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In the first of a three-part series, German educational design studio Kurzgesagt (and here’s why you should trust what they say) explores the origins of consciousness and takes a closer look at how unaware things became aware.

Previously: Lonely?

The tale of Nancy the orb-weaver as told by zefrank. To wit:

She can make rope with her butt, and what she chooses to do wit that butt rope is nobody’s business.

Previously: True Facts About The Lemur

The 1982 hit ‘I Ran (So Far Away)’ by dubiously coiffed Luverpudlian new wavers A Flock Of Seagulls, enhanced with an original heavy metal guitar riff performed by Andy Rehfeldt.

They haven’t run away, you know.

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Lessons From The Screenplay explores how the most effective movie scenes often follow the three-act structure of entire movies, books and plays.

A case in point: one chilling exchange between Hannibal Lecter and Clarice Starling in Johnathan Demme’s ‘The Silence of The Lambs’.

More (in the form of a more in-depth podcast) here.

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