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Can you be awake and asleep at the same time? - Masako Tamaki
226 views / 0 likes - addedDiscover the phenomenon known as asymmetrical sleep, where parts of an animal's brain are asleep while other areas remain active.--Many animals need sleep. But all of the threats and demands animals face dont just go away when its time to doze. Thats why
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How pigeons took over the world - Elizabeth Carlen and Joanna Moles
160 views / 0 likes - addedTrace the ancient history of the pigeon, and discover how these birds became one of the most abundant species on the planet.--Seeing their meat as a protein source and their poop as the perfect fertilizer, humans brought pigeons into captivity as far back
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Babysitter ABANDONS The CHILD, What Happens Will Shock You | Dhar Mann
1,178 views / 2 likes - addedDownload my FREE mobile app App Store = https://apple.co/3nhvjapGoogle Play = https://bit.ly/3DRzS1I Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to my channel by clicking here http://bit.ly/DharMannYouTube **Make sure you CLICK THE BELL ICON so you can get notifications wh
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Does math have a major flaw? - Jacqueline Doan and Alex Kazachek
18 views / 0 likes - addedPractice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/teded--A mathematician with a knife and ball begins slicing and distributing the ball into an infinite number of boxes. She then recombines the parts into five precise sections. Moving and rotating th
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Ugly History: The Spanish Inquisition - Kayla Wolf
247 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the era of the Spanish Inquisition, when the Catholic Church was charged with rooting out and punishing heresy.--In 1478, Pope Sixtus IV issued a decree authorizing the Catholic monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella, to root out heresy in the Spanish
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Voyager 2 Discovers Wall of Fire at Solar System's Edge
602 views / 1 likes - addedYou can buy Universe Sandbox 2 here: http://amzn.to/2yJqwU6 Wonderful Person t-shirts: https://teespring.com/stores/whatdamath Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about the reports of what Voyager 2 discovered as it left th
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Can other animals understand death? - Barbara J. King
150 views / 0 likes - addedDo nonhuman animals experience grief? Explore mourning in the animal kingdom to find out the answer to this tricky question.--In 2018, an orca called Tahlequah gave birth. But her daughter died within an hour. Tahlequah, however, didnt leave her body. Ove
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Why can't governments print an unlimited amount of money? - Jonathan Smith
241 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the economic strategy of quantitative easing, where a central bank purchases bonds in order to boost the economy.--In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic rocked economies worldwide. Millions of people lost their jobs, and many businesses struggled t
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What do these recycling numbers actually mean? - Shannon Odell
1,475 views / 3 likes - addedDig into the biggest problems facing our current plastic recycling process, and explore potential solutions to these systems. --If youve ever looked at the bottom of a disposable bottle or cup, youve probably noticed a recycling symbol. Seeing this, many
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Mao Zedong's infamous mango cult - Vivian Jiang
144 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the era of Chinas Cultural Revolution, and how communist leader Mao Zedong used mangoes as a propaganda tool.--In August 1968, factory workers overheard news of a mandatory meeting. Whispered rumors described shipments of a gift from the countrys
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The worlds slimiest animal - Noah R. Bressman and Douglas Fudge
810 views / 0 likes - addedDiscover the extraordinary capabilities of hagfish, the slime-producing fish that has survived on Earth for over 300 million years.--In 2017, a truck screeched to a halt. One of its containers slid off, hit a car, and spilled its contents thousands of kil
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How did ancient civilizations make ice cream? - Vivian Jiang
396 views / 0 likes - addedTrace the history of ice cream, from the first accounts of cold desserts in the 1st century to the cream-based treat we know today.--Ice cream has a unique role in our worlds history, culture, and cravings. The first accounts of cold desserts date back to
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This one weird trick will get you infinite gold - Dan Finkel
178 views / 1 likes - addedPractice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd--A few years ago, the king decided your life would be forfeit unless you tripled the gold coins in his treasury. Fortunately, a strange little man appeared and magically performed the feat. Unfo
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Why good ideas get trapped in the valley of death and how to rescue them
316 views / 1 likes - addedExplore why zero-carbon technologies are vulnerable to the valley of death in product development and how we can change it.--All new products must pass through the "valley of death" before they reach the market. Many never make it out, and sometimes thats
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The Simple Secret of Runway Digits
168 views / 0 likes - added- Thank you, Bonnie Bees, for making this video possible: https://www.patreon.com/cgpgrey- Discuss this video: https://www.reddit.com/r/cgpgrey## Related Videos+ How to be a Pirate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YFeE1eDlD0+ Social Security Numbers: htt
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Blood, concrete, and dynamite: Building the Hoover Dam - Alex Gendler
234 views / 0 likes - addedDig into the engineering of the Hoover Dam, a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River that supplies water to the US southwest.--In the early 20th century, the US had expanded from coast to coast, but many cities in the southwest still lacked relia
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Maillard: The Most Delicious Chemical Reaction In The World
762 views / 0 likes - addedSubscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions Why does fresh, hot toast have a more complex flavor than plain bread? Why does cooking raw food in general result in mouthwatering smells and a rich taste? The answer lies with the Maillard reaction, also known as th
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What is Quantum Tunneling, Exactly?
351 views / 0 likes - addedSign up to brilliant.org to receive a 20% discount with this link! https://brilliant.org/upandatom/ In this video we explore the quantum phenomenon of quantum tunneling, where an electron can tunnel through a barrier no classical object could. *Quantum Ph
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How to get better at video games, according to babies - Brian Christian
222 views / 0 likes - addedExplore what happened when the AI system Deep Q Networks (DQN) attempted to beat the Atari game Montezumas Revenge.--In 2013, a group of researchers wanted to create an AI system that could beat every Atari game. They developed a system called Deep Q Netw
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What the biggest brain on Earth can do - David Gruber and Shane Gero
234 views / 0 likes - addedExplore how sperm whales use an array of complex vocalizations to communicate with each other, hunt, and assess their surroundings. --Soon after whaling ships began operating in the North Pacific, an interesting trend emerged. Within just a few years, wha
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Can you solve the secret assassin society riddle? - Alex Rosenthal
109 views / 0 likes - addedPractice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd--Your agent has infiltrated a life or death poker game in a hidden back room of a grand casino. Your team is on the trail of an elite society of assassins, each of whom carries a signature playi
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How horses changed history - William T. Taylor
756 views / 0 likes - addedExplore how the domestication of horses influenced the fate of entire civilizations and dramatically altered human history.--People have been captivated by horses for a long time. They appear more than any other animal in cave paintings dating back 30,000
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How dangerous was it to be a jester? - Beatrice K. Otto
97 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the history of court jesters, from 7th century China to medieval Europe, and how they were able to speak truth to power.--Contrary to common belief, jesters werent just a medieval European phenomenon but flourished in other times and cultures. The
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An Alternative Proof That The Real Numbers Are Uncountable
462 views / 0 likes - addedThis video was co-written by my super smart hubby Simon Mackenzie. *My Last Video* My Infinity is Bigger Than Your Infinity https://youtu.be/X56zst79Xjg If you want to know more, check out these links and sources: The Annotated Turing - Charles Petzold ht
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Teacher's SECRET PAST Gets Her FIRED, What Happens Next Is Shocking | Dhar Mann Studios
382 views / 0 likes - addedDon't forget to SUBSCRIBE to my channel by clicking here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_hK9fOxyy_TM8FJGXIyG8Q?sub_confirmation=1 Watch my favorite videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnBCOhf_VBTVGGC7OryYH7wO87PCostB3REMEMBER - We're not jus
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Whatever happened to the hole in the ozone layer? - Stephanie Honchell Smith
121 views / 0 likes - addedDiscover what caused the hole in the ozone layer, and how the Montreal Protocol helped restore it by banning harmful chemicals.--In the 1980s, the world faced a huge problem: there was a rapidly expanding hole in the ozone layer. If it continued to grow,
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Why is rice so popular? - Carolyn Beans
910 views / 2 likes - addedDig into how rice became a staple in the worlds diet, and the surprising consequences of its traditional production practices.--Rice contributes over 20% of the calories consumed by humans each year. Korean bibimbap, Nigerian jollof, Indian biryani, Spani
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The material that could change the world... for a third time
228 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the role concrete plays in global warming and how scientists are working to create a cleaner, more sustainable concrete.--Today roads, sidewalks, bridges, and skyscrapers are made of a material called concrete. Theres three tons of it for every pe
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The Boltzmann brain paradox - Fabio Pacucci
189 views / 1 likes - addedDownload a free audiobook version of The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and support TED-Ed's nonprofit mission: https://www.audible.com/ted-ed--How do you know youre a person who has lived your life, rather than a just-formed brain full of artificial m
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How Does The Internet Work? An Epic Quest...
499 views / 0 likes - addedSign up to brilliant.org with this link to receive a 20% discount! https://brilliant.org/upandatom/ Check out Sophie (in the U.K)'s channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Qj80avWItNRjkZ41rzHyw This video follows my epic journey to understand the TRUT
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How do we create a better economy?
152 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the model known as doughnut economics, which aims to meet the needs of people without overshooting Earth's ecological limits.--Can we call any economy healthy in the face of dwindling resources and growing inequality? What if we cut off our addict
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Ethical dilemma: Whose life is more valuable? - Rebecca L. Walker
202 views / 0 likes - addedPuzzle through a classic ethical dilemma and decide: how do we determine the value of a life, whether human or non-human?--To protect against a possible resurgence of smallpox, the US government is funding research to improve treatments and vaccines. And
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Ancient Life as Old as the Universe
1,804 views / 4 likes - addedWORLDWIDE SHIPPING AVAILABLE The 12,024 Human Era Calendar has landed! https://shop.kgs.link/12024Join us on an exploration of how different cosmic conditions could shape unique worlds and civilizations.Stocks are highly limited, so dont miss your chance
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What Is Random?
2,581 views / 0 likes - addedThere's more over on Veritasium! "What is NOT Random?": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMb00lz-IfE SOURCES AND MORE BELOW! My twitter: https://twitter.com/tweetsauce My instagram: http://instagram.com/electricpants Generate random numbers using atmospher
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The Numbers in Dice Stacking and Balancing
505 views / 1 likes - addedBehold the 120-sided dice, the d120: http://thedicelab.com/d120.html Of course, the d120 is available on Maths Gear! https://mathsgear.co.uk/products/d120-dice Here is the numerically balanced d20 as well. https://mathsgear.co.uk/products/numerically-bala
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The SAT Question Everyone Got Wrong
1,671 views / 3 likes - addedHow an SAT question became a mathematical paradox. 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.I invented Snatoms, a molecule modeling kit where the atoms sn
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How The Most Useless Branch of Math Could Save Your Life
96 views / 0 likes - addedThere is an entire branch of math simply devoted to knots and it has changed the world. Well rope you in. 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.Huge th
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Why Don't We Have Pet Foxes?
402 views / 4 likes - addedBoth foxes and dogs belong to the same family Canidae. Then why havent foxes become our companions too?To answer this, in 1950, a group of Russian scientists began an experiment to try and create the first ever pet fox species. The study led by Russian ge
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How To Detect A Secret Nuclear Test
860 views / 1 likes - addedThanks to the CTBTO for helping keep the world safe by detecting secret nuclear tests. http://www.ctbto.org http://www.twitter.com/ctbto_alerts http://www.facebook.com/CTBTO http://www.youtube.com/CTBTO Music by Nathaniel Schroeder http://www.soundcloud.c
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The Counterintuitive Physics Of Turning A Bike
1,024 views / 2 likes - addedThanks to http://www.harrys.com for sponsoring this video – use offer code MinutePhysics for $5 off your first purchase A HUGE thanks to Michael Aranda for aerial and slow motion photography and Wren Weichman (@wrenthereaper) for helping with the 3D bike
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How Do Bikes Stay Up?
818 views / 1 likes - addedThanks to littlebits.com for sponsoring this video – use promo code MinutePhysics for $20 off A HUGE thanks to Wren Weichman (@wrenthereaper) for helping with the 3D bike animation, Michael Aranda for drone photography, Pavel for dowsing and Melissa
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An Illustrated History of Dinosaurs
584 views / 0 likes - addedOur image of dinosaurs has been constantly changing since naturalists started studying them about 350 years ago. Taken together, these pictures can tell us a whole lot about just how much we have learned. Let's explore the history of dinosaur science as s
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Upside Down Mountains In Real Life
809 views / 1 likes - addedResearch on global mountain surface areas: http://bit.ly/1eJyqCM This video is supported by http://www.lynda.com/minutephysics Thanks to the following Subbable subscribers for making MinutePhysics possible: Marc Vigod @WeAretheProduct Knowledge Videos: ht
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Students COMPETE In PRANK WAR, What Happens Is Shocking | Dhar Mann
622 views / 1 likes - addedDownload my FREE mobile app App Store = https://apple.co/3nhvjapGoogle Play = https://bit.ly/3DRzS1I Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to my channel by clicking here http://bit.ly/DharMannYouTube **Make sure you CLICK THE BELL ICON so you can get notifications wh
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Why Raindrops Are Mathematically Impossible
1,429 views / 1 likes - addedRain shouldn't happen, according to basic physics. Click here to watch the MinuteEarth video about rain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87v_9Bud7vw This video supported by Audible.com/minutephysics Thanks to the following Subbable subscribers for making
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Do Chairs Exist?
280 views / 0 likes - addedSubscribe to our Curiosity Box! http://www.curiositybox.com/bogoAdd the Summer Box to your cart, use code BOGO, and get the summer box FREE!FOLLOW ME:https://twitter.com/tweetsaucehttps://www.instagram.com/electricpants/LINKS TO LEARN MORE:BOOKS:Metametap
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Sun Tzu | The Art of War
195 views / 0 likes - addedSEQUEL: https://youtu.be/-XPkXNVWWwA The Art of War by Sun Tzu is an ancient Chinese military text composed of thirteen chapters, that are devoted to the strategic and tactical aspects of warfare. The Art of War explains in detail how we must behave in ba
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How Do Airplanes Fly?
980 views / 0 likes - addedHow Airplanes Are Made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rMgpExA4kM Thanks to Airbus for supporting this video http://www.a350xwb.com MinutePhysics is on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And twitter - @minute
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The Weird World in RGB
375 views / 1 likes - addedYou can support this channel on Patreon! Link below Have you ever wondered why the word looks so weird? Wait. Weird as in, like, all the time? Of course! We live in a weird world! But light, though! What about weird light? Ahhh, that's what this video is
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The touch lamp; a neat idea, and older than you'd think!
327 views / 0 likes - addedI think we really oughta make this fashionable again, don't you?Links and stuff down below!First, the patents!Aladdin's Fantastical Lamp;https://patents.google.com/patent/US2810066Scott M Kunen's not-original patent;https://patents.google.com/patent/US466
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Waitress DRIVES 100 MILES For A CUSTOMER, What Happens Next Is Shocking | Dhar Mann
370 views / 0 likes - addedDon't forget to SUBSCRIBE to my channel by clicking here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_hK9fOxyy_TM8FJGXIyG8Q?sub_confirmation=1 Watch my favorite videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnBCOhf_VBTVGGC7OryYH7wO87PCostB3REMEMBER - We're not jus
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Why don't Americans use electric kettles?
154 views / 0 likes - addedIt's not really a mystery. links 'n stuff My video on 240V power in the US; https://youtu.be/jMmUoZh3Hq4 Technology Connections on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TechConnectify The TC Subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/technologyconnections This channel is
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Pulse Oximeters; An Amazing Use of Light
393 views / 0 likes - addedYou might have been seeing a lot about these little devices lately. Have you ever wondered how they work? Well, let's find out! This channel is supported through viewer contribution on Patreon. Thanks to the generous support of people like you, Technology
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GUY SHAMED For WORLD'S CHEAPEST PROPOSAL, He Instantly Regrets It | Dhar Mann
503 views / 0 likes - addedDon't forget to SUBSCRIBE to my channel by clicking here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_hK9fOxyy_TM8FJGXIyG8Q?sub_confirmation=1 Watch my favorite videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnBCOhf_VBTVGGC7OryYH7wO87PCostB3REMEMBER - We're not jus
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Brown; color is weird
473 views / 0 likes - addedYou can support this channel on Patreon! Link below This video discusses the color brown. Seriously.That Aging Wheels playlist:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmBDJoIaNRGiK2BgCwz2ALDnNanKBSOgOAnd, of course, the Weird World in RGB for those of you
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BABYSITTER LOSES KID At The Park, What Happens Next Is Shocking | Dhar Mann
738 views / 2 likes - addedNEW APP UPDATE! Get here: https://www.dharmann.com/app-update/ Unlock EXCLUSIVE CONTENT, get EARLY ACCESS to videos and more with Dhar Mann Plus! Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to our channel by clicking here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_hK9fOxyy_TM8FJGX
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A Brief History Of Everything, Feat. Neil DeGrasse Tyson
746 views / 0 likes - addedThis video brought to you by http://www.audible.com/minutephysics Thanks to Neil deGrasse Tyson for his amazing writing and narration! Music: "The Firebird Suite" by Igor Stravinsky, performed by the USAF Band, licensed from Naxos of America, Inc. for wor
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The Fermi Paradox II — Solutions And Ideas – Where Are All The Aliens?
866 views / 2 likes - addedWhere are all the aliens? The universe is too big and too old, why have we not met aliens yet? Do they live in computers? Were they wiped out by an ancient super intelligence? Or are we just to primitive to understand their motives? Whatever the answer is
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The Invention of Dragons
514 views / 0 likes - addedWatch my newest video, "The Game You Win By Losing (Parrondo's Paradox)": https://youtu.be/PpvboBJEozMVitality that is the test; and, whatever its components, mere truth is not necessarily one of them. A dragon, for instance, is a more enduring animal tha
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Dad FAVORS 1 Son Over The OTHERS, What Happens Next Is Shocking | Dhar Mann Studios
255 views / 2 likes - addedDon't forget to SUBSCRIBE to my channel by clicking here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_hK9fOxyy_TM8FJGXIyG8Q?sub_confirmation=1 Watch my favorite videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnBCOhf_VBTVGGC7OryYH7wO87PCostB3Inspired by The Iron Cla
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How A Whale And A Bear Beat The System
200 views / 0 likes - addedFor your chance to win two seats on one of the first commercial flights to space with Virgin Galactic all while supporting a great cause enter at https://omaze.com/minuteearth.While the rest of the worlds megafauna are still foundering in the anthropocene
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How to design an actually good toaster with lessons from the 1940's
790 views / 0 likes - addedI 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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What is Dark Matter and Dark Energy?
1,423 views / 6 likes - addedWhat is dark energy? What is dark matter? Well, if we knew exactly we would have a nobel prize – we know that they exist though. So what do we know about those strange things? Check out THE NOVA PROJECT to learn more about dark energy: www.nova.org.
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