Musician Leon Waves explain the largest chord possible in musical theory – Gmaj21x47#45×43#41×39#35#33#31#29#27#25#23#19#15#11 – requiring at least six hands (and possibly a running start) to play.
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An insanely diverse selection of wildlife (including grouse, bobcats, deer, squirrels, beavers and a black bear) crosses a downed tree trunk spanning a river in Pennsylvania during 2018 and 2019: all captured by the locked-off camera of photographer Robert Bush Sr.
German educational design studio Kurzgesagt examines Peto’s Paradox. To wit:
Cancer is a creepy and mysterious thing. While we tried to understand it, to get better at killing it, we discovered a biological paradox that remains unsolved to this day: large animals seem to be immune to cancer. Which doesn’t make any sense – the bigger a being, the more cancer it should have. To understand why, we first need to take a look at the nature of cancer itself.
Previously: Got White Poison?
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Stony-faced Brazilian musician Lord Vinheteiro presents his take on the evolution of cartoon music themes from 1928 to the present day.
Previously: Cheap And Expensive Pianos
Episode #5 in zefrank’s ongoing Human Test series in which he invites you to contemplate your sentience though the prism of your pesky creativity.
Unless you’re not human, in which case, this will make little sense.
Previously: The Human Office
An award-winning short by Australian animation director Mikey Hill. To wit:
In a world filled with beautiful music, Vernon always seems to strike the wrong note.
The talented Jake Shimabukuro wrings a poignant instrumental cover of Pink Floyd’s ‘Wish You Were Here’ from a ukulele
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The utterly lovely Johnny Ball – long time aficionado and populariser of mathematics – breaks down the astonishing alternative calculation method of Russian Multiplication, which, he assures us, always works.
