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Music as a tongue - Victor Wooten
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Music is a powerful communication tool--it causes us to laugh, cry, thin…
6 days ago
The surprising path to mastering something - David Epstein
Are we building skills the wrong way? Explore how having a wide range of experience can be better than early specialization.
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There’s a common idea t…
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Where does energy come from? - George Zaidan and Charles Morton
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The energy in the universe never inc…
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A brief history of religion in art - TED-Ed
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Before we began putting art into museums, art mostly served as t…
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The evolution of timekeeping - Karen Mensing
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Where did time-telling come from? What are time zones and why are there so man…
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Upstairs, downstairs: The life of a British servant - Stephanie Honchell Smith
Follow Alice Sutton, a servant in Edwardian England, as she prepares the estate for a visitor and fights for women's suffrage.
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It’s just before dawn…
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The last chief of the Comanches and the fall of an empire - Dustin Tahmahkera
Get to know the story of Quanah Parker, a Native American warrior and leader, and the last chief of the Comanche tribe.
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Late one night in 1871, a g…
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How one of the world's largest companies climbed to power - Shantel George
Dig into the bitter history of kola nuts, a sacred ingredient in West African culture and part of Coca-Cola's original recipe.
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The kola nut is the s…
6 days, 2 hours ago
What's the definition of comedy? Banana. - Addison Anderson
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What makes us giggle and guffaw? The inability to …
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Greening the ghetto - Majora Carter
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In an emotionally charged talk, MacArthur-winning activist Majora Carter…
6 days, 2 hours ago