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How Many Mass Extinctions Have There Been?

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Thanks to Audible for supporting this video. Get your free 30-day trial at https://www.audible.com/minuteearth Thanks also to our Patreon patrons: Today I Found Out, Maarten Bremer, Mark Roth, Jeff Straathof, Tony Fadell, Ahmed, Muhammad Shifaz, Vidhya Kr
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The Facts About Dinosaurs & Feathers

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Over the past 20 years, dinosaurs of all types and sizes have been found with some sort of fluff or even full-on plumage. These fuzzy discoveries have raised a whole batch of new questions so we're here to tell you everything we know about dinosaurs and f
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How far back in time could you go and still understand English?

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If you had a time machine, how far back could you go and still understand English? AT what point in history would you not be able to understand the English language? If you went back in time to the 1800's and 1700's, you'd probably still be okay. This exc
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Why Is Duct Tape So Strong?

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Duct tapes were first invented by a female factory worker during World War II. They were originally called 'duck' tape because it was made out of a cotton duck fabric and it repelled water like a duck's back. Following is a transcript of the video. Narrat
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The Windiest Places on Earth | SciShow Kids

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Jessi and Squeaks explore two of the windiest places on Earth: Mount Washington in New Hampshire, USA, and Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica.Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castaeda (she/her/they/them)Next Generation Science Standards:Disciplinary Core Ideas:ESS2.D:
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Why Malaria Isn’t Just a Tropical Disease

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Watch Hot Mess here! ►► http://bit.ly/hotmess_sub Malaria is a global disease that we've beaten back around the world, including in some tropical places, but we’ve had the hardest time in Africa. Thanks to our Patreon patrons https://www.patreon.com/Minut
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The Astounding Physics of N95 Masks

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Head to https://brilliant.org/MinutePhysics to sign up for free and get 20% off a Premium subscription to Brilliant!This video was written in collaboration with Aatish Bhatia - https://aatishb.com To learn more about using & decontaminating N95 masks: htt
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Why Is The Very Hungry Caterpillar So Dang Hungry? | Deep Look

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Because it's hoarding protein. Not just for itself, but for the butterfly it will become and every egg that butterfly will lay. And it's about to lose its mouth... as it wriggles out of its skin during metamorphosis. DEEP LOOK is a ultra-HD (4K) short vid
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Where Will The Next Pandemic Come From?

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Order your copy of How To Prevent The Next Pandemic here: https://www.amazon.com/Prevent-Next-Pandemic-Bill-Gates/dp/0593534484 The most likely cause of the next pandemic will be the spillover of a disease from one of a select group of animals with partic
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6 Forensic Technologies of the Future

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Go to https://NordVPN.com/scishow and use code SCISHOW to get 75% off a 3 year plan. Protect yourself online today!As powerful as todays forensic science technologies are, everything can benefit from an upgrade. Today we'll tell you about 6 new techniques
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You'd Never Guess What an Acorn Woodpecker Eats | Deep Look

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OK. Maybe you would. But the lengths they have to go to to stock up for the winter *will* surprise you. When you see how carefully they arrange each acorn, you might just need to reorganize your pantry. Join Deep Look on Patreon NOW! https://www.patreon.c
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What the Fahrenheit?!

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The crazy story of the arbitrary temperature scale used in a tiny minority of countries. Check out Audible: http://bit.ly/AudibleVe Snatoms are available again! http://www.snatoms.com Support Veritasium on Patreon: http://bit.ly/VePatreon Celsius didn't i
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WWII Files - Pigeon Guided Missiles and Literal Bat Bombs

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If you happen to like our videos and have a few bucks to spare to support our efforts, check out our Patreon page where we've got a variety of perks for our Patrons, including Simon's voice on your GPS and the ever requested Simon Whistler whistling packa
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The Evolution Of CPU Processing Power Part 1: The Mechanics Of A CPU

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SERIES LINK - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC7a8fNahjQ8IkiD5f7blIYrro9oeIfJUIn this multi-part series, we explore the evolution of the microprocessor and its astonishing growth in processing power over the decades. In Part 1, we learn about the
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Testing the US Militarys Worst Idea

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An engineer came up with a plan to drop tungsten telephone poles from space - the idea has been seriously considered on multiple occasions, so we tested it. Head to https://brilliant.org/Veritasium to start your free trial. The first 200 will get 20% off
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Students Built World's Fastest Electric Monowheel

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A small group of students from the Duke University in North Carolina USA, have built the Worlds Fastest Electric, Monowheel, called the EV360, specifically designed to exceed speeds of 70 mph, in preparation for setting a new Guinness World Record.Now the
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Looking at the Earth! | SciShow Kids

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Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!If you were looking down at the Earth from space, what would you be able to see? Do you think you would be able to see your house? What if you wer
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Who Owns The Moon?

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***NOTE*** This video was originally uploaded in 2013 but has been unavailable for more than a year! Basically, a channel I shouted-out in the first version asked to be removed. That's okay! Now, in a slightly re-edited version, the video is back! And spa
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Does It Pay To Cheat?

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Thanks Thryve for sponsoring the video. Get 50% off your gut health test at https://trythryve.com/MinuteEarthFor some birds, trying to cheat your neighbors into raising your babies is just as much work - and is no more successful - than doing it yourself.
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Why Oppenheimer Deserves His Own Movie

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J. Robert Oppenheimer forever changed the course of history. He may be the most important physicist to have ever lived. Part of this video is sponsored by Wren. Offset your carbon footprint on Wren: https://www.wren.co/start/veritasium1 For the first 100
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Meet the Marsupials! | SciShow Kids

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Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Squeaks and Jessi have been having fun learning all about Australia. Squeaks wants to know more about marsupials, the special group of animals tha
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How Do Lakes Form? | Goodbye, Mister Brown! | SciShow Kids

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Mister Brown is moving away to Wisconsin, so Jessi, Squeaks and all of his Fort friends are here to say goodbye. But before he goes, Mister Brown want to teach everyone about the place he's moving to and all the amazing glacial lakes he'll be living near!
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The Similarity Trap

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Try Squarespace for free: http://squarespace.com/MinuteEarth And subscribe to MinuteEarth! http://goo.gl/EpIDGd As we try to figure out the evolutionary trees for languages and species, we sometimes get led astray by similar but unrelated words and traits
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Did ancient Troy really exist? - Einav Zamir Dembin

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If you enjoy this lesson, we highly recommend reading "Fallen Glory: The Lives and Deaths of History's Greatest Buildings." Discounted e-book versions available here: https://amzn.to/2LL50Zk Check out our book rec page to learn more: http://bit.ly/2mZ9LQS
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How to find a planet you can't see

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Tiny wobbles and faint twinkles that have led astronomers to nearly 5,000 new worlds.Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO For a tour of some of the odd exoplanets scientists have found, watch part one, her
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How Does Caffeine Wake You Up?

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When you get coffee jitters, caffeine has tricked your brain into anticipating danger. Lauren explains how it works. Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://science.howstuffworks.com/caffeine.htm Share on Facebook: https://goo.gl/adWdyH Share on Twitter:
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Why Do All YouTube Videos Look Alike?

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Don't make us crabby! Join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/MinuteEarthMany crustaceans from all sorts of starting points evolve to end up looking similar, likely due to outside pressures. Thats sort of like what happens with YouTube videos.LEARN MORE**
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The House Centipede is Fast, Furious, and Just So Extra | Deep Look

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Please follow us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deeplook Take the PBSDS survey: https://to.pbs.org/2018YTSurvey CORRECTION, 9/26/2018: This episode of Deep Look contains an error in the scientific name of the house centipede. It is Scutigera coleoptr
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Why This Enormous Plane Really Exists: The An-225 Mriya

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Sign up for an annual CuriosityStream subscription and you’ll also get a free Nebula subscription here: http://CuriosityStream.com/mustard The Energia-Buran was the most expensive and ambitious Soviet space project in history. As the Soviet Union&rs
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These Lizards Have Been Playing Rock-Paper-Scissors for 15 Million Years | Deep Look

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Male side-blotched lizards have more than one way to get the girl. Orange males are bullies. Yellows are sneaks. Blues team up with a buddy to protect their territories. Who wins? It depends - on a genetic game of roshambo. SUBSCRIBE to Deep Look! http://
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How Long Would It Take to Count to a Billion and What’s the Highest Anyone Has Counted?

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Where Do Caves Come From? | Let's Explore Caves! | SciShow Kids

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Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Squeaks is back from visiting Sam the Bats cave and is excited to learn all about how different caves form and why they look the ways they do! Hos
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Why Do Tumbleweeds Tumble? | Deep Look

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You can learn more about CuriosityStream at https://curiositystream.com/deeplook . The silent star of classic Westerns is a plant on a mission. It starts out green and full of life. It even grows flowers. But to reproduce effectively it needs to turn into
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The Deadliest Ice Age Ever

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How Blood Evolved (Many Times)

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Blood is one of the most revolutionary features in our evolutionary history. Over hundreds of millions of years, the way in which blood does its job has changed over and over again. As a result, we animals have our familiar red blood. But also blue blood.
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The Invention of the Cardboard Box

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→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the wate
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Gamma-Ray Bursts: Crash Course Astronomy #40

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Gamma-ray bursts are not only incredible to study, but their discovery has an epic story all its own. Today Phil takes you through some Cold War history and then dives into what we know. Bursts come in two rough varieties: Long and short. Long ones are fr
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Can YOU Fix Climate Change?

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This video was supported by Gates Notes, the personal blog of Bill Gates, where he writes about global health, climate change, and more. Check out it out to learn more about ways the world can work together to reach zero greenhouse gas emissions:https://w
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Why Are Old People Taking The Blood Of Young People?

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The older generation is taking the blood of younger people in increasing numbers. Does young blood transfusions really help adults?Watch more: Can You Give Blood After Death? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs7tyYpKDc0&t=22s Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubL
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Explosive chemistry - with Andrew Szydlo

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Discover the evolution of explosive chemical experiments, with the maestro of chemistry Andrew Szydlo.Sign up as a YouTube Channel Member to watch the Q&A here: https://youtu.be/XCeDrmFgrewThis Discourse was recorded at the Ri on 29 February 2024.Go on a
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Toothpaste | Ingredients With George Zaidan (Episode 1)

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Ancient toothpaste used stuff like rocks and bones -- and modern toothpaste isn’t all that different. Watch as chemist George Zaidan tries to create his own homemade toothpaste. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Watch all episodes of Ingr
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The Not-So-Secret Secret Elevators of the Haunted Mansion

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You can support this channel on Patreon! Link below Is this haunted room actually stretching? The answer may surprise you! (barf) The stretching rooms at the Haunted Mansion are perhaps my favorite piece of hidden engineering at the Disney Parks. While on
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Why Exercise Is Hard

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Thanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/Because exercise isn't essential for short-term survival, we don't exercise enough, so we need to reincorporate purposeful physical activity into our lives.Thanks
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Ancient Humans Made Millions Of These - We Dont Know Why

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The Acheulean handaxe was the most common tool of early humans, but we still dont know what the heck they used it for.LEARN MORE**************To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: - Acheulean handaxe: large, chipped ston
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The Ancient Animal Crossing | SciShow Kids

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Join Squeaks and Jessi as they learn about a time when lots of animals switched places -- like bears, sloths, armadillos, and more.Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castaeda (she/her/they/them)Second Grade Next Generation Science StandardsDisciplinary Core Ideas:L
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Causing An Avalanche To Explain How They Work

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Avalanches are beautiful, majestic, and completely terrifying this is a video all about the science of avalanches. Head to https://brilliant.org/veritasium to start your free 30-day trial, and get 20% off an annual premium subscription.A massive thank you
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Oldest Footage Of Paris Ever

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English: The Oldest Footage Of Paris Ever Historical film production company Yestervid have released their latest video, 'The Oldest Footage of Paris'. It features a stunning collection of the oldest footage of various places around the great city of Pari
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How Horses Save Humans From Snake Bites

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This video is sponsored by Brilliant. The first 200 people to sign up via https://brilliant.org/veritasium get 20% off a yearly subscription. To make antivenom, you first need to collect venom from the worlds most deadly snakes.Huge thanks to the Australi
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The Island of Shrinking Mammoths

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You can check out Google's Science Journal app at https://g.co/sciencejournal The mammoths fossils found on the Channel Islands off the coast of southern California are much smaller than their relatives found on the mainland. They were so small that they
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The Rubber Band: Holding It Together Since 1820

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Debunking Anti-Vaxxers

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Here's what to say to anti-vaxxers! Check out Bill and Melinda Gates Annual Letter: http://b-gat.es/2Cfph0j Subscribe, it's free! http://bit.ly/asapsci Created by: Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown Written by: Amanda Edwards, Annik Carson, Rachel Salt, Gr
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Weird Things Animals Do During Eclipses

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This Product is supported by the NASA Heliophysics Education Activation Team (NASA HEAT), part of NASAs Science Activation portfolio.The material contained in this document is based upon work supported by a National Aeronautics And Space Administration (N
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An Unexpected Consequence of COVID

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Learn more about Lydalls mission to create a cleaner, quieter and safer world at https://www.lydall.com. The global pandemic led to a drop in outdoor air pollution, but it also led to an increase in indoor air pollution - and our exposure to it.LEARN MORE
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Why Don't More Animals Eat Wood?

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Thanks to OIST for sponsoring this video. To learn more, visit https://admissions.oist.jp/Wood is abundant and full of energy, but outside of some insects, almost no animals eat it because the stuff it's made of is hard to break down.Thanks also to our Pa
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The US Military Gave Out Shark Repellent For Years. . . So Why Did They Stop?

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Download the PBS Video App: https://www.pbs.org/pbs-video-app/People have been developing different forms of shark repellent for decades--the military even issued a chemical shark repellent called Shark Chaser to pilots, sailors, and astronauts(!) from th
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How Birds Almost Escalated The Cold War

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

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This video was made in partnership with Popsci! They recently published their "Muscles" issue, and wrote an article to go along with this video that you can read here: https://popsci.com/environment/strongest-animal-by-weightElephants might be strong, but
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Are There Lost Alien Civilizations in Our Past?

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

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Support us on Patreon! https://patreon.com/eons Tyrannosaurus rex was big, Tyrannosaurus rex was vicious, and Tyrannosaurus rex had tiny arms. The story of how T-Rex lost its arms is, itself, pretty simple. But the story of why it kept those little limbs,
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When Giant Scorpions Swarmed the Seas

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Try Audible for 30 days visit https://www.audible.com/eons or text eons to 500500! Sea scorpions thrived for 200 million years, coming in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. Over time, they developed a number of adaptations--from crushing claws to flatten

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