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Mesopotamia: Crash Course World History #3

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In which John presents Mesopotamia, and the early civilizations that arose around the Fertile Crescent. Topics covered include the birth of territorial kingdoms, empires, Neo-Assyrian torture tactics, sacred marriages, ancient labor practices, the world's
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This Man Drives a Burger To Work

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What's the craziest looking car you've ever driven? Our latest contributor has driven the wackiest looking vehicles. Literally. We're talking burgers, pencils and even...a snooker table. In Hyderabad, India you can find the world's first and only handmade
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Giant human-sized jellyfish spotted by divers - BBC News

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Divers have swum with a huge barrel jellyfish off the coast of Cornwall. Lizzie Daly, a biologist with Wild Ocean Week, said the creature was as big as her body. It is the largest species of jellyfish which is found in British waters, with the average dia
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Liberty's Kids 114 - The First Fourth of July with Washington! | History Cartoons for Children

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As Hessians arrive off the coast of Staten Island (7/4/76), John Adams finally convinces Congress that independence is the only answer to the colonies problems. They ask Thomas Jefferson to write the first draft of a Declaration of Independence. Shortly a
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New 3D scanning campaign will reveal 20,000 animals in stunning detail

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NSF funds a plan to CT scan museum specimens representing most genera. Read more: http://scim.ag/2v90U5I
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Rosetta Comet Mission in 360

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The mission: to track down and land on a comet as it moved around the Sun. After a 10-year chase, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft found its target, Comet 67P (Churyumov-Gerasimenko), gathering new information that will fuel scientific inqui
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The Tiny Monorails That Once Carried James Bond

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The Roadmachines Mono-Rail may have been the only truly useful, fit-for-purpose monorail in the world. Of the hundreds that were built, most were never meant for passengers. But they did carry a couple of famous people in their time, including a certain s
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Music for Elephants - Trailer

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Music for Elephants is a unique and moving documentary about a British concert-pianist playing music to blind, injured and orphaned elephants with extraordinary results. For more information visit http://www.musicforelephants.com Co-Produced by AsiaWorks
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ZURCORAH Aerial Dance Group GOLDEN BUZZER America's Got Talent 2018

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TOP TALENT KIDS - Subscribe now (Free), and never miss another video! Subscriptions also help the channel unlock more features. http://bit.ly/TopTalentKidsSubscribe ZURCORAH GOLDEN BUZZER - AGT America's Got Talent 2018 Host Tyra Banks picked her favorite
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Steve Martin on how to look at abstract art | MoMA BBC | THE WAY I SEE IT

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In this episode of "The Way I See It," actor and comedian Steve Martin looks at paintings by two early pioneers of American abstraction and takes us on a journey of seeing—shape and color transform into mountains, sky, and water. Find "The Way I See
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Why Do People In Old Movies Talk Weird?

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It’s not quite British, and it’s not quite American – so what gives? Why do all those actors of yesteryear have such a distinct and strange accent? Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/movies-film-chann
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How To Protect The Rainforest

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For our final installment in the Amazon Adventures series, I interviewed expedition leader Corine Vriesendorp about what it means to protect and conserve areas of the rainforest in spite of the overwhelming global demands for its natural resources. This i
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Liberty's Kids 127 - The New Frontier | History Cartoons for Children

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In the Ohio territory, Shawnee Chief Cornstalk and his people are caught between the Americans and the British, with tragic results (11/77). In Philadelphia, inflation makes life difficult for working people and leads to the Fort Wilson riot (10/79). Sara
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An Electric Eel And A Caiman

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Wherein Isobel and Maria show us the ropes -- or nets -- for surveying fishes in the Amazon. The distribution of fish in tropical river systems is important to understanding how animals move around these waterways. Where there are big fish -- like the ele
Tiger Beetles: Fierce Hunters, Fast Movers

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Tiger beetles look like jewels and can smell like bubblegum. Whats not to love? Ph.D. student Harlan Gough of the Kawahara Lab at the Florida Museum Natural History shows us the world of tiger beetles -- fierce hunters and fast movers.Story:https://www.fl
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Filming Inside a Slow Motion Vortex - The Slow Mo Guys

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Gav and Dan cobble together an interesting (and wobbly) camera rig to film the most British thing they can think of... Inside a cup of tea. Follow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/gavinfree/ https://www.instagram.com/danielgruchy/ Filmed at 1000
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Why the Sun is incredible | BBC Ideas

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The Sun is just one of hundreds of billions of stars in our galaxy but it's very special to us - it's what makes life on Earth possible. Discover some incredible facts about our closest star with Dr Harry Cliff, a curator at London's Science Museum.Made b
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The world's most expensive object by weight

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At $8.3 million dollars for around 40 milligrams, the British Guiana 1c magenta is the world's most expensive object by weight: it's a postage stamp from 1856, the only one of its kind. More about the stamp and Stanley Gibbons: https://www.stanleygibbons.
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Baseball Hall of Fame (webisode)

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Located in historic Cooperstown, New York, the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum showcases the history and stars of the game. Produced by Great Museums TV. For more great information, go to http://greatmuseums.org.
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Global Warming in a Jar

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This is very clever global warming experiment developed by a young student for a local science fair. The film is presented by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and the Clean Air Conservancy.
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Shelf Life Episode 10 - The Dinosaurs Of Ghost Ranch

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Discovering a dinosaur is just the first step. Paleontologists Sterling Nesbitt, Mark Norell, and Danny Barta tell the story behind the Museum's treasure trove of Triassic fossils from Ghost Ranch, New Mexico. For more about how fossils are prepared for t
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Journey of a Letter

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Film exploring the journey of a letter from post box to recipient. Discover the surprising story of the first social network at The Postal Museum. Book your tickets today - postalmuseum.org
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The Fossils in the Floor

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NEW: #IStandWithUnionidBivalves shirts + stickers: http://bit.ly/29J9SJw This is my love letter to the little things in life-- like the fossils that can be found in the limestone tiles of the Field Museum. What's your version of the fossils in the floor?
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1927 - New York City Street Life

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Old film of New York City in 1927. Outside scenes from a longer film about the American Museum of Natural History. Set to a natural rate and added in sound for ambiance.
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Spiders: The First Web Developers

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Out of any creatures in the animal kingdom, spiders seem to have the worst reputation. Their many legs and unpredictable movements elicit a fear response in even the most stoic of individuals. Let's take a moment to put our fear aside and learn more about
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This Is Martha, The World's Last-Known Passenger Pigeon

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Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History houses one of largest bird collections in the world. One of their most prized birds, Martha, was the last passenger pigeon to ever fly. From: SERIOUSLY AMAZING OBJECTS: Trailblazers http://bit.ly/1XCulD1
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The Taxonomy Of Candy

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In our previous video 'What is a Species?,' we talked about the many ways scientists approach classifying organisms. So, I thought it'd be fun to get a few scientists from The Field Museum to apply their taxonomic know-how on something we're all familiar
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What Fossils Reveal about Today's Climate Change

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Dr. Scott Wing spent a decade combing the hills in the Bighorn Basin of Wyoming to find fossil evidence of an extinction event that occurred in the Southern Ocean of Antarctica, 56 million years ago. Here, we talk with him and Dr. Kirk Johnson about how s
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The Naked Mole-Rat

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Naked mole-rats are some of the most fascinating members of the animal kingdom - but just how unique are they? Turns out, they diverged from their nearest relative more than 31 MILLION years ago! Field Museum curator Dr. Bruce Patterson, and Yale postdoct
What Butterfly Flight Looks like in Slow Motion!

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I filmed slow motion flight and time-lapse eclosion sequences of tropical butterflies, and give a behind-the-scenes tour of our museum's walk-in tropical rainforest exhibit.Check out https://naturalsciences.org/ for info about when to visit our museum and
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How to make a cloud in a bottle

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In this video, Kat shows you how to make a cloud in a bottle. More Videos Like This: http://ow.ly/U1c6l I Support Science: http://ow.ly/U1c7G Science World Blog: http://ow.ly/U1c90 Science World is a charitable organization that engages British Columbians
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There's a 100,000 coin buried under this London building

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The 1933 British penny is one of the most famous coins in the world. I'm not saying this is definitely a heist movie waiting to happen... but I do think someone should write it. Thanks to the team at Baldwin's, and the penny's owner, for letting me film i
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Building Vincent van Gogh's "Starry Night" LEGO set with MoMA staff

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MoMA staff dive into the new LEGO "Starry Night" set, and share their personal reflections, research, and details about the painting's creation and impact. To purchase the Starry Night LEGO set, visit the MoMA Design Store: https://store.moma.org/prints-a
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Shelf Life Episode 8 - Voyage Of The Giant Squid

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Getting a giant squid from New Zealand to New York is no easy feat. Curator Neil Landman tells the tale of a sizable specimen’s journey to the collections at the American Museum of Natural History, and Curator Mark Siddall explains why this giant cephalop
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Introducing the "Iron man" Gravity Jet Suit

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Richard Browning, Founder and Test Pilot, Gravity industries, introduces special guests to 1000bhp of Gravity Jet Suit. Gravity is a British human propulsion technology start-up. Our mission is to re-imagine the future of manned flight. Follow us for live
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The Animal Sound Library

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The Museum für Naturkunde is home to one of the largest collections of animal sound recordings in the world. They're studied by scientists to learn about what animals live in an area, and what time(s) of year they're active, and in what abundance. One of
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Liberty's Kids 136 - Yorktown (with Lafayette and Washington) | American History Videos For Kids

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"I am not throwing away my shot, 'til the world turns upside down" - Hamilton the musical, Lin-Manuel Miranda. The climatic battle of the war. Moses brother Cato, a soldier on the British side, is sent into harms way by Cornwallis and is aided by a sympat
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Fossil Myths: Cyclopes, Griffins, & Magic Fairy Bread

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Before modern science, what evidence did people use to help explain the inexplicable? For some things -- the fossil record! Today we’re looking for griffins, cyclopes, magical bread and enchanted stone snakes in our museum collection. Our citations and re
Science StormsHow It Works: Tesla Coil

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The recipe to zapping 1.5 million volts of lightning in our Tesla Coil includes a toroid, grounding rings, and a pickle. Science Storms, sponsored by Allstate, is 10 this year! Take an in-depth look with an MSI Facilitator to learn how we spark lightning
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Drought and Famine: Crash Course World History #208

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In which John Green teaches you a little bit about drought, which is a natural weather phenomenon, and famine, which is almost always the result of human activity. Throughout human history, when food shortages strike humanity, there was food around. There
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Tully Monster Mystery SOLVED!

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How is it that a Museum can have 1,200+ fossils of a particular species in its collection since the 1960's... and not even know what it is? For decades, it was thought the 'Tully monster' -- a bizarre animal that lived 307 million years ago -- was an inve
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The Amazing Laser

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Wherein my mind is blown by technology, yet again. Please take our survey! We wanna know your thoughts! http://fieldmuseum.fluidsurveys.com/s/thebrainscoop/ ↓ More info + Links! ↓ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natu
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DeepLoco computer program taught itself to walk and run

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The University of British Columbia created a computer program called DeepLoco that uses deep learning to teach itself to walk, run, and even dribble a soccer ball. It could help video games become much more realistic and even aid robots in the real world.
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Playing Ping Pong In Microgravity

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Dr Kevin Fong takes a trip on a parabolic flight (the ‘vomit comet’) to see what it’s like to play table tennis in space. Watch the full second episode of the 2015 CHRISTMAS LECTURES on ‘How to survive in space’ on the Ri Channel now: http://richannel.org
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Banding Baby Dinosaurs

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BABY DINOSAURS IN THE CITY!... and we've been studying them for years! We talked with Field Museum ornithologist Josh Engel about how scientists gather information and take risks while monitoring these impressive aerial predators. By the 1960s the peregri
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The Turing Test: Can A Computer Pass For A Human? - Alex Gendler

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-turing-test-can-a-computer-pass-for-a-human-alex-gendler What is consciousness? Can an artificial machine really think? For many, these have been vital considerations for the future of artificial intelligenc
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What is a P-Value and Why Does it Matter?

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Science's most important (and controversial) number has its origins in a British experiment involving milk and tea. NOVA on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NOVAonline NOVA on Twitter: @novapbs NOVA on Instagram: @novapbs PRODUCTION CREDITS Digital Prod
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Every Years Most Popular Toy Since 1969 Explained | Each and Every | WIRED

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Chris Bensch, chief curator at the Strong Museum of Play, delves into the backstories of each and every ber-popular toy released over the last 50 years. In 1977 Star Wars action figures hit the market and revolutionized the toy industry. 1979's Atari 2600
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Bertrand Russell's Advice for Future Generations

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Bertrand Arthur William Russell (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic, political activist, he was a prominent anti-war activist and a Nobel laureate. Advice from Bertrand
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Insect Cribs

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Insects have the coolest houses! This is an ode to a few of the most amazing architects in the invertebrate world. We have a Newsletter! Check out our latest: http://bit.ly/2pYZA21 Field Museum artist Peggy MacNamara has a beautiful book featuring many of
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What Do Antarctic Explorers Wear? (Then and Now!) | Maddie Moate

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Join me at the Polar Research Institute in Cambridge to find out first hand what Antarctic Explorers wore over 100 years ago! Greg helps me to see how modern expedition clothing works using the help of our thermal imaging camera and I get to try on polar
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Greek And Roman Statues Were Once Colorfully Painted | National Geographic

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Greek and Roman statues haven't always had that glazed look in their eyes—many were once painted. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration, and ad
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Are ghost ships real? - Peter B. Campbell

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/are-ghost-ships-real-peter-b-campbell In 1884, the British steamer “Rumney” crashed into the French ship “Frigorifique.” Seeing their ship filling with water, the French crew climbed aboard the “Rumney.” But as
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What DNA ancestry tests can — and can’t — tell you

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I took a DNA ancestry test. It didn’t tell me where my ancestors came from… Subscribe to our channel! http://bit.ly/video-lab At-home DNA ancestry tests have become hugely popular in recent years. More than 26 million have taken one of these tests. If the
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The First Brachiosaurus

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Joyce Havstad, PhD holds the title Philosopher-in-Residence at The Field Museum.* We had the joy of interviewing her about some of the fascinating concepts she researches and explores -- in this case, what is a holotype? And how can paleontologists determ
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100 Year Old Self-Playing Violin - "The Eighth Wonder Of the World"

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This amazing instrument is The Hupfeld Phonoliszt Violina - an Orchestrion with self-playing Violins, Enjoy! Name: Phonoliszt Violina Type of Instrument: Orchestrion Year Built: 1914 Maker: Ludwig Hupfeld A.-G. Place of Manufacture: Leipzig, Germany Welco
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At Rock Hall: American Music Masters Week Video Blog #1

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Shooting for GREAT MUSEUMS' upcoming Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum special began during American Music Masters Week. The 2011 honoree was Aretha Franklin. See the Queen of Soul in this video short, along with Janis Joplin's psychedelic Porsche Cab
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Flying A Plane With Fireworks On The Wings

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Aerosparx are a British aerobatics team that perform displays with fireworks attached to their wings. This is how they do it. More about Aerosparx: http://www.aerosparx.com/ Camera by Grant Stevens https://www.moonshineproductions.co.uk/ Ground display ca
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Make Your Own Mysterious Creature Collage

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Welcome to "Fantastic Journeys: Myth, Magic, and Mysterious Monsters" presented by the Getty Museum! Kids and families are invited to enjoy tall tales performed by seasoned storytellers along with story-inspired, artmaking workshops and more. This episode
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Make Your Own Magical Moon Mobile

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Welcome to "Fantastic Journeys: Myth, Magic, and Mysterious Monsters" presented by the Getty Museum! Kids and families are invited to enjoy tall tales performed by seasoned storytellers, followed by story-inspired, art-making workshops. This episode featu
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The Origin Of Mammal Movement: Harvard Adventures, Part I

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Paleontologists today look at more than just fossil evidence to learn about organisms that lived millions of years ago. In this case, we're seeking to answer the question: how, and when, did mammals evolve their specialized movements? Turns out, the next
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How To Draw An Allosaurus + ARTIST SPOTLIGHT!

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Hey art-friends! Today we're learning how to draw an Allosaurus dinosaur! We're also announcing the artist spotlights for this week. Be sure to watch this Wednesday for our next Challenge-Time for a chance to be spotlighted in our next Monday video! Visit
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Top 10 Mysterious Bone Discoveries That Shocked The World

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These mysterious discoveries of strange bone formations around the world have puzzled archaeologists for some time. Lets find out some of the most mysterious recent discoveries! Subscribe for more! ► https://goo.gl/pgcoq1 ◄ Stay updated ► https://goo.gl/J
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Why South Africa is still so segregated

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How centuries of division built one of the most unequal countries on earth.Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjOFor decades, South Africa was under apartheid: a series of laws that divided people by race. Then, in the 1990s, those laws were disma
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Great Museums: Elevated Thinking: The High Line in New York City

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Narrated by actress Susan Sarandon, this hour-long documentary film showcases the High Line, a most unusual and unlikely public park. Since opening in 2009, it has become a top global tourist destination, with nearly 5 million visitors annually. Since 199
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These birds can fly almost ten months without landing

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The common swift flies ten months on end without landing. The hypothesis on these birds’ life in the air was presented by British researcher Ron Lockley back in 1970, but it is only now that researchers at Lund University in Sweden have managed to p
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Skylight: More Than Meets the Eye

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The sky is awash in light, but there’s much more beyond the visible that we cannot sense with our eyes. What do we see when we use telescopes to peer into the invisible? #astronomy #space #visiblelight #wavelength #infrared #MilkyWay #Andromeda #stars #CM
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Queen Elizabeth II Has Died (1926-2022) | Vanity Fair

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Her Royal Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, has died at 96 years old. The longest reigning Monarch in British history dedicated a life to public and voluntary service as one of the most important elements of her work. Still haven’t subscribed to Vanity F
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Sam & Cat | The Brit Brats | Nickelodeon UK

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Two adorable little British girls come to Sam & Cat's house. They're perfectly well behaved, but are they a little too well behaved? If you love Nickelodeon, hit the subscribe button - http://bit.ly/1Dl75RgWelcome to the official Nickelodeon UK YouTube ch
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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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Matchstick Art, 7.5 Million sticks over 40 years - COOLEST THING I'VE EVER MADE- EP15

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Calling it "Amazing Art with matchsticks" does not do Patrick Acton's sculptures justice. Over the past 40 years, this Iowa native has been building some of the world's biggest and complicated matchstick sculptures. While some of the larger ones are in "R
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An artist spent 6 months creating a fake grocery store completely made of felt

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There's a new grocery store in New York, but don't try to eat any of the food inside. "8 'Till Late" is an art installation from British artist Lucy Sparrow that sells products you would typically find in an NYC bodega, except everything is made out of fe
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Make Your Own Mythical Puppet Theater

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Welcome to "Fantastic Journeys: Myth, Magic, and Mysterious Monsters" presented by the Getty Museum! Kids and families are invited to enjoy tall tales performed by seasoned storytellers, followed by story-inspired, art-making workshops. This episode featu
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Japanese vs. Canadian School (Elementary)

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Aiko compares what elementary school is like in British Columbia, Canada vs. Tokyo, Japan. Questions 0:04 Food 1:23 Rules 2:25 More Rules 2:56 Breaks 3:37 Homework 4:18 Physical Education 5:12 Field Trips 6:17 Course Difficulty 7:05 Canadian Pros 7:46 Jap
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An Acquiring Mind: An Inside Look: The Exhibition

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Webisode celebrating the Philippe de Montebello exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Exhibition" offers exclusive interviews with Philippe de Montebello, footage from the Met's opening gala and the exhibition itself. For more information, vi
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Titanic: The ONLY Genuine Footage - Verified By Experts

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Incredibly rare, genuine & authenticated. This stunning footage is the OLDEST AND ONLY known remaining film of Titanic above water. Combined with footage from the wreck - utterly beautiful and heartbreaking. Ever since Titanic was lost at sea that fat
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Mechanical Masterpieces

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Mechanical Masterpieces is a collection of paintings reimagined for the 21st century. Optimized for short attention spans, it allows viewers to poke, switch, disco, inflate and water paintings to their heart’s content. The installation was created f
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The Rare Book Room!

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The Field Museum isn't just home to specimens and artifacts: it's also home to the books and manuscripts that have shaped our understanding of the world's natural history. Today, we look at some of the 7,500 books in the Mary W. Runnells Rare Book Room! ↓
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James Lafayette: Revolutionary Spy

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Enslaved at birth, James Lafayette became one of the most important Patriot spies of the American Revolution, helping to gather vital information on the British Army. His work helped the United States secure independence.Untold is a free collection of sho
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The Case for Saving PARASITES.

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PARASITE. Doesn't the word just make your skin crawl? (that's actually the worms living under your flesh... just kidding). Despite our "ick" reaction to these animals, they play important roles in their environments - and many are under threat. ↓↓↓ Check
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These sweaty robots cool themselves faster than humans

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Micropores help them vent liquid to cool downRead the research ($): https://scim.ag/2GxdGhF Credits producer/animator/narrator Meagan Cantwell supervising producer Joel Goldberg script by Meagan Cantwell research A. Mishra et al., Science Robotics 2020 DO
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What Did The Original Colonists Sound Like? - Big Questions - (Ep. 36)

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A weekly show where we endeavor to answer one of your big questions. This week, Jacob Mitchell asks, "What did the original colonists sound like? Did they have a modern British accent?" -- Mental Floss Video on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mf_video Sel
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Rainbow Paint on a Speaker - 12,500fps - The Slow Mo Guys

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Gav and Dan are back in the old garden. Using two cameras they've never used before, they revisit paint on a speaker. Both cameras were borrowed, but it ain't an ad or anything. This is the first video presented at 50fps playback. Because of the new high
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Derek Redmond's Emotional Olympic Story - Injury Mid-Race | Barcelona 1992 Olympics

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The unforgettable story of Great Britain's 400m runner Derek Redmond, whose hamstring snapped during his event but was determined to finish the race at the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games. Subscribe to the Olympics here & hit the bell! http://oly.ch/Subs
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The Flying Train (1902) | MoMA FILM VAULT SUMMER CAMP

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"The Flying Train" depicts a ride on a suspended railway in Germany in 1902. The footage is almost as impressive as the feat of engineering it captures. For many years our curators believed our Mutoscope rolls were slightly shrunken 70mm film, but they we
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The Burning of the White House

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When British troops set the White House alight during the War of 1812, White House staff rallied to save its contents, including a priceless work of art that survives to this day.Untold is a free collection of short, compelling, history videos and animati
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The Village That The Luftwaffe Bombed By Mistake

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Linby is a small village in Nottinghamshire, England. It wouldn't have much strategic value... unless some commander didn't read their map properly. Here's a local legend, with a few questions about it.Edited by Michelle Martin https://twitter.com/mrsmmar
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Turtle Submersible: Why Submarines shaped like Turtles Failed

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In 1775, David Bushnell pushed the limits of engineering to design a military submarine dubbed the Turtle Submersible, which he created to help the US fight back against the British Royal Navy. Untold is a free collection of short, compelling, history vid
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Conflict in Israel and Palestine: Crash Course World History 223

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In which John Green teaches you about conflict in Israel and Palestine. This conflict is often cast as a long-term beef going back thousands of years, and rooted in a clash between religions. Well, that's not quite true. What is true is that the conflict
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| Inside The Cockpit - Albatros D.Va

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The German Albatros is one of the most revered aircraft of the First World War and played a crucial role during 'Bloody April' in 1917. Let's hop inside and see what makes this bird tick. - Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Bismarck - PayPal: https://www.p
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Why should you read Midnights Children? - Iseult Gillespie

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Dive into Salman Rushdies masterpiece, Midnights Children, a work of magical realism that deals with Indias transition from British colonialism to independence.--It begins with a countdown. A woman goes into labor as the clock ticks towards midnight. Acro
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Why 18,000 Bones Are Hidden In This Smithsonian Warehouse | Colossal Collections | Business Insider

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The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History has over 18,000 specimens in its marine mammal bone collection, notably featuring a rare 8.5-foot adult Rice's whale skull. This collection is so large in both size and scale that it has outgrown the muse
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How Computers Work: What Makes a Computer, a Computer?

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Computers are all around us, but what really makes a computer, a computer? Explore the history of computers and the features they all share. Start learning at http://code.org/ Stay in touch with us! • on Twitter https://twitter.com/codeorg • on Facebook h
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Why Isn't Pterodactyl a Dinosaur?

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Are Pterodactyls and other pterosaurs considered dinosaurs? There are flying dinosaurs, right? And what are dimetrodon and plesiosaurs? Paleontologist Danny Barta explains what a dinosaur is, and is not! If you’re more of a space person, check out “Why is
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Microscopically reweaving a 1907 painting | CONSERVATION STORIES

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To ready Paula Modersohn-Becker's "Self Portrait" (1907) for MoMA's reopening in October, conservator Diana Hartman tackles the question of how to repair holes in the painting’s canvas. She figures out that a curved needle typically used in eye surg
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Meet the Real-Life Superwoman | Super Power

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Karenjeet Kaur Bains is the real-life Clark Kent. By day, shes a chartered accountant and by night she transforms into superwoman, deadlifting 175 kg in her home gym. With all that superpower its unsurprising she has a few titles under her belt: Commonwea
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'Mental toughness is the secret to success' | BBC Ideas

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British gold medal-winning sprinter and former gymnast Asha Philip tells the story of her success - and her tough journey along the way.Want to watch more like this? Four secrets from sports psychology you can use in everyday life https://www.youtube.com/
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The secret to the dragonfly’s backwards flight

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Work could inform aerial robots of the future Learn more: https://scim.ag/2KGBAaQ Read the paper: http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/15/143/20180102 CREDITS producer Sarah Crespi story by Victoria Davis citation A. T. Bode-Oke, et al. Journal
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Couple Built A Floating Home With Their Own Hands

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Wayne Adams and Catherine King are the artists behind Freedom Cove—a floating island built by the couple using just a handsaw and hammer. The floating compound is located off of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada and is completely sustainable. E
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Down The Fastest Bobsled Track in the World POV

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Whistler, British Columbia has the fastest bobsledding track in the world and for some money, and a bit of nerve, you can actually try it. More videos on My Second Channel - https://www.youtube.com/mobileinstinct2 PATREON - https://www.patreon.com/MobileI
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Human Population Through Time

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It took 200,000 years for our human population to reach 1 billion—and only 200 years to reach 7 billion. But growth has begun slowing, as women have fewer babies on average. When will our global population peak? And how can we minimize our impact on
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This library has every book ever published.

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The British Library is one of the six legal deposit libraries for the UK and the only one that doesn't pick and choose, or have to ask for copies. That's a lot of books to store, and the internet's only making it worse. The BL: https://bl.uk UK Web Archiv
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Domtoren Clock Tower Plays the Marble Machine Song

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Malgosia Feibig surprised me completely by playing the Marble Machine song on the Carillion of the Domtoren clock tower for the whole city of Utrecht! Thanks so much Malgosia for showing us and everybody else the Domtoren of Utrecht! Martin & Co. Malg
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Six Stories to Kick-Start Your Morning

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This reel is all about that most important meal of the day. We travel to 1895 to learn about the guy behind brunch, visit Harlem for a little bit of sweet and savory, and find out why the British love their tea. SUBSCRIBE: https://goo.gl/vR6Acb This story
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The Amazing Life and Strange Death of Captain Cook: Crash Course World History #27

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In which John Green teaches you about the life and death of one of history's great explorers, Captain James Cook of the British Navy. He charted large swaths of the Pacific ocean, laid claim to Australia and New Zealand, and died a bizarre death in the Sa
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Millipedes: The First Land Animals

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More than 420 million years ago ancient millipedes took their first many -- many many many -- steps onto land. Today they remain largely cryptic animals, as there are tens of thousands of species still unknown to science. Associate Curator Dr. Petra Sierw
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Lavender's Best Use is Hiding in Plain Sight

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Forget the potpourri. Step aside, essential oil. It's time to reclaim lavender for the kitchen! We go to England to sniff out the great British lavender revival. WEBSITE: http://www.howgrow.org/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/howdoesitgrow INSTAGRAM:
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15 Bizarre Underwater Discoveries By Deep Sea Divers

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Humans have explored and charted just 5% of our planets deep seas we know far more about space than we do about the mysteries of our own oceans. Some of the things we have discovered in that small segment of the deep sea are far stranger and more terrifyi
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How Wolves Change Rivers

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Support the creation of more videos like this: https://www.patreon.com/sustainablehuman This video is a gift to humanity by Chris and Dawn Agnos. "When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe." - John M
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Unbreakable Exploding Glass Egg | Nickipedia

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Cornings YT: https://www.youtube.com/user/corningmuseumofglassCorning Museum Website: https://www.cmog.orgSHARE THIS VIDEO: https://youtu.be/emac_xzGpo0Instagram: @NICKUHAS Twitter: @NICKUHASNickipedia Live Show Booking: http://nickipedialive.com/about/Ma
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Oldest Rugby Footage Ever - Hardcore Match

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Incredible rugby footage from 1901! The old film shows a Rugby League match between Dewsbury and Manningham at Dewsbury's Crown Flatt ground. What is amazing is just how rough the game was even back then. The film has been identified by the British Film I
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There Are 30,000 Particle Accelerators In The World; What Do They All Do?!

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There are over 30,000 particle accelerators all over the world, so what are they used for? Hint: It's not just particle physics. Subatomic Particles Explained In Under 4 Minutes - https://youtu.be/eD7hXLRqWWM Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http:
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Why Bumble Bees Are the Fuzzy Heroes We Need

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If the insect world has a fuzzy, charismatic cutie, its surely the humble bumble bee. While insect populations are declining around the globe, bumble bees face unique threats that make them particularly vulnerable. Surveying projects across the U.S. are c
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Bullet Ant Venom

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Bullet ants (Paraponera clavata) have the most intense sting of any insect -- but what makes it so painful? Dr. Corrie Moreau walks us through how she extracts their venom to learn more about the chemistry of this remarkable species! Last week, she showed
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Welcome to The Robot Zoo! | NEW SERIES | Maddie Moate

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Welcome to The Robot Zoo! Join me and Greg as we answer some curious animal questions using the awesome Robot Zoo animals as our guides. Subscribe to see all four upcoming videos in this brand new series! http://bit.ly/1kPjJZL COMING UP! How do Grasshoppe
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Super Strong Dragonflies!

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Dragonflies are totally awesome! Join Jessi and Squeaks as they learn about these really large and really cool insects! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowkids ---------- Lo
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For Your Consideration: The Incredible Roach!

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You need roaches in your life. No, not the few pest species you might recognize scurrying across the floor, but some of their amazing, underrated cousins. Cockroaches are surprisingly diverse (there are even beautiful ones!), and theyre crucial contributo
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The Horrors Of Ancient Cataract Surgeries

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Doctors have been slicing into eyeballs for over 2500 years. Luckily, surgeons have made some progress since then. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1FkxVLb ‖ Twitter! https://twitter.com/gross_science ‖ Tumblr! http://grossscience.tumblr.com/ ↓Want more info?↓ Fa
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The Chicago Peregrine Program

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By the 1960s the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) was extinct in many states - including Illinois - because of the negative effects of the pesticide DDT. But, thanks to dedicated reintroduction and monitoring efforts over the last 30 years in part from
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Q&A - Why Dirt and Microbes Could Be Good for Us - with B Brett Finlay

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How does drinking alcohol affect your gut bacteria? How can you boost gut microbiota? B Brett Finlay answers questions after his talk. Watch the full talk here: https://youtu.be/xlEFI5A3QFM Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe B
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Why bird brains are more brilliant than anyone suspected

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The secret may lie in a newly-discovered brain structureRead the research: https://scim.ag/31zQoCRhttps://scim.ag/3mdMyY0CreditsproducerMeagan Cantwellsupervising producerJoel Goldbergspecial thanksPeter SternSacha VigneriLiz PennisiresearchStacho et al.,
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The Seven Years War: Crash Course World History #26

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In which John teaches you about the Seven Years War, which may have lasted nine years. Or as many as 23. It was a very confusing was. The Seven Years War was a global war, fought on five continents, which is kind of a lot. John focuses on the war as it ha
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King Tutankhamun's Trumpets played after 3000+ Years

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. Among the remarkable treasures found in Tutankhamun's tomb were two ornate trumpets, one made of silver and the other of bronze. In 1939, BBC radio broadcast the trumpets' music to 150 million people listening in world wide, broadcast to "The Four Corne
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Watch Flesh-Eating Beetles Strip Bodies to the Bone | Deep Look

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Dermestid Beetles are fast and fastidious eaters. They can pick a carcass clean in just days leaving even the most delicate bone structures intact. This makes them the perfect tool for museum scientists-- if you keep them far, far away from valuable colle
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Riches Rivals&Radicals: 100 Years of Museums in America

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American is a land of museums. America's museum offer solitude, sanctuary and discovery. They reflect who we were, who we are, and who we hope to be. Visit some of America's museums coast-to-coast. Meet the characters whose fervor fueled the revolution th
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How was it made? 3D Scanning & Printing

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To mark the refurbishment of the Cast Courts in 2018, the V&A commissioned Rapidform at the Royal College of Art to produce 3D scans of 23 objects in the collections. Reproduced here is one example of a plaster print of a silver and glass flask which
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The MAGNETO SNAIL! (and Other Marine Gastropods)

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In 2015, a deep-sea discovery was described to be unlike anything else in the animal kingdom. It was a snail with a shell made out of iron sulphide, with some populations also having magnetic properties in their unique exoskeletons. It made me wonder - wh
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Baseball Hall of Fame 5 of 10: Sacred Home

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The fifth installment of 10 webisodes featuring The National Baseball Hall of Fame, produced by Great Museums TV using footage from the shoot for the original GREAT MUSEUMS episode which aired on national public television. Each webisode explores a unique
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Space Volcanoes - Shelf Life 360

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Here on Earth, volcanic eruptions are dramatic manifestations of our dynamic planet. Elsewhere in our solar system, awe-inspiring extraterrestrial volcanoes—both active and extinct—provide clues to planetary formation and hints of how life may
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Maybe rich people should build weird fountains again

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The Wasserspiele of Bergpark Wilhelmshhe are 300 years old, powered entirely by gravity, and entertaining tourists. As legacies for rich people go, there are far worse ones. More about the Bergpark: https://museum-kassel.de/en/museums-parks-palaces/unesco
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Butterfly Effect: Can Monarchs Avoid Extinction?

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Check out Sharks Unknown with Jasmin Graham: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3fd9YjZXFUWhy are monarch butterflies disappearing? You may know them for their amazing transcontinental migration, but over the past few decades, monarch butterflies have been
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Baseball Hall of Fame 6 of 10: Game of Change

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The sixth installment of 10 webisodes featuring The National Baseball Hall of Fame, produced by Great Museums TV using footage from the shoot for the original GREAT MUSEUMS episode which aired on national public television. Each webisode explores a unique
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How Eddie Van Halen Invented Tapping

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Watch the entire interview here: http://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2015/02/14/necessity-is-the-source-of-eddie-van-halens-inventions/events/the-takeaway/ At a What It Means to Be American event at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, leg
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Things Of Beauty: Scientific Instruments Of Yore

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For more than 30 years, Steve Erenberg has collected early scientific and medical objects and instruments. Packed with shelves and displays brimming with Victorian medical masks, surreal anatomical models, and futuristic test prostheses, Erenberg's store/
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Why was India split into two countries? - Haimanti Roy

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Dig into the 1947 Partition of India, when Britain split the region into two states, India and Pakistan, and the mass migrations and violence that followed.--In 1947, the British viceroy announced that after 200 years of British rule, India would gain ind
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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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Year of the Periodic Table (in Paris and Moscow)

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We're in Paris and then Moscow for the launch of the International Year of the Periodic Table. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ More on UNESCO's The International Year of the Periodic Table: https://www.iypt2019.org Thank you to the British Emb
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Why Don’t Woodpeckers Get Concussions?

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Don’t be hard-headed. You should SUBSCRIBE! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Tweet this video ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSbang Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSbangFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Translate this video: LINK TKTK Want to wear your love for science? We’v
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Feb 17, 1890 - P.T. Barnum's address to the future (Remastered w/ transcript)

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Early phonograph of circus legend PT Barnum testing out the phonograph. I made the sound less harsh and added in a transcript. Thanks to the internet, I was able to find an accurate transcript from The Roscommon Constitutionalist February 22, 1890 which s
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Nature's Superheroes: More Trees Please!

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Join Francesca, Asha, and Lydia as they explore what makes trees so important, the problems trees face, and what kids like you can do to help. Learn more at OLogy, the Museum’s science website for kids: https://www.amnh.org/explore/ology/biodiversity/natu
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Why is it so hard to catch a fly? | The Robot Zoo | Maddie Moate

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Why is it so hard to catch a fly?! We find out at The Robot Zoo! Join me and Greg as we answer some curious animal questions using the awesome Robot Zoo animals as our guides. Subscribe to see all four videos in this series! http://bit.ly/1kPjJZL The Robo
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Adam Savage Meets Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 Spacesuit!

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It's an emotional day for Adam Savage as he comes face to face with Neil Armstrong's A7-L pressure suit, then learns about its long, delicate conservation process from National Air and Space Museum's Objects Conservator, Lisa Young. You can now see the ne
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What Causes The Phases Of The Moon?

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What causes the phases of the moon? The common incorrect answer is the shadow of the Earth. The phases of the moon are actually just a result of our perception of the moon's half-illuminated surface. When the moon does pass through Earth's shadow the resu
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How does a chameleon change colour? | The Robot Zoo | Maddie Moate

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How does a chameleon change colour?! We find out at The Robot Zoo! Join me and Greg as we answer some curious animal questions using the awesome Robot Zoo animals as our guides. Subscribe to see all four videos in this series! http://bit.ly/1kPjJZL The Ro
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Doctor Who could change how women are portrayed in sci-fi

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The Doctor’s greatest power? Her sense of humor. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO For the first time in its 55-year history, British television show Doctor Who will have a woman in the lead role (played by Jodie Whittaker). Doctor Who isn’t
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The Robot Zoo FULL SERIES (15 minutes with 4 animal questions)

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You may have seen the episodes? Well, now here's the whole series in one handy dandy video! Join me and Greg as we answer some curious animal questions using the awesome Robot Zoo animals as our guides. Subscribe for more science, wildlife and adventure!
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Science Bulletins: Skull X-Rays Reconstruct Extinct Carnivores’ Bite

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Some carnivores eat only meat, while others are more omnivorous. To understand how and when these differences in carnivore feeding may have evolved, Museum paleontologists captured X-ray scans of skulls from living and extinct species. They reconstructed
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Adam Savage Examines the Space Shuttle Discovery!

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At the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Dulles, Va., Adam Savage examines the Space Shuttle Discovery (which he has a personal connection to), then speaks with National Air and Space Museum's Objects Conservator, Lisa Young, about the challenges of putting
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The Big Dipper Through Time

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Stars aren’t still--they move through space. Our Sun and the seven stars that form the Big Dipper in the constellation Ursa Major all orbit the center of the Milky Way at different speeds. So why do today’s constellations closely resemble thos
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My Grandfather, Who Raised Me, Met Napoleon: Bertrand Russell Interview 1952 - Restored Video/Audio

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Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell (18 May 1872 2 February 1970) was born in Trellech, Wales. His parents died when he was three years old. He is best known for being a British philosopher, logician, and social critic. Bertrand's grandfather, John Russell
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Christmas Lectures 2022: Lecture 1/3 with Sue Black

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Discover the secrets of forensic science as Professor Dame Sue Black tells the story of a 1,000 year old skeleton, in the first of the Royal Institution's annual Christmas lectures for 2022. Watch the second lecture here: https://youtu.be/yIFcRjCq0TQWatch
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Dinosaurs Among Us Now Open

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The evolution of life on Earth is full of amazing episodes. But one story that really captures the imagination is the transition from the familiar, charismatic dinosaurs that dominated the planet for around 170 million years into a new, small, airborne fo
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Baseball Hall of Fame 9 of 10: Diamonds Are Forever

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The ninth installment of 10 webisodes featuring The National Baseball Hall of Fame, produced by Great Museums TV using footage from the shoot for the original GREAT MUSEUMS episode which aired on national public television. For more information, visit htt
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Baseball Hall of Fame 8 of 10: Swinging In The Seventies

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The eighth installment of 10 webisodes featuring The National Baseball Hall of Fame, produced by Great Museums TV using footage from the shoot for the original GREAT MUSEUMS episode which aired on national public television. For more information, visit ht
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Baseball Hall of Fame 7 of 10: Lightning In A Bottle

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The seventh installment of 10 webisodes featuring The National Baseball Hall of Fame, produced by Great Museums TV using footage from the shoot for the original GREAT MUSEUMS episode which aired on national public television. For more information, visit h
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How scientists solved this dinosaur puzzle

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We’ve never found a fully intact T. Rex, but we know how to build one. This video is presented by Wix: https://www.wix.com/go/vox Join the Video Lab! http://bit.ly/video-lab When paleontologists uncover a dinosaur they usually only find part of the animal
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Liberty's Kids 116 - One Life to Lose | History Cartoon for Children

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The Kids, at first unimpressed with Nathan Hale, get deeply inspired by the mans words and deeds.Subscribe to Liberty's Kids : http://bit.ly/2ivIdi6 Two teenage reporters cover the events of the Revolutionary War for Ben Franklins newspaper, The Philadelp
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The History Of Museums - J. V. Maranto

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-we-have-museums-j-v-maranto Museums have been a part of human history for over 2,000 years -- but they weren't always like the ones we visit today. J.V. Maranto uncovers the evolution of museums, from the
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The Wonders of Tortoise Tunnel | BBC

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In Florida, Sir David Attenborough uses a remotely controlled camera to follow a Gopher Tortoise into a burrow. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/BBCStudios WATCH MORE: Hiroshima: http://bit.ly/BBCHiroshima Horizon: http://bit.ly/BBCHorizon Best of Alan Partridge:
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Skylight: Saturn Shows Off Its Rings

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Saturn’s rings are captivating from any vantage point, but more so when tilted fully towards or away from Earth, as they are this October. Our understanding of Saturn, its rings, and its moons has been enriched over the past 13 years through the Cassini m
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Growing Portraits with Grass | That’s Amazing

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Grass is something that most of us take for granted. We walk all over it, we lay on it and sometimes mow it down. Few appreciate grass the way Dan Harvey and Heather Ackroyd do. And yet their art can stop you in your tracks. By manipulating the natural pr
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The Biggest Art Heist in History | COLOSSAL MYSTERIES

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One of the largest art thefts in history happened just 30 years ago: two criminals, disguised as cops, entered a museum in the dead of night and made off with 500 million dollars worth of art. Who could have possibly been behind such a brazen robbery??Ima
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How to make a movie look like one long shot

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The trick to spotting cuts in a one-take film.Become a Video Lab member! http://bit.ly/video-labThe Best Picture nominee 1917 tells a pretty simple story: two British soldiers cross the no mans land of World War I to warn a battalion of an impending ambus
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TIL: Archaeologists Are Coming for Your Trash | Today I Learned

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When you think of archaeology, you might think of ancient buildings or Han Solo in a fedora, but the truth is, archaeologists spend more time digging through ancient trash than avoiding ancient Peruvian blowgun traps. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubs
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10 Magical Secrets of Playing Cards!

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Magic Tricks, Secrets, and Amazing History of Playing Cards! In this episode of The Secret, Evan Era travels to Paris, France to show us 10 Amazing Secrets of Playing Cards! We also take you on an exclusive tour of the Musée Français de la Carte à Jouer F
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How much of human history is on the bottom of the ocean? - Peter Campbell

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-much-of-human-history-is-on-the-bottom-of-the-ocean-peter-campbell Sunken relics, ghostly shipwrecks, and lost cities aren’t just wonders found in fictional adventures. Beneath the ocean’s surface, there are
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Anti-Gravity Mirror | Build Your Own Exploratorium

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Ready to take-off with science? One of the most popular and fun exhibits on the museum floor, Anti-Gravity Mirror, uses perception and wave properties to give the illusion of floating in air! Give yourself a lift with this enlightening exhibit. Join educa
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United States Postal Service Technology

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Each day the United States Postal Service processes hundreds of millions of pieces of mail and delivers to over 150 million addresses. At the center of this bustling postal network are more than a hundred Processing and Distribution Centers spread across
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Why Isn't Pluto A Planet?

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Why isn’t Pluto a planet anymore? And what is a planet anyway? Astrophysicist Jackie Faherty explains! If you’re more of a dinosaur person, check out “Why isn’t Pterodactyl a dinosaur?” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m
How artists capture environments | Modern Art & Ideas

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Art may be found in museums, but it almost never begins there. Discover some of the different ways that artists represent place and use materials from their environment, as seen in works by Vincent van Gogh, Piet Mondrian and Gordon Matta-Clark. Subscribe
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Conserving one of the oldest photographs in MoMA's collection | CONSERVATION STORIES

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Tarnish is slowly engulfing one of the oldest objects in MoMA's collection, a daguerreotype from 1842 capturing two separate images—the Arch of Septimius Severus and Capitoline Lion in the Roman Forum. Within two years of the invention of photograph
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Aliens? Demon? Nope, it's just a fish. [60 Second Specimens]

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Every specimen has a story; is this an alien, or a demon baby?! For hundreds of years, sailors sold these manipulated skates to tourists and oddity collectors marketed as such- but really, [spoiler] it's just a fish. Thanks to Caleb McMahan and Susan Moch
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How does a Grasshopper jump? | The Robot Zoo | Maddie Moate

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How does a Grasshopper Jump So High?! We find out at Robot Zoo! Join me and Greg as we answer some curious animal questions using the awesome Robot Zoo animals as our guides. Subscribe to see all four upcoming videos in this brand new series! http://bit.l
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Japan's mysterious 'keyhole' tombs - BBC REEL

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A sense of mystery surrounds the keyhole-shaped kofun tombs in Japan. Although the iconic Mozu Tombs in Sakai city, Osaka have recently been awarded UNESCO World Heritage status, surprisingly little is actually known about these intriguing monuments, kept
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Molecular Visualizations of DNA - Original High Quality Version

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These DNA molecular visualizations were created for the multifaceted 'DNA' project, celebrating the 50th anniversary in 2003 of the discovery of the double helix. The 'DNA' project includes a five-part documentary series, museum film and 'DNAi' online res
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How tap dancing was made in America

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Imported from immigrants, but assembled in America. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Tap dancing originated in America. It's a mix of several dance styles—Irish jigging, British clogging, and the percussive steps from African dance. Tap danc
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Why Do Squirrels Dig?

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Squirrels eat a lot of things that are pretty tricky to find in the winter, like nuts and berries. Luckily for them, they have lots of clever ways to store up food to last them through the cold parts of the year! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to h
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Why Dirt and Microbes Could Be Good for Us - with B Brett Finlay

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B Brett Finlay discusses whether we have taken our war on germs a step too far. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Although hygiene and antibiotics have overall improved our health, we might have taken our war against germs to
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Smallest Countries In The World

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The smallest independent countries in the world! These are the various micronations around the planet and the ways in which they prosper despite their stature.What micronations can be found within the borders of Italy? What tiny island countries checker t
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The Unexpected Origins of Swedish Meatballs, Brunch and Tempura

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Were here to stir the pot with this reel about the origins of some of your favorite foods. And we start with a controversial question: Are Swedish meatballs really Swedish? Oh yeah, we go there. Next, we dive into the shady backstory behind fondue and the
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Nature's Superheroes: The Pollution Problem

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Increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is causing the oceans to heat up. This is bad news for coral reefs and the animals that depend on them, such as animals with shells. Join Madeline, Charlie, and Ezra to learn about how pollution affects our envi
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Making Matchbox Cars in the 1960's

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Hackney, London. M/S of a designer sitting at a drawing board. Another man holding a wooden model of a car joins him. C/U of the wooden model being held in front of the drawing on the board - they are designing Matchbox cars. C/U of the man with the model
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Could Anyone Make A Jackson Pollock Painting? - Sarah Rosenthal

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/could-just-anyone-make-a-jackson-pollock-painting-sarah-rosenthal If you visit a museum with a collection of modern and contemporary art, you’re likely to see works that sometimes elicit the response, “My cat co
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Scaling the Toughest Ice Climb on the Planet

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Ice climber Klemen Premrl has been to some of the most spectacular (and frigid) places on the globe. Recently, he and his climbing partner Tim Emmett scaled Helmcken Falls in British Columbia, eight hours north of Vancouver. To climb that stunning frozen
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Why do we lose our baby teeth? | Maddie Moate

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Why do we lose our baby (milk) teeth? Where do our adult teeth come from and how do we look after our gnashers?! Join me at Eureka! The National Children's museum to learn all about our teeth and how to keep them clean! ↠ Subscribe to my channel here! htt
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Did We Domesticate Plants--or Did They Domesticate Us? The Answer Might Not be so Clear.

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Did humans domesticate plants, or did they domesticate us? Archaeologists at atalhyk, a 9,000-year-old site in Turkey, offer lessons on how agriculture and other major innovations can yield unexpected long-term consequences for human society and the world
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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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Why Hold Music Sounds Worse Now

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It's not your imagination; hold music on phones really did sound better in the old days. Here's why, as we talk about old telephone exchanges and audio compression. Thanks to the Milton Keynes Museum, and their Connected Earth gallery: http://www.mkmuseum
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Is there life on your nose?

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Microbes: they live on and inside your body and in the rest of the world. In all honesty, however, what exactly do we really know about these tiny invisible creatures? This reason is why Micropia, the only microbe museum in the world, shows how incredible
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Baseball Hall of Fame 3 of 10: Going Pro

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The third installment of 10 webisodes featuring The National Baseball Hall of Fame - produced by Great Museums TV using footage from the shoot for the original GREAT MUSEUMS episode, which aired on national public television. For more information, visit h
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Liberty's Kids 101 - The Boston Tea Party (Pilot, Part I)

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Colonists in Boston rebel against "taxation without representation" by throwing a fortune in tea into the harbor (12/16/73). Moses, James and Henri travel to Boston in search of Sarah, who has arrived from England on a tea-laden ship.Liberty's Kids: Two t
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Baseball Hall of Fame 4 of 10: Autumn Glory

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The fourth installment of 10 webisodes featuring The National Baseball Hall of Fame - produced by Great Museums TV using footage from the shoot for the original GREAT MUSEUMS episode, which aired on national public television. For more information, visit
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How to Make Fish & Chips with April Bloomfield

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Chef April Bloomfield makes her version of the British Classic, Fish & Chips. Check out our website: http://www.mindofachef.com/ Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/1Erevk1 Download and stream the episodes: https://mindofachef.vhx.tv/ PBS series The M
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The hidden history of DNA - with Gareth Williams

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Who were the unsung heroes behind the discovery of DNA? From its discovery in pus-soaked bandages in 1868, to the aftermath of Watson's best-seller The Double Helix a century later.Watch the Q&A here: https://youtu.be/XscH3mbyQU4Buy Gareth's book here: ht
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JFK - We choose to go to the Moon, full length

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"We choose to go to the Moon" As we sit at the precipice of a new era of exploration, I thought it appropriate to revisit the original inspiration and rationale for the first lunar exploration program as so eloquently stated by John F. Kennedy. The origin
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How can you legally fly a plane designed in 1910?

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Near Dayton, Ohio there's a lookalike of the Wright Brothers' Model B: a 1910 aircraft with no cockpit. It's a modern plane with a very old design, and I went for a ride. The Museum: https://www.wright-b-flyer.org/Edited by Julian DomanskiI'm at https://t
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Liberty's Kids 130 - In Praise of Benjamin Franklin | History Cartoon

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Sarah returns to Philadelphia and is reunited with Moses, James and Henri. Henri gets into a scrape with a Tory boy when the Tory makes disparaging comments about Ben Franklin. Subscribe to Liberty's Kids : http://bit.ly/2ivIdi6Two teenage reporters cover
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Unboxing Royal Wedding Cake!

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Ripley’s owns six slices of royal wedding cake — two pieces each from the weddings of Queen Elizabeth, Princess Di, and Princess Kate Middleton! Although red velvet is reported as the most popular wedding cake flavor worldwide, these are all the tradition
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This man built his office inside an elevator

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The Baa Skyscraper, in Zln, Czechia, is a landmark of architecture. And the office of Jan Antonn Baa... is an elevator. [Correction: Jan Antonn Baa's birth year is 1898; the graphic is a typo.]Thanks to the museum staff for fact-checking and translation!C
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The Beatles - Twist & Shout - Performed Live On The Ed Sullivan Show 2/23/64

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The Beatles - Twist & Shout - Performed Live On The Ed Sullivan Show 2/23/64 The Beatles Now Streaming. Listen to the Come Together Playlist here: http://smarturl.it/BeatlesCT Download 1+ http://smarturl.it/Beatles1 Buy 1+ http://smarturl.it/Beatles1s For
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Live a Day in the Life of King Tut | National Geographic

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Ever wonder how Egyptian royalty lived 3,000 years ago? In 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter’s discovery of an intact tomb revealed a wealth of artifacts and information that turned King Tut into a household name, and perhaps the most famous
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Shelf Life Episode 7 - The Language Detectives

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What does it take to solve a mystery about an ancient Native American language group? 16th-century missionary texts, DNA sequencing methods, and lots of algorithms. Curators Peter Whiteley and Ward Wheeler discuss their project to map the evolution of Uto

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