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Civil Rights and the 1950s: Crash Course US History #39
1,175 views / 5 likes - addedYou 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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This 1950s car had an extra wheel to help with parking
692 views / 0 likes - addedThe 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
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1950s vs. NOW: Did Mid-Century Futurism Flop?
383 views / 0 likes - addedWhat 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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London has a toxic air pollution problem. One solution was born in the 1950s | WIRED
783 views / 0 likes - addedLondon 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
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Unbelievable Myths From The 1950s DEBUNKED!
457 views / 3 likes - addedScience 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:
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The 1950s Science Kit That Had Real Uranium
433 views / 0 likes - addedThe 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
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Intense Footage of Fake Towns Used for 1950s Nuclear Tests
641 views / 0 likes - addedTo 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
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How America fell in love with nuclear bombs - BBC
602 views / 0 likes - addedSUBSCRIBE 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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Schoolhouse Rock- A Victim Of Gravity
964 views / 0 likes - added1978. 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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What appears to be a LEGO city is actually a real-life neighborhood known as Comfort Town! #shorts
98 views / 0 likes - addedComfort 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,
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What is McCarthyism? And how did it happen? - Ellen Schrecker
596 views / 0 likes - addedView 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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Atomic Tourism
469 views / 0 likes - addedRead 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
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Does This Reaction Break the Second Law of Thermodynamics?
687 views / 1 likes - addedIn 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:
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Dogfighting - Civilian Air Combat School
282 views / 0 likes - addedSubscribe 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
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Time-Traveler in New York City? | COLOSSAL MYSTERIES
949 views / 3 likes - addedTime 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
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Can Anyone Own Outer Space?
564 views / 0 likes - addedCountries 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
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Hidden Valley Ranch Is A Real Place
689 views / 0 likes - addedn 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
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How phone calls used to be routed by people. The Step-By-Step Switch, 1951.
425 views / 0 likes - addedSee 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,
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The strange case of the cyclops sheep - Tien Nguyen
703 views / 0 likes - addedCheck 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
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The Actor With 500 Credits and Counting
424 views / 0 likes - addedYouve 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
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Roy Hackett: 'Why I'm still fighting racism at 90' | BBC Ideas
302 views / 0 likes - addedIn 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
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Operating Systems: Crash Course Computer Science #18
758 views / 0 likes - addedGet 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
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Why Do Planes Fly So High?
822 views / 1 likes - addedWe’ve all been flying high ever since the development of the jet engine in the mid-1950s. But why were jets were designed to fly at those high altitudes in the first place? Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supp
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The Strange History of Soviet X-Ray Records
307 views / 0 likes - addedHips 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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Integrated Circuits & Moore’s Law: Crash Course Computer Science #17
1,007 views / 0 likes - addedGet your first two months of CuriosityStream free by going to http://curiositystream.com/crashcourse and using the promo code “crashcourse”. So you may have heard of Moore's Law and while it isn't truly a law it has pretty closely estimated a trend we've
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110 Years of High School: 1900s-2010s
560 views / 1 likes - addedCome on a journey through time and see how high school has changed throughout the years! This video includes a combination of British and American high schools. PLEASE NOTE: Any copyrighted material in this video has been used in small portions and for ed
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The search for a safer mosquito spray
584 views / 0 likes - addedSafer, cheaper, better-smelling insect repellent is coming thanks to recent research from UC Riverside that lets researchers know what a bug’s nose knows. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1fUWHyY How Do Our Bodies Fight Off Dangerous Chemicals? https://youtu.be/8
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The Transistor: a 1953 documentary, anticipating its coming impact on technology
87 views / 0 likes - addedMade 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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Top 10 Most Incredible Time Capsule Findings
1,751 views / 1 likes - addedWhilst time machines don't exist (yet), time capsules are the closest thing we have in reality to them, so lets find out the most incredible time capsules! Subscribe for more! ► https://goo.gl/pgcoq1 ◄ Stay updated ► https://goo.gl/JyGcTt https://goo.gl/5
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CHRISTMAS CARTOON: Hardrock, Coco and Joe: The Three Little Dwarfs (1951) [HD Children]
919 views / 0 likes - addedHardrock, Coco and Joe is a short stop motion animated cartoon based on a song written by Stuart Hamblen. It is about three of Santa Claus' helpers who ride on Santa's sleigh each Christmas. The short has become an annual "Christmas Classic" on Chicago's
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How Your Cells Decide Whether to Be Part of the Brain, or the Colon
438 views / 0 likes - addedBefore cells mature, they have to decide what they want to be — and new research shows that process gets pretty "noisy." Doctors Have to Trick Your Brain’s Defenses to Heal You, Here’s Why - https://youtu.be/USiZ6dUGUt8 Read More: Know Your Neurons: What
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Why cheating is allowed on game shows
155 views / 1 likes - addedA lot of todays contests are edited and rigged. But it wasnt always that way.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/0bsAjOTodays game
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Bananas Are Losing The War On Fungus
648 views / 3 likes - addedThe 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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What The Heck Are These Cats Doing In Zero-G?!
977 views / 1 likes - addedAnimals have been used to study zero gravity since the 1950s, but how does that crazy research affect the space program today? Why Are Animals Having Sex In Space ►►►► http://bit.ly/1Sw2pQr Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly/1myXb
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The greatest mathematician that never lived - Pratik Aghor
348 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the mystery of Nicolas Bourbaki one of the most influential mathematicians of all time who never actually existed.--When Nicolas Bourbaki applied to the American Mathematical Society in the 1950s, he was already one of the most influential mathem
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I Made A Giant 70-Pound McDonalds Apple Pie
124 views / 0 likes - added"It's 50 pounds of filling by itself!"SHOP Tway's ombre green cookware: https://bit.ly/3BLgkwnFollow Tway: https://www.instagram.com/twaydabae/Follow Alvin: https://www.instagram.com/alvincailan/00:00 Intro01:13 Seriously Dough03:55 Hard-Core05:05 50 Poun
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What do all languages have in common? - Cameron Morin
295 views / 1 likes - addedDig 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
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Why the US has two different highway fonts
240 views / 0 likes - addedThe typefaces on highway signs, deconstructed. Subscribe and turn on notifications ( ) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOWhen you head out on the highway in the United States, youre probably paying attention to the signs above your car and
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How do antidepressants work? - Neil R. Jeyasingam
281 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the discovery of antidepressant drugs, how they work, and what we still dont know about depression.--In the 1950s, the discovery of two new drugs sparked what would become a multi-billion dollar market for antidepressants. Neither drug was intend
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There's Not REALLY A Hole In The Sun, But What Is It?
829 views / 0 likes - addedScientists recently observed coronal holes in the sun. Here's what they are and how they could affect you. Will Solar Storms Cause The Apocalypse? - http://bit.ly/29XZmQk Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Understand
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How Flying Scenes Are Shot For Movies And TV | Movies Insider | Insider
2,863 views / 0 likes - addedOne of the biggest challenges for Hollywoods stunt performers is creating flight that is both safe and believable. Since George Reeves portrayed Superman in the 1950s, movies and TV shows have used an endless variety of wires, pans, and other rigs to lift
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What Does Nuclear Fallout Do To Your Body?
1,176 views / 0 likes - addedNuclear explosions can spread harmful particulates for hundreds of miles. What is nuclear fallout and how can we protect ourselves from it? How Uranium Becomes Nuclear Fuel - http://bit.ly/2aGF6Bf Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO
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How Much Heat Can Your Body Take Before Killing You?
578 views / 0 likes - addedOur 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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The records the British Empire didn't want you to see - Audra A. Dipte
87 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the British policy called Operation Legacy, where the government hid incriminating documents from its former colonies.--In 2009, five Kenyan people took a petition to the British Prime Minister. They claimed they endured human rights abuses in the
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The Game That Learns
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Whoever builds something here will be rich beyond measure - Fabio Pacucci
1,999 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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Why The Price Of Coke Didn't Change For 70 Years | Planet Money | NPR
604 views / 1 likes - addedThe 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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Why is chicken so cheap? | The Economist
616 views / 0 likes - addedPeople 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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I promise this story about microwaves is interesting.
321 views / 0 likes - addedI found an article that said "The microwave was invented to heat hamsters humanely in 1950s experiments." And I thought, no it wasn't. ...was it?Pull down the description for thorough references and credits.Thanks to James Lovelock for his time! His lates
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How Do Pneumatic Tubes Work?
649 views / 0 likes - addedThe Internet has been called a series of tubes. But long before email, people sent messages across cities through networks of pneumatic tubes. Learn how they work! Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/everyday-tech/pneumat
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A New Laser Technology Can See Inside Our Bodies Like Never Before
360 views / 0 likes - addedWhile X-rays can produce harmful radiation, a new technique using laser-induced sound waves provides highly detailed images of the structures in our bodies. Subscribe to Seeker!http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlayl
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The hidden world of animal consciousness - with David Pea-Guzmn
192 views / 0 likes - addedDo animals dream? Join David Pea-Guzmn as he explores behavioural and neuroscientific research on animal sleep with philosophical theories of dreaming. Watch the Q&A here: https://youtu.be/LpI7zNHUFRQDavid's latest book 'When animals dream: the hidden wor
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We May Have Been Wrong About the Origin of Life
413 views / 0 likes - addedLife crawled out of the oceans onto land, right? New research suggests that this popular theory could be wrong. Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.com
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This Neurological Disease Kept People Sleeping for 40 Years
213 views / 1 likes - addedAbout 100 years ago, over a million people contracted a mysterious disease called encephalitis lethargica that left people in a sleepy state for decades. A breakthrough would finally come years later when a neurologist named Oliver Sacks took an unconvent
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Why Are Stop Signs Red?
1,129 views / 1 likes - addedWhy aren’t stop signs yellow, purple or green? Brainstuff explains the origins of the red, octagonal stop sign and some hints about why red might be the best color to use if you want to throw cold water on somebody’s need for speed. Learn more at HowStuff
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10 Animals That Exist In 1 Specimen Only
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What Does It Take To Be An Astronaut?
708 views / 0 likes - addedWhat does it take to have the "Right Stuff" to become an Astronaut? Support us at: http://www.patreon.com/universetoday More stories at: http://www.universetoday.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @universetoday Follow us on Tumblr: http://universetoday.tumblr.co
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This Pulsating Slime Mold Comes in Peace (ft. It's Okay to Be Smart) | Deep Look
934 views / 1 likes - addedAre You Smarter Than A Slime Mold? Let’s go ask Joe Hanson: https://youtu.be/K8HEDqoTPgk SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt DEEP LOOK: a new ultra-HD (4K) short video series created by KQED San Francisco and presented by PBS Digital Studios. See
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The Faint Young Sun Paradox!
680 views / 0 likes - addedThis video was supported by the Heising-Simons Foundation. To learn more, visit https://www.heisingsimons.org/ Thanks also to our supporters on https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth : - Today I Found Out - Maarten Bremer - Jeff Straathof - Mark Roth - Tony
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What’s The Deal With Fidget Spinners?
757 views / 1 likes - addedInvasion of the Fidget Spinners Support us on Patreon! https://patreon.com/pbsideachannel We got merch! http://bit.ly/1U8fS1B Tweet us! http://bit.ly/pbsideachanneltwitter Idea Channel Facebook! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelfacebook Talk about this episode
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