Popular Culture and Science are close to being “Edutainment” but with more wacky antics, social statements, and speculative ideas. It’s fun to watch, but don’t base your thesis on them.
From Guinness World Records. Subscribe || https://www.youtube.com/GuinnessWorldRecords Favourites || http://gwr.co/YT-Favs Six months through 2025. These are the best world records that have been set or verified in 2025. ———————————————————————————————- At Guinness World Records we want to show that everyone in the world is the best at something, and we’re here to measure it! Whether you’ve…
From Vsauce. 👁 https://www.CuriosityBox.com 👁 There are a few other ‘secret messages’ on (and in) the box you’ll have to use the prism to decipher. The shirt’s Bezold effect is an optical illusion related to the famous "confetti illusion." To learn more about Bezold and other, similar, illusions, check out these links: https://journalofillusion.net/index.php/joi/article/view/6152/13749 https://michaelbach.de/ot/col-assim/ https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20416695241258748
From Lateral with Tom Scott. Sam Denby, Adam Chase and Ben Doyle from ‘Jet Lag: The Game’ discuss a question about Massachusetts merchandise. LATERAL is a weekly podcast about interesting questions and even more interesting answers, hosted by Tom Scott. For business enquiries, contestant appearances or question submissions, visit https://www.lateralcast.com FULL EPISODE: https://www.lateralcast.com/episodes/142 BOOK OUT…
From Kyle Hill. Thanks to RADIACODE for sponsoring today’s episode! Use the promo code "KYLE" at https://go.radiacode.com/KyleHill for 10% right now! THE DARK KNIGHT RISES is yet another good sci-fi movie from Chirstopher Nolan, but it gets one thing totally wrong: nuclear fusion. Why does a film from a director that consults with Nobel Prize…
From Today I Found Out. Head to http://squarespace.com/BRAINFOOD for a free trial, and when you’re ready to launch, use OFFER CODE BRAINFOOD to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain 2023 marked the 100-year anniversary of an event so tragic and calamitous that it changed world history to a frightening degree,…
From Guinness World Records. Subscribe || https://www.youtube.com/GuinnessWorldRecords Favourites || http://gwr.co/YT-Favs The most Jenga blocks stacked on one vertical Jenga block is 3,149 and was achieved by Tian Rui (China) in Qingdao, Shandong, China, on 3 April 2025. ———————————————————————————————- At Guinness World Records we want to show that everyone in the world is the best at…
From Science Channel. Tune in for some berry interesting food production tours and learn how cranberries, blueberries, blueberry muffins, and berry baskets are made! #howitsmade #sciencechannel Stream How It’s Made: https://www.discoveryplus.com/show/how-its-made About How It’s Made: Explore the fascinating world of how everyday items are manufactured and produced. From aluminum foil to contact lenses, discover how…
From Science Channel. New discoveries of planets beyond the solar system force scientists to rethink how planets form.
From Today I Found Out. Our modern world is full of ideograms – simplified images meant to cleanly and unambiguously depict objects from everyday life. Drive down the street and you will see dozens of them – three circles in a vertical rectangle for traffic lights, a stylized boy and girl for a school zone,…
From Lateral with Tom Scott. Matt Gray, Daniel Peake and Charlotte Yeung discuss unfortunate feet. LATERAL is a comedy panel game podcast about weird questions with wonderful answers, hosted by Tom Scott. For business enquiries, contestant appearances or question submissions, visit https://www.lateralcast.com FULL EPISODE: https://www.lateralcast.com/episodes/141 BOOK OUT NOW!: https://www.lateralcast.com/book 🟧 JOIN THE ‘PRODUCER’S CLUB’ for…
From Guinness World Records. Subscribe || https://www.youtube.com/GuinnessWorldRecords Favourites || http://gwr.co/YT-Favs The most subscribers for an Indonesian language channel on YouTube is 54,293,478 and was achieved by Jess No Limit (Indonesia) as verified on 23 April 2025. ———————————————————————————————- At Guinness World Records we want to show that everyone in the world is the best at something,…
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From Lateral with Tom Scott. Matt Gray, Daniel Peake and Charlotte Yeung discuss a red tape reduction. LATERAL is a comedy panel game podcast about weird questions with wonderful answers, hosted by Tom Scott. For business enquiries, contestant appearances or question submissions, visit https://www.lateralcast.com FULL EPISODE: https://www.lateralcast.com/episodes/141 BOOK OUT NOW!: https://www.lateralcast.com/book 🟧 JOIN THE ‘PRODUCER’S…
From Guinness World Records. Subscribe || https://www.youtube.com/GuinnessWorldRecords Favourites || http://gwr.co/YT-Favs We sent Guinness World Records employee Masakazu Senda to the location that holds the record for the most claw machines at a single venue, 3rd Planet Co.Ltd. in Yokohama, Japan. ———————————————————————————————- At Guinness World Records we want to show that everyone in the world is…
From Guinness World Records. Subscribe || https://www.youtube.com/GuinnessWorldRecords Favourites || http://gwr.co/YT-Favs The most claw crane game machines at a single venue is 555, and was achieved by 3rd Planet.Co.Ltd. (Japan) at Asobi town in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, on 22 July 2022. ———————————————————————————————- At Guinness World Records we want to show that everyone in the world is…
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From Science Channel. A complex of tall, windowless buildings in the American Rust Belt hold the secrets to a lost empire of industry and wealth
From Science Channel. From rock crushers to pliers, see how the most interesting and pedestrian tools are made.
From Vsauce. Thanks, mom ❤️ This is a video I shared elsewhere a couple years ago before YouTube shorts could be more than a minute long. Today, they can’t be more than 3 minutes, but with a few ‘fast forwards’ I was able to get it just under the limit and finally share it here!…
From Guinness World Records. Subscribe || https://www.youtube.com/GuinnessWorldRecords Favourites || http://gwr.co/YT-Favs The most pull ups in 24 hours (male) is 11,707 and was achieved by Oh Yohan (South Korea) in Incheon, South Korea, from 28 to 29 September 2024. ———————————————————————————————- At Guinness World Records we want to show that everyone in the world is the best…
From Today I Found Out. In today’s BrainFood Show episode, we are discussing three rather inspirational business tails, starting with the extremely humble origins of the now many billion dollar behemoth in Heinz, then on to Karl’s favorite all time script in the story of soft soap and the brilliant business man that gave it…
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From Guinness World Records. Subscribe || https://www.youtube.com/GuinnessWorldRecords Favourites || http://gwr.co/YT-Favs The fastest time to tie a turban is 10.56 sec, and was achieved by Pawan Vyas (India) in Bikaner, Rajasthan, India, on 2 December 2023. ———————————————————————————————- At Guinness World Records we want to show that everyone in the world is the best at something, and…
From Lateral with Tom Scott. Matt Gray, Daniel Peake and Charlotte Yeung discuss curious crisps. LATERAL is a comedy panel game podcast about weird questions with wonderful answers, hosted by Tom Scott. For business enquiries, contestant appearances or question submissions, visit https://www.lateralcast.com FULL EPISODE: https://www.lateralcast.com/episodes/141 BOOK OUT NOW!: https://www.lateralcast.com/book 🟧 JOIN THE ‘PRODUCER’S CLUB’ for…
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From Mark Rober. They say don’t meet your heroes but I’m glad I made an exception here. Join me at Space Camp CrunchLabs for your LEAST BORING SUMMER EVER: https://crunchlabs.com/RollerCoaster Phineas and Ferb is available on Disney Channel and Disney+. Must be 18+ to subscribe. https://ondisneyplus.disney.com/show/phineas-and-ferb Phineas and Ferb are back! The new season of…
From Science Channel. Modern-day explorers are competing in a new space race to send the first people to Mars, and cutting-edge technology might make the Red Planet the next home for human life.
From Today I Found Out. It was a rainy afternoon in July 1974 when the Royal Canadian Army Cadets of D Company filed into a classroom at Canadian Forces Base Valcartier, Quebec. The Cadets, all boys aged 13 to 18, were glad for the chance to sit down and relax, having just undergone a rigorous…
From Science Channel. Learn how everyday items like lightbulbs, filing cabinets, screw caps, and more are produced and manufactured with precision! #howitsmade #sciencechannel Stream How It’s Made: https://www.discoveryplus.com/show/how-its-made About How It’s Made: Explore the fascinating world of how everyday items are manufactured and produced. From aluminum foil to contact lenses, discover how many of the…
From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. This deceptively simple math problem has stumped mathematicians for almost 300 years! 👉 Head to https://hensonshaving.com/veritasium and enter code ‘Veritasium’ for 100 free blades with the purchase of a razor. Make sure to add both the razor and the blades to your cart for the code to take effect. If…
From Guinness World Records. Subscribe || https://www.youtube.com/GuinnessWorldRecords Favourites || http://gwr.co/YT-Favs The most water moved by the hands in 30 seconds is 5,100 ml, achieved by David Rush (USA) at GWR HQ, London, on 24 June 2024. ———————————————————————————————- At Guinness World Records we want to show that everyone in the world is the best at something,…
From Lateral with Tom Scott. Ella Hubber, Caroline Roper and Tom Lum from ‘Let’s Learn Everything!’ discuss a question about a Australian automobile outlet. LATERAL is a weekly podcast about interesting questions and even more interesting answers, hosted by Tom Scott. For business enquiries, contestant appearances or question submissions, visit https://www.lateralcast.com FULL EPISODE: https://www.lateralcast.com/episodes/140 BOOK…
From Science Channel. A Mediterranean island paradise is not all that it seems; its complex of abandoned buildings were once prisons for the world’s most dangerous Mafiosi.
From Today I Found Out. In the video today, we’re looking at Coca-Cola and Their Intentional Fart Water, That Time Coca Cola Tried to Introduce Vending Machines that Charged More on Hot Days, That Time Pepsi Accidentally Promised Hundreds of Thousands of People $40,000 Each, How Do Sodas in Outdoor Vending Machines Not Freeze in…
From Lateral with Tom Scott. Ella Hubber, Caroline Roper and Tom Lum from ‘Let’s Learn Everything!’ discuss a question about a Reebok request. LATERAL is a weekly podcast about interesting questions and even more interesting answers, hosted by Tom Scott. For business enquiries, contestant appearances or question submissions, visit https://www.lateralcast.com FULL EPISODE: https://www.lateralcast.com/episodes/140 BOOK OUT…
From Lateral with Tom Scott. Rowan Ellis, Dan Peake and Alec Watson discuss a question about fumbling theivery. LATERAL is a weekly podcast about interesting questions and even more interesting answers, hosted by Tom Scott. For business enquiries, contestant appearances or question submissions, visit https://www.lateralcast.com FULL EPISODE: https://www.lateralcast.com/episodes/139 BOOK OUT NOW: https://www.lateralcast.com/book 🟧 JOIN THE…
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From Lateral with Tom Scott. Rowan Ellis, Dan Peake and Alec Watson discuss a question about a personal prediction. LATERAL is a weekly podcast about interesting questions and even more interesting answers, hosted by Tom Scott. For business enquiries, contestant appearances or question submissions, visit https://www.lateralcast.com FULL EPISODE: https://www.lateralcast.com/episodes/139 BOOK OUT NOW: https://www.lateralcast.com/book 🟧 JOIN…
From Lateral with Tom Scott. Rowan Ellis, Dan Peake and Alec Watson discuss a question about a mathematical maker. LATERAL is a weekly podcast about interesting questions and even more interesting answers, hosted by Tom Scott. For business enquiries, contestant appearances or question submissions, visit https://www.lateralcast.com FULL EPISODE: https://www.lateralcast.com/episodes/139 BOOK OUT NOW: https://www.lateralcast.com/book 🟧 JOIN…
From Vsauce. Antimetabole vs. Chiasmus. What’s the difference? Up until yesterday, I didn’t know the distinction was marked by separate words. BUT I’m learning everyday 😎 Antimetabole is the reversed repetition of words or phrases. For example: "Pleasure’s a sin, and sometimes sin’s a pleasure" – Lord Byron. In "chiasmus," similar concepts or grammatical structures are…
From Lateral with Tom Scott. Jarvis Johnson & Jordan Adika from ‘Sad Boyz’ and Mary Spender discuss a question about a stellar starter. LATERAL is a weekly podcast about interesting questions and even more interesting answers, hosted by Tom Scott. For business enquiries, contestant appearances or question submissions, visit https://www.lateralcast.com FULL EPISODE: https://www.lateralcast.com/episodes/138 BOOK OUT…
From Lateral with Tom Scott. Jarvis Johnson & Jordan Adika from ‘Sad Boyz’ and Mary Spender discuss a question about barium bricks. LATERAL is a weekly podcast about interesting questions and even more interesting answers, hosted by Tom Scott. For business enquiries, contestant appearances or question submissions, visit https://www.lateralcast.com FULL EPISODE: https://www.lateralcast.com/episodes/138 BOOK OUT NOW:…
From Kyle Hill. In Russia in 1997, an unfortunate technician answered the question, “what would have happened if the ‘Demon Core’ was never stopped in 1946?” This episode of [HALF-LIFE HISTORIES] explains the counterfactual physics of history’s most infamous criticality accidents. SOURCES: The Criticality Accident in Sarov, IAEA (PDF): https://www-pub.iaea.org/mtcd/publications/pdf/pub1106_scr.pdf A Review of Criticality Accidents,…
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From The Nerdwriter. Go to https://www.squarespace.com/nerdwriter for 10% off your first purchase. SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://patreon.com/nerdwriter MY BOOK: https://amzn.to/3ymfQPV SOURCES Tim Riley, "Lennon: The Man, the Myth, the Music" Nicholas Dawidoff, "How the Beatles Wrote ‘A Day in the Life’" https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/05/how-the-beatles-wrote-a-day-in-the-life/527001/ http://www.beatlesebooks.com/a-day-in-the-life https://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2006/12/john_lennons_19.html MUSIC (via Epidemic Sound) Street Groovin’ – grip city cronies…
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From Lateral with Tom Scott. Sabrina Cruz, Melissa Fernandes and Taha Khan from ‘Answer in Progress’ discuss a monotonous musical. LATERAL is a weekly podcast about interesting questions and even more interesting answers, hosted by Tom Scott. For business enquiries, contestant appearances or question submissions, visit https://www.lateralcast.com FULL EPISODE: https://www.lateralcast.com/episodes/137 BOOK OUT NOW: https://www.lateralcast.com/book 🟧…
From Kyle Hill. No video game series fulfills your desire to rip and tear quite like DOOM. But over the years, ripping and tearing has gotten a lot more epic. In DOOM ETERNAL you even use the BFG to tear into A PLANET. What would it take to do this? How much energy would it…
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From Kyle Hill. Thanks again to Constellation for sponsoring this video and for trusting us enough to tell this story correctly. Unit 2 of the Three Mile Island nuclear generating station experienced a partial meltdown in 1979, but what a lot of people don’t know is that Three Mile Island Unit 1 continued to run,…
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From Steve Mould. Learn more and apply to Jane Street’s WiSE program in New York, London or Hong Kong: https://jane-st.co/wise25-stevemould Döbereiner’s lamp uses a platinum catalyst to react hydrogen with oxygen. Huge thanks to Marcus at Marb’s lab for making the lamps. Here’s the excellent making of video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeF87A-nhtA You can support me on Patreon…
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From Kyle Hill. In February 2025 I got to visit Terrapower, a self-proclaimed nuclear innovation company. In part one of this sponsored series, you saw the science behind turning nuclear waste into cancer medication. Here in part two, we will explore and explain what will be the first next-generation nuclear reactor to operate in the…
From 1veritasium, 2veritasium, or sciencium. The biggest chemical cover up in history. PFAS has polluted the entire global water system. Now, potentially dangerous forever chemicals are being found in the entire US population. Go to https://groundnews.com/Ve to get all sides of every story. Subscribe to save 40% off the unlimited Vantage Plan through our link.…