Curated Video
Inauguration of President Richard M Nixon 1973, Part 11
Swearing -in and Inauguration of President Richard M Nixon
Washington DC
January 1973
from Nixon Presidential Materials- National Archives
Curated Video
A day after Mitt Romney became the all-but-certain Republican nominee for president with Rick Santorum quitting the race, he goes after President Barack Obama. Romney says the president's misguided policies have harmed America.
HEADLINE: Romney on Obama: Not bad guy, policies just bad
CAPTION: A day after Mitt Romney became the all-but-certain Republican nominee for president with Rick Santorum quitting the race, he goes after President Barack Obama. Romney...
Curated Video
Lopes leaves Sony label
AP Television
New York, 25 Sept. 2007
1. Medium of Lopez and husband Marc Anthony at a Bronx school to kick off their El Concierto tour. Camera pushes in to just Lopez, then pulls back out.
AP Television
Los Angeles, 31 July 2007
2....
MinuteEarth
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TED Talks
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PBS
The Rise and Fall of the Bone-Crushing Dogs
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TED-Ed
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MinuteEarth
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SciShow
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If you go to the gym often enough, you might be familiar with protein powders and shakes, but one study thinks that the secret to big gains might actually be your gut bacteria.
SciShow
Why Are Some World Records So Hard to Break
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SciShow
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SciShow
Hurricane Sandy FAQs
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SciShow
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TED Talks
TED: Beethoven the businessman | José Bowen
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SciShow
How Cold Can Earth Get?
These days it seems almost trivial to cool atoms down to near absolute zero temperatures in a lab, but what is the lowest possible naturally occurring air temperature on this planet?
SciShow
Why Aren't Commercial Jets Getting Faster?
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SciShow
The Fastest Human-Made Object Ever
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SciShow
Meet the Oilbird A Bird that Thinks its a Bat
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TED-Ed
TED-Ed: A day in the life of an ancient Celtic Druid | Philip Freeman
As the sun rises in 55 BCE, Camma lays two pigeons on the altar at the center of her village. She wrings the birds' necks and cuts them open to examine their entrails for divine messages. Camma is a druid. She conducts religious rites,...
SciShow
6 Seriously Impressive Animal Migrations
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SciShow
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TED-Ed
Why do we hiccup? - John Cameron
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