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Human Planet: BBC Unravels Earth’s Secrets
Human Planet: BBC Unravels Earth’s Secrets

What rainforest tribes in the jungle have to do with reindeer swimmers in the Arctic.

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Material World: A Portrait of the World’s Possessions
Material World: A Portrait of the World’s Possessions

What Japanese stuffed toys have to do with The Bible and child mortality in Mali.

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TED 2011: The Rediscovery of Wonder, Day Two
TED 2011: The Rediscovery of Wonder, Day Two

Redefining life, understanding consciousness, and why technology is humanizing education.

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PICKED: <em>Macro Kingdom</em>
PICKED: Macro Kingdom

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Urawaza: The Japanese Art of Lifehacking
Urawaza: The Japanese Art of Lifehacking

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David Friedman’s Portraits of Inventors
David Friedman’s Portraits of Inventors

What Instagram has to do with ice fishing and specialty chairs for canoodling.

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One Day Without Shoes: Going Barefoot for Children
One Day Without Shoes: Going Barefoot for Children

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The Day After Tomorrow: Our Aerial Future
The Day After Tomorrow: Our Aerial Future

What Spanish ponds have to do with Canadian tissues and Georgia O’Keefe.

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The Universal Now: Vintage Book Plate Collages
The Universal Now: Vintage Book Plate Collages

What London landmarks have to do with quantum physics and vintage photography.

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Creative Cartography: 7 Magnificent Books on Maps
Creative Cartography: 7 Magnificent Books on Maps

From tattoos to Thomas More’s Utopia, or what Moby Dick has to do with the nature of time.

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