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Plato’s best (and worst) ideas - Wisecrack

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/plato-s-best-and-worst-ideas-wisecrack Check out Wisecrack's YouTube channel here: https://goo.gl/A5vb5K Few individuals have influenced the world and many of today’s thinkers like Plato. He created the first We
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Plato’s Allegory Of The Cave - Alex Gendler

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/plato-s-allegory-of-the-cave-alex-gendler Twenty four hundred years ago, Plato, one of history’s most famous thinkers, said life is like being chained up in a cave forced to watch shadows flitting across a stone
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PLATO ON: The Forms

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Plato’s theory of the forms is at the centre of his philosophy and teaches us the virtues of thinking about the ideal version of things. If you like our films take a look at our shop (we ship worldwide): http://www.theschooloflife.com/shop/all/ Brought to
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PLATO ON: The Allegory Of The Cave

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Plato made up an enduring story about why philosophy matters based on an allegory about a cave… Please subscribe here: http://tinyurl.com/o28mut7 If you like our films take a look at our shop (we ship worldwide): http://www.theschooloflife.com/shop/all/ S
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The Persians&Greeks: Crash Course World History #5

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In which John compares and contrasts Greek civilization and the Persian Empire. Of course we're glad that Greek civilization spawned modern western civilization, right? Maybe not. From Socrates and Plato to Darius and Xerxes, John explains two of the grea
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Music And Creativity In Ancient Greece - Tim Hansen

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/music-and-creativity-in-ancient-greece-tim-hansen You think you love music? You have nothing on the Ancient Greek obsession. Every aspect of Greek life was punctuated by song: history, poetry, theater, sports an
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The History of Electrical Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #4

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Next stop on our tour of engineerings major fields: electrical engineering. In this episode well explore the history of telecommunications, electric power and lighting, and computers. Well introduce topics like magnetism, electrical conduction, telegraphy
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Russell's Paradox - A Ripple in the Foundations of Mathematics

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Bertrand Russell's set theory paradox on the foundations of mathematics, axiomatic set theory and the laws of logic. A celebration of Gottlob Frege. Thank you to Professor Joel David Hamkins for your help with this video. Hi! I'm Jade. Subscribe to Up and
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Happy Birthday, Sir Isaac Newton!

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There's a birthday party at the fort, for one of history's most important scientists, Isaac Newton! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowkids ---------- Looking for SciShow el
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Real Life Sunken Cities - Peter Campbell

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/real-life-sunken-cities-peter-campbell Though people are most familiar with Plato’s fictional Atlantis, many real underwater cities actually exist. Peter Campbell explains how sunken cities are studied by scient
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The Woman Who Made Van Gogh Famous

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If you liked this video you might like my newsletter - michaelthomas.substack.com Animation for this video was done by Marco Alma - marcoalma.com Footage from the Van Gogh museum is used under Creative Commons More about Jo Bonger here - https://www.vango
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Navy SEAL Astronauts - Smarter Every Day 243

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Do Chairs Exist?

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3 People Who Probably Saved Your Life

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Today we are talking about 3 scientists who, through their collective inventions and discoveries, have saved millions of lives. Hosted by: Michael Aranda Annotation How Measles Made a Comeback https://youtu.be/kjFPUoIXd80 ---------- Support SciShow by bec
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Wright Brothers Didn't Invent Flight

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If you would like to read more about the development of the Wright Flyer I have companion article on my website, available here: http://tinyurl.com/gm8smlx The Wright Brothers are often credited as being the inventors of flight, this isn't entirely true a
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Leonardo DiCaprio & The Nature Of Reality: Crash Course Philosophy #4

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Today Hank gains insight from that most philosophical of figures...Leonardo DiCaprio. In this episode, we’re talking about the process of philosophical discovery and questioning the relationship between appearance and reality by taking a look at Plato’s f
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What's At The End Of The Universe?

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The Big Bang Theory says the universe is expanding. But, what's at the very end of our universe? Watch more: What Would A Parallel Universe Even Be Like? ►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snuKukJLXIs&list=PL8L0MzSk_V6JtEDRfRMyb6rFd1acqYSlO&index=115&t=0s
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Divine Command Theory: Crash Course Philosophy #33

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As we venture into the world of ethics, there are a lot of different answers to the grounding problem for us to explore. One of the oldest and most popular is the divine command theory. But with age comes a long history of questions, too, such as the dile
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It's Okay to Fart

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Into the Forest with Jane Goodall!

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Jane Goodall is an amazing scientist and conservationist who has dedicated her life to learning about and protecting chimpanzees! Thanks to her, we've learned that, sometimes, people and animals aren't so different! Learn more about her and her work with
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Why is it so hard to cure cancer? - Kyuson Yun

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Download a free audiobook and support TED-Ed's nonprofit mission: http://adbl.co/2gauxND Check out Siddhartha Mukherjee's "The Emperor of All Maladies": https://shop.ed.ted.com/collections/ted-ed-book-recommendations/products/the-emperor-of-all-maladies-a
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Leeuwenhoek: The First Master of Microscopes

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What Is The Silver Tsunami?

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Grandfather Paradox: Explained in Simple Words

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The grandfather paradox is considered the biggest, most popular objection to the logical possibility of backwards time travel. It characterizes a hypothetical situation in which a time traveller goes to their past and ends up causing an event (like, the k
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Einstein's Greatest Mistake - with David Bodanis

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Albert Einstein is widely considered to be the greatest genius of all time. But in the final decades of his life, he was mostly ignored by his colleagues. Writer David Bodanis explores the genius and hubris of the titan of modern science. Watch the Q&A: h
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How Did George Washington Die

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What is a Singularity, Exactly?

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What is a Singularity? Find out what black holes have to do with the AI explosion. Hi! I'm Jade. Subscribe to Up and Atom for new physics, math and computer science videos every week! *SUBSCRIBE TO UP AND ATOM* https://www.youtube.com/c/upandatom A big th
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Quantum Entanglement: Explained in REALLY SIMPLE Words

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Quantum entanglement is a physical resource, like energy, that is possible between quantum systems. When a coin spins on a flat surface, its in a state of superposition between its two faceshead and tails. Similarly, electrons in their natural state exist
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The Sky in 350 Billion Years

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How did Hubble discover the expansion of the universe? Thank you to BetterHelp for sponsoring today's video. Click here for 10% off your first month - https://betterhelp.com/physicsgirlSupport Physics Girl videos https://www.patreon.com/physicsgirlCreator
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Water - Liquid Awesome: Crash Course Biology #2

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Hank teaches us why water is one of the most fascinating and important substances in the universe. Follow SciShow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Like SciShow on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Review: Re-watch = 00:00 Introduction =
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How IKEA gets you to impulsively buy more

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IKEA has mastered the “Gruen effect.” Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Researchers estimate that 50 percent of purchases are unplanned. These purchases, especially impulse buys, present an opportunity for retailers who can entice consumers t
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Was Sherlock Holmes Based on a Real Person?

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This Giant Neuron Could Explain Where Consciousness Comes From

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After uncovering three giant neurons, scientists could be one step closer to pinpointing where consciousness lives in the brain. Can You Live With Only Half Of Your Brain? - https://youtu.be/_d9MkxLH3sY Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.
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Introduction To Intellectual Property: Crash Course IP 1

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This week, Stan Muller launches the Crash Course Intellectual Property mini-series. So, what is intellectual property, and why are we teaching it? Well, intellectual property is about ideas and their ownership, and it's basically about the rights of creat
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Napoleon Bonaparte: Crash Course European History #22

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We try not to get into too much great man history here at Crash Course, but we have to admit: Napoleon Bonaparte is a pretty big deal. Join us as we track the rise, further rise, fall, rise, fall, mortal fall, and posthumous rise of Napoleon. This guy cha
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Economic Depression and Dictators: Crash Course European History #37

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We're still leading up to World War II, but first we gotta talk about the rise of the dictators. Today we talk about the rise of militaristic dictatorships in Germany, the Soviet Union, Japan, and Spain, and the economic depression that set the stage for
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What Cats Teach Us About Happiness | A Cat's Philosophy

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Most of the time, cats come across as utterly indifferent. They dont seem to care about other cats and arent too attached to their owners. But does this mean that cats are immoral, heartless creatures? Are cats, from a philosophical viewpoint, devoid of e
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The original ring of power - Alex Gendler

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Download a free audiobook version of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and support TED-Ed's nonprofit mission: https://www.audible.com/ted-ed--More than 2,000 years ago, the Greek philosopher Plato recounted the legend of the Ring of Gyges
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Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars cover by Ky Baldwin

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Hey guys, ever since "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars came out i've wanted to do a cover, and finally i got myself together and made this video!!! Hope you guys enjoy! Get my EP "The Beginning" :) https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-beginning
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The Raven Paradox - A Hiccup in the Scientific Method

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Sign up to brilliant.org with this link to receive a 20% discount! https://brilliant.org/upandatom/ This video has been heavily influenced by the introductory Philosophy of Science book "Theory and Reality" by Peter Godfrey-Smith. I highly recommend this
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The Truth About 10 Famous Inventions

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Did Thomas Edison invent the lightbulb? I mean... kind of... but also... no. Every great, world-changing invention is the culmination of efforts by dozens or hundreds of people, spanning decades or centuries. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciSh
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Bugs Arent Brainless! | Storytime: Charles Henry Turner

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Did you know that bees can remember things? It's true, and it's thanks to Dr. Charles Henry Turner that we know so much about insects!----------Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowIf yo
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Why Time Actually Flows Both Ways

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The Language Counting Paradox

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To try everything Brilliant has to offer for free for a full 30 days, visit https://brilliant.org/minuteearth . Youll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription.Lots of languages and species are going extinct, but because others keep getting found or
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Why We Can't Invent a Perfect Engine: Crash Course Engineering #10

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Weve introduced the 0th and 1st laws of thermodynamics, so now its time to move on to the second law and how we came to understand it. Well explain the differences between the first and second law, and well talk about the Carnot cycle and why we can never
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Stress, Strain & Quicksand: Crash Course Engineering #12

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Today were talking all about fluid mechanics! Well look at different scales that we work with as engineers, mass and energy transfers, the no-slip condition, stress and strain, Newtons law of viscosity, Reynolds number, and more!Crash Course Engineering i
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What Makes Rubber Rubbery?

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Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions Check out more slo-mo footage from Florian Knorn here: https://www.youtube.com/user/elfloz/videos Sports balls of all varieties whether it be soccer, or hockey, or tennis, owe their resilience and reliability to an un
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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
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7 Science Illustrators You Should Know

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Long before we had cameras scientists still needed visual documentation—enter the science illustrator! Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the
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The Whole Saga of the Supercontinents

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The study of natural history is the study of how the world has changed but Earth itself is in a constant state of flux -- because the ground beneath your feet is always moving. So if we want to know how we got here, we have to understand how "here" got he
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What is life and how does it work? - with Philip Ball

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Discover a leading-edge new vision of biology that will revise our concept of what life itself is, and how to enhance it. Sign up as a member to watch the Q&A for this talk, and get early ad-free access to all our talks: https://youtu.be/CEoJ88W4aXQ B
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The Law of Conservation: Crash Course Engineering #7

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Today Shini explains the law of conservation, beginning with simple, steady-state systems. Well discuss conversion and yield, accumulation, and how generation and consumption can affect how much accumulation there is in a system.This episode is sponsored
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How To Count Past Infinity

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This Is How Your Body Builds Immunity

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We encounter bacteria, viruses and parasites all the time, but how exactly does our immune system kill these dangerous pathogens? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Human! http://bit.ly/HUMANplaylist Visit our shop at http://sho
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Sesame Street - Mahna Mahna (1969)

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From 1969 (Ep 14, aired on November 27, 1969), the first performance of the classic "Mahna Mahna" by Bip Bippadotta (Jim Henson) and two Anything Muppet girls (Frank Oz and Loretta Long). Not new to YT, just a cleaner source. CLICK ON SHOW MORE FOR INFO A
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Did The Brontosaurus Exist?

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The Brontosaurus technically hasn't existed in the living/breathing sense of the word for 150 million years. But did it ever exist? Was this iconic dinosaur the result of misclassification? Learn about the Bone Wars with Stuff You Missed In History Class:
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How Evolution Works (And How We Figured It Out)

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Watch the Deep Time Hall livestream here:https://www.facebook.com/EonsPBS/videos/424570291712824You can set a reminder on that post to be notified when it goes live!Dont forget to check out When Whales Walked: Journeys in Deep Time: https://www.pbs.org/tp
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5 Periodic Tables We Don't Use (And One We Do)

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From Mendeleevs original design to physicist-favorite left-step rendition, the periodic table of elements has gone through many iterations since it was first used to organize elements 150 years ago - each with its own useful insights into the patterns of
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The Man Who Killed Millions and Saved Billions

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YES, THIS IS A REUPLOAD. The original was age-restricted and demonetized. To support the channel directly, you can buy Snatoms: https://ve42.co/snatoms1 https://ve42.co/amzn or support on Patreon: https://ve42.co/pFritz Haber is the scientist who arguably
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The Invention of Music

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Watch my newest video, "The Game You Win By Losing (Parrondo's Paradox)": https://youtu.be/PpvboBJEozM"All audible musical sound is given us for the sake of harmony, which has motions akin to the orbits in our soul, and which, as anyone who makes intellig
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The History of the Internet, Part 2

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In part 2 of our History of the Internet series, Hank explains how public access became declared a human right! Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks g
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How Horses Save Humans From Snake Bites

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This video is sponsored by Brilliant. The first 200 people to sign up via https://brilliant.org/veritasium get 20% off a yearly subscription. To make antivenom, you first need to collect venom from the worlds most deadly snakes.Huge thanks to the Australi
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The Invention of Dragons

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Watch my newest video, "The Game You Win By Losing (Parrondo's Paradox)": https://youtu.be/PpvboBJEozMVitality that is the test; and, whatever its components, mere truth is not necessarily one of them. A dragon, for instance, is a more enduring animal tha
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Weird Things Animals Do During Eclipses

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This Product is supported by the NASA Heliophysics Education Activation Team (NASA HEAT), part of NASAs Science Activation portfolio.The material contained in this document is based upon work supported by a National Aeronautics And Space Administration (N
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Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED

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The blue LED was supposed to be impossibleuntil a young engineer proposed a moonshot idea. Head to https://brilliant.org/veritasium to start your free 30-day trial, and the first 200 people get 20% off an annual premium subscription.If youre looking for a

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