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Why Do We Kiss?

Vsauce | April 23, 2025

The scientific study of kissing is “philematology” Follow Michael Stevens: http://www.twitter.com/tweetsauce Sources and links to learn more: Kissing facts: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/let-their-words-do-the-talking/201212/odd-facts-about-kissing Longest kiss: http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-1/longest-kiss/ general info on kissing: http://anthropology.net/2007/03/09/why-do-we-kiss/ http://intro2psych.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/the-evolution-of-a-kiss/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss birds kissing (“billing”): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beak#Billing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss kiss researcher interview : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mun5nXXy6II pac man’s shape: http://pacmanmuseum.com/history/Toru-Iwatani.php premastication: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premastication http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtship_feeding Alicia Silverstone premastication […]

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If

Vsauce | April 22, 2025

http://www.twitter.com/tweetsauce Euronews Knowledge channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/euronewsknowledge LINKS BELOW! Music by: http://www.youtube.com/JakeChudnow Vega rocket launch: http://www.euronews.com/2013/05/07/european-rocket-lifts-off-from-french-guiana/ Live wind map: http://hint.fm/wind/ CARPE DIEM tool: http://theblog.de/projects/carpediem/ Solar Scope: http://www.solarsystemscope.com/ Double pendulum gif: http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_loshhy8REd1qfg7o3o1_400.gif “Death By Black Hole” book: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Death-Black-Hole-Cosmic-Quandaries/dp/0393330168 Voyager retrospective : http://archive.org/details/voyager-a_retrospective_1990 Butterfly Effect paper [PDF}: http://eaps4.mit.edu/research/Lorenz/Butterfly_1972.pdf Reynaldo Dagsa: http://petapixel.com/2011/01/04/politician-accidentally-captures-his-own-assassin-on-camera/ Great historical “what […]

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What Is The Greatest Honor?

Vsauce | April 21, 2025

http://www.twitter.com/tweetsauce Todd and Kristen: http://www.youtube.com/barelypolitical http://www.youtube.com/wombatron http://www.youtube.com/kristensreality http://www.youtube.com/user/awesome Music by: http://www.YouTube.com/JakeChudnow Marathon records: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon_world_record_progression Iron Man Triathlon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironman_Triathlon Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race: http://3100.srichinmoyraces.org/history-3100-mile-race Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxQBY3i7QnI http://youtu.be/NdECm6RgqcE EGOT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EGOT Character Strengths and Values: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_Strengths_and_Virtues_(book) CSV illustration: http://www.reconnect.salvos.org.au/strengthspicture.jpg Nixon quote: http://quotationsbook.com/quote/29681/#sthash.51eAkucm.dpbs Quirkology YOUTUBE CHANNEL: http://www.youtube.com/user/Quirkology Quirkology book: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Quirkology-Curious-Science-Everyday-Lives/dp/0330448110 […]

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What is the Shortest Poem?

Vsauce | April 20, 2025

Click to SUBsauce: http://bit.ly/POIaN7 http://www.twitter.com/tweetsauce **sources and bonus links below** music by http://www.youtube.com/JakeChudnow ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Big Bird song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr5er4ueWBQ John Denver’s “Ballad of Richard Nixon”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC9U_PvC8Fs SHORTEST CONCERT by White Stripes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vYlHTGsmso Shortest video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uDgJ9_H0gg other REALLY short videos on YouTube (involves cats): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPEE9ZwTmy0&list=PL1EBE78CC528B52E8 Muhammad Ali “me / we” […]

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Are We Ready For Aliens?

Vsauce | April 19, 2025

FOLLOW MICHAEL STEVENS: http://www.twitter.com/tweetsauce **Big thanks to Antonius from AVbyte for helping with audio! His channel is great: http://www.youtube.com/avbyte ** My video about space travel and the Fermi Paradox and Drake equation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD08CuUi_Ek What to do if you meet an alien: https://twitter.com/tweetsauce/status/355046441888120832 UN Office of Outer Space Affaris: http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/oosa/COPUOS/copuos.html Galileo […]

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Where Do Deleted Files Go?

Vsauce | April 18, 2025

Follow Michael Stevens for neat things every day! http://www.Twitter.com/tweetsauce LINKS AND SOURCES BELOW MUSIC BY: http://www.YouTube.com/JakeChudnow final song is “Midnight Sound” by Gareth Johnson / David O’Brien from: http://www.audionetwork.com Lost silent films: http://www.silentera.com/lost/index.html Wonders of the Ancient World: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Wonders_of_the_Ancient_World What have we lost forever? http://ask.metafilter.com/80517/What-have-we-lost-forever http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_history snapchat: http://www.snapchat.com/ Lenin and […]

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What Will We Miss?

Vsauce | April 17, 2025

Support Vsauce, your brain, Alzheimer’s research, and other YouTube educators by joining THE CURIOSITY BOX: a seasonal delivery of viral science toys made by Vsauce! A portion of all proceeds goes to Alzheimer’s research and our Inquisitive Fellowship, a program that gives money and resources directly to growing science channels […]

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INSIDE a Spherical Mirror

Vsauce | April 16, 2025

FOLLOW MICHAEL STEVENS: http://www.Twitter.com/tweetsauce LINKS AND SOURCES BELOW Vsauce3 — What Does Star Wars Look Like?: http://youtu.be/Jq-NnQmI_2c Vsauce2 — Star Wars LÜT! http://bit.ly/14drXDc Science Friction episode on Star Wars in real life: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_Ubscwbs9E Richard Feynman talks about how mirrors ‘reverse’ things: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msN87y-iEx0 Mirror etymology: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=mirror Infinity mirror room: http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/02/swing-to-infinity-inside-thilo-franks-mirrored-room/ Japanese […]

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Why Do We Get Bored?

Vsauce | April 15, 2025

Follow Michael Stevens for daily sauce: http://www.twitter.com/tweetsauce LINKS TO EVERYTHING BELOW: “Cosmological Principle” by Zach McCoy [VIDEO]: http://ow.ly/o2yI6 “Cosmological Principle” by Zach McCoy on iTunes: http://ow.ly/o2Al4 EXTREME HOLE BORING VIDEO: http://ow.ly/o2yH1 Genie documentary: http://ow.ly/o2ymk VICE deprivation documentary: http://ow.ly/o2yjx 10MinutesOfYourLife channel: http://ow.ly/o2yJz take a train across Russia: http://ru-train.appspot.com/en Boredom Proness Scale: […]

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Why Do We Clap?

Vsauce | April 14, 2025

Follow Michael Stevens: http://www.twitter.com/tweetsauce LINKS BELOW! All music by Jake Chudnow: http://www.youtube.com/JakeChudnow Really neat Grand Illusions video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-IYQntl9C0 Grand Illusions (site): http://www.grand-illusions.com/ Loudest clap: http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-2000/loudest-clap/ Fastest clap: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z571ByeNbPQ WEsauce: http://www.youtube.com/wesauce My video on ‘the friendzone’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGK2KprU-To Driftless Pony Club (band from concert footage): http://www.driftlessponyclub.com/ Driftless Pony Club (VidCon concert footage): […]

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