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Explainers

Clear answers to big questions about how the world works.

• Spherical houses weren't a great idea.
• The Largest Star in the Universe – Size Comparison
• How China Built a Hospital in 10 Days
• This Is The Shortest Train in the United States
• How This Single 'M' Almost Ruined a US Presidency
• Why Surrendering to Pirates Was Actually Genius
• Why Budget Airlines are Suddenly Failing
• Why West Virginia is so Poor
• Can You Upload Your Mind & Live Forever?
• The mysterious life and death of Rasputin - Eden Girma
• The 15 Countries People Think Are FAKE
• Why The London Underground Makes Itself Hotter Every Year
• The tale of the boy who tricked the Devil - Iseult Gillespie
• Supersonic Planes are Coming Back (And This Time, They Might Work)
• The Deadliest Virus on Earth
• I rode the world's fastest train.
• America Forgot It's Allowed to Stop Making Coins
• The Fake Buildings That Hide LA’s Massive Oil Industry
• What If We Covered the Sahara With Solar Panels?
• Why Qatar Airways Flies An Almost-Empty Flight to Adelaide
• The Seven People Who Can Turn Off the Internet
• I took a ride on a moving radio telescope
• The UK's last aerial ropeway uses no power, moves 300 tonnes a day, and will be gone by 2036.
• Change Your Life – One Tiny Step at a Time
• After ten years, it's time to stop weekly videos.
• The Most Horrible Parasite: Brain Eating Amoeba
• Why Soda Cans are Shaped Differently in Hawaii
• Turns out building dry stone walls is difficult
• Why Almost Every Airline Has Sued This One Website
• The Weird, Scary Airspace Over Washington DC
• How Ocean Shipping Works (And Why It's Broken)
• How a Cartel Built Their Own Cell Phone Network
• Highway Numbers Aren’t Names. They’re Coordinates.
• Why Japan Spent $600 Million Protecting Two Rocks
• I get excited about &.
• Money’s Mostly Digital, So Why Is Moving It So Hard?
• How North Korea Made the Perfect Counterfeit $100 Bill
• Electric Vehicles' Battery Problem
• Tiffany: The Name That Cheats Death
• The giant chainmail box that stops a house dissolving
• I thought the Schmid Peoplemover was impossible
• The world's only float-through McDonalds
• Why Afghanistan Is Impossible to Conquer
• How Offshore Oil Rigs Work
• Abandoned Nuclear Weapon Facility
• The Problem With Spirit Airlines’ Business Model
• This 1970s tank simulator drives through a tiny world
• Black Hole Star – The Star That Shouldn't Exist

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