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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-earth-s… The Earth is 4.6 billion years old — but how can humans relate to a number so col

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/history-thr… Baked or fried, boiled or roasted, as chips or fries; at some point in your life you’ve

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/where-did-r… Russia is the biggest country in the world, spanning one-eighth of the earth’s landmass

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-makes-… The Great Wall of China is a 13,000-mile dragon of earth and stone that winds its way t

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-treadmi… The constant thud underneath your feet. The constrained space. The monotony of going no

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-we-d… In the 3rd millennium BCE, Mesopotamian kings recorded and interpreted their dreams on

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/gyotaku-the… How did fishermen record their trophy catches before the invention of photography? In 1

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-science… Homer’s “Odyssey” recounts the adventures of the Greek hero Odysseus

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-ancient… Thousands of years in the making, the Olympics began as part of a religious festival ho

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/where-does-… Did you know that gold is extraterrestrial? Instead of arising from our planet’s rocky

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-scienti… The myth of the Minotaur tells the story of an enraged beast forever wandering the corr