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The rise and fall of the Assyrian Empire - Marian H Feldman

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Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-assyrian-empire-marian-h-feldman Before the sun never set on the British Empire; before Genghis Khan swept the steppe; before R
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Japans 9-Year-Old Drumming Prodigy Never Misses a Beat

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Drumroll, please Wed like to introduce you to Yoyoka Soma. At the tender age of 9, she has already rocked the internet with her mad drumming skills. You might have seen her absolutely slaying the Led Zeppelin classic Good Times Bad Times when a video of h
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Can you solve the seven planets riddle? - Edwin F. Meyer

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Practice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd/ Solution to the bonus riddle mentioned at the end: https://brilliant.org/TedEdTitanic/ Your interstellar police squad has tracked a group of criminals to a cluster of seven planets. Now you mus
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Did the Amazons really exist? - Adrienne Mayor

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Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/did-the-amazons-really-exist-adrienne-mayor It was long assumed that Amazons, the fierce and fearsome women warriors of Greece, were imaginary. But curi
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Can you solve the wizard standoff riddle? - Dan Finkel

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Practice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd/ Sign up for free to receive the solution to the bonus riddle! You’ve been chosen as a champion to represent your wizarding house in a deadly duel against two rival magic schools. Your opponents
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Why should you read “Fahrenheit 451”? - Iseult Gillespie

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Sign up for our newsletter and never miss an animation: http://bit.ly/TEDEdNewsletter View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-should-you-read-fahrenheit-451-iseult-gillespie Ray Bradbury’s novel imagines a world where books are banned- and posses
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A day in the life of a Roman soldier - Robert Garland

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Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-roman-soldier-robert-garland The year is 15 CE, and the Roman Empire is prospering. Most of the credit will go to the emperor, bu
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Magic Triple Cube - It MOVES without even touching it! Pure Origami Optical Illusion

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Close one eye, rock left and right, and the model appears to move without even touching it! How to fold the amazing Magic Triple Cube Optical Illusion - Three seamless Magic Cubes together all from one square of paper, no cutting or gluing! [Low Intermedi
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How can we solve the antibiotic resistance crisis? - Gerry Wright

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Take a closer look at the challenges of antibiotic resistance and what we can do to prevent losing this vital medicine. --Antibiotics: behind the scenes, they enable much of modern medicine. We use them to cure infectious diseases, and to safely facilitat
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How close are we to eradicating HIV? - Philip A. Chan

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Can we end HIV? Find out how medications like PrEP are helping to prevent the transmission and spread of HIV, and possibly leading to its eradication.--The world is getting closer to achieving one of the most important public health goals of our time: era
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Three ways the universe could end - Venus Keus

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Our universe started with the Big Bang, but how will it end? Explore cosmologists’ three possible scenarios: the Big Crunch, the Big Freeze and the Big Rip. -- We know about our universe’s past: the Big Bang theory predicts that all matter, time and space
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How does alcohol make you drunk? - Judy Grisel

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Follow alcohol on its journey through the body to find out how it causes drunkenness and why it affects people differently. -- Ethanol: this molecule, made of little more than a few carbon atoms, is responsible for drunkenness. Often simply referred to as
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Why do hospitals have particle accelerators? - Pedro Brugarolas

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Investigate the science behind how doctors use radioactive drugs and PET scans to detect and diagnose diseases like Alzheimer’s and cancer. -- Is there a way to detect diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s before they advance too far? Doctors are using inj
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Spells, threats, and dragons: The secret messages of Viking runestones - Jesse Byock

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Learn the history of Viking runes, the ancient Norse language of symbols that make up an alphabet called the futhark. --With their navigational skills and advanced longships, the Vikings sustained their seafaring for over 300 years. But for all their migh
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Can steroids save your life? - Anees Bahji

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Explore the science of how corticosteroids sneak into our cells to help fight allergic reactions, rashes, asthma, and harmful immune responses.--Steroids: theyre infamous for their use in sports. But theyre also found in inhalers, creams to treat poison i
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Can you solve the riddle and escape Hades? - Dan Finkel

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Practice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd/--The underworld is overcrowded, and Zeus has ordered Hades to let some spirits out. Hades arranges all the souls of the dead in a line before Cerberus. When one of his three heads bites down on
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The rise of modern populism - Takis S. Pappas

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Dig into the political phenomenon of modern populism, how it rises, and the impact it can have on a democratic country. --In many democratic countries, charismatic leaders vilify political opponents, disparage institutions, and claim to be for the people.
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The Mayan myth of the morning star

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Discover the Mayan myth of Venus, the morning star plotting revenge on his brother, the sun, and his allies. --Chak Ek, the morning star, rose from the underworld to the surface of the eastern sea and on into the heavens. His brother Kin Ahaw, the sun, fo
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Which is better: Soap or hand sanitizer? - Alex Rosenthal and Pall Thordarson

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Dig into the science of how soap breaks down a coronavirus, and the effectiveness of hand sanitizer against a viral outbreak. --Your hands, up close, are anything but smooth. With peaks and valleys, folds and rifts, there are plenty of hiding places for a
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Hacking bacteria to fight disease - Tal Danino

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Explore how synthetic biologists are programming bacteria to fight cancer by manipulating their DNA. --In 1884, an unlucky patient who had a rapidly growing cancer in his neck came down with an unrelated bacterial skin infection. As he recovered from the
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What's so special about Viking ships? - Jan Bill

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Explore the history and technology of Viking longships, which helped the Scandinavians conquer trade routes and new territories.--As the Roman Empire flourished, Scandinavians had small settlements and no central government. Yet by the 11th century, they
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The mysterious origins of life on Earth - Luka Seamus Wright

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Where on Earth did life begin? Explore the hydrothermal vents in Earths crust as simple compounds gave way to complex life. --Billions of years ago, simple organic compounds assembled into more complex coalitions that could grow and reproduce. At the time
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How do investors choose stocks? - Richard Coffin

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Explore the strategies investors use to choose stocks and learn whether its better to be an active or passive investor. --Every day, billions of stocks are traded on the New York Stock Exchange alone. But with over 43,000 companies listed on stock exchang
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The myth of Loki and the master builder - Alex Gendler

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Dive into the Norse myth of how Loki tricked a stranger into building the great wall of Asgard to keep the realm safe from giants. --Asgard, a realm of wonders, was where the Norse Gods made their home. There Odins great hall of Valhalla towered above the
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A day in the life of an ancient Peruvian shaman - Gabriel Prieto

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Follow Quexo, a Peruvian shaman, as he searches for cinnabar to complete a special ritual that will protect his village from winter storms.--The year is 1400 BCE. At the temple of the fisherman, the morning is unusually still and this is just the latest i
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A day in the life of an ancient Greek architect - Mark Robinson

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Follow Pheidias, the chief builder for the Parthenon, as he supervises the construction of the new temple and faces charges of embezzlement.--The year is 432 BCE. As dawn breaks over Athens, Pheidias is already late for work. He is the chief builder for t
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You've Never Heard Instruments Like This Before

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If you're a fan of the cinematic universe, this is a Great Big Story for you! These strange devices are used in big budget cinematic scores and video games like Cyberpunk 2077. A small team of dedicated engineers called @somasynths_subchannel based in War
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The myth of the Sampo an infinite source of fortune and greed - Hanna-Ilona Hrmvaara

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How can you change someone's mind? (hint: facts aren't always enough) - Hugo Mercier

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Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-can-you-change-someone-s-mind-spoiler-facts-don-t-work-so-well-hugo-mercier Why do arguments change people’s minds in some cases and backfire in oth

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