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💁 ICYMI: 📸🎩 On November 19, 1863, photographers captured President Lincoln delivering his famous speech at Gettysburg. This video lets you "step into" those historic photos and identify Lincoln and other figures at the dedication ceremony. #history #civilwar

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November 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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📸🎩 On November 19, 1863, photographers captured President Lincoln delivering his famous speech at Gettysburg. This video lets you "step into" those historic photographs and identify Lincoln, his bodyguard, and other figures at the dedication ceremony. #history #civilwar

👉 Learn more: zurl.co/q6gI7
A composite image showing the modern Gettysburg National Cemetery overlaid with a translucent historical photograph of the 1863 dedication ceremony crowd, with two park rangers standing near the Soldiers' National Monument.
November 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🐣🌿 Dutch hobbyist Alwyn Wils rescued a purple swamphen egg and documented the entire hatching process. These wetland #birds have vivid purple feathers, gigantic red bills, and some seriously large feet. #nature

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A young purple swamphen chick with black downy feathers and bright pink legs stands on a moss-covered rock.
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🍄🎹 What happens when you attach sensors to a mushroom? Scientists and musicians Jon Ross and Andy Kidd of Bionic and the Wires set out to find the answer. #art #music

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Sensors attached to a mushroom with white probes measure its bioelectrical signals while a MIDI controller device sits nearby in a woodland setting with grass and forest floor debris.
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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🐣🌿 Dutch hobbyist Alwyn Wils rescued a purple swamphen egg and documented the entire hatching process. These wetland #birds have vivid purple feathers, gigantic red bills, and some seriously large feet. #nature

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A young purple swamphen chick with black downy feathers and bright pink legs stands on a moss-covered rock.
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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🍄🎹 What happens when you attach sensors to a mushroom? Scientists and musicians Jon Ross and Andy Kidd of Bionic and the Wires set out to find the answer. #art #music

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Sensors attached to a mushroom with white probes measure its bioelectrical signals while a MIDI controller device sits nearby in a woodland setting with grass and forest floor debris.
November 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🔴🪐 #Mars sunsets aren't like Earth's - they're blue while our red sunsets happen during the day. But billions of years ago, Mars had blue daytime skies just like ours. #space

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Split-view illustration showing Earth and Mars side by side with "THEN" and "NOW" labels, depicting Mars' transition from blue-green with water to its current red appearance.
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🎨🖌️ #Art vlogger PearFleur demonstrates monochrome #painting in this tutorial, using just cobalt blue poster paint mixed with white to create beautiful artwork. Without color distractions, it's easier to see and understand how light behaves on different surfaces.

👉 Learn more: zurl.co/cPDs4
A flat lay arrangement showing monochrome painting supplies and artwork featuring various shades of blue paint, including an open sketchbook with blue botanical paintings, paint containers, brushes, and a color value scale chart.
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🎵🌍 Listen to Ballaké Sissoko play 'Nan Sira Madi' on the kora, a West African instrument that looks like a lute but sounds like a harp. Traditional playing techniques create polyrhythmic patterns similar to flamenco guitar. #music #africa

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A musician wearing traditional red robes sits cross-legged on a white chair, holding a large gourd-bodied kora with multiple strings against a warm yellow background.
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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🔴🪐 #Mars sunsets aren't like Earth's - they're blue while our red sunsets happen during the day. But billions of years ago, Mars had blue daytime skies just like ours. #space

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Split-view illustration showing Earth and Mars side by side with "THEN" and "NOW" labels, depicting Mars' transition from blue-green with water to its current red appearance.
November 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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🎨🖌️ #Art vlogger PearFleur demonstrates monochrome #painting in this tutorial, using just cobalt blue poster paint mixed with white to create beautiful artwork. Without color distractions, it's easier to see and understand how light behaves on different surfaces.

👉 Learn more: zurl.co/cPDs4
A flat lay arrangement showing monochrome painting supplies and artwork featuring various shades of blue paint, including an open sketchbook with blue botanical paintings, paint containers, brushes, and a color value scale chart.
November 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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🎵🌍 Listen to Ballaké Sissoko play 'Nan Sira Madi' on the kora, a 21-string West African instrument that looks like a lute but sounds like a harp. Traditional playing techniques create polyrhythmic patterns similar to flamenco guitar. #music #africa

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A musician wearing traditional red robes sits cross-legged on a white chair, holding a large gourd-bodied kora with multiple strings against a warm yellow background.
November 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🐦💧 Swallows and wagtails crossing the Sahara face deadly dehydration when oasis water becomes too salty to drink. Their survival strategy: hunting flies and squeezing water from their bodies. #birds #nature

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A yellow wagtail with gray head markings and bright yellow underparts stands on sandy ground in profile view.
November 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🐘🌻 Domtilah Wakesho works as southern Kenya's youngest female ranger, helping elephants and farmers coexist by teaching sunflower and chili crop alternatives that deter raiding while generating income. #conservation #wildlife

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Two female rangers in green uniforms and wide-brimmed hats stand in a Kenyan savanna landscape with acacia trees and red earth under a blue sky.
November 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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🐦💧 Swallows and wagtails crossing the Sahara face deadly dehydration when oasis water becomes too salty to drink. Their survival strategy: hunting flies and squeezing water from their bodies. #birds #nature

👉 Learn more: thekidshouldseethis.com/post...
A yellow wagtail with gray head markings and bright yellow underparts stands on sandy ground in profile view.
November 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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🐘🌻 Domtilah Wakesho works as southern Kenya's youngest female ranger, helping elephants and farmers coexist by teaching sunflower and chili crop alternatives that deter raiding while generating income. #conservation #wildlife

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Two female rangers in green uniforms and wide-brimmed hats stand in a Kenyan savanna landscape with acacia trees and red earth under a blue sky.
November 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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⚙️🔧 Jacob Uy designed a retractable lightsaber that actually fits inside a replica hilt. It took months of testing, material #science experiments, and coding to get motors, gears, LED strips, and a collapsible tube to work together. #starwars

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A person holds an illuminated retractable lightsaber with a blue blade.
November 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🏆⚽ The 10,000 hours rule isn't the only path to greatness. This TED-Ed video shows how elite athletes often have a "sampling period," trying various activities before specializing later than peers who plateau. #learning #education

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Simple line drawing on pink background showing four figures demonstrating skill development stages: a crawling baby, a child juggling, a person doing gymnastics, and an archer drawing a bow.
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 📜⚖️ The Founding generation worried that a republic couldn't function if voters were misinformed. Sound familiar? This Colonial Williamsburg video connects 1700s information challenges to today's misinformation concerns. #history #government

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Two cartoon children wearing colonial-era clothing and tricorn hats stand in front of a formal 18th-century portrait of George Washington addressing a legislative assembly.
November 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🦬💪 Late summer in Yellowstone means #bison rut season. Watch massive bulls test their strength against each other to determine who earns breeding rights with the cows. #science

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Two American bison bulls face each other head-to-head in tall grass, their massive brown woolly heads and curved horns positioned for combat during mating season.
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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🏆⚽ The 10,000 hours rule isn't the only path to greatness. This TED-Ed video shows how elite athletes often have a "sampling period," trying various activities before specializing later than peers who plateau. #learning #education

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Simple line drawing on pink background showing four figures demonstrating skill development stages: a crawling baby, a child juggling, a person doing gymnastics, and an archer drawing a bow.
November 4, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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📜⚖️ The Founding generation worried that a republic couldn't function if voters were misinformed. Sound familiar? This Colonial Williamsburg video connects 1700s information challenges to today's misinformation concerns. #history #government

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Two cartoon children wearing colonial-era clothing and tricorn hats stand in front of a formal 18th-century portrait of George Washington addressing a legislative assembly.
November 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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🦬💪 Late summer in Yellowstone means #bison rut season. Watch massive bulls test their strength against each other to determine who earns breeding rights with the cows. #science

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November 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🎨🦕 How do you make a #dinosaur skull that can survive classroom handling? This How It's Made episode shows the art and #science of creating museum-quality skeletal replicas that are so detailed even experts can find them hard to tell apart from originals.

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Saber-toothed cat skull replica mounted on a black display stand, showing prominent curved canine teeth and detailed bone structure against a gray background.
November 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🦌📚 Can wild #animals be pets? Grammy-winning musician Billie Eilish reads Oliver Jeffers' picture book about a boy who finds a moose and decides to keep him as a pet, only to learn that wild animals have their own lives and choices. #books

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Split image showing a wooden moose toy with antlers next to a small figure from Oliver Jeffers' book illustration on the left, and Billie Eilish wearing a green beanie and black hoodie holding a film clapperboard labeled 'CBeebies Bedtime Stories' on the right.
November 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM