Gold: The Story of Man's 6000 Year Obsession

The story of gold is the story of civilizations. Its significance has remained constant throughout mankind. What is it about this precious metal that inspires such a level of confidence that generations of people have consistently used it as a method of exchange and measurement of wealth? Are there really no other known elements that can compare to this precious...

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Life in a Day (2020)

This is a fully crowdsourced documentary depicting precisely one full day on Planet Earth, specifically July 25, 2020, to be exact. Over 300,000 videos were submitted from about 190+ countries, all shot by a broad cross-section of the global population on their smartphones, drones, GoPros and more. The result is a never-ending treasure trove of humanity in its funny,...

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The Neanderthals: Tracking our Ancestors

Neanderthals lived in Eurasia for thousands of years before Homo sapiens walked the Earth. Neanderthals were a species of ancient humans that survived for about 300,000 years before going extinct 40,000 years ago. Because they lived long ago, it has often been challenging to discover more about them. It was in 1829 when modern man first found evidence that...

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The March of Freedom

What does it mean to be free? Academy award-winning actor Morgan Freeman leads viewers on a journey worldwide as he listens to the moving stories of five extraordinary individuals who fought hard to gain freedom in one form or another. It is a study of what freedom is, both as a concept and a human condition. The first two he meets show that freedom is a state of...

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Bitcoin: The End of Money as We Know It

The old saying "Money makes the world go around" rings true today and will most likely continue to do so until the end of time. But with the rise of Bitcoin, the future of money might potentially be web-based, non-physical, and decentralized, a radical departure from what we know of it today. Money is the one thing we have in common - no matter your nationality,...

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Iran and America Through History

The long-standing estrangement between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran has been raging since the 1979 Iranian revolution when Islamic nationalists and extremely conservative Shia Muslim clerics deposed the American supported Mohammad Reza Pahlavi or the Last Shah of Iran. His replacement was Ayatollah Khomeini, a cleric who declared himself the...

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Losing Sleep

Insomnia is common in at least 10 percent of all adults. Insomnia is defined by a strict criteria based on the frequency and impact it has on the person affected. This type of sleep deficiency affects people of all ages and there are many remedies on the market that propose to address it and give people the relief they need. The ability to get a good night's sleep is...

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