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Slavery - Crash Course US History #13

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In which John Green teaches you about America's "peculiar institution," slavery. I wouldn't really call it peculiar. I'd lean more toward horrifying and depressing institution, but nobody asked me. John will talk about what life was like for a slave in th
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Slavery, Ghosts, and Beloved: Crash Course Literature 214

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You can directly support Crash Course at http://www.subbable.com/crashcourse Subscribe for as little as $0 to keep up with everything we're doing. Free is nice, but if you can afford to pay a little every month, it really helps us to continue producing th
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Slavery And Missouri Compromise In Early 1800s

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Kim Kutz explains how slavery was an issue at the birth of the United States and how the issue became more and more central as the country expanded.
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Why should you read Virginia Woolf? - Iseult Gillespie

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Download a free audiobook and support TED-Ed's nonprofit mission: http://www.audible.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-should-you-read-virginia-woolf-iseult-gillespie How best can we understand the internal experience of alienatio
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Ant Colony Time Lapse

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Watch this very cool time lapse of an ant colony working set to the Flight Of The Bumblebee musical score.
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How 3.5 Million Oysters Are Harvested At This Virginia Farm Every Year | Big Business

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Located on Virginias Mobjack Bay, this aquaculture farm is one of the largest on the East Coast. We went inside Ward Oyster Company to see how it harvests 3.5 million oysters every year bringing them from algae tanks to your plate.MORE BIG BUSINESS VIDEOS
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Inside The Ant Colony - Deborah M. Gordon

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/inside-the-ant-colony-deborah-m-gordon Ants have one of the most complex social organizations in the animal kingdom; they live in structured colonies that contain different types of members who perform specific
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The Lost Colony of Roanoke | COLOSSAL MYSTERIES

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Over 400 years ago, a daring group of spirited settlers crossed the Atlantic Ocean and attempted to establish the very first English settlement in the New World, called "Roanoke". Not a single one of those poor people would ever be heard from again. So, w
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Why Wifi is Illegal in Green Bank, West Virginia

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Learn with Brilliant for free for two months by being one of the first 200 people to sign up at http://Brilliant.org/HAI Check out my new personal channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDA1... Get a Half as Interesting t-shirt: https://standard.tv/col
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After a Decade of Colony Collapse, Bees Are Bouncing Back! (Sort Of)

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A new report shows bee populations are on the rise, but the hives are still facing major threats. Do Insects Sleep? - https://youtu.be/Ez_OvlQw7dY Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Honeybees Ravaged by 'Colony Colla
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The Billion Ant Mega Colony and the Biggest War on Earth

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Thanks to Curiosity Stream for supporting us in making this video. Go to https://curiositystream.com/kurzgesagt for a free 31-day-trial. Sources: https://sites.google.com/view/sources-argentine-ants In nearly every corner of the Earth, ants wage war again
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Increasing Political Battles Over Slavery In Mid 1800s

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Kim and Sal talk about increased tensions between slave and free states as new territory is added after Mexican-American War and from Compromise of 1850 (especially Fugitive Slave Act).
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Commerce, Agriculture, and Slavery: Crash Course European History #8

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We've been talking a lot about kings, and queens, and wars, and religious upheaval for most of this series, but let's take a moment to zoom out, and look at the ways that individuals' lives were changing in the time span we've covered so far. Some people'
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The Extraordinary Life Cycle of a Hornet Colony

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After a hornet queen lays hundreds of eggs, her workers set about feeding the larvae chewed-up prey. With tiny waists, the workers can't digest solid food; they instead subsist on drops of amino acid from the larvae. From: KILLER HORNETS http://bitly.com/
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Massive Bee Colony Buzzing In Sync To Scare Off Predators | BBC Earth

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These giant bees buzzing create spectacular waves in their beehive. Subscribe to BBC Earth for more amazing animal videos - http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub Watch more videos from BBC Earth: Planet Earth http://bit.ly/PlanetEarthPlaylist Blue Planet http://bit.l
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100 Pound Giant Bee Colony Hanging Off A Cliff | BBC Earth

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Bees work with one another, sharing water drop by drop to cool down.Subscribe to BBC Earth for more amazing animal videos - http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub Watch more videos from BBC Earth: Planet Earth http://bit.ly/PlanetEarthPlaylist Blue Planet http://bit.l
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I Explored A $200,000,000 Forgotten Space Colony

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Welcome to Seeker's Day. Thank you for being here and here's 30% off All Best Sellers from Seek Discomfort on https://www.seekdiscomfort.com/ for the next 48hrs. We won't do it again this year. Love you all.We went to Biosphere 2 to explore and try to und
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When is Thanksgiving? Colonizing America: Crash Course US History #2

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In which John Green teaches you about the (English) colonies in what is now the United States. He covers the first permanent English colony at Jamestown, Virginia, the various theocracies in Massachusetts, the feudal kingdom in Maryland, and even a bit ab
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The Atlantic Slave Trade: Crash Course World History #24

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In which John Green teaches you about one of the least funny subjects in history: slavery. John investigates when and where slavery originated, how it changed over the centuries, and how Europeans and colonists in the Americas arrived at the idea that peo
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The Quakers, the Dutch, and the Ladies: Crash Course US History #4

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In which John Green teaches you about some of the colonies that were not in Virginia or Massachussetts. Old New York was once New Amsterdam. Why they changed it, I can say; ENGLISH people just liked it better that way, and when the English took New Amster
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War&Expansion: Crash Course US History #17

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In which John Green teaches you about the Mexican-American War in the late 1840s, and the expansion of the United States into the western end of North America. In this episode of Crash Course, US territory finally reaches from the Atlantic coast to the Pa
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The Election of 1860&the Road to Disunion: Crash Course US History #18

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In which John Green teaches you about the election of 1860. As you may remember from last week, things were not great at this time in US history. The tensions between the North and South were rising, ultimately due to the single issue of slavery. The Nort
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What do bluebirds eat?

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What do bluebirds eat? To find out, we placed cameras at 40 bluebird nest boxes in Delaware to record the birds bringing prey back to their nestlings. The prey were identified from the video to determine which arthropod groups are most important in the bl
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How a Swamp Helped Runaway Slaves Find Freedom

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The Great Dismal Swamp is a vast area straddling the border of eastern Virginia and North Carolina. An unforgiving environment, it played an important role in the history of slavery in the United States. Runaway slaves are believed to have lived in the Di
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Who Sailed on the Mayflower?

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Then men and women aboard the Mayflower were very different from one another, but they managed to bond together through immense challenges to form Plymouth Colony. "1620: Beyond Thanksgiving" is produced by NBC News Learn in partnership with NBC 10 Boston
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Giant Ant Hill Excavated

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From: Ants! Natures Secret Power A giant ant colony is pumped full of concrete, then excavated to reveal the complexity of its inner structure.
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Watch Famous Ponies Swim In Chincoteague Island Tradition

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These horses aren't taking a dip in the water just to cool off in the sweltering Virginia summer. They're the famous Chincoteague ponies of Assateague Island, and they're herded across the channel to Chincoteague Island every July by "saltwater cowboys."
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Mayflower Compact: Roots of Our Democracy

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The Mayflower Compact and William Bradford's "Of Plimoth Plantation" are two documents that give a window into what the men and women of Plymouth Colony went through to survive, and they hold lessons still relevant 400 years later. 1620: Beyond Thanksgivi
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How Did George Washington Die

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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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Two Former Slaves Born in 1842 & 1852 Talk About Slave Days - Restored Video and Audio

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Two former slaves talk about life during the times of slavery in America, referring to the 1840s and 1850s. The lady on the right was born in 1842 and the man on the left was born in 1852. Filming took place in 1944. The video has been speed-adjusted, sha
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Appalachian Mountain Flat Foot Dancing. D. Ray White - Cindy

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The Appalachian mountain folk of West Virginia have a unique culture of flat foot dancing. This is D Ray White who is legendary for being the greatest flatfoot dancer of all time.D Ray White tapping to cindy from the documentary "Talking Feet"
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My Seven Species Of Robot - Dennis Hong

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Dennis Hong introduces seven award-winnning, all-terrain robots -- like the humanoid, soccer-playing DARwIn and the cliff-gripping CLIMBeR -- all built by his team at RoMeLa, Virginia Tech. Watch to the end to hear the five creative secrets to his lab's i
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You Could Live On One Of These Moons With an Oxygen Mask and Heavy Jacket

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Looking for a new home beyond Earth? Icy moons could be a hot contender. Waves Can Tell Us A Lot About Climate Change, But You Have To Catch Them First https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toeoYNQNZgA Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzWQYUVCpZqtN93
Frederick Douglass | The Most Photographed American of the 19th Century

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Born into slavery as Frederick Douglass in 1818, this renowned lecturer and author would become one of the greatest public speakers of his time. After escaping slavery in 1838, Douglass joined the abolitionist movement. As a paid traveling lecturer, peopl
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What is Juneteenth, and why is it important? - Karlos K. Hill and Soraya Field Fiorio

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Get to know the history of Juneteenth, a commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States after the Civil War.--At the end of the Civil War, though slavery was technically illegal in all states, it still persisted in the last bastions of the Confe
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Ants rescue injured comrades from termite battles

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Hurt ants of this species secrete a pheromone to call for help and rescuing their brethren pays off in keeping the colony strong. Learn more: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/04/watch-these-ants-rescue-injured-comrades-termite-battles Read the research
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Coney Island - America at play 1918 - Colorized

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Look at the cool funfair rides from the 1910's - 1920s at Coney Island New York! Colorized version of the movie I found here on YouTube. Speed corrected and colorized. Also added some music. Music: Virginia Liston ( 1890 - 1932 ) I'm Gonna get me a man th
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Snippet: Seemingly longest organism ever recorded, other deep-sea species discovered

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The deep sea is largely unexplored and marine scientists are constantly surprised by the creatures they find roaming the depths in darkness. While exploring the Ningaloo Canyons off the coast of Western Australia with the SuBastian underwater robot, a tea
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Tomatoes and Eggs

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Michael Dragoo joins us once again to prepare "Eggs and Tomatoes", a recipe from "A Virginia Housewife" by Mary Randolph Spinach and Eggs ▶ http://bit.ly/2mu3z4x ▶▶ Help support the channel with Patreon ▶ https://www.patreon.com/townsend ▶▶ Twitter ▶ @Jas
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The Atlantic Slave Trade: What Too Few Textbooks Told You - Anthony Hazard

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-atlantic-slave-trade-what-your-textbook-never-told-you-anthony-hazard Slavery has occurred in many forms throughout the world, but the Atlantic slave trade -- which forcibly brought more than 10 million Afri
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Building a House the Eco-Friendly Way with 3D Printing | KQED Arts

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Through their Emerging Objects studio, Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello seek to revolutionize architecture by marrying the latest printing technologies with unusual construction materials Hit that SUBSCRIBE button! http://www.youtube.com/subscription
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The Case Of The Vanishing Honeybees - Emma Bryce

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-case-of-the-vanishing-honeybees-emma-bryce In the past decade, the US honeybee population has been decreasing at an alarming and unprecedented rate. While this is obviously bad news for honeypots everywhere,
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George Washington (1732-1799) President of the USA

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Figures in History: George Washington (1732-1799) George Washington was born on 22 February 1732 in Westmoreland County, Virginia, into a family of prosperous farmers. He began his career as a professional surveyor in 1749 at the age of 17 and was quickly
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Ants Build a New Home | Natural World: Ant Attack | BBC Earth

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This driver ant colony goes into full-on construction mode as they make their new home in the base of a fallen tree. There's even a free lunch!Subscribe: http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub Watch more: Planet Earth http://bit.ly/PlanetEarthPlaylist Blue Planet http
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16-Year-Old Pilot Flies Emergency Medical Supplies To Rural Hospitals

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Rural hospitals are facing dire supply shortages as they struggle to fight the coronavirus. TJ Kim, a sophomore in Bethesda, Maryland, is using his pilot training lessons to deliver medical supplies to rural Virginia hospitals. TJ's calling the program SO
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How Aristocracies Rule

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The American fairytale is far from enchanted. Power and wealth are concentrated in an anxious aristocracy, comprised of 10% of the population, that reigns by dividing the lower classes and pitting them against each other so that the poor turn against the
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How One Piece Of Legislation Divided A Nation - Ben Labaree, Jr.

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-legislation-that-birthed-the-republican-party-ben-labaree-jr You may think that things are heated in Washington today, but the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 had members of Congress so angry they pulled out the
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Liberty's Kids 140 - 4th of July Special! WE THE PEOPLE with Washington - Educational Cartoons

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Americas leaders meet at a convention in Philadelphia and decide to write a radical new Constitution. Ben Franklin, in his final moment on the world stage, helps forge the Great Compromise on legislative representation. James Madison writes much of the Co
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Where The Weird Things Are

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We made this video in partnership with the Bik Lab at University of Georgia and the National Science Foundation.Life in Antarctica's ocean has followed a completely different evolutionary path from other ocean life because of how cold and isolated the oce
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This caf sends food through pneumatic tubes

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C1 Espresso, in Christchurch, New Zealand, has a set of pneumatic tubes. But that's not enough on its own to keep a business running. C1 Espresso: http://www.c1espresso.co.nz/Producer: Virginia Wickham at Kevin & Co https://www.kevinandco.co.nz/I'm at htt
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The city with a hundred private cable cars

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Wellington, in New Zealand, has more than a hundred private cable cars. I found out why. Access Automation: https://accessauto.co.nz/ Rose's book: https://teherengawakapress.co.nz/all-who-live-on-islands/Editor: Michelle Martin https://twitter.com/mrsmmar
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512 Years Old Shark - Oldest Shark In The World

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Hey there, have you ever heard of a shark that's older than Shakespeare? Well, researchers have just discovered an ancient shark in the North Atlantic that is believed to be a whopping 512 years old! Yes, you heard that right. This could possibly make it
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These WEAVER ANT NESTS Will Blow Your Mind

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Click here to SUBSCRIBE: https://goo.gl/tlCQJZ Weaver ant leaf nests are truly mind-blowing! My new colony of Asian Weaver Ants (Oecophylla smaragdina) have been transplanted into their newly designed, climate-controlled tropical terrarium, known as Vorte
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Calculating Pi With Darts

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Subscribe to Veritasium http://youtube.com/veritasium Instagram: http://instagram.com/thephysicsgirl Physics Girl: http://physicsgirl.org/ Facebook: http://facebook.com/thephysicsgirl Twitter: http://twitter.com/thephysicsgirl Pi can be calculated using a
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Money&Debt: Crash Course World History 202

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In which John Green teaches about filthy, filthy lucre. Money. And Debt. So, what is money? And what is it for? And why do we use money? And why does it all disappear so quickly after payday? John will look into 75% of these questions, and if he doesn't c
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NASA's New Space Engine Is Powered by Nuclear Fission

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From returning to the Moon to establishing outposts on Mars, NASA has the need for more power than ever before. Could nuclear fission be the solution they've been searching for?Watch more Focal Point! | https://bit.ly/2J9b9LC Read More:Demonstration Prove
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The electrifying speeches of Sojourner Truth - Daina Ramey Berry

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Get to know the story of Sojourner Truth, a woman born into slavery who became known as a powerful orator and outspoken activist. --Isabella Baumfree was born into slavery in late 18th century New York. Fleeing bondage with her youngest daughter, she rena
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Robert Smalls: How A Slave Became An American Hero

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The story of Robert Smalls’ escape from slavery and journey to American hero sounds so daring, you might think it a myth. Not only did he successfully steal a ship and sail to freedom, he freed his family, became a Civil War hero and served as a U.S. cong
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This is impossible, but New Zealand is trying anyway.

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The common wisdom is that, once an invasive species is truly established, it can't be eradicated — but I talked to the team from Predator Free Wellington, who think they can do just that. Predator Free Wellington: https://www.pfw.org.nz/ Predator Fr
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A Jungle Outside Your Front Door!! | Maddies Urban Jungles

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You might not believe it, but even in the largest cities around the world, amazing wildlife experiences are taking place. Sometimes, you just need to know where to look! Maddie Moate and her team of young local experts discover all kinds of Spring awakeni
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Liberty's Kids HD 104 - Liberty or Death | History Cartoons for Kids

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Liberty's Kids HD 104 - Liberty or Death | History Cartoons for ChildrenSubscribe to Liberty's Kids : http://bit.ly/2ivIdi6 Patrick Henry, the greatest speaker of his day, stirs the South to the cause of freedom with his famous "Give me Liberty or give me
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The Crusades - Pilgrimage or Holy War?: Crash Course World History #15

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In which John Green teaches you about the Crusades embarked upon by European Christians in the 12th and 13th centuries. Our traditional perception of the Crusades as European Colonization thinly veiled in religion isn't quite right. John covers the First
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Ant Fortress Under Attack! - Life Story - BBC

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A weaver ant fortress comes under attack from a neighbouring colony but is the home guard enough to defend and protect the next generation? Taken from Life Story. Subscribe to BBC Earth: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=BBCEarth BBC Ear
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Can you outsmart the fallacy that divided a nation? - Elizabeth Cox

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Explore the middle ground fallacy, which assumes that the truth is always a compromise between two extreme opposing positions.--Its 1819. The US is preparing to make Missouri and Maine new states. One representative insists that slavery shouldnt be allowe
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History vs. Thomas Jefferson - Frank Cogliano

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Thomas Jefferson was a founding father of the United States but were his principles outweighed by his participation in slavery?--Thomas Jefferson, founding father of the United States and primary author of the Declaration of Independence, was part of Amer
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360° Antarctica - Unexpected Snow | National Geographic

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Explore a penguin and seal colony as a storm moves in. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientis
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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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The Natives and the English - Crash Course US History #3

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In which John Green teaches you about relations between the early English colonists and the native people the encountered in the New World. In short, these relations were poor. As soon as they arrived, the English were in conflict with the native people.
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The accident that changed the world - Allison Ramsey and Mary Staicu

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Learn how Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, and how the antibiotic has changed medicine and the treatment of infections. --In 1928, scientist Alexander Fleming returned to his lab and found something unexpected: a colony of mold growing on a Petri
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Kids Try 10 Unusual Meats From 10 States | Bon Appétit

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In this episode of "Kids Try Food", the kids try uncommon, exotic, and unusual meats from different regions of America like fried alligator balls from Louisiana, fried rattlesnake from Oklahoma, chislic (mutton) from South Dakota, caribou chili (with rein
My Amazing WEAVER ANTS | The Coolest Ants You Ever Did See

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Meet my beloved pet Asian Weaver ants! They're a super unique colony, especially in light of their nesting behaviours. Come take a deep look and marvel at the lives of weaver ants who construct impressive leaf nests in trees. Hope you enjoy this mid-week
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Chimpanzees, bonobos use gestures that have the same meaning

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Our great ape cousins might share an ancient gestural ‘language’. Read the story: http://scim.ag/2CN7nSN Read the research: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2004825 Visit the Great Ape Dictionary http://greatapedictionary.ac.uk/video-resources/gesture
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Yuck! How birds share knowledge of disgusting foods—and help insects evolve

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Study shows how some bugs develop their warning colors. Learn more: http://scim.ag/2CF1Z4L Read the paper ($): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-017-0418-x Credits: producer/script Sarah Crespi story by Virginia Morell citation and research footage R
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Preserving Our Past, Protecting Our Future

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In this reel, we meet remarkable individuals doing what they can to keep what they love alive. We travel to Virginia to tour Howard Hankin's incredible collection of giant presidential busts, go underwater with the team trying to keep Blue Tangs from goin
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The city built by runaways - Marc Adam Hertzman & Flavio dos Santos Gomes

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Get to know the story of Palmares, an autonomous settlement founded by people escaping slavery in Brazil in the 1600s.--In the 1600s, an expansive autonomous settlement called Palmares reached its height in Brazil. It was founded and led by people escapin
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Getting Presidential With Five Stories About American History

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In this reel, we're repping the stars and stripes in honor of Presidents' Day. We learn about the high schooler responsible for designing today's American flag, get a quick history lesson about the two-dollar bill and head to Virginia to meet the man who
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Constitutional Compromises: Crash Course Government and Politics #5

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In which Craig Benzine teaches you about the compromises met in ratifying the U.S. Constitution. The United State’s didn’t always have its current system of government. Actually, this is it’s second attempt. Craig will delve into the failures (and few suc
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The Fascinating World of Cnidarians

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The phylum Cnidaria contains such creatures as jellyfish, anemones, siphonophores and corals. Together, they consist of around 13,000 living species - surprisingly simple, yet beautiful organisms. The importance of these cnidarians cannot be understated.
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Drawn To Juneteenth with Ms. Opal Lee | Drawn To | Cartoon Network

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Cartoon Network is celebrating Juneteenth! Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery with celebrations that take place every year on June 19th! This holiday recognizes the day that all slaves were free in the U.S.! We are recognizing those who are dedica
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How Do Bees Make Honey?

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Honey is made by a colony of honey bees living in a hive. But not all bees are in charge of making the honey. Bees have different types of jobs, just like us. The queen bee is in charge of laying eggs while the male drone bees are tasked with protecting h
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Puke, poop and tiny cockroaches: How the leafcutter ant queen runs her farm - Charles Wallace

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Take a look inside the leafcutter ant colony as a queen begins her reign and the ants work to sustain their supply of fungus.--In a Texas clearing, an ancient tale that ties four species together is unfurling. The first involved is a soon-to-be queen leaf
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Could Humans Ever Colonize The Clouds Of Venus?

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The surface temperature on Venus is over 860°F--hot enough to melt lead. Despite the brutal surface climate, the Venusian clouds exist in pressures and temperatures quite similar to those on Earth. Could life find a way to exist here? Could a future human
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Kids Try BBQ From 10 States | Bon Appétit

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In this episode of "Kids Try Food", the kids try barbecue by region. Kids eat and react to hill country brisket and hot gut (beef sausage) from Texas, pulled pork and barbecue hash from South Carolina, hush puppies from North Carolina, dry rub Memphis rib
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Army Ants Rampage Through The Forest - The Hunt - BBC Earth

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Boasting a sensory system of 2 million antennae, this colony of Army Ants are a formidable proposition for anything alive which may cross their path. These dynamic insects, despite being blind, are able to transcend their size by working as a complete uni
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Weaver Ants The Craziest Thing I've Ever Done in My Life

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Click here to SUBSCRIBE: https://goo.gl/tlCQJZ Today we meet an ant princess, i.e. a #QueenAnt alate. She is a member of our new colony of #WeaverAnts, emerged from her nest due to conditions within their climate controlled setup. This queen is special an
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Engineering the Most Annoying Sound Ever

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Alarms come in many forms; from the gentle ping of a text message notification to the wake-up wail of a bedside clock, these sounds are a part of our lives. That's why an alarm that could actually save your life needs to be so attention-grabbing—and inten
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How do naked mole-rats choose their queen?

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The National Zoo's new naked mole-rat colony is in the process of choosing a queen —and the zoo keepers are preparing for a "mole-rat war." Subscribe to Science Magic Show Hooray! https://bit.ly/2LLNAci Learn more about naked mole-rats: https://nationalzo
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Why Does This U.S. Town Ban WiFi And Cell Phones?

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Imagine living where Wi-Fi and cell-phones are banned. This Virginian town, is a gem for space science and safe haven for many. How Close Are We To Giving The Entire World Internet? - https://youtu.be/vNn0hwhRMyw Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - h
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Cracking the Uncrackable Code

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Jim Sanborn created a sculpture containing a secret message. It sits on the grounds of CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Yet no one has been able to solve it. Code breakers from around the world have tried for 30 years. Theyre stumped. The artist mee
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Squeaks has a big problem! Every year, he grows lettuce in the Fort's greenhouse, but this year it just won't grow. Luckily, Mister Brown knows someone who can help Squeaks and his lettuce: botanist and inventor George Washington Carver!----------------SO
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Total Dramarama | Playground Court | Cartoon Network

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Owen and Beth try to save an ant colony that Courtney and Leshawna want to destroy. They take the dispute to playground court! Episode: Ant We All Just Get Along CN GAMES: http://cartn.co/ytgames SUBSCRIBE: http://cartn.co/subscribe WATCH MORE: http://car
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The psychology of self-motivation | Scott Geller | TEDxVirginiaTech

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How Do Honey Bees Survive Natural Disasters?

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SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.comHoney bees may be small, but they manage to survive some pretty big disasters. Whether its hurricanes, wildfires, or even volcanoes, honey
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Who Won the American Revolution?: Crash Course US History #7

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In which John Green teaches you about the American Revolution. And the Revolutionary War. I know we've labored the point here, but they weren't the same thing. In any case, John will teach you about the major battles of the war, and discuss the strategies
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Thomas Jefferson&His Democracy: Crash Course US History #10

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In which John Green teaches you about founding father and third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson is a somewhat controversial figure in American history, largely because he, like pretty much all humans, was a big bundle of contra
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How SpaceXs Starship Will Become the Most Powerful Rocket in the World | Countdown to Launch

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This Amateur Physicist Built a Fusion Reactor in His Backyard

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Theres no telling what you can do when you put your mind to it. Take Richard Hull, he built a small-scale fusion reactorin a shed, in his backyard. A retired electronics engineer, Hull took a special interest in nuclear fusion. He lives in Lakeside, Virgi
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3D Printing Boosts Dreams of Student Violinist

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(21 Apr 2017) Ten-year-old Isabella Cabrera does not have a left hand but is learning to play the violin, thanks to a special prosthetic device designed by students at George Mason University and built from a 3D printer. Isabella's music teacher is a grad
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Behind the Doodle: 155th Anniversary of Juneteenth

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Today’s video Google Doodle, illustrated by Los Angeles-based guest artist Loveis Wise and narrated by actor and activist LeVar Burton, honors the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth. Short for “June Nineteenth,” Juneteenth marks the true en
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Honey bees make honey from nectar to fuel their flight – and our sweet tooth. But they also need pollen for protein. So they trap, brush and pack it into baskets on their legs to make a special food called bee bread. JOIN our Deep Look community on Patreo
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Why Penguins' Feet Don't Freeze

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Whale scientist Nan Hauser describes how she believes a humpback whale saved her from a shark, and what happened when the same whale came back.Subscribe: http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub #BBCEarth #CloseEncountersWatch more: Planet Earth http://bit.ly/PlanetEart
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Charles V and the Holy Roman Empire: Crash Course World History #219

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The Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock and found a colony. A very large number of Pilgrims (some of them caricatures of Avery's animation crew) can be seen standing in line... for their cigarette rations. A Pilgrim goes hunting for a turkey for a Thanksgiving
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Haitian Revolutions: Crash Course World History #30

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Ideas like liberty, freedom, and self-determination were hot stuff in the late 18th century, as evidenced by our recent revolutionary videos. Although freedom was breaking out all over, many of the societies that were touting these ideas relied on slave l
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Why This Booming Vegan Ice Cream Business Struggles To Find Investors

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The founders of the vegan ice cream brand Kub need investors in order to meet soaring demand. Like many other Black entrepreneurs, they face systemic racism and other hurdles when trying to scale.Editor's note: This story was shot in August 2020. MORE BUS
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Our Senses: Touch, From Single Cell To Whiskers

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Touch is perhaps the most primordial sense – even some single-celled organisms are able to sense pressure. Humans have many different types of touch receptors, including one that can also be found at the base of cat and mouse whiskers. OUR SENSES, a new e
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The Market Revolution: Crash Course US History #12

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If bees go, will they take us with them? Subscribe: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Twitter: @jtotheizzoe @okaytobesmart ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Bees, wild and domesticated, are in big trouble. Bee colonies are dying off at alarming rates, and the cause i
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My New Favourite Ant Farm of All Time

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You probably already know that the United Stated used to be a colony controlled by England, but have you ever wondered: did Americans used to have English accents? And if so, when did the “American” accent come along? Welcome to COLOSSAL QUESTIONS, the sh
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What we get wrong about saving the bees

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From white supremacy to Barack Obama: The history of the Democratic Party

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The party completely flipped. Watch the history of the Republican Party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8VOM8ET1WU Correction: A previous version of this video incorrectly indicated that the republican candidate in 1912 was James K. Polk. It was William
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Ed Yong explores the tens of trillions of microbes swarming around your body, diving into the microbiome and the grand view of life it provides. Watch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/K4GBVDn_Ldg Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Yo
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Our Senses: What Sluggish Sloths Tell Us About Balance

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We don’t always think of balance as one of our senses, but scientists often consider it as essential as sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. For a species like the three-toed sloth, however, there’s little need for this sixth sense. Check out the Muse
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The 126-year fight to change Mississippis Confederate flag

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On November 3, 2020, Mississippi voters finally adopted a state flag that represents the diversity of the state.Read more on Vox: https://bit.ly/3nyUDalFor 126 years, Mississippis state flag prominently featured the Confederate battle emblem in its design
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The Beekeeper Making Electronic Music With Bees

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Everyones buzzing about Bioni. Hes a British beekeeper and producer making electronic music incorporating the sounds of bees. You cant really bring bees into a recording studio, of course. Theyd swarm the mic. So Bioni records the insects buzzing in their
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Bats in the Cave | Victor and Valentino | Cartoon Network

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While spelunking in an ancient cave, Victor unwittingly unleashes an evil colony of bats! Will the boys be able to protect the town?Episode: Know It AllSUBSCRIBE: http://cartn.co/subscribeWATCH MORE: http://cartn.co/moreminisodesAbout Victor and Valentino
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What is Juneteenth? Celebrating with Clyde from The Loud House! | Nick

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Clyde from The Loud House is here to tell us the importance of Juneteenth and what happened on June 19, 1865. Originally celebrated in Galveston, Texas, now Juneteenth is celebrated in many ways all over the country to celebrate the official ending of sla
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Hot Wheels Boosted

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If you ever wondered what it looks like to blast off through a Hot Wheels tire booster, wonder no more! Hold on to your hats, keep your head back and arms down. Featuring 6 "launches", this track was filmed in 13 sections and stitched together with cuts a
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What killed George Washington? Turns out it was probably related to the bloodletting and other 18th-century medicine his doctors applied. Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow Dooblydoo thanks go to the following
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What Is The Oldest Living Thing?

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From eldritch aspen colonies to immortal jellyfish, the world is lousy with long-lived organisms. But what’s the oldest? Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com Share on Facebook: https://goo.gl/IDNsbs Share on Twitter: https://goo.gl/QXC2XL Subscribe: http://goo
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The Queen's Arrival | Natural World: Ant Attack | BBC Earth

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The driver ants march day and night, anticipating the arrival of their new Queen. She is brought to her new palace - a nest made entirely out of live ants.Subscribe: http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub Watch more: Planet Earth http://bit.ly/PlanetEarthPlaylist Blue
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Our Senses: How Mammals See the World In Many Colors

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Humans see a variety of colors because our eyes have three types of cone cells. But things don't look quite as vivid for some of our fellow mammals—some see in two colors, others just in black and white. Color vision evolved in primates about 35 million y
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Did I find a MURDER HORNET in the USA?!

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Are you BRAVE and WILD?! Join the Brave Crew official club - http://bit.ly/bravecrewofficial In this episode, Coyote finds a wasp in West Virginia that looks suspiciously like a Murder Hornet! So, is this really a Murder Hornet, or something else?! Watch
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How To Terraform Venus (Quickly)

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The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: https://skl.sh/kurzgesagtinanutshell08211Sources & further reading:https://sites.google.com/view/sources-terraform-venus/Leaving earth to find new homes in space is an ol
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Coding Adventure: Ant and Slime Simulations

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A small exploration of an algorithm inspired by ants, and some little experiments into simulating some of the behaviour of ants and slime moulds. I hope you enjoy!The slime simulation project files are available here: https://github.com/SebLague/Slime-Sim
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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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What Did a Baby T. rex Look Like?

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Did you know that when Tyrannosaurus rex was a hatchling it was most likely covered in fluffy feathers? Go behind the scenes of the new exhibition T. rex: The Ultimate Predator, which opens March 11 at the American Museum of Natural History, with paleonto
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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
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Is This the Best Pie in New York?

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The week of Thanksgiving, this small store is making a colossal 15,000 pies - thats almost 90 pies an hour! The master baker behind this serious operation is Petra Paredez, and its safe to say, pie runs through her veins.Growing up in her parents bakery i
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Paul Revere and William Dawes spread the word that the "British are coming!" on the eve of "the shot heard 'round the world." Sarah and James travel to Boston to deliver a message to Patriot leader Dr. Joseph Warren and end up riding with the famous messe
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Can Bird Poop Make Clouds?

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Filming Animals From Space Leads to Incredible Discovery | Earth From Space | BBC Earth

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Satellites filming animals from space lead to unexpected discoveries, from a seal birth to a colony of albatrosses and penguins. Watch more of Earth From Space: https://bbc.in/2VMchcYSubscribe: http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub Watch more: Planet Earth http://bit
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Liberty's Kids HD 118 - American Crisis | History Cartoons for Children

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Ella Baker - 'The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement'

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After graduating from Shaw University, Ella Baker moved to New York City and began her career as a grassroots organizer. Joining the NAACP in 1940, the Virginia native assisted in developing some of the brightest minds in the Civil Rights Movement.Baker c
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Liberty's Kids HD 135 -James Armistead | History Cartoons For Kids

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Liberty's Kids HD 132 - Benedict Arnold | History Videos For Kids

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Should You Go To Mars? Ft Bill Nye

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Check out The Great Courses Plus: http://ow.ly/BHuT301cR6Z Would you take a trip to Mars knowing the risks? What if it were a one way trip? Should we colonize Mars? I took a trip over to the Planetary Society to meet with CEO and Science Guy, Bill Nye to
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What Happens If All The Bees Die?

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Will we go extinct if the bees all die? Get FREE audiobook: http://audible.com/asap Watch AsapSCIENCE LIVE! https://youtu.be/yUofDfhaIMM Get the book elsewhere: http://asapscience.com/book Subscribe! (It's free): http://bit.ly/asapsci Written by Amanda Ed
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How The Elements Got Their Names

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Your Screen Is Covered In Human Blood

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Emergence – How Stupid Things Become Smart Together

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Liberty's Kids 119 - Across the Delaware | Christmas Episode | History Cartoon for Kids

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Why This Problem is IMPOSSIBLE for Computers to Solve (The Halting Problem)

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Start learning today with SkillShare: https://skl.sh/upandatom2 The quantum computer game I talked about: https://phys.cam/game/ Alan Turing proved that the Halting Problem was impossible for Turing machines (computers) to solve. Come find out how. Hi! I'
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When Can I Die On Mars?

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Deep in their underground nests, honeypot ants stuff members of their own colony until they look like golden water balloons. Drop by drop, worker ants deliver nectar and other liquid food into their largest sisters mouths. When food is scarce in the deser
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Andrea Bocelli - Hallelujah (live at Teatro Regio di Parma)

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| BELIEVE IN CHRISTMAS | Andrea & Virginia Bocelli singing 'Hallelujah' at Teatro Regio di Parma ______________________ _____ ______ _ __________________ ___ _ After smashing live stream records with an historic Easter performance at Milan’s Duo
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The dark history of zombies - Christopher M. Moreman

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Trace the origins of zombies from the Afro-Haitian religion of vodou, and discover how zombification was a reflection of slavery.--Zombies have a distinct lineage one that traces back to Equatorial and Central Africa. For three centuries, African people w
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Bees’ Tiny Brains Could Change How We Engineer Computers

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How Disney's Tower of Terror Works

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Go to https://NordVPN.com/ArtofEngineering to get 75% off a 3-year plan and use code ArtofEngineering to get an extra month for free! A look at the engineering behind Disney’s iconic Tower of Terror attraction. Support Art of Engineering on Patreon:
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Can We Mathematically Prove Aliens Exist?

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What is our probability of finding aliens and how close are we to encountering them?? The answer lies somewhere in these 2 equations. Could Life On Earth Have Come From A Comet? - http://bit.ly/2aXZC0a Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.l
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Debunking the myth of the Lost Cause: A lie embedded in American history - Karen L. Cox

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Examine the myth of the Lost Cause: a campaign created by pro-Confederates after the Civil War to promote the lie that they seceded for state's rights.--In the 1860s, 11 southern states withdrew from the United States and formed the Confederacy. They sece
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Dig into Toni Morrisons novel, "Beloved," which tells the story of a family of former slaves whose home is haunted by an abusive spirit.--Two tiny handprints stamped into a cake. A mirror that shatters without warning. A trail of cracker crumbs strewn alo
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Can you outsmart the college admissions fallacy? - Elizabeth Cox

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Explore the circular reasoning fallacy, which occurs when the end of an argument comes back to the start without having proven itself.--Its 1990. A prospective student has filed a complaint about Virginia Military institutes admissions policy that exclude
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Witchcraft: Crash Course European History #10

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During our last several episodes, Europe and the European-controlled world have been in crisis. Wars, disease, climate changes, and shifts in religious and political power threw the European world into turmoil. People were looking for a scapegoat, and for
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