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Buddha and Ashoka: Crash Course World History #6

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In which John relates a condensed history of India, post-Indus Valley Civilization. John explores Hinduism and the origins of Buddhism. He also gets into the reign of Ashoka, the Buddhist emperor who, in spite of Buddhism's structural disapproval of viole
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What Is Random?

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There'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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How Natural Selection Works

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Through natural selection, living things have evolved over billions of years from simple cells into an awe-inspiring array of organisms. “Life at the Limits” Co-curators John Sparks and Mark Siddall explain how over time natural selection leads to changes
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Drawing Faces With Shadows From Crumpled Paper

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Watch VEDA (Video Every Day in August) in full: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGPa0LmwikM&list=PLZXw2DR3_Qy8m_OhySNo6Od8T2FbxwNCi SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=guylarsen Inspired by Tolga Girgin https://www.instagram
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The Most Dangerous Stuff in the Universe - Strange Stars Explained

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Baby Talk | Let's Talk | NPR

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When babies babble they are in a heightened state of arousal and ready to learn. Subscribe to NPR! https://bit.ly/2o5dHjo Host of NPR’s Hidden Brain Shankar Vedantam breaks down the four types of baby babble. • Read or listen to: "#HowToRaiseAHuman" at np
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Using Science to Achieve Invisibility I NOVA I PBS

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How do we see objects? By intercepting waves of light bouncing off of them and into our eyes, each reflected at a different angle. One way to achieve invisibility is to bend the paths of light using lenses, mirrors, or metamaterials with unique reflective
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How Large Can a Bacteria get? Life & Size 3

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The first 1000 people to use this link will get a free trial of Skillshare: https://skl.sh/kurzgesagt9Get our new beautiful Ocean Explorer Notebook:https://shop.kurzgesagt.org/Sources & further reading: https://sites.google.com/view/sourceslifeandsize3 In
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What If Earth got Kicked Out of the Solar System? Rogue Earth

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To get a fresh perspective on science, go to https://brilliant.org/Nutshell/ and sign up free. And theres an extra perk for kurzgesagt viewers: the first 200 people to use the link get 20% off their annual membership, which lets you view all the daily pro
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The most colorful gemstones on Earth - Jeff Dekofsky

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What gives opals their signature shimmering colors? Dig into the science of the gemstones formation, millions of years in the making. --In November 1986, Australian miners climbed Lunatic Hill and bored 20 meters into the Earth. They were rewarded with a
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The spear-wielding stork who revolutionized science - Lucy Cooke

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Explore ridiculous ancient theories of bird migration and discover how scientists finally solved one of the field's oldest mysteries.--In 1822, Count von Bothmer shot down a stork in Germany. However, the bird had already been impaled by a yard-long woode
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Fast Fact: Why Some Frozen Lakes Catch Fire

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SciShow is supported by Brilliant.org. Go to https://Brilliant.org/SciShow to get 20% off of an annual Premium subscription. Did you know that, despite their serene, picturesque appearance, some frozen lakes can catch fire? Why are climate scientists stud
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Savitri and Satyavan: The legend of the princess who outwitted Death - Iseult Gillespie

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Dig into the tale of Princess Savitri and her one true love, Satyavan, and the tragic prophecy that entwined their fates forever.--Princess Savitri was benevolent, brilliant, and bright. Her grace was known throughout the land, and many princes and mercha
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A brief history of divorce - Rod Phillips

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Dig into the complicated history of divorce from the earliest known divorce laws in ancient Mesopotamia to modern day. --Formally or informally, human societies across place and time have made rules to bind and dissolve couples. The stakes of who can obta
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Can origami save your life? - Evan Zodl

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Dig into the mathematical rules and patterns of folding origami, the ancient Japanese art of paper folding. --Origami, which literally translates to folding paper, is a Japanese practice dating back to at least the 17th century. In origami, a single, trad
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Can you solve the demon dance party riddle? - Edwin Meyer

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The only way into the worlds most exclusive club is to solve a challenge from the Demon of Reason. Can you get into the party?--Once a year, thousands of logicians descend into the desert for Learning Man. At the center of that gathering is the worlds mos
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The incredible, bendable, twistable, expandable elephant trunk - Chase LaDue & Bruce A. Schulte

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Discover the incredible ways elephants use their trunks to sense and communicate information and emotion. --As a breeze blows through the savannah, a snake-shaped tube stretches into the air and scans the horizon like a periscope. But its not seeing its s
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The surprising secrets of hummingbird flight - Kristiina J. Hurme and Alejandro Rico-Guevara

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Dig into the incredible fighting, feeding, and flying capabilities of hummingbirds.--In just a matter of seconds, hummingbirds can perform astonishing aerial acrobatics, eat lunch in midair, pollinate a flower, even escape threats while upside-down. And t
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Why are airplanes slower than they used to be? - Alex Gendler

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Why arent commercial flights getting faster? Dig into the technological and environmental problems facing supersonic flight. --In 1996, a British Airways plane flew from New York to London in a record-breaking two hours and fifty-three minutes. Today, how
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Meet the bluefin tuna, the toughest fish in the sea - Grantly Galland and Raiana McKinney

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Discover the unique adaptations that make the Atlantic bluefin tuna one of the most dominant predators in the ocean.--Whats as big as a polar bear, swallows its prey whole, and swims at forty miles an hour? Its not a shark or a killer whale... its the Atl
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Run, sail, or hide? How to survive the destruction of Pompeii - Gary Devore

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Download a free audiobook version of Into Thin Air and support TED-Ed's nonprofit mission: https://www.audible.com/ted-ed--Its a bustling day in Pompeii. After a quick visit to the market, Fabia spots her brothers, Lucius and Marcus, crossing the Forum. T
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A day in the life of an Ancient Greek oracle - Mark Robinson

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Follow Aristonike, an Oracle-in-training in Delphi, as she studies to become the Pythia and communicate Apollos will and prophecies.--As the sun rises over Delphi in 500 BCE, Aristonike hurries to the temple of Apollo where a single oracle known as the Py
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Why was India split into two countries? - Haimanti Roy

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Dig into the 1947 Partition of India, when Britain split the region into two states, India and Pakistan, and the mass migrations and violence that followed.--In 1947, the British viceroy announced that after 200 years of British rule, India would gain ind
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Could we build a wooden skyscraper? - Stefan Al

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Explore the viability of wooden skyscrapers, and see how cross-laminated timber (CLT) helps make these once impossible structures possible.--Towering 85 meters above the Norwegian countryside, Mjstrnet is the worlds tallest wooden building, made almost en
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What causes seizures, and how can we treat them? - Christopher E. Gaw

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Discover what we know and dont know about the causes and treatment of seizures, and what to do if you encounter someone experiencing a seizure.--Nearly 3,000 years ago, a Babylonian tablet described a curious illness called miqtu that caused symptoms rang
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The infamous overpopulation bet: Simon vs. Ehrlich - Soraya Field Fiorio

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Discover an infamous bet between two professors, which sought to predict whether the earth would run out of resources due to a growing human population.--In 1980, Paul Ehrlich and Julian Simon bet $1,000 on a question with stakes that couldnt be higher: w
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The secrets of the worlds most famous symphony - Hanako Sawada

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Discover what makes Ludwig van Beethovens Symphony Number Five a musical masterpiece, and uncover the story behind its inception. --Eight ferocious notes open one of the most explosive pieces of music ever composed. Ludwig van Beethovens Symphony Number F
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The genes you don't get from your parents (but can't live without) - Devin Shuman

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Dig into the essential role that mitochondrial DNA played in the evolution of living things on Earth, and find out why its still evolving.--Inside our cells, each of us has a second set of genes completely separate from our 23 pairs of chromosomes. And th
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The surprisingly long history of electric cars - Daniel Sperling and Gil Tal

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Can electric cars reclaim their place on the road? Discover how developments in battery technology are making these cars more efficient and powerful.--By the end of the 19th century, nearly 40% of American cars were electric. But these vehicles had a few
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Nature's fortress: How cacti keep water in and predators out - Lucas C. Majure

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Discover the adaptations that allow cacti to not only survive, but thrive, in some of the harshest desert climates on Earth. --If you were a jackrabbit in the desert, youd be glad to stumble across a cactus: the flesh of these plants is a water source for
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The dark history of Mount Rushmore - Ned Blackhawk and Jeffrey D. Means

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Uncover the hidden history of the building of Mount Rushmore, and how its creation destroyed sacred Native American land.--Between 1927 and 1941, workers blasted 450,000 tons of rock from a mountainside using chisels, jackhammers, and dynamite. Gradually,
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The tragic myth of the Sun God's son - Iseult Gillespie

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Dive into the Greek myth of Helios and Phaethon, where the Sun God allows his mortal son to drive his chariot for a day.--Every morning, Helios unleashed his golden chariot, and set out across the sky. As the Sun God transformed dawn into day, he thought
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Why doesn't everyone have a jetpack? - Richard Browning

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Explore the physics of how jetpacks fly, and discover the technology that allows pilots to maneuver the engines.--In 1961, Yuri Gagarin piloted a spacecraft in humanitys first manned space flight. A week later, Bell Aerosystems debuted a gas-powered rocke
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The myth of the moon goddess - Cynthia Fay Davis

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Dig into the Maya myth of the moon goddess, Ix Chel, and follow her story as she falls in and out of love with the sun god. --The sun god was in love with the moon goddess, Ix Chel. But the goddess grandfather was very possessive, and would not let the su
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Could a solar storm destroy modern civilization? - Fabio Pacucci

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Explore the science of solar storms, and find out why they occur and just how prepared we are for a major event. --In September 1859, miners following the Colorado gold rush woke up to another sunny day. Or so they thought. To their surprise, they soon di
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Can you solve the feeding frenzy riddle? - Henri Picciotto

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Practice more problem-solving at https://brilliant.org/TedEd--As Numberlands best detective, you thought youd seen it all. But the desiccated corpses of prominent natural numbers have been showing up all over the city. A lockdown is ordered from sundown t
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How does heart transplant surgery work? - Roni Shanoada

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Dig into the science of how heart transplants happen, how donors are matched and find out how this complex surgery saves lives.--Your heart beats more than 100,000 times a day. In just a minute, it pumps over five liters of blood throughout your body. But
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Hope or Hype? How Seaweed May Help Revive Our Oceans

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In some parts of the ocean, like in the Gulf of Mexico, there is so little oxygen in the water that the marine life is actually suffocating. Could kelp help?...Follow us!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/novapbs/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NOVAp
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Looking for Love | Teen Titans Go! | Cartoon Network

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Watch Teen Titans Go! on Cartoon Network and HBOMax.It's Valentine's Day but Love is missing! The Titans hop on a Love Train in their quest to find and save love.Episode: Looking for LoveAbout Cartoon Network:Welcome to Cartoon Network's YouTube Channel,
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BlimE! - Boerehke - BlimE-dansen 2022 - NRK Super

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Anbefalt alder: Tillatt for alle (A) Les mer om aldersmerking hos Medietilsynet: https://medietilsynet.no/barn-og-medier/aldersgrenser/ Lær deg dansen del for del her: https://tv.nrk.no/serie/blime/sesong/... Boerehke Intro 1-2-3-4 (Åå&a

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