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Asteroid Impact: What Are Our Chances?

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Stephen Hawking thought an asteroid impact posed the greatest threat to life on Earth. Thanks to Kiwico for sponsoring this video. For 50% off your first month of any crate, go to https://kiwico.com/veritasium50 For other potential world ending catastroph
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Deep Time: Crash Course Astronomy #45

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As we approach the end of Crash Course Astronomy, it’s time now to acknowledge that our Universe’s days are numbered. Stars will die out after a few trillion years, protons will decay and matter will dissolve after a thousand trillion trillion trillion ye
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What Is American Cheese Really Made Of?

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Processed American cheese is super cheap, consistent, shelf-stable, and orange. Jonathan explains how this science cheese is made. Share on Facebook: https://goo.gl/kRrwu4 Share on Twitter: https://goo.gl/0pE3Gf Subscribe: http://goo.gl/ZYI7Gt Visit our s
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Please Don't Try These Things To Stop The Coronavirus

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There are a lot of weird Covid-19 beliefs out there. Let's squash some of those Coronavirus myths.Go support Hollywood Health and Society: https://hollywoodhealthandsociety.org/Meet The Team!Director/Voice - Pat Graziosi: http://twitter.com/PatGraziosi Ex
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Types of People on Earth Day | GEM Sisters

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GEM Squad in this funny video we are showing you the Types of People on EARTH DAY! We have been chosen to be the face of Pocket Watch's The Big Green to help stand up to climate change and protect the environment. Follow us on TikTok for more fun ways to
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Stinging Scorpion vs. Pain-Defying Mouse | Deep Look

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There's a chemical arms race going on in the Sonoran Desert between a highly venomous scorpion and a particularly ferocious mouse. The outcome of their battle may one day change the way doctors treat pain in people. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8
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10 Animals You Thought Didn't Exist Until Now

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10 Animals You Thought Didn't Exist Until NowIf you're new, Subscribe! http://goo.gl/djmfuXTop 5 Best is the #1 place for all your heart warming stories about amazing people that will inspire you everyday. Make sure to subscribe and never miss a single vi
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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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What is the Mars Curse?

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If you’re going to send a spacecraft to Mars, you’ve got to know that place has an insatiable hunger for our plucky robot companions. Why is this place cursed? References http://www.universetoday.com/131611/schiaparelli-gone-smashed-surface-mars/ https://
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Do Crosswalk And 'Close Door' Buttons Really Do Anything?

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Are the buttons we push to cross streets, close elevator doors, and nudge the office thermostat really connected to anything? Some aren’t! Learn how these placebo buttons (don’t) work. Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://science.howstuffworks.com/life
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What the Fahrenheit?!

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The crazy story of the arbitrary temperature scale used in a tiny minority of countries. Check out Audible: http://bit.ly/AudibleVe Snatoms are available again! http://www.snatoms.com Support Veritasium on Patreon: http://bit.ly/VePatreon Celsius didn't i
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Oldest Inn (1958)

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Bletchingly, Surrey. Exterior. M/S of an elderly woman walking down a quaint village street. L/S of the street, in the foreground is the Whyte Harte Inn. The narrator explains that the inn dates from 1388. Low angle C/U of the wrought iron inn sign. Inter
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Art Things Things To Do When Bored #6

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Hey guys! I'm back at you with a brand new batch of ideas for fun and easy art and craft things that you can do when bored at home using cheap (except for the chalk markers lol), easily accessible art supplies. I hope you guys enjoy the video and get some
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Penguins, Birds That Fly in Water! | SciShow Kids

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Squeaks and Jessi are learning all about the animals that live at the bottom of the world, including penguins - emperor penguins, macaroni penguins, and more! We learn why penguins look like they're all dressed up, and what kind of food penguins eat.Hoste
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The rise of Xi Jinping, explained

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How Xi Jinping became China's most powerful leader since Mao ZedongHelp 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/0bsAjOXi Jinping, president
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Identical Snowflakes? Scientist Ruins Winter For Everyone. | Deep Look

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We've all heard that each and every snowflake is unique. But in a lab in sunny southern California, a physicist has learned to control the way snowflakes grow. Can he really make twins? SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt DEEP LOOK is a ultra-HD
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Why Are These Frogs So Colorful? | SciShow Kids

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Join Squeaks as he learns about some of the most colorful animals ever: poison dart frogs! Some animals are bright and colorful to warn other animals that they might be dangerous... and some are just copycats.Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castaeda (she/her/the
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How Do Bees Make Honey? | The Science of Food! | SciShow Kids

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Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!A lot of our food comes from plants, including honey! Mister Brown and Squeaks learn how honey goes from being watery nectar in a flower to the sw
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The Snail-Smashing, Fish-Spearing, Eye-Popping Mantis Shrimp

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The killer punch of the mantis shrimp is the fastest strike in the animal kingdom, a skill that goes hand in hand with its extraordinary eyesight. They can see an invisible level of reality using polarized light, which could lead to a breakthrough in dete
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A Lot About Axolotls! | SciShow Kids

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Axolotls are amazing pets! Join Jessi and Squeaks as they learn about why axolotls have feathery gills and live in water, and how to protect their natural habitat.Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castaeda (she/her/they/them)Teachers and parents: scroll down to ch
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Why Our Favorite Crops Live Fast and Die Young

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To start using Tab for a Cause, go to: http://tabforacause.org/r/minuteearth2 We mostly grow annual plants because they reliably produce energy-rich seeds, which we like to eat. Thanks to our Patreon patrons https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth and our You
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Want a Whole New Body? Ask This Flatworm How | Deep Look

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Planarians are tiny googly-eyed flatworms with an uncanny ability: They can regrow their entire bodies, even a new head. So how do they do it? You can learn more about CuriosityStream at https://curiositystream.com/deeplook Support Deep Look on Patreon!!
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Fixing The UNFIXABLE: Squishy Makeovers from "The Hopeless Bin"

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Hey guys! Today I am doing a video that was honestly DEMANDED by some people in my comment sections recently Many of you really wanted to see my attempt to "Fix The Unfixable," sooooo, here I go. This special episode of squishy makeovers will be me attemp
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What On Earth is a Platypus? | SciShow Kids

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Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Platypuses are so funny, it looks like someone made them up as a joke. But they're real animals! Join Jessi and Squeaks to learn about how amazing
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I Painted My Clothes

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Hey Guys! Today I am trying something slightly different. I'm still painting on something....of course. BUT, today I am going to be painting on...my clothes? LOLI love jean jackets, so I thought it would be really cool to create a custom painted jacket. I
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4 Ways CRISPR Is More Than Just Gene Editing

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While its probably most famous for its role in gene editing, CRISPR does more than just that: its ability to precisely cut and alter DNA could lead to new antibiotics, faster diagnosis tools, and more.Hosted by: Hank Green.SciShow has a spinoff podcast! I
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Vilnius and Lublin in Poland became the first two cities to connect through a virtual Portal

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Welcome to PORTAL where Lithuania's capital, Vilnius and Lublin in Poland became the first two cities to connect through this virtual ‘bridge’! Born in Vilnius, Lithuania, PORTAL is a new wave community accelerator, aiming to bring people of d
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The Science of Ice Skating | SciShow Kids

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Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!In this episode, Jessi and her friends at The Fort learn about the physics behind all the slippery fun you can have on the ice. Hosted by: Jessi K
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Does It Pay To Cheat?

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Thanks Thryve for sponsoring the video. Get 50% off your gut health test at https://trythryve.com/MinuteEarthFor some birds, trying to cheat your neighbors into raising your babies is just as much work - and is no more successful - than doing it yourself.
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Meet the Marsupials! | SciShow Kids

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Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Squeaks and Jessi have been having fun learning all about Australia. Squeaks wants to know more about marsupials, the special group of animals tha
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The Similarity Trap

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Try Squarespace for free: http://squarespace.com/MinuteEarth And subscribe to MinuteEarth! http://goo.gl/EpIDGd As we try to figure out the evolutionary trees for languages and species, we sometimes get led astray by similar but unrelated words and traits
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The Cruel Irony Of Air Conditioning

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Thanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/The technology we use to keep cool is heating the world in a vicious feedback cycle, so we need to improve it and use it less.Thanks also to our Patreon patrons ht
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How to find a planet you can't see

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Tiny wobbles and faint twinkles that have led astronomers to nearly 5,000 new worlds.Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO For a tour of some of the odd exoplanets scientists have found, watch part one, her
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The Faint Young Sun Paradox!

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This 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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How Does Caffeine Wake You Up?

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When you get coffee jitters, caffeine has tricked your brain into anticipating danger. Lauren explains how it works. Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://science.howstuffworks.com/caffeine.htm Share on Facebook: https://goo.gl/adWdyH Share on Twitter:
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The Bird Poop That Changed The World

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Thanks to my grandmother for inspiring this story, and to my mother for helping make it. If you like our videos, please consider supporting MinuteEarth on Patreon! - Alex Bird poop was the gateway fertilizer that turned humanity onto the imported-chemical
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Woolly Mammoths, Mastodons, and Amazing Teeth! | SciShow Kids

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Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Mastodons and woolly mammoths were both ancient relatives of elephants, but they were very different! Join Jessi and Squeaks to see how we can lea
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SHOOTING ALIENS! Family Fun Game Night Challenges Surprise Toys Disney Cars 3 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

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ALIENS SHOOTING GAME! Family Fun Game Night Challenges Disney Cars 3 Mashem Disney Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Surprise Toys. Thanks for joining Evren and Evren's family to unbox and play this Galaxy Shooting Game. The players has to shoot chosen aliens to gai
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Why Pets Have Surprisingly Small Brains

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Thanks to 23andMe for sponsoring this video! http://www.23andme.com/minuteearth If you live outside the US, click here: https://www.23andme.com/ When we domesticate an animal species, their brains shrink and they freak out less. Thanks also to our support
Big Bear Bald Eagle Live Nest - Cam 1

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This live feed is owned and operated by Friends of Big Bear Valley, a 501c3 nonprofit organization. Any public use of the live video, including screen captures, requires prior approval and credit to the organization: https://friendsofbigbearvalley.org/ .
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These Lizards Have Been Playing Rock-Paper-Scissors for 15 Million Years | Deep Look

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Male side-blotched lizards have more than one way to get the girl. Orange males are bullies. Yellows are sneaks. Blues team up with a buddy to protect their territories. Who wins? It depends - on a genetic game of roshambo. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://
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Why Are There Penguins At The Equator?

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Try Dashlane here: http://bit.ly/minutedash. Plus, here’s a 10% off promo code for Dashlane Premium: minuteearth When nutrients from the ocean depths reach the sunlit surface (like in the Galapagos), life is more productive. Thanks also to our Patreon pat
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How Long Would It Take to Count to a Billion and What’s the Highest Anyone Has Counted?

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If you happen to like our videos and have a few bucks to spare to support our efforts, check out our Patreon page where we've got a variety of perks for our Patrons, including Simon's voice on your GPS and the ever requested Simon Whistler whistling packa
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This Adorable Sea Slug is a Sneaky Little Thief | Deep Look

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Take the PBSDS survey: https://to.pbs.org/2018YTSurvey Explore our VR slug and support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deeplook Nudibranchs may look cute, squishy and defenseless ... but watch out. These brightly-colored sea slugs aren't above stea
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Cockroach vs. Hydraulic Press: Who Wins? | Deep Look

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Do cockroaches -- those daring, disgusting disease vectors -- have anything at all to offer us? Scientists think so. They compressed American roaches with a hydraulic press, subjecting them to the force of 900 times their body weight. Don't worry (or do):
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Smartphones: A New Model for Energy Efficiency?

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Thanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/The way smartphones made many devices nonessential is a model for a new way to think about improving energy efficiency.Thanks also to our Patreon patrons https://w
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Princess Trixie Sparkle - Episode 3 - Escape from the Archives

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At long last we here at PTS present to you Princess Trixie Sparkle Episode 3: Escape from the Archives The morning after the switch, Twilight learns that Applejack and Fluttershy are staying in Ponyville and once in Canterlot Pinkie Pie and Rarity also go
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Using Our Senses to Explore the Beach! | Science at the Beach! | SciShow Kids

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Squeaks went on a trip to the beach, and wants to tell Mister Brown all about it! And, we can learn all about the science that formed the beach, plus a guest appearance by Grady the tardigrade to talk all about the plants and animals in the ocean that we
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Oldest footage of New York City ever

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The oldest and most incredible footage of New York City ever, including where the WTC would be built. With added maps carefully researched to show where the camera was. 28 shots of classic footage with a new twist and a new soundtrack. For more videos see
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A Baby Dragonfly's Mouth Will Give You Nightmares | Deep Look

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Dragonflies might rule the skies, but their babies grow up underwater in a larva-eat-larva world. Luckily for them, they have a killer lip that snatches prey, Alien-style, at lightning speed.SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqtDEEP LOOK: a new ult
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Let It Go (Disney's "Frozen") Vivaldi's Winter - The Piano Guys

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How Caffeine Accidentally Took Over The World

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Hey MinuteEarthlings! If you join us on Patreon this month (April 2023) at https://patreon.com/minuteearth, we will draw you a custom MinuteEarth stick figure (that we could feature in an upcoming video) AND send you a custom coffee mug with your beautifu
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New Disney Cars Lightning McQueen Battery Powered Ride on Car Kids Unboxing & Test Drive with Evren

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New Disney Cars Lightning McQueen Battery Powered Ride on Car Kids Unboxing & Test Drive with Evren Adventures ToysReview! Thanks for joining Evren and Evren’s daddy to unbox and assemble this Lightning McQueen Battery Powered Ride-On. We got this awesome
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Is There A Better Way To Power Airplanes?

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This video was made in partnership with Bill Gates. To learn more about his work on clean energy, visit https://gatesnot.es/2WDTJ1LIts hard to replace jet fuel because the alternatives arent energetic enough, are too dangerous, or arent yet being made at
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How We Learned That Water Isn't An Element

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Keep exploring at https://brilliant.org/MinuteEarth. Get started for free, and hurry the first 200 people get 20% off an annual premium subscription.For thousands of years, water was thought to be an element. That is, until some of the greatest chemists i
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There's Something Very Fishy About These Trees ... | Deep Look

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Salmon make a perilous voyage upstream past hungry eagles and bears to mate in forest creeks. When the salmon die, a new journey begins – with maggots. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt DEEP LOOK is a ultra-HD (4K) short video series crea
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Explosive chemistry - with Andrew Szydlo

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Discover the evolution of explosive chemical experiments, with the maestro of chemistry Andrew Szydlo.Sign up as a YouTube Channel Member to watch the Q&A here: https://youtu.be/XCeDrmFgrewThis Discourse was recorded at the Ri on 29 February 2024.Go on a
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I Accidentally Became A Meme: Overly Attached Girlfriend

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An entry in a Justin Bieber video contest led to one of the biggest memes on the internet and changed one girl's life forever. Be sure to follow along with Laina at: Instagram: https://instagram.com/Laina TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@laina622 Youtube: http
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Why Don't Americans Eat Reindeer?

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Thanks to http://www.audible.com/minuteearth for sponsoring this video! Reindeer meat could’ve entered North American cuisine and culture, but our turn of the century efforts to develop a reindeer industry were stymied by nature, the beef lobby, and the G
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The Science Of Hay Fever... Are Parasitic Worms The Cure?

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Hay fever has an awful habit of ruining what should be the nicest time of the year. But what is it? And why is it called ‘hay fever’? Kate explores the science of allergies, and hunts through the research for a cure. Subscribe for more from Kate: http://b
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Why Exercise Is Hard

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Thanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/Because exercise isn't essential for short-term survival, we don't exercise enough, so we need to reincorporate purposeful physical activity into our lives.Thanks
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You Wish You Had Mites Like This Hissing Cockroach | Deep Look

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Not all roaches are filthy. The Madagascar hissing cockroach actually makes a pretty sweet pet, thanks to the hungry mites that serve as its cleaning crew.Check out Antarctic Extremes on PBS Terra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvRAuy1ZmTcSUBSCRIBE to D
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The Ancient Animal Crossing | SciShow Kids

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Join Squeaks and Jessi as they learn about a time when lots of animals switched places -- like bears, sloths, armadillos, and more.Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castaeda (she/her/they/them)Second Grade Next Generation Science StandardsDisciplinary Core Ideas:L
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How Humans Made Malaria So Deadly

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Thanks to http://www.givewell.org/ for sponsoring this video! To learn more about the Against Malaria Foundation, visit: http://www.givewell.org/AMF or https://www.againstmalaria.com. Thanks also to our supporters on https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth __
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Oldest Footage Of Paris Ever

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English: The Oldest Footage Of Paris Ever Historical film production company Yestervid have released their latest video, 'The Oldest Footage of Paris'. It features a stunning collection of the oldest footage of various places around the great city of Pari
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The Curious Webspinner Insect Knits a Cozy Home | Deep Look

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To protect herself and her eggs, female webspinners shoot super-fine silk from their front feet. They weave the strands to build a shelter that serves as a tent, umbrella and invisibility cloak. But shooting silk from her feet requires her to moonwalk to
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10 Surprising Chemicals Your Body Makes

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Everything is made of chemicals, including the human body, but there are some especially weird ones... Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Sources: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK22459/ https://www.dnalc.org/view/841-dopamine-and-ADHD.html http://h
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This Dangerous Mosquito Lays Her Armored Eggs in Your House | Deep Look

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The Aedes aegypti mosquito, which can transmit dengue fever and Zika, makes a meal of us around our homes. And her eggs are hardy. They can dry out, but remain alive for months, waiting for a little water so they can hatch into squiggly larvae.Please join
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Why Did the Mexican Jumping Bean Jump? | Deep Look

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To find its place in the shade! Each hollowed-out seed is home to a head-banging moth larva, just trying to survive the harsh Sonoran Desert sun.SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/8NwXqt Please join our community on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/dee
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How does this SSD store 8TB of Data? || Inside the Engineering of Solid-State Drive Architecture

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Imagine storing every single video, movie, and picture you have ever seen in your entire life on a single solid-state drive. Well, these high-end solid-state drives [30TB] can do that. But how can SSDs organize so much information? Well in this video we a
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Living Underwater: How Submarines Work

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Try Brilliant out for free at http://Brilliant.org/WendoverThe first 200 people to use that link will also get 20% off their annual premium subscriptionSubscribe to Half as Interesting (The other channel from Wendover Productions): https://www.youtube.com
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The Plant Thats Full Of Metal

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Special Christmas Deal! Use the link https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/MinuteEarth to support our channel and get 3 years + 2 months free for $79. Just $2.08 for a MONTH!The amount of metal some special plants are able to take up from the soil would b
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How Birds Almost Escalated The Cold War

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To find out how you can help Nature Canada protect at least 30% of the worlds lands and ocean by 2030, visit https://www.naturecanada.ca/?utm_source=MinuteEarth.A technology to ignore birds on radar ended up being useful to study and conserve them.LEARN M
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Orchids: The Masters Of Lying, Cheating & Stealing

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Thanks to Curtin University and the University of Western Australia for sponsoring this video. Also, special thanks to Kingsley Dixon and the Orchid Specialist Group of the IUCN’s Species Survival Commission. ______ If you want to learn more about this to
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The Secret of Synchronization

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How does order spontaneously arise out of chaos? This video is sponsored by Kiwico go to https://www.kiwico.com/Veritasium50 for 50% off your first month of any crate.An enormous thanks to Prof. Steven Strogatz this video would not have been possible with
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Will Robots Make Us More Human?

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Why You're Probably Not a Simulation

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Have you ever have a dream you were so sure was real? The simulation argument challenges our very notions of reality by asking whether everything we perceive is nothing more than an elaborate computer simulation. Recently, we've even seen headlines like "
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I found the BEST coronavirus depiction (+ explanation)

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To start comparing quotes and simplify insurance-buying check out Policygenius: http://policygenius.com/minuteearth. Thanks to Policygenius for sponsoring this video!Ever found a fantastic coronavirus illustration that led him to learn about viral attachm
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Meeting a Wormlion Is the Pits | Deep Look

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Straight out of science fiction, the fearsome wormlion ambushes prey at the bottom of a tidy - and terrifying - sand pit, then flicks their carcasses out. These meals fuel its transformation into something unexpected.SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://goo.gl/
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Peanut Butter and Jelly (From Scratch)

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Consider this an R-rated PB&J. Homemade creamy peanut butter, jam, and butter, layered onto fresh baked, soft sandwich bread. Click: https://glnk.io/9l5y/brian-lagerstrom to get 35% OFF your first Beam order plus 20% off and FREE shipping for life whe
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What Does IQ Actually Measure?

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IQ is supposed to measure intelligence, but does it? 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 molecular modeling kit, try Snatoms a
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Are There Lost Alien Civilizations in Our Past?

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Go to https://NordVPN.com/kurzgesagt for an exclusive deal for our viewers. Its risk free with NordVPNs 30 day money back guarantee.Sources & further reading:https://sites.google.com/view/sources-earthaliens/Ger inspired by Science - Learn about the histo
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The Electromagnet in Your Toaster

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You can support this channel on Patreon! Link below Ya ever wonder about whats in a toaster? No? Well, too bad cause youre gonna find out right now!Would you like some links? Have some links!The datasheet for our IC in question:https://www.datasheet4u.com
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How Big Is The Universe?

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Is the Universe infinite? Or does it somehow fold in on itself? And if so in what shape? Join us today as explore the size of the Universe. Written and presented by Prof David Kipping, with special thanks to cosmologist Prof Colin Hill for fact checking.
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The Man Who Accidentally Killed The Most People In History

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One scientist caused two environmental disasters and the deaths of millions. A part of this video is sponsored by Wren. Offset your carbon footprint on Wren: https://www.wren.co/start/veritasium. For the first 100 people who sign up, I will personally pay
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When Humans Were Prey

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Not too long ago, our early human ancestors were under constant threat of attack from predators. And it turns out that this difficult chapter in our history may be responsible for the adaptations that allowed us to become so successful. Thanks to Julio La
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The Fermi Paradox — Where Are All The Aliens? (1/2)

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The universe is unbelievably big – trillions of stars and even more planets. Soo… there just has to be life out there, right? But where is it? Why don’t we see any aliens? Where are they? And more importantly, what does this tell us about our own fate in
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How to design an actually good toaster with lessons from the 1940's

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I love this toaster so dang much. Here are those as-promised links in the description; Link ONE: The original Sunbeam video; https://youtu.be/1OfxlSG6q5Y Link TWO (why am I yelling?): The Electromagnet in your Toaster https://youtu.be/zLFG068HtgM And some

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