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How Krill Built the Biggest Animal Ever 2:42
How Krill Built the Biggest Animal Ever
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Imagine 3 London Buses… Now Make It a Whale. 1:20
Imagine 3 London Buses… Now Make It a Whale.
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Britain Built a 2,500-Mile Wall. It Was Made of Plants. 20:11
Britain Built a 2,500-Mile Wall. It Was Made of Plants.
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Can a Waterfall Exist Underwater? 1:30
Can a Waterfall Exist Underwater?
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Blue Whales Can Weigh Over 200 Tons?! 1:09
Blue Whales Can Weigh Over 200 Tons?!
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Genghis Khan Was Centuries Ahead 0:44
Genghis Khan Was Centuries Ahead
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Whales Were Tiny For 50 Million Years. Then This Happened. 15:59
Whales Were Tiny For 50 Million Years. Then This Happened.
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When the Mediterranean Dried Up 2:59
When the Mediterranean Dried Up
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The Forgotten Mega‑Flood That Turned Europe Into a Waterfall 17:28
The Forgotten Mega‑Flood That Turned Europe Into a Waterfall
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The Calvine UFO: Britain’s Strangest Unsolved Mystery 2:34
The Calvine UFO: Britain’s Strangest Unsolved Mystery
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The Truth About Everest’s Deadliest Problem 2:31
The Truth About Everest’s Deadliest Problem
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Why Do Countries Still Hold Huge National Gold Reserves? 0:57
Why Do Countries Still Hold Huge National Gold Reserves?
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The Photo That Made The British Government Panic For 30 Years 30:45
The Photo That Made The British Government Panic For 30 Years
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Asteroids Could Make Us Insanely Rich! 1:29
Asteroids Could Make Us Insanely Rich!
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Are Supermassive Black Holes as Terrifying as Their Name Suggests? 1:30
Are Supermassive Black Holes as Terrifying as Their Name Suggests?
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The Hidden Line That Makes Everest So Dangerous 15:53
The Hidden Line That Makes Everest So Dangerous
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Peace and Love? Not on the FBI’s watch! 1:29
Peace and Love? Not on the FBI’s watch!
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Executing Spies… While Spying on Their Own Citizens? This Was the USA During World War II. 1:29
Executing Spies… While Spying on Their Own Citizens? This Was the USA During World War II.
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The Real Tragedy Behind the Pied Piper of Hamelin 1:24
The Real Tragedy Behind the Pied Piper of Hamelin
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Thoughty2
John Dillinger - the 20th Century Robin Hood. 0:35
John Dillinger - the 20th Century Robin Hood.
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Thoughty2
Woman Falls 33,000 Feet Without a Parachute 2:58
Woman Falls 33,000 Feet Without a Parachute
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The Day Lisbon Was Destroyed 2:55
The Day Lisbon Was Destroyed
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When a Man Bombed a Plane to Kill His Mother 1:14
When a Man Bombed a Plane to Kill His Mother
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How to Survive a 33,000 ft Fall Without a Parachute 19:33
How to Survive a 33,000 ft Fall Without a Parachute
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The FBI’s Most Wanted Were Originally the Best Recruits! 1:29
The FBI’s Most Wanted Were Originally the Best Recruits!
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Should We Sit Up and Pay Attention to This Cognitive Enhancer? 0:56
Should We Sit Up and Pay Attention to This Cognitive Enhancer?
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The Tomb Too Dangerous to Open 2:42
The Tomb Too Dangerous to Open
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This Legal Loophole Finally Caught a Notorious Racist 1:26
This Legal Loophole Finally Caught a Notorious Racist
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Thoughty2
The Radical Left Isn’t a New Concept - Just Check Out Patty Hearst! 1:29
The Radical Left Isn’t a New Concept - Just Check Out Patty Hearst!
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Without This Simple Sketch Lisbon Would Not Exist 19:42
Without This Simple Sketch Lisbon Would Not Exist
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Thoughty2
This Is The Biggest Tomb On Earth And We Have No Idea What's Inside 15:57
This Is The Biggest Tomb On Earth And We Have No Idea What's Inside
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Thoughty2
Could DNA Synthesis Be the Future of Data Storage, or Inspiration for a Future Back Mirror Episode? 2:15
Could DNA Synthesis Be the Future of Data Storage, or Inspiration for a Future Back Mirror Episode?
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Thoughty2
Was This the Cold War’s Most Elaborate Game of Hide and Seek? 2:59
Was This the Cold War’s Most Elaborate Game of Hide and Seek?
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Thoughty2
Could a Human Be Better Than the Cloud for Storing Data? 2:27
Could a Human Be Better Than the Cloud for Storing Data?
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What Have The CIA Really Done Under The Pacifc? 23:22
What Have The CIA Really Done Under The Pacifc?
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Thoughty2
When It Comes to Your Data, You Really Need a Back-up Plan! 0:45
When It Comes to Your Data, You Really Need a Back-up Plan!
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A True Meritocracy - Temujin’s Mongol Tribe 1:34
A True Meritocracy - Temujin’s Mongol Tribe
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Thoughty2
Could Orbiting a Black Hole Make Time Stand Still? Almost! 1:30
Could Orbiting a Black Hole Make Time Stand Still? Almost!
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Immortality Lies in Lobsters? 2:59
Immortality Lies in Lobsters?
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The Truth About Dopamine Detoxing 2:55
The Truth About Dopamine Detoxing
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If Only Al Capone Had Known About the Cayman Islands! 1:30
If Only Al Capone Had Known About the Cayman Islands!
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Thoughty2
The One Thing Stopping Bryan Johnson (And You) From Living Forever 12:56
The One Thing Stopping Bryan Johnson (And You) From Living Forever
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Why Youtube May Cause the Cloud to Burst… 1:26
Why Youtube May Cause the Cloud to Burst…
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The Untold Death of Genghis Khan 0:47
The Untold Death of Genghis Khan
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Thinking About WW3? Here’s What You Need to Know About a Nuclear Attack. 1:54
Thinking About WW3? Here’s What You Need to Know About a Nuclear Attack.
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Is creatine the newest super supplement? Sounds fishy! 1:14
Is creatine the newest super supplement? Sounds fishy!
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Thoughty2
Something Strange Happens When You Place Your Phone Here 21:03
Something Strange Happens When You Place Your Phone Here
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The Great Escape… to Canada? 0:43
The Great Escape… to Canada?
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The President with the Golden Touch? 1:06
The President with the Golden Touch?
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This Molecule Might Prove Aliens Exist 2:59
This Molecule Might Prove Aliens Exist
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