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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Do you speak this language? Do you share the experience? The

Never miss a talk! SUBSCRIBE to the TEDx channel: http://bit.ly/1FAg8hB http://j.mp/TxT14TimDoner Tim Doner is a senior at the Dalton School in New Yo

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/history-vs-… After the French Revolution erupted in 1789, Europe was thrown into chaos. Neighboring

View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-contro… The first encyclopedia contained 70,000 entries and over 20,000,000 words. It was broke

Music + language (songs) activate our brains, hearts and souls. By using songs, we can learn foreign languages and saved dying tongues. This TEDxSanta

Known in the music realm as Shing02, bilingual rapper Shingo Annen spent his childhood in Tanzania, London and Japan. At the age of 15, he moved to th

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-did-hit… Decades after the fall of the Third Reich, it feels impossible to understand how Adolf

Give most people a pair of scissors, tell them to get creative, and you might get a string of paper dolls or a few snowflakes. Give Hayashiya Imamaru

With his pictures, photographer Jimmy Nelson documented 35 unique tribes in 44 countries around the world. He shares his stories about the connections

Bria Davis discusses representation in comic books and movies and how this representation is integral for learning. Bria is a fourth year student stud

Struggling people probably need music more than others. What makes Makoto Kuriya such a distinctive pianist are the soulful groove he developed while

About the fragrance of languages and how a sick frog can save your day. Marleen is a philologist and a communication expert with a passion for storyte

View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-is-thi… On first glance, the painting “Las Meninas” (“The Maids of Honor”) might not seem terri

iew full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-hidden-… When you think of natural history museums, you might picture exhibits filled with ancien

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/should-you-… Imagine a police lineup where ten witnesses are asked to identify a bank robber they gl

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/mysteries-o… Stemming from the days of bubonic plague in Medieval Europe, quarantines were originall