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1971 Nixon Shock: The End of US Dollars Convertibility to Gold

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On August 15th 1971 President Richard Nixon made a major announcement stating that the US Dollar would no longer be redeemable for gold. This meant that the Bretton Woods Monetary System was now over. This was a major shift in money and monetary policy. T
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When is water safe to drink? - Mia Nacamulli

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View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/when-is-water-safe-to-drink-mia-nacamulli Water is refreshing, hydrating, and invaluable to your survival. But clean water remains a precious and often scarce commodity – there are nearly 800 million people who
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The World's Most Expensive Shrimp ($10k)

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Check out Brilliant (and get 20% off) here: https://brilliant.org/MinuteEarth/Some aquarium hobbyists will pay $10,000 or more for a single shrimp because of the rarity of their colors or patterns.LEARN MORE**************To learn more about this topic, st
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Face2Face: Real-time Face Capture and Reenactment of RGB Videos (CVPR 2016 Oral)

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CVPR 2016 Paper Video (Oral) Project Page: http://www.graphics.stanford.edu/~niessner/thies2016face.html IMPORTANT NOTE: This demo video is purely research-focused and we would like to clarify the goals and intent of our work. Our aim is to demonstrate th
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Are We Running Out of Helium?

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Did you realize that just like certain animals here on Earth, there are endangered elements too? For example, we’re constantly losing helium, a gas that defies gravity and escapes our atmosphere into space. This incredible element is in high demand all ov
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Living With 80,000 Birds to Make Bird Nest Soup

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Resting on a steep hill on the island of San Pascual, Philippines, is a house that’s home to one man and 80,000 birds. These tiny black-and-brown birds are known as “swiftlets,” and they’re a hot commodity in the country. Their nests are formed from harde
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Real-time Expression Transfer for Facial Reenactment

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SIGGRAPH Asia 2015 Technical Paper Video Project Page: http://graphics.stanford.edu/~niessner/thies2015realtime.html We present a method for the real-time transfer of facial expressions from an actor in a source video to an actor in a target video, thus e
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This Incense Is Worth $60,000

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Its no coincidence that Hong Kong is Cantonese for fragrant harbor. The city was the epicenter of the incense trade in ancient times. Agarwood incense is a treasured commodity today. Harvested from aquilaria trees, it smells like a cross between nutty woo
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How Much Food Is There On Earth?

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Go to https://brilliant.org/MinuteEarth to build your math & science skills! Food already in cupboards, supermarkets, & warehouses could feed humanity for 4 months, but potential food - berries, termites & krill - could extend that by another year. Thanks
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How airplane legroom got so tight

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And why it isnt regulated yet.Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO When youre flying, theres one thing you want to be above all else comfortable. (Well, besides safe, of course!) Whether or not youre comfo
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The Apple That Changed The World | Planet Money | NPR

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The mid-20th century was a bad time to be an apple lover. The produce section of supermarkets only had a few apples, and one stood tall above the rest: Mealy, and tough-skinned, it was the Red Delicious. Back in those days, apples were a commodity, and th
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Recycling plastics Resource efficiency with an optimized sorting method

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In Germany alone, two and a half million tons of plastic packaging land in the yellow trash can. German households pre-sort their garbage into four separate trash cans; yellow for plastics, brown for compost; blue for paper and black for non-recyclables.
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Why Is Caviar So Expensive?

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Caviar is one of the most expensive foods in the world. Selling for up to $35,000 per kilo, it's revered and relished by aristocrats across the globe. But it's an acquired taste. Turns out, caviar wasn't always so valuable. In the 19th century, sturgeon s
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The Palm Oil Catastrophe

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The history of palm oil production and how it lead to a climate catastrophe. Facebook: https://facebook.com/nextobserver Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nextobserver Sources Use of U.S. Croplands for Biofuels Increases Greenhouse Gases Through Emissions
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Why Does Peppermint Taste So Cold? | SciShow Kids

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Teachers and parents: scroll down to check out the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for this episode!Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castaeda (she/her/they/them)Jessi and Squeaks explore why peppermint candies, and mint plants in general, make your mouth
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This Country Has Something Everyone Else Wants

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Thanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/Morocco has 3/4 of the worlds known reserves of rock phosphate, our main source of phosphorus, so Morocco may be key to our long-term ability to grow food.At the t

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