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True Facts About Beavers

True Facts About Beavers

Cue the double entendres. Ze Frank is here to teach us about our favorite dam-building rodent. These resourceful mammals are good at swimming, carrying things, and eating underwater. You might know about the beaver’s wood-chomping teeth, but we bet you didn’t know all the stuff that comes out of their butts.

The Last Human

The Last Human

There’s a lot of crazy and negative stuff going on in the world these days, but is it really the end times? Kurzgesagt asks the hypothetical question of when the last human might be born by examining population growth, birth rates, and animal extinction rates. But human ingenuity, technology, and space travel are serious wildcards.

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How to Change

How to Change

Let’s face it. Change is hard. Even if you have solid goals and desires, you might find it difficult to adapt your behaviors to get there. Kurzgesagt explains the physiological reasons that make it hard to change and some practical advice on how to break through when you’re stuck in a rut.

The World’s Strangest Time Zones

The World’s Strangest Time Zones

In a perfect world, we would have 24 even divisions for our time zones. But as RealLifeLore points out, political agendas and the dreaded daylight saving time have created weird partitions that can theoretically lead to some crazy watch adjustments.

What Causes Phantom Traffic Jams?

What Causes Phantom Traffic Jams?

So you’re cruising down the highway, when all of a sudden you’re in a traffic jam. But there are no accidents, construction, or other emergency activity, so why does this happen? TED-Ed explores the phenomenon known as a “phantom traffic jam,” what makes them happen, and how we might minimize their occurence.

Why Dark Video Sucks

Why Dark Video Sucks

It doesn’t matter if you’ve got the most expensive display you can buy, gradients of color in dark scenes often look like a blocky mess. Tom Scott offers a great explanation of the technological limitations that cause these issues, and the visual mechanisms that make them less noticeable in brighter scenes.

Grasp It Structural Engineering Training System

Grasp It Structural Engineering Training System

This interactive educational system helps students learn about the physical properties of structures. It combines a set of beams, levers, pivot points, and other parts that attach to a backboard which work in concert with augmented reality projections to show the physics at play when forces are applied.

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Why Do Electric Plugs Have Holes?

Why Do Electric Plugs Have Holes?

The reason that electric plugs typically have two or three metal prongs is very easy to explain. But what about those holes you see in the tips of the prongs? Silver Cymbal digs into the backstory and purpose of this mysterious design attribute and shines some light on the topic.

The 2022 All-in-One Side Business Bundle

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These days, many of us have second and third income sources to help pay our bills or to grow our savings. This bundle of ten useful courses will help you build and succeed at your own home business so you can make a little extra scratch, or maybe even live the dream of working for yourself full-time.

Why Avocados Shouldn’t Exist

Why Avocados Shouldn’t Exist

Whether on a sammie with bacon, chicken and cheese, or in a spicy guac, we delight in our delicious avocados. But this tasty and nutritious natural treat might not even exist today if it weren’t for some prehistoric farmers who saved them from extinction. SciShow explains.

Disney Parks’ Forced Perspective Illusions

Disney Parks’ Forced Perspective Illusions

If you’ve ever visited one of Disney’s theme parks, you have been tricked. The parks frequently employ an optical illusion known as forced perspective to make structures look bigger or smaller than they actually are. Art of Engineering explains the trickery and why our brains get so easily fooled by it.

2022 Facebook Marketing Expert Bundle

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Learn to get the most out of Facebook with this series of 11 online courses from The Awesomer Shop. Among the lessons, you’ll learn about building and engaging an audience, creating Facebook ads and boosted posts that perform, and using Facebook Messenger as a marketing tool.

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2022 Cryptocurrency & NFT Trading Bundle

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Want to get in on the cryptocurrency movement, but don’t understand how it all works? This series of nine courses will teach you the basics of Bitcoin, Stablecoin, Steemit, and other cryptocurrencies, along with digital wallets, trading, and how to make money by investing NFTs or by blogging and posting to social media.

Why Circuit Boards Are Green

Why Circuit Boards Are Green

With their green and copper color scheme, circuit boards have a distinctive look. It turns out that there’s a good reason that so many of them are the same color. Today I Found Out offers an in-depth explanation of how circuit boards are made, what they’re made from, and why they look like they do.

The History of the English Language

The History of the English Language

English is one of the many Indo-European languages spoken in many parts of the world. Harrison Holt of The Generalist Papers looks at how our language evolved dramatically over the centuries and how it’s related to languages like German, Dutch, and Swedish.

Why Cooper Black Is Everywhere

Why Cooper Black Is Everywhere

The font Cooper Black dates all the way back to 1922, and over its century in use has appeared everywhere from David Bowie albums to ramen noodles, to signs for neighborhood businesses. Vox digs into the history of this playful, yet legible serif typeface, and why it became so popular.

Is Gravity an Illusion?

Is Gravity an Illusion?

Howdy, folks! It’s science time! Veritasium explains how gravity isn’t a force according to the General Theory of Relativity. He then demonstrates how the way we are moving through space-time while standing on Earth isn’t really any different from what an astronaut experiences as their rocket accelerates through space.

How U.S. Interstate Numbers Work

How U.S. Interstate Numbers Work

When the U.S. started creating highways connecting the nation, interstates were identified with a logical numbering scheme. CGP Grey looks back at the rationale behind the numbers which have since become cluttered with intrastate interstates, bypasses, beltways, spurs, and exception cases to confuse matters.

What Exactly Is “Normal” Anyhow?

What Exactly Is “Normal” Anyhow?

Narrow-minded people often call others out for not being normal. But is anyone really normal or typical? This TED-Ed lesson by Yana Buhrer Tavanier explores the history of the term and how its misuse has had a tremendously negative impact on society. Animated by Eoin Duffy.

Every Video Is an Illusion

Every Video Is an Illusion

Videos and film images aren’t moving at all. They’re just a collection of back-to-back frames that our brains stitch together to create the illusion of movement. Joe Hanson of the PBS series Be Smart takes a deep dive into the way that our eyes and minds process images and how motion picture devices work.

2022 Finance & Accounting Certification Bundle

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Learn how to better manage money for yourself and at work with this bundle of eight online courses. Classes include personal finance, goal setting, budgeting, cost management, forecasting, decision making, and more. Another great e-learning deal from The Awesomer Shop.

2022 Professional Podcast Masterclass Bundle

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Want to create a podcast that actually gets listened to? This series of online courses will help you create engaging content, learn the technologies and tools you need to record and distribute your program, and tips on how to market, build an audience, keep them coming back, and eventually secure sponsors.

The Everyday Blacksmith

The Everyday Blacksmith
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An essential reference guide for setting up your own blacksmith workshop and working with metal. The first half of author Nicholas Wicks’ book covers shop safety, equipment, and techniques, while the second half offers 55 simple projects like tools, hardware, utensils, and decorative objects you can create.

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