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A Physics Prof Bet Me $10,000 I’m Wrong | Veritasium

A UCLA Physics Professor bet me $10,000 that my video about going downwind faster than the wind was wrong. This video is sponsored by Brilliant. The first 200 people to sign up via https://brilliant.org/veritasium get 20% off a yearly subscription. … Continue reading

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Ultimate Mathematical Shapes Tier List

Brilliant: http://brilliant.org/tibees SURFER: https://www.imaginary.org/program/surfer Subscribe to my channel to see more videos like this: https://www.youtube.com/user/tibees Thanks to Oliver Schoen for his work on animations & script. My previous video about the Barth Sextic: https://youtu.be/UVfR9u1TGW0 […]

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Legacies of British Slave Ownership – Prof Catherine Hall

For too long the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade in 1807 and slavery in the British colonies in the Americas in 1833 have dominated the ways in which Britons have (mis)remembered slavery. The Legacies of British Slave-ownership project at … Continue reading

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China is officially malaria-free, says WHO

Lucas Niewenhuis               Published June 30, 2021   China was certified today by the World Health Organization as officially free of malaria, joining a club of 40 countries globally, but only three others in the … Continue reading

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Oldest Known Plague Victim Was Just Discovered. It Was 4,000 Years Before Black Death

Patial skull of man who died of the plague, 5,000 years ago. (Dominik Göldner/BGAEU, Berlin) Five thousand years ago, a rodent bit a Stone Age hunter-gatherer. The creature carried a strain of pernicious bacteria called Yersinia pestis – the pathogen … Continue reading

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The Internet Does NOT Know What BERGAMOT Is (The Fascinating Reason Why) – Weird Fruit Explorer

Ep 565. The Internet Does NOT Know What BERGAMOT Is – The Fascinating Reason Why Binomial Name: Citrus Bergamia Location: NYC (grown in California) […]

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Black Man Stopped By Police in Japan Caught LIVE ! – Reaction

I have been stopped by the police in numerous countries across the world. And I wanted to bring a few things into perspective. I will start of by sharing a video of me being stopped by the police in Japan … Continue reading

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The Nannies

“The Nannies” is the 2021 Staff Pick Award Winner at Palm Spring ShortFest. “The Nannies” is a performative documentary with plenty of creative energy driving a deeply personal project. When filmmaker Signe Barvild Stæhr was just five years old, her … Continue reading

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Episode 58: The Neoliberal Optimism Industry

We’re told the world is getting better all the time. In January, The New York Times’ Nick Kristof explained “Why 2017 Was the Best Year in Human History.” The same month, Harvard professor and Bill Gates’ favorite optimist Steven Pinker … Continue reading

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