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This Indian City Sells 3,500 Tons of Chilies Every Single Day (02:55)
A Lemur Queen Gives a Master Class in Troop Leadership (03:05)
The Graphite Used in Pencils Has Amazing Properties (02:48)
How Many Pencils Can Be Made Out of a Factory Batch of Graphite? (02:50)
Why Many Italians Only Use Durum Wheat to Make Pasta (02:59)
The Lighthouse of Chania was a Beacon for Greek Ships (02:06)
Why the Nazis Interviewed British POWs in Slick Film Segments (02:39)
A Traditional Cretan Cheesemaker Reveals His Secrets (02:06)
African-Americans Came out of the Civil War and Ran into Jim Crow (01:48)
How the U.S. Used Small Patrol Boats to Foil Iranian Mines (03:27)
Only the Higher Ups in Lemur Society Enjoy a Tick-Free Life (02:17)
How Maritime Expeditionary Security Force Boat Crew Train for Battle (04:12)
Lemurs Love this Sweet Nectar From a Very Unusual Bug (02:17)
This Female Tamarins Hormone Stops Other Females from Mating (03:37)
The All-Female Shang-Era Troops Led by Queen Fu Hao (03:24)
Why Fashion Was So Crucial to Queen Elizabeth’s Image After World War II (03:27)
We Keep Discovering New Coronaviruses (And That’s OK) (02:35)
Why Bats are Better Than Humans at Dealing with Viruses (02:40)
How Penguin Couples Recognize Each Other (03:40)
Ask Smithsonian: How Long Can a Person Hold Their Breath? (01:32)
Ask Smithsonian: What's the Point of Earwax? (01:05)
Ask Smithsonian: When Did People Start Keeping Pets? (01:05)
Ask Smithsonian: What Does the World Look Like When Youre Color Blind? (01:35)
Ask Smithsonian: Whats a Dimple? (01:09)
Ask Smithsonian: Can Animals Predict Earthquakes and Other Natural Disasters? (01:27)
Ask Smithsonian: Why Does My Nose Run When Its Cold Outside? (01:01)
Ask Smithsonian: Why Do We Kiss? (01:11)
Ask Smithsonian: Can Elephants Jump? (00:50)
Ask Smithsonian: What Is Wind? (01:09)
Ask Smithsonian: Why Do We Sneeze? (01:21)
Ask Smithsonian: How Do Colors Affect Our Moods? (01:11)
Ask Smithsonian: How Do Spiders Make a Web? (01:02)