu

  • 10:19 If One Finger Brought Oil - Things Fall Apart part I: Crash Course Literature 208

    If One Finger Brought Oil - Things Fall Apart part I: Crash Course Literature 208

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  • 10:34 Popular Aliens, Time Travel, And Dresden -Slaughterhouse-Five Part I: Crash Course Literature 212

    Aliens, Time Travel, And Dresden -Slaughterhouse-Five Part I: Crash Course Literature 212

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  • 12:42 Popular Of Pentameter&Bear Baiting - Romeo&Juliet Part I: Crash Course English Literature #2

    Of Pentameter&Bear Baiting - Romeo&Juliet Part I: Crash Course English Literature #2

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    In which John Green examines Romeo&Juliet by William Shakespeare. John delves into the world of Bill Shakespeare's famous star-crossed lovers and examines what the play is about, its structure, and the context in which it was written. Have you ever wanted

  • 08:21 Holden, JD, and the Red Cap- The Catcher in the Rye Part 2: Crash Course English Literature #7

    Holden, JD, and the Red Cap- The Catcher in the Rye Part 2: Crash Course English Literature #7

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    In which John continues the discussion of JD Salinger's Catcher in the Rye. This week John reads the novel with Salinger's life story in mind. John explores how Salinger's war experience, educational background, and romantic life inform the events of Hold

  • 12:24 Popular Ghosts, Murder, and More Murder - Hamlet Part I: Crash Course Literature 203

    Ghosts, Murder, and More Murder - Hamlet Part I: Crash Course Literature 203

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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

  • 08:50 Popular Was Gatsby Great? The Great Gatsby Part 2: Crash Course English Literature #5

    Was Gatsby Great? The Great Gatsby Part 2: Crash Course English Literature #5

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    SPOILER ALERT: This video assumes you've read the book. In which John Green continues to explore F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby. In this installment, John looks into the titular Gatsby's purported Greatness. Gatsby's single-minded pursuit o

  • 04:19 How America fell in love with nuclear bombs - BBC

    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

  • 03:01 Popular Schoolhouse Rock- A Victim Of Gravity

    Schoolhouse Rock- A Victim Of Gravity

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    1978. This song teaches about the universal law of gravity and is performed by the Tokens in the style of 1950s doo-wop (an era made popular at the time by films such as Grease and TV series such as Happy Days). Sung by The Tokens. Written by Lynn Ahrens

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  • 13:33 Popular Japan in the Heian Period and Cultural History: Crash Course World History 227

    Japan in the Heian Period and Cultural History: Crash Course World History 227

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    In which John Green teaches you about what westerners call the middle ages and the lives of the aristocracy...in Japan. The Heian period in Japan lasted from 794CE to 1185CE, and it was an interesting time in Japan. Rather than being known for a thriving

  • 03:20 Popular Sea Cucumbers Have Multipurpose Butts

    Sea Cucumbers Have Multipurpose Butts

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    Meet the most versatile butts in the animal kingdom Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1FkxVLb ‖ Twitter! https://twitter.com/gross_science ‖ Tumblr! http://grossscience.tumblr.com/ ↓Want more info?↓ (Primary Literature) The anus as a second mouth: anal suspension

  • 00:41 What appears to be a LEGO city is actually a real-life neighborhood known as Comfort Town! #shorts

    What appears to be a LEGO city is actually a real-life neighborhood known as Comfort Town! #shorts

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    Comfort Town is a real-life LEGO city in Kyiv, Ukraine. The town was designed to brighten up the former grey Soviet buildings from the 1950s and 60s. The buildings are painted in vibrant shades of yellow, orange, green and pink.Comfort Town is a high-end,

  • 05:43 What is McCarthyism? And how did it happen? - Ellen Schrecker

    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

  • 01:01 Atomic Tourism

    Atomic Tourism

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    Read More: http://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/atomic-tourism/ In the 1950s, tourists headed to the city of lights to see the biggest light of them all: a nuclear detonation. The cities economy and population exploded with the bombs in spite of the fears of

  • 04:34 Popular What makes a hero? - Matthew Winkler

    What makes a hero? - Matthew Winkler

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    View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-makes-a-hero-matthew-winkler What trials unite not only Harry Potter or Frodo Baggins but many of literature's most interesting heroes? And what do ordinary people have in common with these literary heroes?

  • 05:31 Popular Why should you read "One Hundred Years of Solitude"? - Francisco Díez-Buzo

    Why should you read "One Hundred Years of Solitude"? - Francisco Díez-Buzo

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    Download a free audiobook version of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" and support TED-Ed's nonprofit mission: https://adbl.co/2LHl4XM Check out our full book recommendation: http://bit.ly/2PgPKS6 View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-should-you-

  • 04:05 Does This Reaction Break the Second Law of Thermodynamics?

    Does This Reaction Break the Second Law of Thermodynamics?

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    In the 1950s, Russian chemist Boris Belousov reported a bizarre reaction. A reaction that oscillates between two states. Could it be violating the second law of thermodynamics? Andrea Sella investigates. Day 13 of our thermodynamics advent calendar: http:

  • 06:26 Dogfighting - Civilian Air Combat School

    Dogfighting - Civilian Air Combat School

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    Subscribe to Naked Science http://goo.gl/wpc2Q1Fighter pilots are trained to fly themselves and their machines to the limit. In combat lives are at risk, on the ground, and in the air.The dogfight is the ultimate flying challenge! The pilots need skill an

  • 03:38 Popular Time-Traveler in New York City? | COLOSSAL MYSTERIES

    Time-Traveler in New York City? | COLOSSAL MYSTERIES

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    Time travel has tickled mankinds imagination for as long as we can remember. But according to an old urban legend, there may have been a time traveller found on the streets of New York City back in the early 1950s. Could it possibly be true? Or is there s

  • 03:59 Malaria Lifecycle Part 2: Mosquito Host (2016)

    Malaria Lifecycle Part 2: Mosquito Host (2016)

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    An accurate visualization of the complete Malaria lifecycle, derived from scientific data sets, microscopy and published literature on the parasite's biology. Everything presented is accurate in scale, structure, and dynamic behavior of mosquito, parasite

  • 03:48 Can Anyone Own Outer Space?

    Can Anyone Own Outer Space?

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    Countries have been fighting for their stake in outer space since the 1950s, but who regulates space travel? And who owns space? What Is Space Regulation Doing For You? ►►►► http://bit.ly/1SwvmLE Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly

  • What's the Longest Word? | Otherwords

    What's the Longest Word? | Otherwords

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    For more word-nerdery, subscribe to Storied!: http://bit.ly/pbsstoried_subBefore we decide from a long list of contenders, we'll have to figure out what the word "word" really means...Otherwords is a new PBS web series on Storied that digs deep into this

  • 05:21 The dark history of werewolves - Craig Thomson

    The dark history of werewolves - Craig Thomson

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    Explore how werewolves have evolved in folklore, literature, and pop culture throughout history, and where these stories originated.--Stories of werewolves have existed for thousands of years and continue to live on today. Theyre especially prominent in E

  • 01:41 Hidden Valley Ranch Is A Real Place

    Hidden Valley Ranch Is A Real Place

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    n the 1950s, a man name Steven Henson (his name had previously been Ken) invented a creamy salad dressing at his ranch in California. He called it his ranch dressing. And that ranch? It was called Hidden Valley Ranch. Everyone loved the dressing—so much s

  • 08:26 How phone calls used to be routed by people. The Step-By-Step Switch, 1951.

    How phone calls used to be routed by people. The Step-By-Step Switch, 1951.

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    See more from the AT&T Archives at http://techchannel.att.com/archives The purpose of this film was to show employees, back in 1951, how calls were automatically switched through an SxS office. This film gives a general appreciation of the importance,

  • Popular Words Invented by Authors | Otherwords

    Popular Words Invented by Authors | Otherwords

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    For more word-nerdery, subscribe to Storied!: http://bit.ly/pbsstoried_subAuthors often create words just for a one-time usage... but a special few will gain traction and become full-fledged parts of our shared lexicon!Otherwords is a new PBS web series o

  • 04:41 How (and why) to read William Faulkner - Sascha Morrell

    How (and why) to read William Faulkner - Sascha Morrell

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    Get to know the works of William Faulkner, whose inventive literature made him one of Americas most remarkable writers.--William Faulkner is considered one of Americas most remarkable and perplexing writers. He confused his audience intentionally, using c

  • 04:41 Popular The strange case of the cyclops sheep - Tien Nguyen

    The strange case of the cyclops sheep - Tien Nguyen

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    Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-strange-case-of-the-cyclops-sheep-tien-nguyen In the 1950s, a group of ranchers in Idaho were baffled when their sheep gave birth to lambs with only

  • 07:19 Would You Take This Bet?

    Would You Take This Bet?

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    How much would it take for you to risk $10? Check out Audible: http://bit.ly/AudibleVe Can you solve this? http://bit.ly/248Ve Regression to the mean: http://bit.ly/VeRTTM Help translate Veritasium videos into other languages: http://veritasium.subtitl.us

  • 03:41 The Actor With 500 Credits and Counting

    The Actor With 500 Credits and Counting

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    Youve definitely seen James Hongs face before. From Blade Runner and Airplane! to The Big Bang Theory and Seinfeld, Hong has racked up over 500 credits. Thats more than any actor living or dead. Born in Minnesota, Hong is of Chinese descent and started ac

  • 08:06 The Odd History of English Spelling | Otherwords

    The Odd History of English Spelling | Otherwords

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    The English spelling system is a MESS... arguably more than any other language. How did it get this way?Otherwords is a PBS web series on Storied that digs deep into this quintessential human trait of language and fnds the fascinating, thought-provoking,

  • 07:54 We Know More about the Romans than You Think

    We Know More about the Romans than You Think

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    99% of Roman literature has been lost, along with all but a tiny fraction of the artifacts the Romans made and used. But huge amounts of evidence still exist - and more is being discovered every year. Please consider supporting this channel on Patreon: ht

  • 10:11 Popular Before I Got My Eye Put Out - The Poetry of Emily Dickinson: Crash Course English Lit #8

    Before I Got My Eye Put Out - The Poetry of Emily Dickinson: Crash Course English Lit #8

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    In which John Green concludes the Crash Course Literature mini-series with an examination of the poetry of Emily Dickinson. Sure, John explores the creepy biographical details of Dickinson's life, but he also gets into why her poems have remained relevant

  • 10:06 What is Quantum Tunneling, Exactly?

    What is Quantum Tunneling, Exactly?

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    Sign up to brilliant.org to receive a 20% discount with this link! https://brilliant.org/upandatom/ In this video we explore the quantum phenomenon of quantum tunneling, where an electron can tunnel through a barrier no classical object could. *Quantum Ph

  • 04:43 Roy Hackett: 'Why I'm still fighting racism at 90' | BBC Ideas

    Roy Hackett: 'Why I'm still fighting racism at 90' | BBC Ideas

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    In this moving interview, anti-racism pioneer Roy Hackett - who is now in his 90s - reveals the extraordinary level of racism he faced when he first arrived in the UK in the 1950s. Following the Black Lives Matter protests and the removal of the statue of

  • 13:36 Popular Operating Systems: Crash Course Computer Science #18

    Operating Systems: Crash Course Computer Science #18

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    Get 10% off a custom domain and email address by going to https://www.hover.com/CrashCourse. So as you may have noticed from last episode, computers keep getting faster and faster, and by the start of the 1950s they had gotten so fast that it often took l

  • 02:10 THE FAMOUS BENDING SPOON TRICK REVEALED

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  • 09:37 The Transistor: a 1953 documentary, anticipating its coming impact on technology

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    Made between the 1947 invention of the transistor at Bell Labs and the 1956 awarding of the Nobel Prize for Physics to its creators, this documentary is less about the discovery itself than its anticipated impact on technology and society. The intent of t

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  • 04:36 Everything you need to know to read “The Canterbury Tales” - Iseult Gillespie

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  • 04:56 Why should you read Edgar Allan Poe? - Scott Peeples

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  • 03:22 Humphry Davy's Potassium Volcano

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  • 14:02 The Northern Renaissance: Crash Course European History #3

    The Northern Renaissance: Crash Course European History #3

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    The European Renaissance may have started in Florence, but it pretty quickly moved out of Italy and spread the art, architecture, literature, and humanism across Europe to places like France, Spain, England, and the Low Countries.SOURCES:Hunt, Lynn et al.

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  • 04:21 Bananas Are Losing The War On Fungus

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    The Gros Michel banana lost the battle with fungus in the 1950s, but was replaced by the Cavendish. This time we might not have a new banana to come to the rescue. Could this be the end of bananas? Hosted by: Hank Green Thank you Craig Benzine and The Goo

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  • 09:35 Are Microbes Good or Bad for Humans?

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  • 03:46 Did Science Just Prove Women Are Nicer Than Men?

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  • 01:49 Why Did Sailors Swab The Deck? - Naval History Animated

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  • 05:19 What do all languages have in common? - Cameron Morin

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    Dig into Noam Chomskys theory of universal grammar and decide: are there universal grammar rules and are they hardwired into our brains?--Language is endlessly variable. Each of us can come up with an infinite number of sentences in our native language, a

  • 05:28 Why movies tilt the camera like this

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  • 05:08 Why the US has two different highway fonts

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  • 14:34 Florence and the Renaissance: Crash Course European History #2

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    The Renaissance was a cultural revitalization that spread across Europe, and had repercussions across the globe, but one smallish city-state in Italy was in many ways the epicenter of the thing. Florence, or as Italians might say, Firenze, was the home to

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  • 04:51 How do antidepressants work? - Neil R. Jeyasingam

    How do antidepressants work? - Neil R. Jeyasingam

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  • 04:50 Romance and revolution: the poetry of Pablo Neruda - Ilan Stavans

    Romance and revolution: the poetry of Pablo Neruda - Ilan Stavans

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    Get to know Pablo Neruda, one of the most celebrated poets of the 20th century and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.--A romantic and a revolutionary, Pablo Neruda was one of the most celebrated poets of the 20th century, but also one of the most ac

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  • 04:12 Why should you read Flannery O’Connor? - Iseult Gillespie

    Why should you read Flannery O’Connor? - Iseult Gillespie

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    Find out why Flannery O’Connor, an American novelist, is known as a master of the grotesque in Southern Gothic literature. -- Flannery O’Connor scribbled tales of outcasts, intruders and misfits staged in the world she knew best: the American South. She w

  • 10:03 The Hidden Algorithms That Power Your Everyday Life (Part 2 of 3)

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    From the routes we drive, to the price we pay for goods and services, to the videos we watch on YouTube, algorithms run our lives. But are they helping us? Part 1 of 3 - https://youtu.be/bEnHeER6Sww Part 3 of 3 - Coming soon! Read More: 'Breakthrough' alg

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    Does Acupuncture Even Work?

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  • 04:16 How Much Heat Can Your Body Take Before Killing You?

    How Much Heat Can Your Body Take Before Killing You?

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    Our world is getting undeniably hotter, and parts of it could soon be too hot for human survival. But how could hot temperatures actually kill you? Waves Can Tell Us A Lot About Climate Change, But You Have to Catch Them First - https://youtu.be/toeoYNQNZ

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  • 03:49 There's A New Form Of Matter That Exists In Four Dimensions!

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  • 03:46 Why The Price Of Coke Didn't Change For 70 Years | Planet Money | NPR

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    The thing about prices is they tend to change. But for 70 years, between 1886 and the late 1950s, the price of a Coca-Cola was a shiny nickel. Think about how crazy that is: Between 1886 and the late '50s, you had two world wars, prohibition, the Great De

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    People eat 65 billion chickens every year. It is the fastest-growing meat product. Yet pound for pound the price of chicken has fallen sharply. How has this happened? Read more about Chickenomics here: https://econ.st/2Wtp04o Click here to subscribe to Th

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