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English : A Simpleshow video explaining why water is a scarce resource in many regions.
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A virtual tour of Bennu, a carbonaceous near-Earth asteroid. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrived at this spot, nearly 130 million km from Earth, six years ago on 3 December.
"Bennu is made of loose material weakly clumped together by gravity, and shaped like a spinning top. […] Scientists had expected Bennu’s surface to consist of fine-grained material like a sandy beach, but were instead greeted by a rugged world littered with boulders – the size of cars, the size of houses, the size of football fields. Now, thanks to laser altimetry data and high-resolution imagery from OSIRIS-REx, we can take a tour of Bennu’s remarkable terrain."

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English : A virtual tour of Bennu, a carbonaceous near-Earth asteroid. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrived at this spot, nearly 130 million km from Earth, six years ago on 3 December.
"Bennu is made of loose material weakly clumped together by gravity, and shaped like a spinning top. […] Scientists had expected Bennu’s surface to consist of fine-grained material like a sandy beach, but were instead greeted by a rugged world littered with boulders – the size of cars, the size of houses, the size of football fields. Now, thanks to laser altimetry data and high-resolution imagery from OSIRIS-REx, we can take a tour of Bennu’s remarkable terrain."
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3 December is Basque language day. Bernard Etxepare was the writer who wrote the first book in Basque. Video with English subtitles.

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English : 3 December is Basque language day. Bernard Etxepare was the writer who wrote the first book in Basque. Video with English subtitles.
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'A Year in Review' of NOAA satellite imagery during 2023, showing recordings of hurricanes, wildfires, erupting volcanoes, and more

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English : 'A Year in Review' of NOAA satellite imagery during 2023, showing recordings of hurricanes, wildfires, erupting volcanoes, and more
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Eight facts about the Durango Fair focused on Basque culture that opens its doors today. Video with English subtitles.

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English : Eight facts about the Durango Fair focused on Basque culture that opens its doors today. Video with English subtitles.
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The first exemplification of one of the world's newest music genres called Future Rave on this platform. The techno derivative genre was established around 2019. Track: Jake Ryan & DSalva - Revival.

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English : The first exemplification of one of the world's newest music genres called Future Rave on this platform. The techno derivative genre was established around 2019. Track: Jake Ryan & DSalva - Revival.
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A cinematographic nature drone video of the reindeer district Svahken sijte in Norway with music "Time of Water" by Daniel Herskedal.

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English : A cinematographic nature drone video of the reindeer district Svahken sijte in Norway with music "Time of Water" by Daniel Herskedal.
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Ukrainian authorities in Bucha exhuming multiple mass graves in 2022 after Russian invading forces committed a massacre of civilians and prisoners of war

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English : Ukrainian authorities in Bucha exhuming multiple mass graves in 2022 after Russian invading forces committed a massacre of civilians and prisoners of war
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The YouTuber of "How To Make Everything" reconstructs the aeolipile "to see if this very first steam engine could be put to work". "Could the industrial revolution [have] started 2000 years earlier?".
Roman architect and engineer Vitruvius described the aeolipile for an experiment to demonstrate the nature of atmospheric air movements (wind) in his Ten Books on Architecture (30–20 BCE).

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English : The YouTuber of "How To Make Everything" reconstructs the aeolipile "to see if this very first steam engine could be put to work". "Could the industrial revolution [have] started 2000 years earlier?".
Roman architect and engineer Vitruvius described the aeolipile for an experiment to demonstrate the nature of atmospheric air movements (wind) in his Ten Books on Architecture (30–20 BCE).
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A video by The Royal Society explaining how scientists using AI "are able to create many new proteins to solve all sorts of problems including disease and food security."

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English : A video by The Royal Society explaining how scientists using AI "are able to create many new proteins to solve all sorts of problems including disease and food security."
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Recording of the touchdown for sample collection on asteroid Ryugu in 2020 taken by the Japanese probe Hayabusa2.
It left the asteroid in November 2019 and returned the samples to Earth on 5 December 2020. In 2031, it is expected to rendezvous with the small, rapidly-rotating asteroid 1998 KY26.

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English : Recording of the touchdown for sample collection on asteroid Ryugu in 2020 taken by the Japanese probe Hayabusa2.
It left the asteroid in November 2019 and returned the samples to Earth on 5 December 2020. In 2031, it is expected to rendezvous with the small, rapidly-rotating asteroid 1998 KY26.
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Rally by Wikimedia Deutschland and Bündnis F5 against Sicherheitspaket

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English : Rally by Wikimedia Deutschland and Bündnis F5 against Sicherheitspaket
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A cluster of illegal electrical connections short-circuiting in Cape Town, South Africa.

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English : A cluster of illegal electrical connections short-circuiting in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Bans Off Our Bodies, 2022 abortion rights protests in New York City

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English : Bans Off Our Bodies, 2022 abortion rights protests in New York City
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Complete process of hand pump boring in Pakistan

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English : Complete process of hand pump boring in Pakistan
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Holger-Madsen - Towards The Light (Mod lyset), 1919 Danish silent film

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English : Holger-Madsen - Towards The Light (Mod lyset), 1919 Danish silent film
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Stainless steel is made from iron ore by aluminothermic reaction. To better separate the resulting metal from the slag, cryolite and calcium fluoride was added to the mixture. The result was a stainless steel ingot.

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English : Stainless steel is made from iron ore by aluminothermic reaction. To better separate the resulting metal from the slag, cryolite and calcium fluoride was added to the mixture. The result was a stainless steel ingot.
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A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923), silent film by Charlie Chaplin

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English : A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923), silent film by Charlie Chaplin
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English : Impressions of Christkindlmarket, Chicago, 2014
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United States Navy Band performing Silent Night at DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. on December 21, 2014.

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English : United States Navy Band performing Silent Night at DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. on December 21, 2014.
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English : Timelapse of Christmas tree going up at Columbia Carousel
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This NASA video explains how astronomers meticulously assembled mankind's deepest view of the universe, the Hubble eXtreme Deep Field, from combining Hubble Space Telescope exposures taken over the decade up to 2012. It shows about one thirty-two millionth of the sky.

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English : This NASA video explains how astronomers meticulously assembled mankind's deepest view of the universe, the Hubble eXtreme Deep Field, from combining Hubble Space Telescope exposures taken over the decade up to 2012. It shows about one thirty-two millionth of the sky.
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English : Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is shaking
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Animated short film by NASA about the OSIRIS-REx mission, asteroid Bennu, the origin of our Solar system and the early Earth.

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English : Animated short film by NASA about the OSIRIS-REx mission, asteroid Bennu, the origin of our Solar system and the early Earth.
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NASA Tracks Cyclone Freddy, longest-lived tropical cyclone on record.

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English : NASA Tracks Cyclone Freddy, longest-lived tropical cyclone on record.
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English : 2012 New Year's Eve Fireworks time lapse in Sydney, Australia from Shark Island (Port Jackson)
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